Weekly Happenings: October 13-17, 2025

[April Dukes]

Hi all,

You can find links for the upcoming professional development workshops and seminars below and in the attached newsletter.

CIRTL Network

• Self-Paced Teaching & Learning Courses (2025-2026 Academic Year)
• Shared Voices, Shared Decisions: Sociocracy for Educators and Leaders in Higher Ed
• Scaffolding Students’ Success as Independent Learners: Developing Instructional Materials Using Self-Regulated Learning Principles
• Fostering a Growth Mindset and Developing a Sense of Belonging in Your Students
• Exploring Teaching Careers at Research Universities with CIRTL Alumni
• Exploring Teaching Careers at Teaching Intensive Universities with CIRTL Alumni

dB-SERC

• dB-SERC Lunch Discussion

University Center for Teaching and Learning

• Online Teaching Using Canvas
• Canvas Refresher: SpeedGrader and Gradebook
  
• Assessment and Teaching Conference
• Mentoring Academy: Session Three

Office of Academic Career Development

• Mastering Productivity: Effective Writing Routines for Researchers
• Should You Pivot to a Multi-PI Grant? Strategies for Successful Team Science

Health Sciences Library System (HSLS)

• Using ORCID and SciENcv to Create an NIH Biosketch
• RCR Session: Enhancing Reproducibility through Transparency in Reporting Experimental Details
• Introduction to All of Us Researcher Workbench

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April Dukes, Ph.D.

(she/her/hers)

Faculty and Future Faculty Program Director

Pitt-CIRTL Coordinator

Engineering Education Research Center

Contact Information

Email:  apr...@pitt.edu

Phone:  412-383-6014

Address:University of Pittsburgh

3700 O'Hara St

B-12 Benedum Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15261