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How Building Rapport Helped My Students Take Risks
by Fahad Ameen Full article available on Faculty Focus. Excerpts below. One of my quietest students once came up to me after class and said, “I’ve never felt comfortable speaking in English before this course.” That single sentence reminded me that what we build in the classroom goes far beyond lectures or grading. It’s the atmosphere we…
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Teaching Strategies
More on AI in the Writing Classroom (Fall 2025 Experiment)
by Emily Pitts Donahoe on Substack Back in July, I wrote about how I planned to handle AI in my classroom this fall, and in September, I shared some of my AI-related materials. If you want full details about what I’m doing, feel free to explore those posts, as well as the “Use of Generative AI” document…
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The Case for Slow Teaching
By Pamela Scully Full article available on the Chronicle of Higher Education. Excerpts below. … I started thinking about how the LMS contributes to undergraduate stress last fall, after I noticed heightened student anxiety. I decided to sit down with my two undergraduate classes and ask what was bothering them. Students from a mix of majors…
Faculty Opportunities
LibreChat at Bowdoin. Want to be an ambassador?
What is LibreChat? LibreChat gives you access to multiple AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, and more) in one secure, campus-supported tool. You can safely test different approaches, compare AI responses,…
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Proposals for December Lunch and Learns due Friday, November 14
Every December and May during finals, faculty and staff can attend a Lunch and Learn series to share strategies/tools, facilitate dialogue around meaningful topics in higher education, or explore…
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Winter Break Book Club
You are invited to join the Kurtz Book Club! All members of the campus community are welcome to come together and read a book chosen by the College Houses and…