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Conversations for a Culture of Inclusion
Conversations for a Culture of Inclusion
Do you engage with your colleagues in a way that brings out their best? Does your team collaborate in a way that combines the unique talents and abilities of each member to achieve big goals? In this discussion-based course, you will discover specific inclusive behaviors and strategies proven to increase engagement, innovation, and productivity in …
Setting Global-Cultural Limits 30-Years After Berlin 1989
Setting Global-Cultural Limits 30-Years After Berlin 1989
Calling for student volunteers! If you would like to get connected to a student group connected to the projects described below, come to the organizational meeting on Thursday, August 29, 7-8 pm in Pugh Hall 302 or contact Professor Will Hasty (hasty@ufl.edu). This fall UF students and faculty continue a decade-long consideration of Walls and …
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Fall Kickoff for the Humanities Engagement Scholars Program
Fall Kickoff for the Humanities Engagement Scholars Program
Are you interested in the humanities beyond your major? Do you enjoy attending events about the humanities at UF and in the community? Do you like to talk about the human condition and our place in the world and in the cosmos? If your answer is yes, the new Humanities Engagement Scholars program might be …
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Bharata Natyam Dance Performance by Viraja and Shyamjith Kiran (Kalakshetra alumni)
Bharata Natyam Dance Performance by Viraja and Shyamjith Kiran (Kalakshetra alumni)
The Center for the study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), University of Florida, presents a Bharata Natyam Dance Performance by: Viraja and Shyamjith Kiran (Kalakshetra alumni). Viraja and Shyamjith Kiran were trained in Kalakshetra, one of the foremost schools of Bharata Natyam, in Chennai. They have been a part of the Kalakshetra repertory, dancing in major …
6 events,
Pathways to Excellence: Self-Review Tips
Pathways to Excellence: Self-Review Tips
Do you teach online courses? Are you interested in applying for the new Exemplary Online Award or would you just like some useful feedback on your online courses? This workshop will walk you through some time-saving strategies for completing your self-review.
Imagining Climate Change: Fostering Dialogue and Lessons Learned – Terry Harpold
Imagining Climate Change: Fostering Dialogue and Lessons Learned – Terry Harpold
Since 2015, UF’s Imagining Climate Change initiative has sponsored or co-sponsored nearly two dozen colloquia, invited lectures, performances, readings, and film screenings on the UF campus and in the wider Gainesville community, featuring internationally-renowned activists, creators, researchers, and scholars representing the full range of inventive responses to planetary environmental crisis. In collaboration with departments and …
Workers Movements and the Arab Popular Uprisings of 2011 – Joel Beinin
Workers Movements and the Arab Popular Uprisings of 2011 – Joel Beinin
Arab workers, especially in Egypt and Tunisia, participated prominently in the popular uprisings of 2011. They were motivated by declining standards of living and loss of job security in the decades preceding the uprisings. In Tunisia, the mid-level leaders of the national trade union federation (the UGTT) and rank and file workers were critical participants …
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Pitch Perfect! Creating a Captivating Research Presentation for Graduate Students in the Humanities
Pitch Perfect! Creating a Captivating Research Presentation for Graduate Students in the Humanities
Just in time for the Three Minute Thesis competition, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere presents "Pitch Perfect! Creating a Captivating Research Presentation for Graduate Students in the Humanities," featuring: Dr. Stephanie Webster, Dial Center Associate Director, Master Lecturer, Director of Public Speaking, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication MaRah Williams, …
Developing Effective, Outcome-Based Tests (Part 1)
Developing Effective, Outcome-Based Tests (Part 1)
Practice using backward design to incorporate student learning outcomes into your course, align the learning outcomes with course content, develop effective multiple-choice tests to assess student achievement of the learning outcomes, and refine the course design, course content, and test items based on the test results.
