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  • Book cover of Designing Your Life
    Unsure about life after college? You're not alone. Join ASSETT's Student Technology Consultants for an interactive book club. As we read the book Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, ASSETT will
  • Screencap of Digication home page header. Text reads: Make Learning Visible
    Screencapture of the banner image from Digication's website.With Digication, you can easily create an ePortfolio that showcases your scholarly, research or professional work. An ePortfolio can contain written works, photos, videos, collaborative
  • Young woman marking a date in her day planner
    UPDATE: The 2020 Innovation Incubator conference has been canceled due to COVID-19 mitigation. Stay tuned for information about other upcoming events!SAVE THE DATE! This spring, the ASSETT Innovation Incubator is hosting a daylong event focused on
  • Two women working at a whiteboard during a board meeting
    ASSETT is funded through a fee assessed to all students who take courses in the College of Arts & Sciences. We are especially grateful to have four student advisory board members: three undergraduates, one from each A&S division; and one
  • Beth Osnes
    Welcome to 2020! As we begin a new semester, I am excited to be working with the ASSETT team on several fronts.I will be piloting the use of Wikipedia in the classroom with the assistance of Amanda McAndrew and Joy Adams from ASSETT and
  • A laptop displaying a lightbulb to represent an idea
    To further the goal of building a more welcoming and inclusive community, our campus recently introduced NameCoach. Available in Canvas courses, NameCoach allows classmates and instructors to record and share their preferred name pronunciation.
  • Catherine Kunce
    Catherine Kunce, Senior Instructor for the Program for Writing and Rhetoric, speaks about her experience working with ASSETT Student Technology Consultants. When searching for ways to improve her Irish Odysseys class, which she teaches every
  • Meeting of the 2018 faculty fellows
    The deadline to apply for the 2020–21 cohort of Faculty Fellows has been extended in light of the recent weather-related campus closures. To apply, complete the online application and ask your department chair to submit a letter of support no
  • Cover of Minds on Fire by Mark Carnes
    Interested in using games and simulations in the classroom? Join in the Gamification Reading Group, a part of ASSETT’s Student Success Innovation Incubator. We are starting out this spring by reading Minds on Fire: How Role-Immersion Games
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    Our new column presents data collected from our most important source: YOU! In each newsletter, we'll share insights collected from our A&S faculty partners about the effectiveness and impact of ASSETT programs and services. This edition reveals
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