OSU uses Curriculum Inventory Management (CIM) software as an online platform for curricular proposal submission and review. This course demonstrates how to navigate CIM to successfully submit a course proposal as well as explains the curriculum review workflow. Nov. 5, noon to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Registration required.

Apply by Nov. 22 to be part of the next Blended Faculty Learning Community sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and Academic Technologies. This supportive group will meet virtually to explore educational technology and develop solutions for teaching challenges. Space is limited; apply now. See Call for Proposals.

OSU’s Open Educational Resources Unit is accepting proposals for the Affordable Learning Grant. The ALG provides funding to adopt, adapt or author an open educational resource, such as a textbook. An open textbook is a textbook published under an open copyright license and made available online to be freely used by anyone. Questions? Contact stefanie.buck@oregonstate.edu.

he Family Resource Center Kid’s Gift Closet helps provide gifts for children of OSU students during holidays and celebrations. To minimize points of contact, donations this year will take place via an Amazon registrythat ships directly to FRC, or you can shop at the Toy Factory in downtown Corvallis and leave the gift in our donation box. For more information, contact erika.woosley@oregonstate.edu.

Sustaining Excellence in Higher Education with Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw

Join us at the Fall 2021 Faculty, Food and Fun on November 9th from 4-6 PM! This 2-hour event will be hosted by InclusiveExcellence@OSU and feature a guest speaker, Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw.

Dr. Crenshaw is a nationally recognized leader at the intersection of diversity, inclusion, equity and higher education. Come connect with your colleagues and enjoy finger foods and beer/wine as you participate in a dynamic and interactive workshop about incorporating inclusive teaching practices.

This event will be a hybrid in-person and virtual workshop. Join us in person at the Horizon Room in the Memorial Union or remotely via Zoom. Click below for more information and to RSVP!

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Become a science writer! For those who love science and storytelling: Develop your communication skills as a paid writer-intern in the College of Science. In this position, you will improve your science writing skills with mentors, get published in Impact, our online magazine and in print publications, and strengthen your resume or grad school application. Required: a love of science, mathematics or statistics and an appreciation and aptitude for writing. Several 15 hour/per week positions available. Write to cari.longman@oregonstate.edu for more information.

Part of the College of Education’s popular E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate series, this six-week online course introduces you to essential tools for teaching/training online. Learn to choose technologies and applications to effectively support instruction and achieve learning outcomes. Register through Nov. 8. Hurry, space is limited. Learn more

Discover ways to create and use media in your teaching as you blend synchronous and asynchronous learning in your Corvallis and Cascades campus courses. The Faculty Media Center and CTL invite faculty and GTAs to a one-hour Zoom workshop: Nov. 3 at 2 p.m., or Nov. 4 at 11 a.m. Register now.