Administrative Workshops: These opportunities to master important workplace competencies occur through the academic year. In previous years, these have included courses on public speaking and writing, the power of laughter, dealing with stress in the workplace and organizing yourself and your life. You can find out more information about the upcoming workshops from the Colleges of the Fenway website.
Teaching and Learning Conference: Occurring in the fall of each academic year, this event brings together faculty and staff from across the COF to discuss current topics, share resources, and learn new techniques to improve their teaching and encourage learning at all levels. Recent topics have included globalization and learner-centered teaching.
Vista Training: Attend training sessions on this comprehensive e-learning system that provides a user-friendly interface for preparing, delivering and managing your courses. Vista supports diverse teaching styles and learning needs and is designed to be easily adopted across institutions making it simple to collaborate with colleagues across the COF. Look for the calendar of training programs for faculty across the six campuses. These courses will be offered throughout the semester. Faculty are free to register for the course that best meets their schedules.
Employee Cross Registration: Cross registration provides benefited employees of Colleges of the Fenway with the opportunity to take one undergraduate course per semester at any of the six institutions at no additional tuition charge. Cross registration weeks are posted on the Colleges of the Fenway website. Check with your Human Resources Office for more information.
Intramurals: Faculty and staff are welcome to participate in intramurals, and compete for the Fenway Cup, COF’s intramural championship trophy. Play traditional sports like flag football, basketball, and indoor and outdoor soccer. Or try your hand in some non-traditional sports like floor hockey, dodge ball, racquetball, Texas Hold ‘Em, ultimate Frisbee and NCAA Bracket Busters. And don’t forget to sign up for our annual 5K fun run affectionately called the Turkey Trot or COF’s premiere event The Great Race Boston. So sign up today and don’t miss out on the fun!
Performing Arts: Performing arts at COF includes four ensembles (COF Orchestra, COF Chorus, COF Dance Project and the COF Theater Project), an Introduction to Performing Arts class, and the COF Minor in Performing Arts. For more information, contact Ray Fahrner, Director, Office of Performing Arts at rfahrner@colleges-fenway.org.
Global Education Opportunities (GEO) Center: The GEO Center is a resource that promotes international education by increasing opportunities and access for COF students to study abroad and by working with faculty to internationalize
curricula. The GEO Center offers passport applications, study abroad scholarship information, and support for faculty who want to organize a travel course.
ACL Discounts: Colleges of the Fenway is a member of the Association of Consortium Leadership. All faculty and staff of consortium member institutions are eligible to participate in the cost savings.
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