Archive for ‘Training and Development’

We in the Counseling Center have been offering a variety of emotional wellness workshops onsite for the past few years as a way to better meet the needs of students.  New for Spring 2020, we are going to take a different approach and take our workshops to you.

We can provide these workshops in a small group chapel format over the course of a few weeks, or as one time offerings during a chapel or even class time. Our goal is to be a resource to faculty and staff and to further engage our students, and help equip them with the skills to enable them to cultivate emotional wellness as they navigate their lives. Listed below are the available workshops.

Anxiety Toolbox- designed to teach what anxiety actually is, how it can be beneficial, as well as ways of helping manage it when it gets to be too much.

Mindfulness 101- designed to teach the skill of mindfulness to help deal with strong emotions.

Discovering Hope- designed to teach about depression, and how to alleviate and manage symptoms when they arise.

Relationship IQ- designed to teach students how to better understand how to have healthy relationships. The offerings include: Dating, Communication, Boundaries, Healthy Sexuality, How to Date the Best, and Intentional Friendships.

GRIT- designed to teach about emotional resiliency, showing students that they are enough to handle the difficult situations they at times find themselves in.

Our availability is limited, so if you are interested, please contact us (counseling@acu.edu) between now and February 1, 2020. We truly believe the information in our workshops is incredibly helpful for our students and will help them to be more successful in their time at ACU. Thank you for your consideration!

Are your accounts secure? Are you taking the necessary precautions to protect your information and the accounts you have access to? Learn more at the Tech Tune-Up: Account Security (myACU SSO and G-Suite) and Last Pass, on Oct 22 at 9 a.m. Learn how to protect yourself in an increasingly unsafe digital world. RSVP

Did you know that ACU offers faculty & staff Cybersecurity Awareness Training?  Learn more about Phishing and Password security by selecting the “Cyber Security Training” option under the “Quicklinks” menu after logging into my.acu.edu

Needing to analyze qualitative data? Join us for an introductory class on NVivo 12. Dr. Andrew Huddleston will share how to organize and code qualitative data using NVivo 12. The event will be held on Thursday, September 12, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. in the Scholars Lab (third floor Brown Library room 326). Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP.

Recent and upcoming changes to the laws surrounding Title IX can leave faculty and staff feeling confused as to what they do and don’t have to report. Join members of ACU’s Title IX Team to discuss your questions and concerns.

Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 4:00 p.m., Student Life Classroom, Campus Center Room 54
Friday, Sept 13 at 9:00 a.m., Student Life Classroom, Campus Center Room 54

Learn how to get the most out of Google Suite in this series of workshops presented by the Innovation Foundry. This week, we will be looking at using Google Calendar, Gmail, and other Google Apps. RSVP for the sessions you would like to attend.

Note: This includes the fourth set of thought questions related to Austin Channing Brown’s book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.

Thought Questions for July 15 (pages 112-130)
Chapter 8: The Story We Tell
Chapter 9: Creative Anger
Interlude: How to Survive Racism in an Organization that Claims to be Antiracist

“Anger is not inherently destructive. My anger can be a force for good. My anger can be creative and imaginative, seeing a better world that doesn’t yet exist. It can fuel a righteous movement toward justice and freedom” (Brown 126).

Anger is an appropriate reaction to injustice, but Austin shares that she really struggled to become comfortable expressing that anger. How can we do a better job of listening to the anger of people of color? How can predominately white organizations make space to respond in supportive ways to the anger people of color express?

Understanding our racial history gives us context for current racial disparities. How much do you know about the racial disparities in the following systems? How can you learn more?
Education
Home Ownership
Health/Health Access
Criminal Justice
Wealth
Wages

Laura Bolin Carroll, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Adams Center for Teaching and Learning

Next Reading

July 29 (pages 131-164)
Chapter 10: The Ritual of Fear
Chapter 11: A God of the Accused
Chapter 12: We’re Still Here
Interlude: A Letter to My Son

Learn how to get the most out of Google Suite in this series of workshops presented by the Innovation Foundry. This week, we will be looking at using Google Slides, Docs, and Forms. RSVP for the sessions you would like to attend.

This post includes the second set of thought questions related to Austin Channing Brown’s book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.

One can look anywhere from Harvard Business Review to Brené Brown to find those touting the importance of curiosity to spark change. Brené Brown asserts that “in the context of solving problems, failure to be curious results in poor solutions. Curiosity means focusing on the nature of the problem before even considering a solution.”

Austin Channing Brown argues for curiosity as a holy process: “Our only chance at dismantling racial injustice is being more curious about its origins than we are worried about our comfort. It’s not a comfortable conversation for any of us. It is risky and messy. But is this not the work we have been called to anyway? Is this not the work of the Holy Spirit to illuminate truth and inspire transformation? It’s haunting. But it’s also holy” (117-18).

As you think through this week’s questions, I hope you will become curious about your own experiences (or lack of experiences) and how they might lead you to the point where “doing nothing is no longer an option” (58).

Laura Bolin Carroll, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Adams Center for Teaching and Learning

Thought Questions for June 17

Bonus media: Earlier this summer Nathan Gibbs reported for KACU on memorial ceremony for Grover Cleveland Everett, the victim of a 1922 lynching in Abilene. During the ceremony soil was collected that will become part of the permanent collection at The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama. Nathan and his students continue to work on a documentary about the lynching.

Summer Schedule of Readings

One of your learning and development benefits, Lynda.com, will soon be upgrading to LinkedIn Learning. LinkedIn Learning has the same great content as Lynda.com, and it will provide a more personalized experience.

All active ACU accounts will be upgraded on Wednesday, June 19, at which time you will no longer be able to access Lynda.com. But don’t worry, all of your learning activity and history will be seamlessly transferred to LinkedIn Learning. As the upgrade to your account is completed, you will receive an email to activate your LinkedIn Learning account. Make sure to check your spam folder, if you don’t see the email by the next day.

Here’s more information on upgrading to LinkedIn Learning or these courses from LinkedIn Learning on getting started. For additional questions please contact Innovation Foundry at if@acu.edu.