Shadow Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge on the West African Savannah – Robyn d’Avignon
Shadow Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge on the West African Savannah – Robyn d’Avignon
Join Professor Robyn d’Avignon of New York University for her lecture "Shadow Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge on the West African Savannah." Robyn d’Avignon is an historian and anthropologist of West Africa, with interests in natural resource extraction, scientific research, and state formation. Her first book manuscript—Shadow Geology: The Search for Subterranean Knowledge West Africa—examines …
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15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Family Event: Von Humboldt Exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Family Event: Von Humboldt Exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History
In coordination with the Gainesville Latino Film Festival, celebrate the biodiversity and culture of Latin American at the Florida Museum. This year honors the 250th anniversary of Alexander Von Humboldt’s birth. The extraordinary work of this scientist brought attention to the rich diversity of life in Central and South America. In honor of his travels …
Language to Live In
Language to Live In
Retired UF English Professor R. Allen Shoaf will read from his new book of poems.
5 events,
Networking with Nonprofits and More
Networking with Nonprofits and More
This event will have up to 60 community partners who are ready to give students volunteer and/or internship opportunities. Each community partner will have their own round table with chairs so students can take their time talking one-on-one with them. The community partners will be representing a wide range of social justice causes, from youth …
Generations at Odds: the Controversial Political Candidacy of an Imam in Benin – Frederick Madore
Generations at Odds: the Controversial Political Candidacy of an Imam in Benin – Frederick Madore
Join Professor Frederick Madore of the University of Florida for his lecture "Generations at Odds: the Controversial Political Candidacy of an Imam in Benin".
Advice from an Editor: A Conversation with Anne Collett about Journal Publishing
Advice from an Editor: A Conversation with Anne Collett about Journal Publishing
If you are preparing to submit an article or just have questions about publishing in a journal, please join Anne Collett for a candid conversation on the do’s, don’ts, and how-to’s of the journal selection and publication process. As both a scholar and the long-time editor of the peer-reviewed international journal Kunapipi, Collett will share …
3 events,
Tips to Finding Funding For Your Graduate Education
Tips to Finding Funding For Your Graduate Education
This workshop will give tips to find funding awards using internet searches and databases. This session will include the formation of workgroups that will work together to sort through the vast number of opportunities to find awards that broadly fits your discipline, research interest and career goals. Attendees should bring their laptops. Dr. Tyisha Hathorn …
3MT Three Minute Thesis Info Session (new rescheduled date and location)
3MT Three Minute Thesis Info Session (new rescheduled date and location)
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland in Australia. It challenges graduate students to make a compelling presentation on their thesis topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition helps students develop academic, presentation and research communication skills and the capacity to explain their research to …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film: Like Water for Chocolate
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film: Like Water for Chocolate
In a forgotten Mexico village Tita and Pedro fall in love, but their marriage is forbidden as to traditions. Mother Elena sees Tita's role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has ever married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita's heart breaks when her mother offers Pedro …
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Peeking behind the Curtain: Political Theatre of Russian Education Reforms – Elena Aydarova
Peeking behind the Curtain: Political Theatre of Russian Education Reforms – Elena Aydarova
Russia is often described as an authoritarian country under President Putin's tight control. Yet this perception obscures policy activities of those who work under the shadows of powerful leaders and public institutions. Focusing on a recent wave of educational reforms in Russia, Aydarova will share a story of how a small group of Russian academics …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film: Tortilla Soup
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film: Tortilla Soup
Three grown sisters, Maribel (Tamara Mello), Leticia (Elizabeth Peña) and Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) try to cope and live with their father Martin (Héctor Elizondo) ; a veteran chef who is slowly losing his sense of taste. Martin has one simple rule: be at home for Sunday dinner and attendance is both mandatory and non-negotiable. A …
Opening Night: We are Proud to Present
Opening Night: We are Proud to Present
A group of actors—three black and three white—gather to recall the Herero and Namaqua genocide, a largely forgotten, but traumatic chapter in African history. Written by the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, Jackie Sibblies Drury, this play follows their attempt to reenact the extermination of the Herero tribe at the hands of their German …
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Developing Effective, Outcome-Based Tests (Part 2)
Developing Effective, Outcome-Based Tests (Part 2)
In this two-part workshop, participants will practice using backward design to incorporate student learning outcomes into their course, align the learning outcomes with course content, develop effective multiple-choice tests to assess student achievement of the learning outcomes, and refine the course design, course content, and test items based on the test results.
