Fall 2022

Funding your Research and Creative Activity: Turn Your Good Idea into a Great Proposal

Cal State’s East Bay’s strategic plan Future Directions includes a priority to develop and support responsive and innovative research, scholarship, and creative activities for faculty and students. This workshop offers an opportunity for faculty interested in exploring research funding opportunities for their research and creative activities to connect with like minded colleagues, learn about various internal and external funding opportunities, gain resources to guide proposal development, and learn strategies and tips for proposal success. Participants will join colleagues in a month-long online learning community, learn from experts on topics related to writing and submitting successful proposals for research and creative activity and outline proposals to submit for external funding. 

Supporting Course Development for the New University Writing Requirement

With the 2023-2024 academic year, the Chancellor's Office expects our campus to begin implementation of a course-based approach to meeting CSU's Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR), which was temporarily suspended because of the pandemic. Last year, the Writing Skills Subcommittee developed the policy for our new University Writing Requirement. The policy was approved by CIC and the Senate and signed by the President. This collaborative workshop would provide departments or individual faculty with support to develop a proposal for a writing intensive (WI) class that would fulfill the new University Writing Requirement.  

Building Community through Drumming

An exploration of how different forms of drumming and rhythm practice can help to build community, release stress, support mental health, and foster creativity. Basic drumming techniques adapted from Japanese Taiko, Body Percussion, and multi-cultural music traditions will be shared in an inclusive way, and we will explore together how rhythm practices can apply to our teaching and working relationships with colleagues. 

Understanding Grade Inequities and Links to Course Design

This workshop series aims to guide participating faculty through an analysis of grade inequities and how these inequities can arise from specific problems with traditional grading systems and course designs. Several possible solutions will be presented to help participating faculty work to reduce grade inequities that may exist in their courses.  

Spring 2023

Developing an Alternative Campus Crisis Response

Right now, the main point of contact and crisis response on campus is UPD. The CARE team is also one of the main hubs for crisis response, however, it is not designed for immediate deployment (rather, it centers on follow up with students in crisis). Most crises that arise on campus don't require armed response by police and would be better served by individuals with expertise and training in conflict mediation and counseling. In addition, police are costly--we as a campus spend millions of dollars on the UPD budget every year while other services on campus go underfunded. With emergency dispatch now outsourced to county-level resources who are unfamiliar with our campus, this poses even more risks for those in crises on campus, especially relating to mental health and/or other forms of disorderly student conduct. How can we as a campus create alternatives to police response for crisis situations including mental health concerns, classroom disputes, or even more normal occurrences like lock-outs during off hours? This collaborative workshop would provide space and support for invested community members to begin to research and develop a proposal(s) for alternative campus crisis response comprised of non-armed, non-police experts. 

Alternative, Equity Minded Assessment and Grading

This workshop series aims to guide participating faculty through an analysis of grade inequities and how these inequities can arise from specific problems with traditional grading systems and course designs. Several possible solutions will be presented to help participating faculty work to reduce grade inequities that may exist in their courses.  

Designing a Sustainability Overlay Course

This series if 4 workshops would guide faculty through the process of creating a Sustainability Overlay course while providing resources relating to the Sustainability Overlay Outcomes best practices and recent research in teaching sustainability at the college level, including information on culturally responsive and anti-racist pedagogy as it applies to sustainability teaching, and discipline specific resources on sustainability. The workshop will also cover the timeline for proposing a new Sustainability Overlay Course and the curriculog process. This series of workshops would expand on the very successful Back to the Bay workshop on the Sustainability Overlay. 

Building Community through Drumming

An exploration of how different forms of drumming and rhythm practice can help to build community, release stress, support mental health, and foster creativity. Basic drumming techniques adapted from Japanese Taiko, Body Percussion, and multi-cultural music traditions will be shared in an inclusive way, and we will explore together how rhythm practices can apply to our teaching and working relationships with colleagues.