Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
2:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: The Sabattical Committee

This workshop will benefit full-time faculty who plan to apply for sabbatical leave. Committee members will review proposal requirements and deadlines and offer a Q&A session.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026
11:00 am 
Zoom

Community-Engaged Learning:

This interactive faculty development workshop is designed for instructors at all stages who are interested in integrating or strengthening community-engaged learning in their teaching. Participants will explore foundational principles, examine current practices, and engage with practical tools for course design, reciprocal partnership development, and assessment.

Through guided discussion and reflection, faculty will also identify next steps tailored to their own courses and teaching contexts.

What to expect:

• A deeper understanding of the foundations of community-engaged learning
• Practical strategies and tools for course design
• Insight into building and sustaining community partnerships
• Approaches to assessment and reflection
• Clear next steps for your own teaching

About the Speaker: Dave Harker, PhD is an experienced civic engagement practitioner and scholar serving as Executive Director of Partners for Campus Community Engagement (PCCE). Previously, he was the Director of Civic Engagement at Ithaca College and Colorado College. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Boston College. Outside of his professional work, he enjoys spending time with his family, being in nature, and time with his dog.

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
10:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Mili Mathew, PhD

Are you preparing to submit an IRB application soon? Do you have questions about the review process for your study? If you have answered 'yes' to either of these questions, here is your chance to connect one-on-one with the IRB team. You are invited to our open house where we can answer questions about your study and/or the IRB submission and review process. 

Wednesday, June 3, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Laurie Hallick, Senior Instructional Designer, Office of Blended and Online Learning

Join us for a one-hour professional development workshop highlighting recent Canvas enhancements designed to streamline grading, strengthen feedback, and support student engagement. You will see live demonstrations of new and improved features that enhance discussions, rubrics, multimedia accessibility, and assessment practices. Tools we will focus on include Enhanced Rubrics, Updated features in New Quizzes, and Studio Captions.

Thursday, June 4, 2026
10:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Susan Bloom, MLIS, MS

Textbook costs have risen at 3 times the rate of inflation, creating a large barrier to success for many students. Join Librarian Susan Bloom, MLIS, MS as we discuss open educational resources, Ebook Central, coursepacks, and other ways to help create a more affordable semester for all our students.

Monday, June 8, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Theresa N. Eaves, LMHC Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Community Wellness Coordinator, Department of Health and Wellness

This session is an opportunity to learn or refresh your knowledge of Molloy’s Crisis Response Protocol, focusing on effective strategies for responding to both physical and mental health emergencies.

Your participation helps ensure a safe and prepared community.

Monday, June 8, 2026
1:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Dr. Maureen Sanz, Chair, Molloy University Institutional Review Board

This Institutional Review Board (IRB) session will discuss the process of obtaining informed consent from individuals before they participate in a research study. The presentation will outline the key elements of informed consent and creating an informed consent document, the importance of subject understanding, and the ethical considerations involved in the process. 

Appropriate for All Disciplines

Monday, June 8, 2026
2:30 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Jason Schoen, Senior Instructional Designer, Office of Blended and Online Learning

As the term “digital accessibility” has become more widely recognized and valued, many faculty may ask, “how do I take the first steps to address any accessibility issues in my course?”

A dashboard score like the Accessibility Report only tells a partial story. Have you taken all reasonable actions to remove all obstacles from the paths of all of your learners?

Participants will leave this workshop with an easy-to-apply checklist to identify potential accessibility issues in their digital content, as well as tips on how to remediate them.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
10:45 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Ryan Alexander, MSc Ed Learning & Engagement Strategist, Perusall

Perusall is a social learning platform that aims to improve learning outcomes by promoting authentic engagement and collaboration with all types of content. In this introductory training, you will learn how to enable the tool, set up your course with autograding, import materials into your Perusall library, and create assignments that seamlessly sync to your LMS course shell. Perusall offers students a space to participate in conversations with their peers and engage more deeply with course materials.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
2:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Nikki Palumbo, MLS, MBA

A quick introduction to the power of SCOPUS, a multidisciplinary scholarly database with citation features that link each article to other works that have cited it.  Quickly find seminal articles, the latest preprints, and more for researchers from upper-division undergraduates to faculty. Join Associate Librarian, Head of Reference Services Nikki Palumbo, MLS, MBA as we learn more about this powerful database.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Chandler Patton Miranda, Ph.D.

Schools in host countries are essential institutions for the forty-seven million children who have been forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide(UNHCR, 2025). In the U.S., the rising number of im/migrant youth has placed school leaders in a position to navigate policy mandates, demographic shifts, and xenophobic rhetoric, requiring innovative approaches to serve this heterogeneous student population with a diversity of needs. 

