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Spring 2025 UConn ECE Digital Media and Design Workshop

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This past Friday, March 7th, our ECE Digital Media and Design instructors met for an engaging professional development experience on the UConn Storrs Campus, under the guidance of ECE Faculty Coordinator and Assistant Professor Kenneth Thompson. Instructors got to experience a digital artistry workshop led by Dennis Recchia, followed by an ever-relevant discussion of AI usage in DMD classrooms facilitated by Luiza Dos Printes Santos. Finally, they were led on a tour of the Digital Media and Design facilities on campus.

A special thanks to our faculty and guest contributors for their hard work on this incredible day!

Digital Media and Design courses available through UConn Early College Experience.

Spring 2025 UConn ECE Animal Science Workshop

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ECE Animal Science welcomed their instructors to the UConn Storrs Campus on Tuesday, March 11 for their annual professional development experience.

The workshop included discussions on course proceedings and assignments, and review of sample syllabi. Additionally, instructors were given the opportunity to observe a life course section of ANSC 1602: Behavior and Training of Domestic Animals. The true highlight of the day was a trip to the UConn Dairy Bar, where instructors got to experience our world famous UConn ice cream, compliments of our UConn dairy cattle!

A special thanks to our faculty coordinators, Jenifer Nadeau, Ph.D and Amy Safran, Ph. D for all of their hard work to support our instructors and their students.

Animal Science courses available through UConn Early College Experience.

Spring 2025 UConn ECE Political Science Workshop

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Our ECE Political Science teachers convened virtually on Wednesday, February 26th, marking our first virtual professional development experience of 2025!

The theme of this year’s Political Science Workshop was Bringing Politics into the Classroom. Instructors were treated to two discussion sections, which are described below:

Faculty Discussions: Instructors heard from UConn Faculty from “comparative politics and international relations about the rise and effects of authoritarianism in world politics. With many democratic nations around the globe sliding slowly towards authoritarianism, it is important to help students understand these trends, their consequences, and what they can do.”

Guest Speaker: We extend our thanks to Denise Merrill, “a UConn alum, adjunct political science professor, and former Connecticut Secretary of State”, for serving as our keynote speaker for this event. Secretary Merrill provided an invaluable opportunity for our instructors to be in community with an individual whose career in local and state-level politics has been rich and storied.

A special thanks as well to our ECE Political Science Faculty Coordinators, Oksan Bayulgen, Ph.D. and Evan Perkoski, Ph.D., for their tireless work to support our ECE students and instructors.

Political Science courses available through UConn Early College Experience.

Spring 2025 UConn ECE Kinesiology Workshop

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Welcome back to Storrs, UConn ECE Instructors!

Our first in-person professional development event of 2025 was held on Wednesday, February 26th, for our Kinesiology instructors, under the guidance of Instructor-in-Residence Allison MacKenzie, our ECE Faculty Coordinator for Kinesiology.

Our instructors talked assignment structure and course expectations, before an invigorating talk on social determinants of health and wellness.

Thank you to all who participated, and helped to create yet another enriching experience for our ECE instructors! We are glad to be back for the Spring semester.

Kinesiology courses available through UConn Early College Experience.