Events Calendar

WELLBEING WEBINAR - DIGITAL DIET

Technology connects us through emails, texts, and social media, but it also erodes the boundaries between our work and home lives and is increasingly cited as a source of stress for many adults. Learn strategies to balance your use of technology to limit distractions and regain control of how and when you use your phone and computer.

MAGNA ENRICHMENT COURSES - APRIL/MAY SESSION

Our Magna Enrichment Courses meet your needs – no matter if they are professional, financial, or personal. Take advantage of selected courses at specific times of the year – all at special reduced prices. The power is in your hands like never before!

CREATING AND LEADING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE

This virtual workshop gives department and program leadership the skills necessary to develop teaching excellence among their units. Academic leadership will learn how to integrate a focus on teaching excellence with other academic organizational goals to achieve a comprehensive and holistic culture of teaching excellence that impacts all stakeholders and fosters student success.

APPLYING CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE TO ONLINE INSTRUCTION TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS

Learn to use Cultural Intelligence (CQ) to effectively identify, address, and manage cultural differences in the online classroom to create a more inclusive learning environment that will benefit students and impact retention and success.

WELLBEING WEBINAR - CHARACTER STRENGTHS

Character strengths are stable, universal personality traits that show themselves in how you think, feel, and behave. They are considered to be the basic building blocks of human flourishing. They are not fixed; they can be developed. This live webinar will help you identify your signature strength and give tips for developing it toward positive interactions with colleagues, family, and friends.

A VISION, A GOAL, A PLAN: A FRAMEWORK FOR INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING

This virtual workshop will guide you through a process of determining what you value as an educator, what you most want for your students, and connect this vision to the research-based Teaching Effectiveness Framework. You will leave the workshop with a personalized action plan of research-based teaching practices to connect your vision with your students’ learning.

WELLBEING WEBINAR - POWER OF PLAY

Play lifts stress, reboots and recharges us, restores our optimism, changes our perspective, stimulates creativity, and helps maintain and renew neural connections to adapt to environmental conditions. In this live webinar, you’ll identify your “play personality” and gain ideas for bringing a playful spirit to your daily life.

2023 TEACHING PROFESSOR CONFERENCE

The Teaching Professor Conference is the place for educators who are passionate about the art and science of teaching. It’s an exhilarating three-day event focused on the latest research-based, classroom-tested best practices to enhance your knowledge and drive ever-better outcomes for the students you teach.

MAGNA ENRICHMENT COURSES - SUMMER ENRICHMENT SESSION 1

FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE: AN INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE FOR IMPLEMENTING TRAUMA-INFORMED PEDAGOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

This live Magna Online Seminar presents the research behind the inimical effects trauma has on students’ learning and perfomance and provides the steps to take to implement a trauma-informed learning experience where all students can succeed.

FACULTY (RE)ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE

For those in faculty development who are experiencing faculty withdrawal or isolation from the campus community, this two-part live virtual workshop provides evidence-based solutions from the Journal of Faculty Development to ten commons barriers of engagement.

WELLBEING WEBINAR - EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Emotional intelligence is the ability to make healthy choices based on accurately identifying, understanding, and managing your own feelings and the feelings of others. Teachers with high emotional intelligence report less stress and burnout, express positive emotion about teaching, receive higher student evaluations, receive more support from supervisor and peers and increase student engagement. Learn how to hone your emotional intelligence through this live webinar.

CREATING AND LEADING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE

WELLBEING WEBINAR - VULNERABILITY

Vulnerability is comprised of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. Vulnerability generates fear and may lead to disappointment. Yet, vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging, and love. Learn strategies for welcoming vulnerability to become more authentic, present, and find meaningful experiences in your daily interactions.

MAGNA ENRICHMENT COURSES - SUMMER ENRICHMENT SESSION 2

2023 STEM EDUCATORS CONFERENCE

Join us online to further your learning, engage in lively debates, and meet others in STEM education who share a drive for excellence in teaching. Be a part of the conference committed to bringing practical teaching ideas, research, and methods to educators around the world. No need to book your flight or hotel—just register today and join us from a location of your choice.

