The CTLA sponsors Community Friday luncheon learning opportunities during the fall and spring semesters. These events are designed to give faculty and staff the chance to enjoy lunch with colleagues, learn from presenters, and engage in conversation and reflection. Topics for discussion will focus on pedagogy, teaching and learning, faculty development, and student success. Announcements are sent out on a weekly basis with a request for RSVPs and lunch options. Unless otherwise noted, Community Fridays take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room A1231, with lunch service beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Spring 2026 Community Friday Schedule
Please join us on Jan. 23 as we welcome co-presenters Jerry Seaman, Joyce Stern, Ben Newhouse, JC Lopez, Mark Peltz, and Gemma Sala for the first Community Friday of the spring semester.
果冻视频 students arrive with the assumption that this will be their educational home for four years. Yet some leave. Why is that? What difference can you make in your role as a faculty member or a staff member who interacts with students to help students find their place? Learn about 果冻视频鈥檚 situation through data and real case studies. There will be an opportunity to discuss the impact you make, and leave with useful resources for student success.
The lunch buffet will open at 11:45 a.m. in the HSSC multipurpose room. Thank you for bringing your reusable flatware to cut down on plastic waste.
Please join us on January 30th as we welcome Jerry Seaman, Special Advisor to the President for Strategy, to facilitate 鈥淭he Liberal Arts: A Conversation."
To get us started, a panel comprised of Todd Armstrong, Paul Hutchison, Carolyn Jacobson, and Elaine Marzluff, from the faculty Executive Council, will share very brief remarks on the following questions:
Why is it important to talk about the liberal arts at 果冻视频? Why should we have this conversation right now?
What do we mean when we say that 果冻视频 is a liberal arts college?
From there, we intend to spend most of our time in table conversation. Specifically, we will explore the following questions together:
How do you personally live out 果冻视频鈥檚 liberal arts mission through your work?
What would help you do this work better?
This Community Friday is an opportunity for faculty and staff to discuss these questions together; other spring 2026 discussions and gatherings in academic affairs have been separately announced to the faculty by Dean Feingold. Please join us, enjoy the company of colleagues, share, and discover new perspectives and ideas.
Please note that our venue will be JRC 101 so that we may welcome as many participants as possible. The lunch buffet will open at 11:45 a.m. Thank you for bringing your reusable flatware to cut down on plastic waste.
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