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Faculty Commons: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

A Changed Life: History Professor Molly Worthen

Recently, some colleagues with Faculty Commons passed along this link to University of North Carolina History Professor Molly Worthen sharing about her spiritual journey. Professor Worthen received both her undergraduate degree and PhD from Yale University, and her testimony of coming … Continue reading

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5/18/23 “ChatGPT & Teaching” lunch panel discussion

Save the date for a special Faculty Commons lunch event.  As a freely-available AI, ChatGPT can write your students’ essays, code, and graphics. How do we respond in our teaching? Should we allow our students to use ChatGPT? How and … Continue reading

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2/23/23 Faculty Commons lunch event

Please save the date for a special Faculty Commons lunch event.  Our Christian faith interacts with every part of us—including the subjects we love to teach. What does it look like to integrate Christian beliefs, teachings, principles, or stories into the material we teach … Continue reading

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“Winds of Change” Christian faculty Conference, featuring Dr. Charles Lee (Stanford University)

You are invited to join other professors and future professors at the 15th annual Winds of Change event.  We hope you will be encouraged, inspired and have the opportunity to network with others who seek to fulfill God’s calling on their lives. … Continue reading

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Grace and Justice in Teaching

Many thanks to everyone who took time to participate in the Faculty Commons “Grace and Justice in Teaching” lunch event last week. It was wonderful to hear different Christian perspectives on dealing with issues like cheating, plagiarism, and late assignments, … Continue reading

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11/3/22 Lunch: Grace & Justice in Teaching

Save the date for a special Faculty Commons lunch event.  As Christians we serve a just God who is also full of graces. What does it look like to emulate this balance of justice and grace in our teaching? How … Continue reading

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Welcoming New Faculty

On behalf of Faculty Commons, we’d like to welcome each new faculty member to Cal Poly. We hope your experience here is successful and enjoyable. Please let us know if we can serve as a resource, either professionally or personally. It’s … Continue reading

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Fall 2022 G3 small groups: invitation to join

G3 groups are groups of 4-5 faculty members meeting for 50 minutes every other week for for community, growth, and prayer. The groups are committed to: • building community: a chance to share with a few others about life – challenges … Continue reading

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Fall Welcome Back Picnic – Sunday Sept 11, 3:30-6pm

As the new school year approaches, we look forward to connecting as a Christian faculty community at an outdoor pizza picnic! We hope our kick off gathering can help catalyze friendships so we can support one another this year. We’ll provide … Continue reading

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6/10/22 Faculty Commons lunch event – hope you can join us

Please help us celebrate the end of the Spring Quarter and join other Faculty Commons colleagues for a complementary lunch at Mustang Station in the UU, Friday June 10th 12pm-1pm. Hope you can join us. + =

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