Center for Teaching and Learning

Date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Time: 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Presenter: Adam Beaver and Katrin Fischer
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Yes, but it requires rethinking how to design and teach them! Generative AI challenges traditional assignments like the 5-page essay, as students may turn to readily available tools like NotebookLM, Gemini, or ChatGPT to do the reading, thinking, and writing for them. This workshop invites instructors of First-Year Seminars and writing-intensive courses to explore strategies for designing short writing assignments that emphasize process, analysis, and original thinking. Whether you seek to keep AI out of your classroom or choose to engage with it, join the Center for Teaching and Learning and the First-Year Seminars Program to discuss how to engage students in authentic thinking and writing

Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, February 6, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, February 20, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, March 20, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, April 3, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors animated by the unique opportunities and challenges that come with teaching first-year college students are encouraged to join this group. In our sessions, we will: discuss shared readings of common interest; invite colleagues from around campus specialized in working with new students; and talk through case studies drawn from real classroom situations. Register

Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Gardner Jackson, Mezzanine level of Goldfarb Library
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools. Register