Program for the 2022 PDI

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Debora Colbert

Director, Professional Development

Monday, January 10th

9:00 AM

Session Title
Ergonomics to Non-Office Environments
Presenters:
Frank Gonzales
Category:
Safety and Health
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
9:00 AM
Session Length:
90 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Industrial ergonomics encompasses any job task performed outside of the office/computer workstation environment. Most injuries occur to employees working in non-office environments whether working in custodial, a laboratory, or manually handling materials, etc. Attend this session to learn how ergonomics can be applied and how the risk for injury can be minimized!
Goals and Target Audience:
All employees, faculty, staff, and students can attend this class. Ergonomics applies to EVERYONE! This class will provide ergonomics education, training, and implementation ideas to non-office workers to prevent and ideally eliminate ergonomic-related pain and discomfort associated with the work environment.

1:00 PM

Session Title
Air Travel - Carbon Emissions & Ways to reduce Impact
Presenters:
Carol Dollard
Category:
Green Initiatives and Issues
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
1:00 PM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Prepandemic air travel (for university research & business) was the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions for Colorado State. COVID19 had a dramatic effect on air travel (reducing it by over 95%). This presentation will discuss how we can take the lessons we have learned during "COVID times" to reduce air travel emissions going forward.
Goals and Target Audience:
Employees & Students that travel on behalf of the university

2:00 PM

Session Title
CSU Summer Programs Manual: Your Guide to Successful Summer Programming
Presenters:
Anne Van Arsdall,Diane Miller ,Claudia Hernandez,Heather Hall,Anna Fontana
Category:
Outreach
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
2:00 PM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
During this session members of the Summer Programs Committee will share a manual they have created to guide departmental units in their conceptualization, creation, implementation, and evaluation of summer youth and precollege programming. The manual is intended to be a valuable and current resource for all, and the committee invites colleagues to share input based on their experiences for integration. Presenters will share the manual contents and how to navigate it, as well as examples from culturally relevant and high impact programming.
Goals and Target Audience:
This session is geared toward CSU faculty, staff, and students who are involved in summer programming. The manual is intended to be a resource for those considering summer program development well as current summer program coordinators who want to enhance and update their programs.

3:00 PM

Session Title
Microsoft Teams Voice Rolling Out Now on the CSU Campus
Presenters:
Chris Chagnon,Gabrielle Manual
Category:
General Campus IT and Technology Tools
Date:
Monday, January 10th 2022
Start Time:
3:00 PM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Teams Voice adds additional functionality to Microsoft Teams and is being rolled out across campus to replace our existing phone system. Join this session to see features of Teams Voice first hand and learn more about how it’s being deployed at CSU.
Goals and Target Audience:
Demo how Teams Voice works, including: Making and receiving a call Placing a call on hold and transferring Adjusting call settings Setting up voicemail Using the mobile app Understand how Teams Voice is being deployed across the CSU campus

Tuesday, January 11th

9:00 AM

Session Title
Ergonomics in the Office Environment
Presenters:
Frank Gonzales
Category:
Safety and Health
Date:
Tuesday, January 11th 2022
Start Time:
9:00 AM
Session Length:
2 hours
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Ergonomics ideally involves fitting the job to the person, not the person to the job. As you begin working, the slight posture changes you may make to accommodate the workstation you are given can lead to more serious problems. This course will cover basic ergonomic principles that can be implemented in office spaces anywhere, by anyone. It aims to help reduce and prevent ergonomic-related pain and discomfort associated with working in the office environment.
Goals and Target Audience:
Prevent, reduce and/or eliminate pain, discomfort and risk for greater injury. Provide education and training on correct ergonomic set up and implementation.

11:00 AM

Session Title
Git - How script sharing and change tracking are only part of the services offered by Git
Presenters:
Kevin Worthington,Mara Sedlins
Category:
Research
Date:
Tuesday, January 11th 2022
Start Time:
11:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
As research continues to incorporate coding as part of the data analysis process, the need to track and share source code as part of publication is becoming increasingly important. Git is by far the most popular version control system and offers many features such as collaboration, issue tracking, project management and web hosting support. As with publications and research data, code is an important scholarly product supporting research reproducibility, and we will introduce best practices for preserving, sharing and citing code. In this presentation we'll demonstrate examples of projects utilizing these features in hopes of inspiring their use as part of your research.
Goals and Target Audience:
Anyone working with or involved in the research process

1:00 PM

Session Title
Bicycle Friendly Driver
Presenters:
Jamie Gaskill
Category:
Safety and Health
Date:
Tuesday, January 11th 2022
Start Time:
1:00 PM
Session Length:
90 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
The Bicycle Friendly Driver program is a 1 1/2 hour interactive class aimed at educating all drivers on the best and safest ways to share the road with people on bicycles. Developed by FC Bikes in collaboration with Bike Fort Collins the class addresses: -Why sharing the road is the safest alternative for both motorists and bicyclists -What's legal and what's not legal, for both motorists and bicyclists -Common crashes and how to avoid them -Why bicyclists "take the lane" and what motorists should do in response -How to navigate bicycle related infrastructure such as: sharrows, bike boxes, and green lanes.
Goals and Target Audience:
The target audience for this course would be individuals interested in learning more about driving, or pedaling safely in their daily lives.