2023 HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATORS CONFERENCE

Gain innovative strategies that faculty can bring back to the classroom and utilize to increase student engagement, motivation and retention in health related disciplines while networking with peers to gain further inspiration. No need to book your flight or hotel—just register today and join us from a location of your choice.

2023 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE

Take away a multitude of immediate ways to help faculty grow and be able to directly impact their skills with the common goal of improving education as well as skills for your own development such as leadership, publishing, and wellbeing. No need to book your flight or hotel—just register today and join us from a location of your choice.

2023 INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE

FACULTY (RE)ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE

WELLBEING WEBINAR - GOAL SETTING

Are you struggling to realize your goals? Perhaps you know exactly what you want to achieve but have struggled to get there. Goal setting enhances self-efficacy and confidence. Learn strategies to set and accomplish your goals.

WELLBEING WEBINAR - SELF-COMPASSION

Most of us are a better friend to others than we are to ourselves. Learn how to focus on changing your inner voice to increase confidence, creativity, and connection.

MAGNA ENRICHMENT COURSES - OCTOBER/NOVEMBER SESSION

2023 LEADERSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE

The Leadership in Higher Education Conference is designed to provide academic leaders, such as deans, department chairs, administrators, and aspiring leaders a platform to embrace new tools to put in place when returning to academia, as well as an opportunity to network with like-minded peers and nationally recognized experts in academic leadership.

CREATING AND LEADING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE

2023 TEACHING PROFESSOR ONLINE CONFERENCE

The Teaching Professor Online Conference is for education professionals to further their learning, engage in lively debates, and meet others in academia who share a drive for excellence in teaching. Be a part of the conference committed to bringing practical teaching ideas, research, and methods to a broad swath of educators from all different disciplines and around the world. No need to book your flight or hotel—just register today and join us from a location of your choice.

FACULTY (RE)ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE

WELLBEING WEBINAR - JOY AT WORK

There are many contributors to stress and burnout at work but focusing on joy can lift us and improve satisfaction, engagement, commitment, and confidence. Learn simple exercises for identifying and celebrating joy in your work leading to a significant feeling or meaning and purpose.

2023 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STUDENT LEADERSHIP

The National Conference on Student Leadership (NCSL) is famous for helping students put their newfound leadership skills into practice. For more than 40 years, NCSL has been the number one conference dedicated to helping students develop and apply new leadership skills. When you attend NCSL, you will learn the latest in leadership principles, you will meet people like you—and people nothing like you—who are leading others on campuses around the country.

WELLBEING WEBINAR - LIFE DOMAINS

Life domains include health, family, income, relationships, work, housing, safety, and self-worth. Learn how to identify your key life domains, rate your satisfaction in your key domains, layer in your personal values, and create a plan to renew and nurture the domains that seem to need attention and growth.

MIND FULL TO MINDFUL: STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Do you want to enhance the learning environment for your students and yourself? Mindful strategies will help teachers become more self-aware, manage stress more effectively, improve decision-making skills, and engage students better. Mind Full to Mindful: Strategies to Enhance Teaching and Learning will show you how.

MAGNA ENRICHMENT COURSES - WINTER ENRICHMENT SESSION

WELLBEING WEBINAR - SOCIAL WELLBEING

Social connection is fundamental to human flourishing. By creating meaningful connections with others, building social structures, and maintaining a healthy balance between work and home we can benefit by seeing an increase in healthy habits, emotional wellbeing, and physiological response. Learn how to find support and increase your social connections to reap many benefits.

MIND FULL TO MINDFUL: STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING

FACULTY (RE)ENGAGEMENT INSTITUTE

WELLBEING WEBINAR - FINANCIAL WELLBEING

Financial health is an important aspect of wellbeing. This live webinar examines how finances can be a source of stress, worry, and conflict. It gives practical ideas for achieving financial wellbeing through building security, freedom, and autonomy around your finances.