According to BU’s Organizational Development & Learning (OD&L), Terrier eDevelopment (TeD) is a web-based e-learning platform that allows BU staff and faculty to have instant access to online learning content, including courses, videos, e-books, audiobooks, and training documents. Registration for both virtual and in-person workshops can be found in TeD as well.
As you know, the College is hosting its first in-person Staff Appreciation Reception in over two years on Monday, May 16th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on BU Beach.
We’re very excited about the event. There will be bountiful hors d’oeuvres and refreshments, lawn games, live jazz music, and some pretty cool raffle prizes. All Chairs, Directors, and managers know of the event too and will support your attendance to it. Moreover, we’ll be taking time out to honor the outstanding work of some of very own colleagues. I hope you’ll be able to make it.
You can RSVP to rdaigle3@bu.edu by this Monday, May 9th.
Additionally, you don’t have to show up to the event alone. In fact, if you’d like to walk over to the event with a small group of fellow staff members then know that we’re organizing a few small pre-event, meet-up sites.
Just arrive to any of the following meet-up sites by 3:30 p.m.:
We hope to see you there!
We would like to share this opportunity with you regarding the CAS Diversity & Inclusion Action Team (DIAT).
D & I Between the Lines: Disability Allyship in CAS
Monday, May 2nd, 1-2 pm
CAS 502
CASDI invites all CAS faculty and staff to attend a dynamic and informative workshop on Disability Allyship at CAS facilitated by the staff of BU Disability and Access Services.
The presentation will address the following themes:
Registrants will also receive access to several supplementary resources to enrich their understanding of the topic!
Please RSVP by Friday, April 29th: https://bit.ly/3ul9xqU
This is an in-person presentation that will feature close captioning and be recorded. We ask that all attendees adhere to all BU safety protocols.
We are delighted to announce the formation of the Boston University Event Planners Group! Members come from departments all across campus.
This group was created to bring all of us together to share best practices, stay up-to-date on policies and procedures, and provide a resource for everyone to connect, network, and find support. They plan to meet on a regular basis. Please email Miranda McLean (mirandam@bu.edu) or Andrew Vigue (avigue@bu.edu) in BU Events & Conferences to be added to the Event Planners Group mailing list.
For the first kick-off meeting is on Wednesday, August 18, from 2:00-3:30 PM. The agenda includes:
The first meeting will be on Zoom, please register to attend on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bu-event-planners-inaugural-meeting-tickets-165448630307
BU Event Planners Group second meeting on Tuesday, December 7, from 2 – 3:30 PM.
For this meeting, E&C is going to do something a bit different. Instead of a formal meeting with invited speakers and specific topics like last time, they are going to go more casual and have an open forum for discussion, questions, and sharing of information. Think of this like a virtual roundtable!
When you register, you will need to submit a question, topic, tip, or idea that will help drive our conversation. And of course during the meeting, they will open it up to even more questions or topics that you want to talk about. This is a great opportunity to meet up in a casual environment and learn from each other as we build our event planning network at BU.
Once again, this will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to attend via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bu-event-planners-open-forum-registration-204084932527.
The BU Events Planners Group will devote this hour long meeting to a presentation by Christopher Robinson, Outreach & Training Coordinator from BU Disability & Access Services. Christopher is a Certified Facilitator & Accessibility consultant for the Performing Arts and an ASL/English Interpreter.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/99020127392?pwd=T0g0d044TEdYc1ZxM0JaamluWHBJQT09
Wednesday, May 4, from 11 AM – 12 PM is the final meeting of the academic year. They will host Lisa Tornatore, Director of BU Sustainability, and Lexie Raczka, Sustainability Director of BU Dining Services, and learn about planning and hosting sustainable events on campus.
Click on this link to register: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpcO2pqzIjGNzmiarWsTI0-qg_TI2xlcel.
Passcode: 906218
Please save the dates below for our Community of Practice (CoP) events this Spring 2022 hosted by the CAS Professional Development Committee (CAS ProDev). CoP events are a place for discussion among CAS administrators – where we can learn and hear from each other about various topics. We divide our Community of Practice events into three categories: Undergraduate Affairs, Graduate Affairs, and Administrative Affairs. These CoP events will all be hosted virtually on Zoom this semester.
Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for a CoP event.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/99405735760?pwd=eVIvU2h4VUFTdGp0Q2dCazg5cFRGQT09
Meeting ID: 994 0573 5760
Passcode: spring2022
The CAS Professional Development Committee is excited to announce an upcoming workshop next Tuesday, November 9th at 12PM via Zoom. We will be joined by Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program, Dr. Cati Connell. Dr. Connell will be discussing best practices on working with trans and gender non-conforming students.
We hope that you all will be able to join us next week. Please use the following link to register: Register Here!
Program: Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Inclusivity
Time: 12PM
Date: 11/9/2021
Location: Zoom (get the link after you register!)
The CAS Professional Development Committee is excited to announce our upcoming Podcast Club. This month, we will discuss an interview with Jennifer De Leon, an author and professor at Framingham State University. Speaking with KQED, the San Francisco Bay Area NPR-member station, De Leon discusses many of the important topics she highlights in her most recent collection of essays, "White Space."
Podcast Club will be hosted virtually on Thursday, October 28th at 11AM.
Please use the following link to register: https://forms.gle/FZe2C6PJJVcXJp24A
To listen to the interview, please use the following link:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jennifer-leon-dissects-white-space-through-essays-on/id73329719?i=1000516185785
In her book of essays, “White Space,” writer Jennifer De Leon explores how she became a writer — a journey inextricably linked to her parents’ migration from Guatemala to the United States. Throughout her life, De Leon carved a place for herself in spaces that felt unfamiliar: in the private college where she didn’t feel wealthy or white enough; in Guatemala where she immersed herself in a culture and language locals expected her to already know. This is De Leon’s second book release during the pandemic — her young adult novel, “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From,” came out last May. De Leon joins to talk about her Central American roots, her parents’ reservations about her career and writing in mostly white spaces.
We hope to see you all there!