BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY

USEFUL INFORMATION

• University Wide Meetings – Information and Schedule
• Healthcare details
• PASSHE Technology Transfer and Commercialization
• APSCUF-BU Bylaws
• Tenure Criteria and Procedures (Approved 8/20/2021)
• Collective Bargaining Agreement

Note: While every effort is made to make sure the documents above are the most recent versions, faculty are encouraged to double check them against the documents on the (S:) Drive.

NEW FACULTY INFORMATION

Please note that the BU website is being redesigned over Summer 2021 and some links may get broken as part of the new layout.  We will work to fix them as soon as possible.  Please contact webmaster Ethan Krupp (see email link in right sidebar) if you encounter any. 

• Moving To Bloomsburg
• Getting Started On Campus
• Setting Up Classes
• Technology Questions
• Helpful Organizations
• Research Grants
• Performance Review
• Other Important Information
• Articles and Essays for New Faculty
  • An Open Letter to Next Year’s Full-Time Tenure Track Assistant Professors by Billie Hara
  • The Five Characteristics of Successful New Faculty Members by Rob Jenkins
  • How We Value Faculty Work by Gary A. Olson
  • The Three-ring Circus of Academia: How to Become the Ringmaster by Michelle L. Toews & Ani Yazedjian

FACULTY TEACHING TIPS & BEST PRACTICES

• Please visit the BU Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center (TALE) website for a list of teaching tips, best practices, and instructional materials tailored to our campus and technology.
  • https://www.bloomu.edu/offices-directory/tale-teaching-and-learning-enhancement-center
• Additional Useful University Teaching Websites from other campuses
  • Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Kansas) http://cte.ku.edu
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (Harvard University) https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/online-resources
  • Engaging Students in Discussion – Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Virginia)
    http://cte.virginia.edu/resources/engaging-students-in-large-humanities-discussions/
  • Explore the Art and Science of Facilitating Learning https://www.teachinginhighered.com/
  • How to Create a Syllabus (Kevin Gannon, Grand View University) https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-syllabus
  • MERLOT (Curated online resources by California State University) https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
  • Pedagogy in Action (Carleton College) https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/index.html
  • Self-Paced Tutorials Center for Educational Innovation (University of Minnesota) https://cei.umn.edu/faculty-and-instructors
  • Solve a Teaching Problem – Eberly Center (Carnegie Mellon University) https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/index.html
  • Teaching in Higher Education http://teachinginhighered.com/ 
  • Writing Across the Disciplines (University of Minnesota) http://writing.umn.edu/wac.html
• Blogs and Free Electronic Newsletters
  • Faculty Focus (Magna Publications) https://www.facultyfocus.com/
  • Great Ideas for Teaching (Mira Costa College) http://www.miracosta.edu/studentservices/writingcenter/gifts.html
  • IDEA: Improving Learning In Higher Education (Kansas State University) http://www.ideaedu.org/category/helpful-resources/knowledge-base/idea-papers
  • Lingua Franca: Language and writing in academe (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca
  • ProfHacker: Teaching, tech, and productivity (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker
  • Tomorrow’s Professor (Stanford University) https://tomprof.stanford.edu/

Please help us keep this list accurate and contact the webmaster (see contact information in right sidebar) if you encounter any dead links.  Thank you.

COMMITTEES

• BU university-wide committees description (PDF)
• BU University Wide Committee Membership 2021-2022 (Nov. 2021 update) (PDF)
• APSCUF/BU Officers and Committees 2021-2023 (Fall 2021 update) (PDF)
• APSCUF/BU Social Justice committee information (PDF)