10th Annual Women’s Leadership Institute

Registration open for the Women’s Leadership Institute! 
The Women’s Leadership Institute is for members of the Florida Atlantic community seeking to improve their leadership competencies through professional development series focused on confidence-building, skill enhancement, and networking. 

Date: March 13, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Boca Raton Campus
RSVP here

Award nominations are also open for the following 4 categories: FAU Pillars- Faculty, Staff, and Student(s), and Community Partner of the Year.

Submit your nominations here

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Choose Florida Atlantic

Monday, Feb. 17 (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.), Monday, Feb. 24 (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) and Friday, March 28 (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.), Boca Raton campus.

Click here for more information. 

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PLAI at the Faculty PlAIGROUND

Friday, February 7, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Friday, February 21, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Join us twice a month for AI exploration in the PLAIGROUND at the Center for Online and Continuing Education. No expertise necessary.

For Feb. 7, register here for in person or online
For Feb. 21, register here for in person or online

Boca Raton Campus, come to Building IS-4, Room 208
Davie Campus, come to the Innovation Hub – LA 203

Visit FAU.EDU/AI to find resources, a calendar of events, AI tools and more 

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Call for Student Artists for CAPS’ Healing Arts Exhibit

The Healing Arts Exhibit is an annual exhibition that features the artwork of FAU students with the intention of highlighting the healing power of art, increasing visibility of CAPS, reducing stigma of mental health services, and promoting connection.

FAU students are invited to submit art pieces in line with this year’s theme, “Glow Up.”

For more information, click here.

Submissions are due Sunday, March 16 by 11:59 pm.

The art exhibit will be held on April 10 from 3 – 5 p.m.

For any questions, email Dr. Copeland at lcopeland@health.fau.edu

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Help Shape the Future of University Sustainability

Help build stronger sustainability leaders and drive meaningful change in higher education.

Please participate in a brief survey (10 min.) on leadership for sustainability in higher education, and then forward the link to your students and colleagues.

Your participation will help:
*   Identify key leadership qualities for sustainability.
*   Understand gaps between perceived and actual leadership impact.
*   Foster more decisive leadership to advance sustainability goals.

TAKE THE SURVEY HERE

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Empty Bowls

Help fight hunger in South Florida — buy a bowl of soup and a handmade bowl on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m. in the Rotunda of the Social Science Building. All proceeds benefit the Caring Kitchen of Delray and Tri-County Animal Rescue.

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Call for Nominations – 2025 Employee Service Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for three significant annual employee awards: Presidents Leadership Award, Gabor Exemplary Award and iTHINK Financial Customer Service Award. The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m.

Award winners will be honored at the Annual Employee Service Awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

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SPOT (Student Perception of Teaching) Spring First 5-Weeks

OPEN DATE – Thursday, January 30 at 12:01 AM
CLOSE DATE – Thursday, February 6 at 11:59 PM

  SPOT is an anonymous and effective tool given at the end of each term to help evaluate the quality of instruction and improve the university’s education standards.

Learn more here.

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New Undergraduate Minor in Environment and Society

The Undergraduate Minor in Environment and Society introduces students to the intersecting fields of Environmental and Climate Science, Environmental Humanities (inclusive of Literature and the Visual Arts), Political Science, Sociology, History, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Careers in Environmental Journalism, Environmental Consulting, Climate Change Mitigation, and Postsecondary Education in Environmental Humanities and Environmental Studies require interdisciplinary study across the Humanities, Geosciences, and Social Sciences. The expanding academic discipline of Environmental Humanities, which recognizes that our environmental dilemmas are fundamentally problems of ethics and political power, demands fluency in this expanding field of study.

For more information, please contact Dr. Stacey Balkan (sbalkan@fau.edu)

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New Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies

The Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies introduces students to the intersecting fields of Environmental and Climate Science, Environmental Humanities (inclusive of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics) and Environmental Social Science (inclusive of Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology, History, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies). Careers in Environmental Journalism, Environmental Consulting, Climate Change Mitigation, and Postsecondary Education in Environmental Humanities and Environmental Studies require interdisciplinary study across the Humanities, Geosciences, and Social Sciences; and the expanding academic disciplines of Environmental and Energy Humanities, which recognize that our environmental dilemmas are fundamentally problems of ethics and political power, demand fluency in these expanding fields of study.  

For more information, please contact Dr. Stacey Balkan (sbalkan@fau.edu).

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