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AI in SUNY: Share Your Insights
As we continue to navigate the evolving landscape of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), your input is crucial to ensure these tools are effectively supporting teaching and student success. The AI Tutor subcommittee of the SUNY FACT2 AI in Action Task Group seeks to inform the development of an SUNY AI Tutor platform to support students across our campuses. FACT2 would like your insights on current AI tutor activities throughout SUNY, the desired features, and potential uses. Please share the SUNY AI Tutor Project campus survey with your faculty and instructional support staff to contribute to this important initiative. Your feedback will help shape the future of AI in education at SUNY.
SUNY CPD’s AI in Higher Education Program is now open for registration. For more information please visit the program website.
Lisa Raposo
Executive Director
| | Register Now for Upcoming Courses | | Courses begin January 7th | | Learn how to lead assessment initiatives on campus. Competencies will be introduced through proven models of leadership and will include how to develop trust, effective communication practices, relationship management techniques, prioritize initiatives while adapting to challenging and uncertain times, and how to undertake a stakeholder analysis. | | Institutional Effectiveness Certificate | Contribute to institutional level assessment and accreditation committees, assist your institution and respective department in the assessment of strategic objectives, and be able to advise, assist and instruct others in developing cycles of goal setting, measurement, data collection, process review and evaluation. | | |
Assessment of Learning Outcomes Certificate
| Focus on the importance of assessment activities in improving teaching and learning. Learn how to develop learning outcomes, to use rubrics and other assessment tools and to identify strategies for using results to improve the academic experience. Develop skills to actively contribute to program review, curricular mapping and accreditation projects on campus. | | |
Innovative Strategies to Engage All Students (Inclusive Teaching and Learning Cert) | Develop new mindsets and strategies for more inclusive and equitable practices in classrooms and other learning environments. | | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Curriculum Development Certificate | Learn the knowledge and skills necessary to create course content that meets the SUNY DEISJ Gen Ed student learning outcomes. | | Career Readiness Champion Certificate Program | |
Learn how to create a campus culture focused on supporting students in planning for a career.
| | | | This virtual workshop outlines the components of a successful proposal and the steps to get there. Learn how to improve your chances of getting funded through fund sourcing, proper planning and organization, concise writing, collaboration, and proposal submission. From the comfort of your home or office participate in learning activities, independent grant writing work, and online discussions. | | |
NEW! Crucial Learning
Courses available for SUNY employees at a discount
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Featured Course:
Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue
One of the costliest barriers to organizational performance is unresolved Crucial Conversations. Turn disagreement into dialogue by speaking up candidly, respectfully, and quickly. Invest in yourself and your team today and begin learning online at your own pace.
Audience:
Individuals, Managers, Faculty, Department Chairs, Deans, Academic Leaders
About 7-8 hours of online learning; one-year access to the course
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Otther courses include:
- Crucial Conversations for Accountability
- Crucial Influence
- The Power of Habit
PLUS! Each course includes an optional live online session with a community of practice to enhance your learning experience.
| | Nominations for the SUNY SAIL Summer Leadership Program Due April 30th | | |
SUNY Summer Leadership Retreat
August 4-8, 2025
White Eagle Conference Center, Hamilton, NY
Now Accepting Nominations for the SUNY SAIL Summer Leadership Program. You may nominate yourself or someone else. Submit nominations before April 30th.
| | Advanced Project Management | | |
Location: Online Zoom Workshop
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2025 and Thursday, May 7, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST
Dive into how to best manage and deliver projects for your institution. Those who benefit from this course would typically lead a team of functional and technical staff to implement changes to academic programs, staff and student learning programs, software systems and upgrades, facility and classroom modifications, and other campus and SUNY-wide projects.
| | Instructional Design Certificate Program | | |
This asynchronous, 18-week certification program focuses on equipping participants with skills in instructional design, assessment development, course evaluation, and the utilization of assessment data and feedback for continual course enhancement. Design and develop engaging, inclusive, and effective learning experiences while mastering the creation of effective assessments.
