LU Monday Moment - Faculty Development Coffee Talk

This week, our podcast features a guest recording from Lumen Circles, which is a facilitated online professional teaching experience funded through Faculty Development. If you are interested in the summer or fall circles, please give me a shout!

This our last podcast for the 22-23 academic year, and I am happy to annouce that Feedspot has named us #1 in the top 15 of HBCU podcasts. There is a list of great podcasts you may want to check out!

There are upcoming celebrations for our Clara Luper, and Danielle Pullen from Oklahoma City University is kind enough to stop by the podcast and talk about the May 3 from the Clara Luper Legacy commitee event, Unity in the Community.

The audio clip I reference where Clara Luper talks about Langston is from her radio show, which you can listen to on the Oklahoma Historical Society Youtube.

On May 1, the Oklahoma History Center will host a Clara Luper Birthday Celebration in honor of her 100th birthday. The event will last from 6-8 p.m. and include a discussion panel facilitated by Dr. Karlos Hill, regents’ professor in the Clara Luper Department of African and African-American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Members of the panel discussion will include Clara Luper’s daughter, Marilyn Luper Hildreth, and members of the Clara Luper Legacy Committee. This event will focus on celebrating her life and legacy, keeping her story alive for future generations.

The event is free to attend, but registration is required as space is limited.

Listen in as the Band directors discuss the importance and impact of professional development and how to attend faculty development even when you are feeling a bit too busy.

This is the first going to be a multi-part conversation with the directors, the professors, the assistant directors who create the magic of our Mmarching Pride. Listen in as band directors Mark Gordon, Professor Jonathan Allen William, a nd Brandon Stevenson  talk about how the professional development they attend impacts how they teach, and how they put the band together. We know the band sounds and looks amazing, and somehow they make it look easy.

This week, I am highlighting some of the tips I share in our CTI Trainings on Accessibility.

In our previous episode, Ms. Cheryl McBee guided us through the process of working with getting textbooks at Langston University.  This week, she is walking use through the troubleshooting process.  

Ever wonder how your students find out that they have an ebook?  Or who you contact if you need a paper edition of a textbook?  The answers to those questions are here in today's LU Monday Moment.  Grab some coffee and listen in as I talk to our friendly neighborhood bookstore manager, Ms. Cheryl McBee from Follett.

In our final podcast of 2022, Professor Kelly O'Bryan tells us how she sets up discussion assignments, all about feedback, and taking her students to experience guest speakers in their work environments.  Bonus: they didn't have to pay anything to go!

Last podcast, you heard about how Professor Kelly O'Bryan finds speakers for her classes -- and she is so successful that she has a waiting list.  This week, she talks about how she prepares her guest speakers and her students.  The transcript is provided on in the Faculty Development email and Canvas page.

If you are wondering how to get started with guest speakers in the classroom, wonder no more!  This week, Kelly O'Bryan will walk us through how she finds guest speakers, and throughout this series, she will share more information about best practices.