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MSU Denver faculty, are you expecting to miss one or more of your classes this semester for a professional or personal reason? If so, consider the Don’t Cancel That Class Initiative instead of canceling class.
This initiative, a nationwide best practice, is a collaboration between campus partners to offer various workshops centered around holistic student success. Participation is not a requirement, but it is offered to enhance the student’s learning experience by focusing on academic success, career exploration, conflict management and personal wellness. There is a range of presentations to choose from (each listed in the dropdown menus below).
If there are presentations outside the realm of what is offered that you feel would be beneficial, or if you have general questions about this program, please contact Emily Willan at [email protected].
How It Works:
- Browse workshops offered (listed below with descriptions) and submit your first and second request on this “Request a Presentation” form (or the button below).
- We will contact you once your form is received to confirm your request and clarify any questions.
- Please take note that we request seven days advanced notice. We cannot guarantee staff will be available for last minute requests.
Workshops
Exploring Careers in the Federal Government
This workshop will help students learn more about federal government careers. There are huge numbers of internships and job opportunities available in a variety of federal agencies. Regardless of a student’s major or interest, there are federal positions in all agencies that allow students to contribute their expertise. This workshop will discuss why a student may want to pursue these opportunities and how they can find and apply for them. Please note, this workshop can be tailored to each class. For example, if this is an English or writing class, we will discuss how students can use that major, skill, or interest to search for opportunities that will take advantage of skills learned in that area of study. If it is a Math class, we will discuss how students can use that major and/or interest to find opportunities that utilize math skills.
C2 Hub Overview/Career Planning
Provide an overview of the C2 Hub at MSU Denver and the resources and services available to support students. Discuss the process of career planning. Students will understand that career planning is a process that should begin their first year of college. Students will know what steps to take now to prepare for the future careers and how the C2 Hub can support them.
Essentials Skills in the Job Search
In this session, we will provide an overview of essential skills (also known as “transferrable” or “soft” skills) and ask students to identify the skills they’re developing through coursework and curriculum. We will share how students can highlight these skills during a job search such as on a resume, in a cover letter and interview.
Graduate School: What is it and could it be for me?
Share what graduate education is about, how it is different from undergraduate education and different in individual disciplines. Why it might be a valuable career preparation, what are admission requirements and application steps, how one can find out if it might be right for them, how can graduate education be financed and more.
Guest Speaker – Roadrunner Roster
Work with our Industry Navigators to connect with guest speakers from the Roadrunner Roster, our directory of alumni and industry experts. Speakers can bring real-life industry knowledge and tips for career success into the classroom. Requests must be made one month in advance in order to coordinate scheduling. Faculty should indicate their industry or field of interest when making request.
Internships 101
Provide an introduction to the benefits an internship experience, types of internships, how they can support career readiness and the initial steps to applying for academic credit.
Interviewing with Confidence
Students will know how to prepare for a job interview and practice responding to common interview questions.
Job Search Strategies
Provide strategies for conducting a job search. As a result of attending this session, students will know what the hidden job market is and how to uncover job opportunities that may not be posted. Students will also learn how to design a broad job search strategy.
Learning Styles
This workshop will guide students in exploring and understanding their learning style(s) and also how to utilize tools/techniques for effective learning and studying.
Note Taking & Active Reading
This workshop will teach students effective strategies on Note Taking and Active Reading to absorb textbook content more efficiently.
Technology Basics
This workshop helps students to understand how to access the Student Hub and how to navigate its various tools, including Canvas and Microsoft Outlook. Students will also learn how to download Microsoft Suite – provided by MSU Denver – as well as learn how to format professional emails to professors.
Effective Resumes
Create a resume that communicates your worth to employers and passes electronic screening.
Bystander Intervention
Have you ever seen someone being harassed and not know what to do? This presentation creates space for participants to analyze how social identity and unconscious biases influence our decisions around intervention. An overview of Right To Be’s 5 D’s of Intervention is provided to participants to give them tools on how to intervene when they see violence and harassment. Participants will be given the opportunity to practice applying these 5 D’s with different real-world scenarios.
