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How Are Students Using AI?
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 (10:00-11:00 a.m.)
Location: Bernstein 215 / 217
Facilitator(s): Jenn Lutman and Jeff Nugent

This session will provide participants with the opportunity to share experiences and perspectives about the ways they have observed Colgate students using AI for academic purposes, both in ways that raise concern and in ways that support learning. We will use two articles — and — to help frame the discussion and surface emerging trends. The session will offer space to reflect on teaching practices responsive to students’ evolving and diverse relationships with AI. Some potential guiding questions:

• In what ways are students currently using AI tools to support (or shortcut) their learning?
• How can we plan to talk with students in ways that might help them to reflect on their choices and consider the values at stake in using AI for academic work?

Developing AI Guidelines of One’s Own
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 (1:00-2:00 p.m.)
Location: Bernstein 215 / 217
Facilitator(s): Jenn Lutman and Jeff Nugent

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• Share initial responses / thoughts about ��DZ������ٱ�’s baseline policy for students.
• Consider the (Leon Furze) as a potential guide for deciding whether and how students may use AI in a course.
• Explore course-based scenarios illustrating different approaches to AI.
• Discuss how to craft language that reflects the nature of new technologies and supports students’ understanding of course expectations.

First Gen Research
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 (12:15-1:15 p.m.)
Location: ALANA Cultural Center, Multipurpose Classroom
Facilitator(s): Anne Bair ’26 and Jessica Murray

Description forthcoming…
 

Supporting Undergraduate Research: Reflections from the Lab and Field
Date: Friday, September 19, 2025 (12:15-1:15 p.m.)
Location: Lathrop Hall, 107 Conference Room
Facilitator: Amy Leventer

Conducting research with undergraduates can be one of the most rewarding aspects of teaching, but it doesn’t always unfold as smoothly as we hope or plan. In this session, Amy Leventer, professor of earth and environmental geosciences and CLTR Faculty Fellow will facilitate a conversation focused on mentoring undergraduate students in research. Drawing on a wide range of personal experiences, Amy will offer reflections on what she’s learned, while inviting participants to share their own successes, challenges, and lessons along the way. Together, we’ll work toward building a shared roadmap for more positive and productive mentoring experiences. To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to .

The Graduate School Access Fund
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 (11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
Location: Benton Hall, 213 Clifford Commons
Facilitator(s): Teresa Olsen, Alexis Racioppa, and Brenda N. Sanya

Since 2020, the Graduate School Access Fund (GSAF) has provided advising and financial support for students who identify as low-income, first-generation, or historically excluded backgrounds who seek to pursue graduate education. This teaching table discussion will focus on the pivotal role faculty have played in helping to identify, refer, and support more than 110 GSAF fellows. Data will also be shared that demonstrates the program’s impact on students’ self-efficacy and admissions strategies. Participants can look forward to a robust discussion centered around the GSAF’s three key areas: assisting students to establish nurturing partnerships with faculty, effectively articulating postgraduate plans during the admissions process, and promoting a culture of peer support. We will conclude the session with a conversation of how to join more than 130 Colgate faculty — particularly those involved in student research — to support students to apply to the program or participate in the GSAF cohort discussions. We look forward to hearing suggestions and ideas from attendees regarding strategies to enhance the faculty-GSAF collaboration. To help us plan for an appropriate amount of food, we kindly ask you to

This faculty learning community (FLC) will launch in the fall 2025 semester. The overview linked below provides more details about the FLC's work, along with a brief form you can complete to express your interest in participating. Please feel free to reach out to the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) if you have any questions.

This faculty learning community (FLC) will launch in the fall 2025 semester. The overview linked below provides more details about the FLC's work, along with a brief form you can complete to express your interest in participating. Please feel free to reach out to the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) if you have any questions.

The document linked below provides additional information about the work of this faculty learning community (FLC) which will be meeting regularly throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. A brief summary is also available that outlines some of the ideas and lessons learned from the fall 2024 semester.

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During the fall 2025 semester, a new cohort of student partners will be participating in an orientation course to assist in preparing them for partnership roles with faculty members in the spring 2026 semester. We will also be engaged in outreach to share information about partnership work, and invite interested faculty to contact the CLTR (cltr@colgate.edu) with questions or to express interest in participating in this program. Below are links to documents providing more information about the program. 

Please review the document linked below to learn more about the Faculty Teaching Fellows program and apply to be a participant.

Constance Harsh, Professor of English and Rebecca S. Chopp Chair in the Humanities, will serve as the inaugural CLTR Teaching Fellow. In this role, Connie is leading a collaborative project focused on exploring strategies to strengthen students’ capacities for deep reading and comprehensive reflection. The hope is that faculty can think about how to support students as they seek to extend their attention span in a world full of distractions. In the spring 2025 semester, we’ll host several conversations to pursue this project. 

The first conversation will take place on January 31 at 12:15 in 101A McGregory Hall. This will provide an opportunity for faculty to learn more about the project, and consider a plan for the semester that will have two chief aims: understanding the obstacles to reading deeply and paying sustained attention; developing methods for chipping away at those obstacles.

Each conversation this term will be individually announced to the community. To be added to the mailing list, contact Connie or the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research (cltr@colgate.edu). A few faculty teaching FSEMs in fall 2025 will collaborate on implementing some of the strategies we identify. Reach out if you would like to join this cohort.