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Learn tips to manage stress, and make a stress! Program run by Stress Management Peers from the McKinley Health Center.

Introduction to Scholarly Research is a multipart instruction program designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students with the various stages of the research process.

The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!

Not sure how to budget? Attend this helpful workshop that can walk you through the steps of learning to budget on your own!

The use of questions in our teaching is the most often used active learning strategy. Questions serve to motivate students, to assess students’ understanding, and to engage them in a thought-provoking discussion. Join this session to learn effective questioning skills and how to avoid common pitfalls.

Learn about the importance of eating "all the colors" of food, and get some healthy snacks! Run by the McKinley Health Center.

Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.

Not sure how to budget? Attend this helpful workshop that can walk you through the steps of learning to budget on your own!  This is an ONLINE EVENT. Zoom information will be sent to registered participants the day of the workshop.

CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course.  Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.  

Faculty Panel Presentation (Zoom): A panel of Special Education faculty offer an in-depth look at their experiences with a variety of grading practices. Join us as Kary Zarate, Emily Tarconish, Jessica Hardy, and Catherin Corr share data on how grading processes impact student emotional health, agency, knowledge acquisition, and teaching pedagogy.

Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.

The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!

Maureen Warren will present a talk titled, “What Can We Learn About the Fake News of today from KAM’s Exhibition, Fake News & Lying Pictures?” Reservation and advance payment is required.

Voter Registration table with the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.

The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!

Barbara Oakley says that “students fool themselves into thinking they’re learning.” Students may believe that they “know” the content and that they can easily retrieve what they learned; however when it comes down to doing assignments or exams, they are often unsuccessful. Come and learn how to teach our students how to be more efficient and effective learners.

The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!

For National Cookbook Month, Funk ACES Library has partnered with McKinley Health Center’s Nutrition Peers to bring you smart snacks and promote eating "all colors of the rainbow". Bring your iCard to check-out a cookbook, grab a snack, or both! Visit our events & exhibits calendar to learn more about this and other events.

CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course.  Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.  

Come to this workshop to begin the process of identifying your teaching philosophy, deciding which parts of it belong in your statement, and avoiding common mistakes.

The University of Illinois is excited to welcome distinguished guests from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Zambia for a robust discussion on place-based adaptation to climate change around the globe.

Hybrid event taking place in 223 Gregory Hall and over Zoom. See the registration link to attend virtually.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Kelli Morgan, Professor of the Practice and the inaugural Director of Curatorial Studies at Tufts University, presented as part of the Black on Black on Black on Black exhibition.

Speak Café stands for Song, Poetry, Expression, Art, and Knowledge. It is an open-mic coffeehouse at Krannert Art Museum.

Celebrate Homecoming with the University Library! Learn about how the Library works to preserve our collections and participate, hands-on, to see how some of our materials are made.

Celebrate Homecoming with the University Library! Hear from Alumnus Charlie Meyerson about his student experience at Illinois.

Dr. Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities will give a public talk on her book, "Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring Feminisms across Scholarship and Activism" on Monday, October 17th at 4pm. In addition to the public talk, WGGP will coordinate graduate student led virtual book discussion led by on Friday, October 14th starting at 4pm.

Join us for an back to back DJ performance lecture by multidisciplinary artist Shenece Oretha and exhibiting artist Blair Ebony Smith (lovenloops), presented as part of the Black on Black on Black on Black exhibition.

Introduction to Scholarly Research is a multipart instruction program designed to assist undergraduate and graduate students with the various stages of the research process.

A syllabus is more than a contract or a schedule and listing of topics. What is the message and first impression? Take a moment to think about your syllabus: is it welcoming, supportive, fair? This is a great opportunity to think about how/if your syllabus promotes a learning-centered environment.

The Speaking Center Language Sessions are informal conversation sessions led in different languages by a facilitator. If you are just starting to learn another language, or are fluent and want to meet new people, attend this laid-back session where you can talk about anything!

Hybrid event taking place in 1065 Lincoln Hall and over Zoom. See the registration link to attend virtually.

The emphasis will be on moving from principles to practice in practical, tangible ways: by designing learning activities and assessments that meet students’ diverse learning strategies, by presenting course content in ways that support students’ different learning styles and abilities, and by providing greater latitude in the way students demonstrate their knowledge.

Featuring emerging scholarship on the art of this period against the backdrop of the exhibition Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, Krannert Art Museum hosts a symposium on Early Modern Global Political Art.

CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course.  Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.  

Join us for the first keynote lecture in the Early Modern Global Political Art symposium by scholar Liza Oliver. This talk considers how spectatorial sympathy, a governing principle of eighteenth-century British art and literature, was deployed by opposing sides of the debate on Britain’s slave trade in the decades preceding its abolition.

Featuring emerging scholarship on the art of this period against the backdrop of the exhibition Fake News & Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic, Krannert Art Museum hosts a symposium on Early Modern Global Political Art.

Come join us to hear about our Graduate Minor- Gender Relations in International Development (GRID) on Friday, October 21st from 12-1pm.  Lunch provided with pre-registration at https://go.illinois.edu/GRIDinfo

This talk explores van Braam’s self-fashioning through his collaboration with two unnamed Guangzhou artists and the French émigré printer and defender of race-based slavery, M.L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry.

Hybrid event taking place in 213 Gregory Hall and over Zoom. See the registration link to attend virtually.

CITL's Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) is a deep dive into online teaching strategies. We will explore the following topics: • Designing Your Online Course • Developing Your Learning Community • Adapting Best Teaching Practices to Your Online Course • Motivating Your Students to Excel MCOT on Canvas is a synchronous cohort experience.

As students demand more choices in how and where they attend class, faculty need to develop a toolkit of resources that can effectively support engagement in-person and online. In this fast-paced interactive session, we will sample a variety of free or low-cost digital tools that support active classroom learning in four key areas. Laptop required.

Learn about the services and resources available at the library! This workshop is 30 minutes long, with time after for questions. This is especially helpful to first-year students and transfer students. This is an online event. A zoom link will be sent to those who register.

CITL's Instructional Support Team is hosting office hours to answer any questions you have about using Canvas and to provide support for your course.  Join us between 11am and noon on Thursdays on zoom, at https://illinois.zoom.us/j/87259297204?pwd=ZE1IN05NeXhlODcxY2ZYcUtsL3JEZz09.  

See the registration link to attend this meeting over Zoom.

Dr. Koni Benson, "Pedagogy and Politics: Enacting Alternative Maps For Creating Communities of Practice" Koni Benson is an historian, organizer, and educator. She is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.