What are They Working On?: Meet Your New Colleagues in the Humanities
What are They Working On?: Meet Your New Colleagues in the Humanities
We invite you to celebrate the invigoration of the humanities in CLAS by meeting our new colleagues. Faculty and staff members working in the humanities who have arrived in fall semester 2019 will introduce themselves and their areas of research. Find out about their expertise and mingle with new colleagues in the Humanities and affiliated …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Food Tasting: Annou Dekouvri Ayiti / Let’s Discover Haiti
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Food Tasting: Annou Dekouvri Ayiti / Let’s Discover Haiti
Chef Cynthia Verna, better known as “Chef Thia” is a culinary expert specializing in gourmet Caribbean-fusion cuisine. She is a dynamic and accomplished chef known for infusing Caribbean, African, Latin, Asian, French and Mediterranean flavors into her Haitian fine dining repertoire. She went on to graduate Cum Laude from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in …
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15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Perú Dance – Interactive Performance
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Perú Dance – Interactive Performance
The Latina Women's League is proud to host the renowned Perú Dance in celebration of Gainesville 150! Anniversary. This Jacksonville based dance group has performed in cities throughout Florida and Georgia. In every performance, Perú Dance expresses Peruvian culture through music and dance. This year, they are returning our Gainesville community with an incredible program.
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Local Authors Book Fair
Local Authors Book Fair
The Friends of the Columbia County Public Library present a Local Authors Book Fair. Meet the authors, purchase books, and enjoy refreshments. Authors in attendance will include Pierce Kelley, Bob Dekle, Kashemia Strawder, Sherry Peters, Shantina Wilson, Ruth Temple Taul, Jolene MacFadden, Ron Miller, and Delores Leggett Walker.
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UF Synergies: Postcoloniality in the Spanish-Speaking World
UF Synergies: Postcoloniality in the Spanish-Speaking World
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Fellows will speak for 20 minutes in length about their funded work, leaving ample time for questions and discussion. Talks are paired across disciplinary boundaries to stimulate …
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Engaging the World through the Fulbright Program – Christopher Silver
Engaging the World through the Fulbright Program – Christopher Silver
Dr. Christopher Silver is a professor of urban and regional planning and former dean of the University of Florida's College of Design, Construction and Planning. From January through May 2019, he served as Fulbright Senior Scholar in the Department of Architecture at the University of Indonesia teaching courses on urban sustainability. The lecture will be …
Visiting Artist Lecture: Wafaa Bilal
Visiting Artist Lecture: Wafaa Bilal
Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, is known internationally for provoking dialogue about international politics and internal dynamics through high profile, technologically-driven projects that employ the use of robotics, the internet, and photographic mobile mapping. Bilal’s work is constantly informed by the experience of fleeing his …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Adios Amor: The Search for María Moreno
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Adios Amor: The Search for María Moreno
In ADIOS AMOR, the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot—Maria Moreno, a migrant mother driven to speak out by her twelve children’s hunger. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had— her voice—and became an outspoken …
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Creating Course Materials with Creative Commons and The Public Domain
Creating Course Materials with Creative Commons and The Public Domain
Whether you're crafting a Canvas site or building an open textbook, you have lots of legal options for incorporating free and openly licensed materials. Learn how to find the best materials for your course and guide students as they undertake their own scholarship.