This workshop disseminates research on inclusive leadership practices that create welcoming and empowering educational environments for recently arrived im/migrant English learners (RAIELs, Umansky et al., 2018). Drawing on studies of the Internationals Network for Public Schools (INPS)—a non-profit organization that supports 31 public schools across the U.S.,— the workshop highlights how INPS schools have become sanctuaries and counter spaces for im/migrant youth (Bajaj et al., 2022; García & Sylvan, 2011; Jaffe-Walter, 2008; Jaffe-Walter & Miranda, 2020, Miranda 2025). These practices offer a humanizing and transformative model of inclusive leadership.

Thursday, June 11, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Anthony Sementilli, Ph.D.

More information to follow!

Monday, June 15, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Theresa N. Eaves, LMHC Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Community Wellness Coordinator, Department of Health and Wellness

This session is an opportunity to learn or refresh your knowledge of Molloy’s Crisis Response Protocol, focusing on effective strategies for responding to both physical and mental health emergencies.

Your participation helps ensure a safe and prepared community.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
11:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Mary Ryder Instructional Designer, Office of Blended and Online Learning

You've curated the content; you've recorded the lectures. Now make sure students actively engage with them. This session focuses on evidence-based techniques that build active learning into your existing online content.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 & Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1:15 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Audra Cerruto, Ph.D.

The Be the Boss of Your Brain workshops integrate neuroscience, executive function, social-emotional learning, and life design to help participants understand the unique needs of our diverse college student population.  Adolescence is a critical period of brain development, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, which governs planning, decision-making, emotional regulation, and self-reflection. When educators understand how our college students’ brains are developing, including concepts such as neuroplasticity and the brain–body connection, they are better equipped to facilitate our students’ journey toward managing stress, regulating behavior, and applying effective learning strategies to be successful members of the Molloy University community. 

Thursday, June 18, 2026
10:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Theresa A. Rienzo BSN, RN, MS, MLIS, AHIP

Human anatomy comes to life as you zoom, rotate, and explore interactive 3D models. View related reference articles and search Gale content to learn more. Join Health Sciences Associate Librarian Theresa A. Rienzo BSN, RN, MS, MLIS, AHIP for an introduction into this popular resource.

Thursday, June 18, 2026
10:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Dr. Maureen Sanz, Chair, Molloy University Institutional Review Board

This Institutional Review Board  (IRB) session will discuss Classroom Assignments, and we can answer questions about your study and/or the IRB submission and review process. 

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
11:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Michelle Martin, Ed.D. Director of Mission and Ministry

Introducing the Dominican practice of sacred conversation and offering concrete tools for fostering respectful, truth‑seeking dialogue among students with diverse perspectives, including resources from Interfaith America's Bridging the Gap.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1:15 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Anthony Sementilli, Ph.D.

More information to follow!

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
2:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Nikki Palumbo, MLS, MBA

Zotero lets you import bibliographic data with one click, save PDFs, and organize your research.  It can work with MS Word or GoogleDocs to create citations and reference lists right in your paper.  It is highly recommended for faculty researchers and doctoral students. Join Associate Librarian, Head of Reference Services Nikki Palumbo, MLS, MBA as we learn how to manage citations with this remarkable tool.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
12:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Mili Mathew, PhD

Are you preparing to submit an IRB application soon? Do you have questions about the review process for your study? If you have answered 'yes' to either of these questions, here is your chance to connect one-on-one with the IRB team. You are invited to our open house where we can answer questions about your study and/or the IRB submission and review process. 

Thursday, June 25, 2026
10:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Susan Bloom, MLIS, MS

Ai is suddenly everywhere, including the library! This session, with Librarian Susan Bloom, MLIS, MS will discuss Ai integrations in library databases, how to detect hallucinations, and how to leverage Ai in your own research.

Thursday, June 25, 2026
11:00 am 
Zoom

Presented by: Michelle Martin, Ed.D. Director of Mission and Ministry

An approachable overview of prayer/contemplation, study, community, and service, and how faculty can integrate these pillars into their teaching, advising, and collegial relationships.

Thursday, June 25, 2026
1:00 pm 
Zoom

Presented by: Ryan Alexander, MSc Ed Learning & Engagement Strategist, Perusall

Perusall is a social learning platform that aims to improve learning outcomes by promoting authentic engagement and collaboration with all types of content. This training session will equip you with the necessary tools to effectively and efficiently leverage Perusall in your upcoming courses. Similar to the first session, we will walk through course setup, key Perusall settings, and other getting started steps. We will also delve deeper into Perusall analytics, assignment types, as well as advanced accessibility and integrity settings.