Upcoming Events
Summer Institute

To register, please click on the name of the event.
The online meeting link will be sent via email to all registered participants before the webinars begin.
These workshops address diversity, equity, and inclusion through faculty development.
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Exploring Community-Engaged Learning
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
11:00 am
ZoomCommunity-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.
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ºù«Ӱҵ IRB Open House Q&As
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
10:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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What's New in Canvas: Recent Enhancements That Support Teaching and Learning
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
12:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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OERs and Textbook Alternatives
Thursday, June 4, 2026
10:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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Crisis Response Protocol Training
Monday, June 8, 2026
12:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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IRB Workshop: Informed Consent Forms
Monday, June 8, 2026
1:00 pm
ZoomPresented by: Dr. Maureen Sanz, Chair, ºù«Ӱҵ 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
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Assessing your Course Accessibility
Monday, June 8, 2026
2:30 pm
ZoomPresented 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. -
Getting Started with Perusall
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
10:45 am
ZoomPresented by: Ryan Alexander, MSc Ed Learning & Engagement Strategist, 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.
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Scopus
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
2:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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Rethinking School Leadership for Im/Migrant Youth: Leadership Innovations from the Internationals
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
12:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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. -
Crisis Response Protocol Training
Monday, June 15, 2026
12:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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Don't Just Assign It — Design It: Engagement Strategies for Online Instruction
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
11:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy
Thursday, June 18, 2026
10:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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IRB Workshop: Classroom Assignments
Thursday, June 18, 2026
10:00 am
ZoomPresented by: Dr. Maureen Sanz, Chair, ºù«Ӱҵ 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.
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Disputatio and Dialogue in a Pluralistic Classroom
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
11:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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Zotero
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
2:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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ºù«Ӱҵ IRB Open House Q&As
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
12:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
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Ai and the Library
Thursday, June 25, 2026
10:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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The Four Dominican Pillars in Daily Academic Life
Thursday, June 25, 2026
11:00 am
ZoomPresented 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.
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Using Perusall in Fall '26 to Increase Participation and Engagement
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1:00 pm
ZoomPresented 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.
Faculty Development Seminar Series: Academic Writing & Publishing
- Faculty Recognition Reception
- Grants and Sponsored Program Information Sessions
- Mentoring Workshops
- Research and Scholarship Initiatives
- Annual Spring Faculty Institute
- Writing Retreats