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Course 1: Foundations of Instructional Design (In Progress – Fall Begins Aug 25)
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Course 2: Equitable Assessment Design and Course Evaluation April 1 – May 12
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Course 3: Advanced Instructional Design and Course Enhancement June 3 – July 7
| | SUNY Graduate Research and Creative Activities Conference (GradCon) | | |
When: Virtually, May 2nd, 2025.
Registration is now open for the SUNY Graduate Research and Creative Activities Conference (GRC), a SUNY-wide virtual multidisciplinary spring semester event that highlights and showcases graduate students’ achievements in scholarship.
It brings together graduate students and faculty mentors from across the SUNY system, by providing a forum to disseminate research and creative activities in the form of oral and poster presentations in ALL academic disciplines. By bringing together students and faculty from across the state, the GRC provides a venue for networking and helps realize the synergistic power of the SUNY system.
| | SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT) | | |
Human-Centered Learning: Tensions, Innovations,
and Inclusion in the Future of Education
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Keynote Speaker – Joshua Eyler, Ph.D
Joshua Eyler, Ph.D. is Director of Faculty Development and Director of the Think Forward Quality Enhancement Plan at the University of Mississippi, where he is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education. He previously worked on teaching and learning initiatives at Columbus State University, George Mason University, and Rice University. Eyler is the author of Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It, an indictment of the grading system in American schools and colleges―and a blueprint for how we can change it, and the acclaimed book How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching, which in 2019 Book Authority named “100 Best Education Books of All Time”.
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Closing Speaker – Byan Dewsbury
Bryan Dewsbury is an Associate Professor of Biology at Florida International University (FIU). He is the Principal Investigator of the Science Education And Society (SEAS) research program, which blends research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development of inclusive practices, and programming in the cultivation of equity in education. He is also a Fellow with the John N. Gardner Institute where he assists institutions of higher education cultivate best practices in inclusive education. He is a co-editor of the book the Norton Guide to Equity Minded Teaching. He has led faculty development workshops in over 150 institutions across North America, Europe and Western Africa. He is the host of the podcast Knowledge Unbound where he interviews people who do transformational work in education across the globe.
| | 2025 IITG/OER Impact Grants Program | | | | The IITG/OER Impact Grants Application Portal will close March 30th. There has been a great deal of interest in the grants this year, and we look forward to hearing your ideas! | | SUNY Transformation Fund Webinar Series | | In support of the SUNY Office of Student Success, SUNY CPD is hosting a two-series of webinars this spring: | | Campus Best Practices for Student Success: Transformation Fund Community of Practice | |
As part of the SUNY Transformation Fund initiative, this FREE webinar series will provide a platform for campuses to exchange best practices and learn from each other’s experiences. Each session will feature expert speakers and interactive discussions, offering participants valuable insights and actionable strategies to support student success across SUNY campuses.
Proactive Advising
April 23, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Gain insights into proactive advising techniques that help identify and address student challenges early, preventing potential barriers to success.
| | Academic and Career Alignment | |
Ensuring student success and timely graduation is more critical than ever. This FREE Transformation Fund webinar series will delve into Complete College America’s (CCA) proven strategies and best practices. Sessions will provide participants with actionable insights and a comprehensive understanding of how to foster a supportive and effective learning environment across SUNY campuses.
First-Year Experience
April 3, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Discuss how to create impactful first-year programs that meet students’ academic and social needs. Hear how institutions can use AI to provide personalized interventions, monitor student success, and enhance the overall first-year experience.
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Joseph Trumpler has joined the SUNY Center for Professional Development as the Business Manager, where he will support the financial, budgetary and procurement operations of CPD’s program staff.
Prior to joining CPD, Joseph spent the last 16 years with the Office of Business Operations managing accounts payable, accounts receivable and acting as the university-system travel program administrator. He comes to use with a bachelor’s in public policy/public administration from the University at Albany.
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Kae Harrison has joined the SUNY Center for Professional Development as a Program Coordinator, working with the Delivery and Services team to support training and professional development activities.
Prior to joining CPD, Kae was a Student Conduct Co-Administrator and the Program Manager for Student Employment at Principia College in Illinois. She has a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Political Science, and Comparative Religions. She has four children, one grandchild, and a very mischievous french bulldog.
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