Conflict Management Workshop
This foundational workshop sets the stage for understanding the dynamics at play during a conflict. Participants will explore effective communication in conflict situations in three parts: a) know thyself, b) know the situation, and c) know how to respond. The workshop first focuses on one’s individual approach to conflict, as we know that it is different based on our experiences and identities. The workshop will then explore conflict types and includes time to practice skill-building to start a difficult conversation. This workshop is provided by Restorative Justice & Student Conflict Resolution Services and can be tailored to your needs.
Developing Facilitation Skills
A facilitator’s role is multifaceted – they help groups navigate difficult situations, lead meetings, find solutions to problems, manage action items, move groups toward consensus, and much more. Effective facilitators develop specific skills that help to keep the group on track, while also managing normal disagreement that emerges in group discussions. This workshop will cover facilitation tools, such as consensus building strategies, generative listening, reframing a problem, and redirecting challenging comments. This workshop has both content to learn and opportunity to practice skills. This workshop is provided by Restorative Justice & Student Conflict Resolution Services and can be tailored to your needs.
Intergroup Dialogue Workshop
Dialogue is not debate or discussion. Rather, intergroup dialogue is a process where we invite inquiry, explore differences, and build shared understandings. This type of process brings together people with different experiences and identities to talk about challenging subjects in a meaningful way. The workshop on dialogue will orient participants to this type of conflict resolution, with time to practice. There are four stages of this workshop: a) community building and norm setting, b) identity and conflict, c) engaging in dialogue, and d) defining action. This workshop can focus on how to generally engage in dialogue and can be tailored to a specific topic that you are exploring in your course. This workshop is provided by Restorative Justice & Student Conflict Resolution Services and can be tailored to your needs.
Introduction to Restorative Justice
This workshop provides an overview of the restorative justice philosophy, its origins in indigenous cultures and lifeways, and the various processes and contexts it is practiced. This dialogue-heavy workshop will lead participants to explore different theories of justice, reflect on their own notions of accountability and justice, and will introduce the spectrum of restorative practices that exist within the justice system, k-12 education, higher education, workplaces, and within communities. This workshop is provided by Restorative Justice & Student Conflict Resolution Services and can be tailored to your needs.
Healthy Relationships: What’s Healthy? What’s Hurting?
An interactive discussion in which Violence Prevention Educators and participants work to create a shared definition of healthy relationships (intimate or otherwise) by placing emphasis on the importance of our personal values, boundaries, and needs. The group will also explore healthy ways love is expressed, harbingers of relationships in trouble, and power and control dynamics. In this way the course works to empower participants with the knowledge and ability to differentiate among healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships.
Interpersonal Violence 101
This session will provide a general overview of all aspects of interpersonal violence and will include interactive activities to help folks think about the dynamics of violence and issues such as consent, healthy relationships, and how to help a friend.
Interpersonal Violence 301
IPV 301 is a graduate-level curriculum addressing interpersonal violence in our society through collaborative discussions regarding identity and privileges and the intersections with interpersonal violence, effective bystander intervention, media literacy, and developing professional and empowering responses to survivor disclosures.
Media Literacy & Interpersonal Violence
This workshop provokes discussion about what interpersonal violence is and how media and pop culture messages contribute to the normalization of it in our culture. Through activities, images and video clips the concepts of sexual objectification and gender construction in the social media age will be illustrated. The discussion will also look at intersections of race, class, and power as they relate to interpersonal violence. This workshop is intended to help participants think critically about a media heavy society and how it can affect views on interpersonal violence and what individuals and groups can do to create social change.
Peer 2 Peer: Mental Health
This workshop aims to increase students’ knowledge, capability and confidence when trying to support a peer that is struggling, emotionally, or experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Phoenix Center Overview
The PCA Overview presentations reviews the services available to students, faculty, staff, and resident of CU Denver, CU Anschutz, MSU Denver, and CCD.
Stress in College
This workshop aims to normalize the stress that comes along with being a student and educate students on how to identify and manage daily stressors.