Wednesday, January 12th

9:00 AM

Session Title
CSU Green Labs - bringing sustainability to the lab
Presenters:
Stacey Baumgarn
Category:
Green Initiatives and Issues
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
9:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Laboratories are resource intensive spaces. The practice and output of world-class, global-impact research is an expectation at Colorado State University. Concurrently, sustainability is at the core of CSU as an organization. Students and researchers learning and working in CSU labs desire integration of the two; both students and researchers have been asking for and actively seeking pathways to improve sustainability practices in the lab. From teaching labs to BSL-3 labs, every lab has a role to play and an opportunity to embed sustainability best practices into their day-to-day research. CSU Green Labs wants you involved - join us to learn about our current projects and initiatives!
Goals and Target Audience:
Faculty, staff, and students – if you are working in a lab here at CSU or, are just interested in energy, water, and resource savings in the lab – join us!

10:00 AM

Session Title
Creating a personal touch: How to connect with students in an online format
Presenters:
Dr. Leann Kaiser,Thomas Rausch
Category:
General Teaching Topics
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Online and distance learning continues to be a prevalent instructional medium for adult and continuing education students. The onset of COVID-19 has accelerated the number of classrooms moving to a distance format. Now more than ever, instructors, educators, and trainers are challenged to find innovative ways to connect to their learners on a personable level. When students learn in an environment free of authentic connectivity, learning outcomes may suffer. Instructing online is susceptible to creating a learning environment free of the warmth and connectivity necessary for fostering authentic relations between course participants. The presenters will model several novel and innovative methods to reach students on a personal level to foster inclusion, connectivity, and authenticity among course participants in order to boost learning outcomes for students.
Goals and Target Audience:
This session is suited for distance educators, trainers, and students who wish to learn about and discuss innovative methods to connect with students on a more personal level to enhance inclusion, connectivity, and authenticity. Ideas for helping learners connect with each other will also be presented and discussed. Learners will be able to: 1) Find innovative ways to connect to their learners with a personable touch in an online environment. 2) Use technology to support and enhance presence in a distance setting

1:00 PM

Session Title
How High School Students Earned College Credit and Gained Career Readiness through a Summer Program
Presenters:
Christianne Magee,Patricia Vigil ,Wade Ingle ,Heather Hall,Olivia Arnold
Category:
Outreach
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
1:00 PM
Session Length:
50 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Faculty and staff from the Zoetis Veterinary Perspectives Institute will share their experiences and outcomes from a youth summer program offered as a free, 1 credit, online course. Presenters will describe creating a case-based, experiential learning curriculum within a paradigm of culturally competent mentorship, to facilitate exploration of topics in veterinary medicine and One Health. When the desire to become a veterinarian is deconstructed, a desire to help animals is often central to the career interest. The program goal was to provide participants with an understanding of various professional roles in the context of their desires and interests, as well as resources for overcoming obstacles to achieve their dream careers. Students were given insight into the veterinary profession, career options in One Health, and various pathways to attend college. Mentors provided relevant experience, offered positive relationships, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. This program also created opportunities for undergraduate and veterinary students, faculty, and staff to develop awareness, knowledge, and skills for working with diverse populations and helped close the mentorship gap for minoritized and marginalized youth.
Goals and Target Audience:
Outreach coordinators, summer program faculty/staff

2:00 PM

Session Title
Is your research mappable? The power of a spatial perspective
Presenters:
Caitlin Mothes,Elizabeth Tulanowski
Category:
Research
Date:
Wednesday, January 12th 2022
Start Time:
2:00 PM
Session Length:
80 minutes
Room:
LSC 300
Description:
Spatial data impacts our everyday lives, so why not incorporate it into your research? With the vast growth in GIS (Geographic Information System) tools, nearly everything is mappable. Geospatial technology has become increasingly prevalent in nearly every discipline, from natural resources to urban planning, archaeology to military tactics, engineering to epidemiology, politics to environmental justice, and more. The key is learning the best methods for adding a spatial component to your data. In this seminar presented by the Geospatial Centroid, we will help you gain insight into how your data can be leveraged with a spatial perspective and empower you with the toolset to do so. The benefits of incorporating a spatial perspective to your research are endless. It can add context to your data, help you explore relationships and networks, and highlight patterns you may not have seen before. Spatial components can also act as a common ground for data analysis, promoting better collaboration and storytelling. With over a decade of experience as a full-service center for building web mapping applications, performing complex spatial analyses, and creating elegant cartographic products, the Geospatial Centroid at the CSU Libraries is a prime resource for aiding researchers, instructors and learners across campus and beyond, with geospatial technologies.
Goals and Target Audience:
Goals: To spread awareness of the power of spatial data and educate researchers on how to integrate a geospatial component into their work. Targeted Audience: Researchers (Faculty, staff, graduate students)