Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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| Time | Presentation one | Presentation two | Presentation three | Presentation four |
| 9:00 -
10:15 am |
LinkedIn and Your Personal Brand | How to better understand and assist international students & scholars at Webster University | What Can Canvas Do For You? | Yoga Practice: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy You |
10:30 - 11:45 am |
Webster Jeopardy | Women and Leadership: Myths, Facts and Strategies for Inclusive, Gender Bilingual Solutions | Transfer 101 | Zumba |
| Noon -
1:15 pm |
Lunch and Keynote Address | |||
| 1:30-
2:45 pm |
Speed Networking | Wellness at Webster | Working with Students with Disabilities | Moving Beyond Diversity Training: Handling Uncomfortable Situations |
Check-in and Continental Breakfast: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
University Center Commons
Session One: 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
LinkedIn and your Personal Brand:
Craig Carmichael
Library Room 110 (E-Classroom)
View presentation slides (PDF)
Whether you're looking looking to spruce up you're digital footprint, or would just like to play with a new online social network, this session is for you. Craig Carmichael, Webster's Director of Digital Marketing and Communications will explain the importance of personal brand and keep up appearances on the web. Craig will end by helping attendees set up their own LinkedIn accounts.
How to better understand and assist international students & scholars at Webster University:
Blerina Polovina & Janka Ribando
University Center Sunnen Lounge
This session will also be live streamed (click to view)
This presentation will equip Webster staff with the information needed to assist international students and scholars during any phase of their student life by creating a more accessible environment to different cultures and backgrounds during their journey of becoming global citizens.
What can Canvas do for you?:
Chris Jones and Pamela Bryan Williams
University Center Presentation Room
As we transition from Blackboard Vista to Canvas this summer, it is crucial that faculty, students, and staff are familiar with what Canvas is, what it can do, and how it can improve the teaching and learning experience for all involved. Staff often represent the intersection between faculty and students, and are thus critical partners to the Online Learning Center and Faculty Development Center as we promote awareness and understanding of this new learning management system.
Yoga Practice: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy You:
Jessica Key
Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts Large Dance Studio
Staff members will learn connecting one's breath with movement and developing a healthy mind/body connection through a flow yoga class. Vinyasa yoga works on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels to connect the mind with the body and relieve stress and anxiety. Staff will see that yoga is a personal practice because the only person who can determine if you’re performing to the best of your current ability is you! Yoga can develop strength, flexibility and balance and by practicing with focus and intention, letting go of your expectations and concentrate on what it feels like instead of what you look like. Learn to carry that mindset throughout the rest of the day. Participants should bring their own mat and water bottle.
NOTE: If you are signing up for a fitness session taking place in the large dance studio please be aware that NO STREET SHOES are allowed in the studio. You will need to bring your work out clothes to change into along with a pair of gym shoes (shoes that have not touched an outside surface or have been cleaned thoroughly). We also suggest bringing a sweat towel and bottle of water to all workout sessions.
Session Two: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Webster Jeopardy:
Tamara Minley
University Center Conference Room
Have you been to all of our general sessions this school year? Are you an expert in Webster University trivia? Then this session is for you. Test your knowledge of the ins-and outs of Webster University in this lively game of Webster Jeopardy. Play to win prizes!
Women and Leadership: Myths, Facts and Strategies for Inclusive, Gender Bilingual
Solutions:
Katherine Krajcovic
University Center Sunnen Lounge
This session will also be live streamed (click to view)
Anyone, at any level, can be a leader. The purpose of my material is to educate both genders about the obstacles and delays women have faced during their progression in the professional realm. My hope is that my material will showcase the important fact that women should not try to *become* like men; instead, we can learn from men and, as with reverse mentoring, they can learn from us. Leadership should be gender bilingual; both genders bring strengths and my hope is that through hands-on, interactive exercises attendees will walk away with a better understanding of what it means to be an active leader and how to develop the culture they want for their team/area.
