Events, Workshops, and Communities
WMU Teaching and Learning hosts a variety of events and communities throughout the academic year. These opportunities are geared toward instructors, graduate assistants, and any others involved in creating learning experiences at Western Michigan University. Can't make it to an event? No problem! Check out our past event archive, which includes materials shared during the session and/or a session recording.
Do you not see what you are looking for here, or would you like a training or event more specific to your needs?
Our team is available to come to a department or group meeting to facilitate specific or targeted teaching and learning training. Reach out and let us know what challenges you are hoping to solve for instructors, learners, or both and we can support you by connecting you with resources and facilitating conversations around curriculum, course design, or instructional best practices. These can be single meetings or extended workshops depending on your goals.
Contact the Teaching and Learning Team to discuss your needs.
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
Oct 9
2 p.m.
NCFDD
Core Curriculum Workshops: SKILL #9: How to Engage in Healthy Conflict
Date: Thursday, October 9 Time: 2 p.m. Location: Online
Academics are notoriously conflict avoidant and the inability to manage conflict can result in negative physical, emotional, and relational consequences for tenure-track faculty. So why not learn early in your career to master the SKILL of healthy conflict so that you can effectively manage conflicts as they arise and avoid carrying around all of the negative energy, anger, and resentment in your mind and body. In this webinar, you will learn how conflict-management is an essential part of thriving in the Academy, how to decide when to push back and when to pull back in the face of conflict, and more.
NCFDD virtual workshops are available through WMU’s institutional memberships. Activate your WMU NCFDD membership to access.
Oct 21
12:30 p.m.
Office of Faculty Development
GTA "Ask Me Anything" Drop-In Discussions
Date: Tuesday, October 21 Time: 12:30-2 p.m. Location: Online
GTAs, are you looking for an informal venue for advice, support, or just someone to talk with about your teaching or work with students on campus? Look no further! Drop in to chat with Meghann Meeusen, Faculty Fellow for GTA Success, and ask anything!
Oct 24
2 p.m.
NCFDD
The AIs Go Marching On: Finding Our Way with AI in Education
Date: Friday, October 24 Time: 2-3 p.m. Location: Online
AI has arrived in our classrooms whether we invited it or not. This session creates space for faculty to wrestle with the genuine tensions AI presents in teaching and learning. We'll explore practical considerations for thinking about AI's role in teaching and learning while considering how to help students engage thoughtfully with these tools. The session will include some hands-on activities and make room for the productive discomfort that comes with navigating uncharted territory. Participants will leave with draft materials, helpful resources, and some pathways through uncertainty.
NCFDD virtual workshops are available through WMU’s institutional memberships. Activate your WMU NCFDD membership to access.
Oct 30
2 p.m.
NCFDD
Building Strong Peer Communities: A Resource for Leadership and Advancement
Date: Thursday, October 30 Time: 2 p.m. Location: Online
This interactive webinar will introduce a resource to build and sustain teams of peer support. Peer mentoring strengthens individual and institutional abilities to meet evolving challenges through enhanced personal and professional support leading to improved campus climate. A guidebook will be shared that provides impactful approaches to build community to combat isolation and tools to create systemic change.
NCFDD virtual workshops are available through WMU’s institutional memberships. Activate your WMU NCFDD membership to access.
Nov 3
Office of Faculty Development
Instructional Development Grants
Deadline: Monday, November 3
The deadline is approaching for the 2025-26 Instructional Development Grants. These grants support board-appointed bargaining unit faculty and professional instructors (PIO) through projects and travel that will tangibly impact student learning. As announced in the spring, this academic year features a single application cycle. The deadline for all 2025-26 applications is Nov. 3, 2025, for projects and travel that must be completed and submitted for reimbursement no later than June 15, 2026. Proposals should clearly demonstrate how projects will improve student learning outcomes in WMU courses or programs. Contact the Office of Faculty Development for questions.
Nov 7
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
Global Classrooms Collaborative
Deadline: Friday, November 7
Apply for the Global Classrooms Collaborative to internationalize your teaching. Faculty will meet throughout the Spring 2026 semester in a learning community to develop a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course. Selected faculty will receive a $2,500 grant. Deadline: Nov. 7, 2025. Information sessions start on Oct. 1. If you have any questions, reach out to Dr. Michelle Metro-Roland at @email
Sponsored by the Haenicke Institute for Global Engagement
Nov 12
12 p.m.
AI @ WMU
Crossing the Threshold: Understanding Academic Misconduct and Promoting Integrity in the Era of AI
Date: Wednesday, November 12 Time: 12-1 p.m. Location: Online
Join Enas Aref, Assistant Teaching Professor of Management & Technology in the College of Engineering and Innovation at Bowling Green State University, for a presentation examining the psychological, social, and institutional factors that influence why students cheat. This presentation will highlight the complexity of academic integrity in today’s learning environments, offering practical insights for educators seeking to foster ethical student behavior and address emerging challenges in the era of generative AI.
Nov 13
2 p.m.
NCFDD
Core Curriculum Workshops: SKILL #10: How to Manage Stress, Rejection & the Haters in Your Midst
Date: Thursday, November 13 Time: 2 p.m. Location: Online
Are you stressed? Do you feel devastated when your articles and/or grant proposals get rejected? Is the pressure of publishing/funding your work making you sick? If any of this sounds familiar and you have difficulty managing the negative energy and rejection in your environment, please join us to learn the impact that stress and negativity can have if they are not managed, identify the most common areas of stress in academic life, and concrete strategies for managing the physical, emotional, and attitudinal effects of stress.
NCFDD virtual workshops are available through WMU’s institutional memberships. Activate your WMU NCFDD membership to access.
Nov 13
2:30 p.m.
NCFDD
GTA "Ask Me Anything" Drop-In Discussions
Date: Thursday, November 13 Time: 2:30-4 p.m. Location: Online
GTAs, are you looking for an informal venue for advice, support, or just someone to talk with about your teaching or work with students on campus? Look no further! Drop in to chat with Meghann Meeusen, Faculty Fellow for GTA Success, and ask anything!