Office of the Provost

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of UConn’s Life-Transformative Education (LTE) initiative, I am pleased to present the line-up of activities for the spring semester.

The spring series of events features an exciting line-up of guest speakers from other institutions and our own talented faculty and staff. It also includes the return of the LTE Cultivate workshop, on Feb. 25.

LTE Speaker Series: Dr. Rochelle Gutiérrez
“Mathematics, Passions, and Right Relations: How Identity Factors Into Our Work”
Friday, Feb. 18, 12 to 2 p.m. 

Dr. Gutiérrez is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Gutierrez’ scholarship focuses on issues of identity and power in mathematics education, paying particular attention to how race, class, and language affect teaching and learning. In this talk, Dr. Gutiérrez will expand on how her life growing up around powerful womxn and activists taught her to channel her passions into her academic and life work. She uses the case of mathematics as an example of how we are taught to simply accept the stories we are told and how a deep grounding in ourselves can help us challenge those stories and write new ones. This is also a great warm-up to the LTE Cultivate II workshop the following week.  

UConn LTE Cultivate II
Friday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

The UConn LTE Cultivate workshop returns with a new slate of activities to inspire, develop, and empower all faculty and staff as Life-Transformative Education champions. The half-day workshop will include a wide variety of activities, including breakout sessions with focus on topics including mentoring, advising, service learning, and DEI principles; wellness activities; and a keynote conversation with Dr. Amelia Parnell, vice president for research at NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.  

Tell Us Your Story: A UConn LTE Panel
Monday, March 28, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. 

Join us for this panel featuring UConn faculty and staff, sharing their experiences in infusing LTE principles into their interactions with students, from teaching practices to student mentoring and more.   

Featuring Dr. Shardé Davis, Assistant Professor, Communication; Fany Hannon, Director, Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC); Micah Heumann, Director, Academic Center for Exploratory Students (ACES); and Dr. Hana Maruyama, Assistant Professor, History. 

All UConn faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend any LTE event. Registration is required for these events, all of which will be hosted virtually. More information, including registration details, are available on the LTE website. We look forward to seeing you at LTE events throughout the spring!

Sincerely,
Michael

Michael Bradford
Vice Provost for Faculty, Staff, and Student Development