Transfer 101:
Christina Gilbert, Blerina Polovina, and Dawn McCracken
University Center Presentation Room
This presentation will provide an opportunity for staff members to learn more about the different aspects of the transfer processes at Webster University. Many of our students (including some staff members) enter the University as transfer students and in this presentation, we will provide an in-depth look at how the Office of Admission, Registrar's Office, and Academic Advising work together to serve this group of students.
Zumba:
Martha Bailey
Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts Large Dance Studio
You may have taken part in her Summer series with WSA or maybe you just want to try
out the Latin dance inspired fitness craze taking place in gyms and community centers
everywhere. Come and join Martha Bailey as she takes us through this exhilarating
and easy to follow calorie burning dance party.
NOTE: If you are signing up for a fitness session taking place in the large dance
studio please be aware that NO STREET SHOES are allowed in the studio. You will need
to bring your work out clothes to change into along with a pair of gym shoes (shoes
that have not touched an outside surface or have been cleaned thoroughly . We also
suggest bringing a sweat towel and bottle of water to all workout sessions.
Keynote Address: 12:00 - 1:15 (CST)
WSA is Proud to present Dr. Neil George
University Center Grant Gymnasium
This session will also be live streamed (click to view)
Joining the Webster University faculty in 1972, Dr. George quickly rose through the ranks. He served three terms as Chair of the History-Political Science Department, from 1974-1982. He then was elected as Chair of Faculty, serving from 1982-1983 in that role. He became the Acting Dean of the Undergraduate College in 1982 before being named Dean and serving in that capacity until 1991. Concurrently, from 1989-1991, he also served as University Associate Provost. From 1991-1993, he was the University Academic Dean, prior to being named Executive Vice President and Vice President for Academic Affairs in 1995. He performed those duties until being named Interim President in 2008.
During Dr. George’s academic leadership, the University has grown dramatically, more than doubling its enrollment and network of campuses, increasing international education opportunities, and developing numerous onsite corporate programs and partnerships. In addition, the University has advanced the integration of academic technology into the teaching and learning work of the University, and has advanced the development of online programs.
Session Three: 1:30 - 2:45
Speed Networking:
Monitored by Sarah Nandor and Lisa Muex Sisson
University Center Presentation Room
Learn to network with other Webster University employees in this fast-paced and exciting session. Selected administrators and staff at all levels will be invited to participate in this session. Based upon the number of administrators invited we will open to WSA attendees the opportunity to participate. Each WSA attendee will be allowed 5-10 minutes to network/interview the administrator. A bell will be ring and then the WSA attendee will move onto the next person. This will continue though out the session, until all have participated.
Wellness at Webster:
Cheryl Fritz
Library Room 110 (E-Classroom)
This session will provide employees information about the origin of the Webster Wellness
program, our mission and vision for wellness at Webster and the ongoing programs that
support those goals. Cheryl Fritz will also facilitate a discussion on what staff
would like to see and what challenges them in their wellness endeavors. Members of
the Webster Wellness Committee will also be available to take questions from interested
parties. Finally, attendees will automatically be entered in a raffle to win one free
week of fitness training at Fitness with Anika!
Working with Students with Disabilities:
Kevin Pelzel and Cindy Yamnitz
University Center Conference Room
View Presentation Slides (PDF)
This session will focus on how staff members can assist with making students with disabilities feel more comfortable on Webster’s campus. The presenters will discuss different categories of disabilities as well as providing examples of specific disabilities contained within each category. Staff members will receive a demonstration of assistive technology programs available to Webster students and will learn what they can do to make their paper and electronic forms more accessible. The presenters will also discuss disability etiquette in regard to interacting with students with a wide range of disabilities. Finally, participants will learn what they can do within their work environment to increase accessibility for all Webster students.
Moving Beyond Diversity Training: Handling Uncomfortable Situations:
Reena Hajat Carroll, Claire Droste, and Reena Hajat
University Center Sunnen Lounge
This session will also be live streamed (click to view)
The Diversity Awareness Partnership Group will use the advanced technology of an Audience Response System to interact and engage the audience in real time responses to their questions and situations regarding Cultural and Diversity issues.