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📣 Call for Back to the Bay Presentation Abstracts!
CSUEB's annual professional development event, Back to the Bay, is sponsored by Academic Affairs, Office of Faculty Development, and the Online Campus. This event brings faculty and staff together to share expertise and reconnect after the summer in an inspired, collaborative environment. Sessions focus on topics that support faculty in their roles as teachers, advisors, researchers, users of technology, and active participants in the campus community.
Topic areas include:
1) Strategies that ensure every CSUEB student experiences an inclusive, accessible, and intentional learning environment. Sample topics: growth mindset approaches to teaching, universal learning design, innovative teaching practices, trauma informed teaching strategies, course redesign, culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy, student retention, student assessment, and transparency in learning and teaching (TILT).
2) Proposals that enhance career development and institutional knowledge are also invited. Sample topics: time management, understanding CSUEB data, managing multiple roles, career transitions, assessment of program learning outcomes, and faculty governance.
3) If you have been involved in a campus program that strengthens student success, please consider presenting.
🌳 Join Us for Upcoming OFD Activities!
Students in Distress: What to Say, What to Do, Where to Refer: Students sometimes turn to faculty when they are experiencing extreme distress. As a faculty member, do you know what to do? Join Dr. Colleen Arnold from the Student Health and Counseling Center to learn how to respond when a student shares that they are in emotional distress. Topics will include recognizing signs of distress, how to respond, campus resources, and understanding cultural differences in accessing mental health support.
Writing Circles (Hybrid): Are you drafting, revising, or just trying to make steady progress on your writing projects? The upcoming Writing Circles offer dedicated time and supportive community to help keep you on track. Register here
- Location: SF 328 and online | Time: 3:00–4:30 PM
- Wednesdays: February 11 • March 11 • April 8
- Thursdays: February 19 • March 26 • April 23
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Time/Location: 12:50PM | SF 314 (Office of Faculty Development) Register Here.
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Monday, February 9 | Tuesday, February 17 | Monday, March 9 | Wednesday, March 18
- Monday, April 6 | Thursday, April 23 | Monday, May 4
- Need assistance making documents more accessible? Please fill out the Online Campus Course Support form to submit your request.
- CAST Universal Design for Learning
- Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) website for information about accessible online courses, documents, and websites.
From the Chancellor's Office
California State University Center for Community Engagement is offering the following workshop.
Expand Your Teaching Toolkit - in 75 minutes
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Looking for ways to address AI ethically and creatively?
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Want to strengthen student wellbeing without redesigning your entire syllabus?
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Curious how colleagues are sustaining community partnerships post-pandemic?
In just 75 minutes, hear from CSU faculty across disciplines and leave with concrete, adaptable ideas that strengthen learning.
When: Friday, April 17Where: Register here
Learning Innovation for Future-Forward Teaching (LIFT), is a new CSU initiative supporting faculty to embed durable skill development into undergraduate courses.
The attached CFP invites proposals for course-based innovations that help students make clearer connections between their learning and 21st century work and life.
- Applications are due June 1, 2026 by 5:00pm via the LIFT portal.
- Awardees will be notified by July 1, 2026, for implementation during the 2026–27 academic year.
- Register for the CSU LIFT Information session on Thursday, April 16, at 11:00am.
Join the CSU faculty Accessibility Virtual Community of Practice (CoP)! Held on the first Thursday of the month, beginning April 2026. Each meeting will focus on a different topic related to the accessibility of digital instructional materials and will provide attendees with a space to ask questions, share best practices, and build community. J
Passcode: 880854
Chancellor's Office Course Offerings
Summer Professional Development Courses now open for registration! To register, see list of courses here.
The Academic Applications of AI (AAAI) is a self-paced opportunity to learn about generative AI. The AI Commons offers a variety of resources about how to integrate AI in the classroom.
Mission: The Office of Faculty Development & Center for Excellence in Teaching supports faculty in their roles as teachers, scholars, and members of the university and community. We provide opportunities and space for faculty to collaborate on projects that improve teaching and student learning. We strive to enhance collegiality among faculty as we all expand our intellectual, pedagogical, and scholarly horizons. Our services are available to full and part-time CSU East Bay faculty at all stages of their academic careers.