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📣 Call for Back to the Bay Presentation Abstracts!
CSUEB's annual professional development event, Back to the Bay, is sponsored by Academic Affairs, Office of Faculty Development, and the Online Campus. This event brings faculty and staff together to share expertise and reconnect after the summer in an inspired, collaborative environment. Sessions focus on topics that support faculty in their roles as teachers, advisors, researchers, users of technology, and active participants in the campus community.
Topic areas include:
1) Strategies that ensure every CSUEB student experiences an inclusive, accessible, and intentional learning environment. Sample topics: growth mindset approaches to teaching, universal learning design, innovative teaching practices, trauma informed teaching strategies, course redesign, culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy, student retention, student assessment, and transparency in learning and teaching (TILT).
2) Proposals that enhance career development and institutional knowledge are also invited. Sample topics: time management, understanding CSUEB data, managing multiple roles, career transitions, assessment of program learning outcomes, and faculty governance.
3) If you have been involved in a campus program that strengthens student success, please consider presenting.
🌳 Join Us for Upcoming OFD Activities!
Writing Circles (Hybrid): Are you drafting, revising, or just trying to make steady progress on your writing projects? The upcoming Writing Circles offer dedicated time and supportive community to help keep you on track.
- Location: SF 328 and online | Time: 3:00–4:30 PM
- Wednesdays: February 11 • March 11 • April 8
- Thursdays: February 19 • March 26 • April 23
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Time/Location: 12:50PM | SF 314 (Office of Faculty Development)
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Monday, February 9 | Tuesday, February 17 | Monday, March 9 | Wednesday, March 18
- Monday, April 6 | Thursday, April 23 | Monday, May 4
- Need assistance making documents more accessible? Please fill out theform to submit your request.
- Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) website for information about accessible online courses, documents, and websites.
From the Chancellor's Office
Join the CSU faculty Accessibility Virtual Community of Practice (CoP)! Held on the first Thursday of the month, beginning April 2026, this CoP provides a collaborative space for faculty to build individual and campus alignment with systemwide accessibility goals. Each meeting will focus on a different topic related to the accessibility of digital instructional materials and will provide attendees with a space to ask questions, share best practices, and build community. Join us as we work together to make learning accessible throughout the CSU.
Passcode: 880854
ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Center for Community Engagement is offering the following workshop.
Expand Your Teaching Toolkit - in 75 minutes
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Looking for ways to address AI ethically and creatively?
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Want to strengthen student wellbeing without redesigning your entire syllabus?
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Curious how colleagues are sustaining community partnerships post-pandemic?
In just 75 minutes, hear from CSU faculty across disciplines and leave with concrete, adaptable ideas that strengthen learning.
When: Friday, April 17Where:
Chancellor's Office Course Offerings
The is a self-paced opportunity to learn about generative AI. offers a variety of resources about how to integrate AI in the classroom.
Mission: The Office of Faculty Development & Center for Excellence in Teaching supports faculty in their roles as teachers, scholars, and members of the university and community. We provide opportunities and space for faculty to collaborate on projects that improve teaching and student learning. We strive to enhance collegiality among faculty as we all expand our intellectual, pedagogical, and scholarly horizons. Our services are available to full and part-time CSU East Bay faculty at all stages of their academic careers.