UDL: Designing Instruction for the Love of Learning
UDL: Designing Instruction for the Love of Learning
Through Universal Design for Learning (UDL) instructors can impart their love for their subject-matter and ensure that all students have effective opportunities to learn the content. Session participants will learn about the core tenets of UDL (multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement), engage in experiential and dialogic learning, and begin applying UDL …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Theater of Life
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Theater of Life
In an extraordinary soup kitchen in Milan, two vastly different worlds have been brought together by a unique social experiment. Theater of Life captures the remarkable relationship forged between the finest haute cuisine chefs in the world and the city’s most disadvantaged groups: refugees, recovering drug addicts, former sex workers, and a host of others …
3 events,
Improve your Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills
Improve your Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills
This session will provide practical how-to tips for communicating with your students when lecturing. What does your body language and vocal tone say to your students? Messages can easily be misinterpreted, how can you make sure to communicate what you really intend to? In this hands-on seminar, participants can practice new physical and vocal habits …
Militarizing the Police: Empire, Race, and Counter-Insurgency – Julian Go
Militarizing the Police: Empire, Race, and Counter-Insurgency – Julian Go
The militarization of the police is not new. It reaches back to the very founding of modern policing. This presentation explores some of this history, from the nineteenth century through the twentieth century, in both the US and the UK, and shows their intimate connections to empire. It argues that police militarization has involved the …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Liberty in a Soup
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Film Screening: Liberty in a Soup
Each year, on the First of January, Haitian families celebrate the independence of their country by having “SOUP JOUMOU”. Deeply rooted in Haitian culture, this culinary tradition recalls the victory of the Haitian Revolution, where Haitian ancestors fought against slavery. Savoring this dish is a moment of great conviviality among Haitians. It marks the emergence …
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The Imperial Origins of American Policing: Militarization and Colonial Feedback in the Early 20th Century – Julian Go
The Imperial Origins of American Policing: Militarization and Colonial Feedback in the Early 20th Century – Julian Go
This presentation offers a comparative-historical perspective on the militarization of policing in through a close examination of urban policing in early 20th century America, a period that historians call “the Reform Era” of policing. Based upon a nested cross-city analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, the study shows that police "reforms" in this period constituted …
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Free Concert – Baila Gainesville
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – Free Concert – Baila Gainesville
A Latin night with “el Maestro de la salsa” Gilberto de Paz and the TROPIX. TROPIX is a Gainesville-based Latin-musicX band that performs salsa, merengue, bachata, cumbia, boleros and more! Specializing in bringing a Latin flavor to any event, TROPIX has its roots in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. They perform music from throughout …
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15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – 3rd Annual Short Film Contest
15th Gainesville Latino Film Festival – 3rd Annual Short Film Contest
The Gainesville Latino Film Festival’s Short Film Contest is a celebration of Latin American-themed stories and filmmakers. The competition showcases both established and emerging filmmakers whose films focus on Latin American culture and identity in entertaining, powerful and informative formats.
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HathiTrust’s Data and Analysis Tools for Text Mining Research
HathiTrust’s Data and Analysis Tools for Text Mining Research
This half-day workshop will introduce attendees to the text data and computational tools of HathiTrust. HathiTrust operates a repository of over 17 million items digitized at a network of partner libraries. This massive collection of text is available for computational text mining primarily through the tools and services of the HathiTrust Research Center. Attendees of …
Using Course Reserves Strategically
Using Course Reserves Strategically
The Smathers Libraries Course Reserves unit offers a range of options for making physical and digital materials available to students enrolled in your course, at no cost to them. This session will highlight how course reserves can support your teaching and how to navigate the ARES system. We will also discuss the Libraries’ growing effort …
Getting Your Classes on Track: Improving Your Teaching Skills
Getting Your Classes on Track: Improving Your Teaching Skills
New to teaching? Struggling to balance your teaching and research obligations? Then attend this session for some easy-to-implement tips on how to maximize your teaching effectiveness while minimizing teaching-related headaches. Sean Trainor (PhD), Lecturer, Management Communication Center, will lead this brief workshop as part of the Smathers Libraries 'Building You Career' series. No registration required. …
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Artist’s Reception: Vibe Inherent, Abstract and Esoteric – Brian Wilson
Artist’s Reception: Vibe Inherent, Abstract and Esoteric – Brian Wilson
Light hors d'oeuvres and libations will be served with background sounds of DreamerJazz, and guests will have the opportunity to meet the artist. Brian Wilson (Atlanta) is an abstract/energy artist who mainly works with acrylic paints/inks (on canvas) and includes charged crystal/gemstone powders for the protective and healing properties they offer. His paintings rarely reference …
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Nigerian Independence Celebration
In 2019, Nigeria turns 59! Bring your families, friends, and dancing shoes to a celebration of Nigerian Independence. Join the Nigerian Community of Gainesville and its satellite towns for an evening of free African food, music, dancing and more! For more information, please contact Professor Tunga Lergo at Santa Fe College.
Dance Alive National Ballet presents the Great Halloween Costume Sale
Dance Alive National Ballet presents the Great Halloween Costume Sale
Great adult and children's costumes! Great way to pick up dress up costumes for play groups – or an outrageous costume for an adult costume party. Fantastic prices! From $5. Benefits DANB's educational programming.
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