How can we help students make meaningful connections between their own interests, the courses they take, and their professional goals? How can we spend more of our time in academic advising helping students with life planning instead of just box checking curriculum sheets? In this discussion group, we will spend half of our time reading […]
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Writing Across URI
The focus of Writing Across URI is to offer retreats, forge strategic partnerships, provide personalized consultations, and facilitate collaborative writing groups that bring together faculty and grad students from every discipline.
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Academic life can be overwhelming. Could slowing down help us better connect with our professional purpose? Join us for a 5-session book discussion on the 10th Anniversary Edition of The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (Berg & Seeber, 2025).
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The first journey in your Passport to Success is the New Faculty Pathway.
Becoming acquainted with a new role is an ongoing process. Rather than having a one-day, do-it-all orientation, ATL will walk with you over the course of your first year with just-in-time information to help you be successful.
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Fun-sized faculty development: Are you looking for a quick hit of professional development this semester? ATL has a series of short sessions that are packed with tips you can use in the classroom right away. These sessions are perfect for those who are feeling time-crunched.
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These workshops are designed to invite reflection and empower faculty with the knowledge to prevent (or manage) burnout, while uplifting the importance of rest and clarity of roles.
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This curated resource collection introduces Generative AI and its uses in education, with an option for deeper exploration. Open AI’s ChatGPT is only one of many AI-powered tools in use across dozens of sectors. While AI has great potential, human expertise, critical thinking, and social connection remain vital.
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ATL hosts large events for the university community to share information and ideas of importance. Thought leaders are brought to campus for speaking engagements, often supplemented with book clubs, seminars, and/or conversations.
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We support faculty efforts to engage in scholarship of teaching and learning at URI. Find some guides and resources here.
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