Thursday, April 30

Faculty, there is an important message for you regarding giving exams next week, see below.

Thank you and congratulations to all of those who were recognized at today’s Haywood Awards! A recording of the event is available here. We were all surprised and appreciative of Provost Dave Blackwell for joining us for the celebration.

Special thanks to Jamie Foster

for planning a memorable event honoring the staff of the Gatton College

Please join us next week’s Coffee Popup for the Faculty Awards.

April edition of Simon Says

General

• The College of Pharmacy is conducting a study on employees who engage in diversity work. The study is open to all members of the workforce 18 and older. It should take about 5-8 min to complete and your encouraged to share with others. Study Link
• Open Enrollment is April 29-May 15. This is your once-a-year opportunity to make changes in your benefits, read more on the UK HR website

Faculty

Exam week is coming up and we wanted to remind those giving exams using Canvas and Respondus Monitor of the following:

1. We strongly recommend setting up a practice exam in Canvas and Respondus for your students that they can do prior to the actual exam date. The practice exam does not need much in the way of content and is more about letting students experience the proctoring process and solving proctoring problems in a low risk environment.
2. Gatton From Anywhere has a page of information about Respondus designed for students that you can link from your course Canvas page. Seehttps://uk.instructure.com/courses/1986494/pages/respondus-taking-your-online-exams There are detailed directions for a student to install Respondus, a list of occasional problems and workarounds, and some contact information for Respondus and for the college if they run into trouble. It might also be good to provide students with your contact information so you can be aware of issues during the exam.

Well-being

• Virtual Movie Parties (must have Netflix to participate). Instructions are HERE.
  • Friday Flix: for adults at 7:30 pm every Friday. This week’s movie is The Bounty Hunter
  • Family Friendly: Movie on every Saturday at 2:00 pm. This week’s movie is It Takes Two

• Wine Down Wednesday
  • 5/6 – Simon Sheather will discuss wine tasting. Bring your favorite wine and the story about the first time you had it.

• Coffee Popup Thursday 9 a.m. Zoom Link
  • 5/7 – Faculty Awards

The Reveal

This week’s image comes from the Oct. 15, 2010 “Titled ‘Burn,’ but Printed on Paper” on The New York Times Lens blog. The original caption reads:

Miners celebrated after the drilling machine broke through the last section of the Gotthard tunnel, which is expected to be operational at the end of 2017.

It was part of one of 25 photo essays featured in a book showcasing emerging photographers.

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