What does leadership in senior living really look like at the start of a career? How do students and recent graduates navigate their paths, discover purpose, and step into leadership roles in aging services?
Vision Centre invites you to a FREE live webinar that puts student voices front and center.
Finding Your Path: Student Perspectives on Leadership in Senior Living will feature an inspiring panel of students and recent alumni who are actively building careers in aging services. Panelists will share their personal journeys, career decisions, challenges, and lessons learned as they transition from the classroom into the field.
This event is free but registration is required. Learn more HERE.
MSRP webinars are open to all Faculty and Staff, regardless of their retirement plan.
"Your 2026 Money Makeover: A Simple Plan To Take Control"
Start 2026 with a fresh approach to finances. During this webinar, learn key strategies for budgeting, saving, managing debt, and setting achievable financial goals, in order to move forward feeling organized, empowered, and prepared for the year ahead.
"Getting to Know EMPOWER: Participant Technology in Action"
Explore the tools, technology, and experiences that help participants make the most of their retirement journey with EMPOWER.
(Presented by Empower, MSRP's Contractor for Plan Administrator)
"Your Pension, Social Security, and MSRP: Retirement Income For Life!"
Wondering how much income one needs in retirement, when to claim Social Security, and how State Pension and MSRP savings fit together? Join MSRP to learn how to estimate benefits from all retirement income sources and plan with confidence.
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The Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee [AFAC] is pleased to issue a call for proposals to present at our Fall 2026 Innovation Day, October 10, 2026.
Held at UMBC, our conference celebrates the invaluable contributions of adjunct faculty to UMBC and the higher education community; providing a platform for adjunct faculty to showcase their research, innovate pedagogies, and professional development insights.
Conference Theme:
Innovation
Topics of Interest:
Adjunct-led research projects
Adjunct faculty working conditions
Innovative pedagogy
Application of new technology in the classroom
Strategies for student engagement and motivation
Professional development opportunities for adjunct faculty
Best practices in course design and assessment
Support of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in higher education
Submission Guidelines:
Presentation proposals should be submitted using the provided Google Form.
Each proposal should include:
Title of the presentation
Abstract (maximum 250 words)
Presenter(s) name(s) and affiliation(s)
Contact information (email, phone)
Presentations can be in the format of workshops, panels, roundtable discussions, or individual presentations.
Proposals will be evaluated based on relevance to the conference theme, clarity, and potential impact.
In four parts, this series presented by NCPH and the American Conservation experience (ACE) will ask experts to help public historians and public humanitarians tackle questions like: what do we mean when we talk about gen AI? How do we recognize it, and what AI tools have potential use cases for the public humanities? How can we ethically engage with generative AI tools as public historians, museum practitioners, writers, archivists, and educators?
For all four events, closed captioning and American Sign Language interpretation will be provided. Registrants will receive resource lists and recordings of the events for which they register. Register for all four events, or choose the ones that are most meaningful to you. This event uses our "pay what you can" model, which allows us to design programming for all members of our community regardless of their financial status; if you can afford to select one of the paid registration tiers, we are deeply grateful for your support in subsidizing free registrations for those who need it most.
Part 1: Defining and Demystifying "AI" and "Machine Learning"
Thursday, January 29, 2026 | 4:00 pm Eastern
Facilitator: Jessica Dauterive, Program Manager, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, and Digital Humanities Consultant, ACE
Speakers: Zoe LeBlanc, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jeri Wieringa, Assistant Director, Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton University
Part 2: The Ethics of AI: What's the Harm?
Thursday, February 12, 2026 | 12:00 pm Eastern
Facilitator: Jessica Dauterive, Program Manager, Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, and Digital Humanities Consultant, ACE
Speakers: Adio-Adet Dinika, Research Fellow, Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research (DAIR) Institute
Adrienne Williams, Research Fellow, Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research (DAIR) Institute; Public Voices Fellow, The OpEd Project; activist and organizer
Part 3: Ethical AI Use in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM)
Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 2:00 pm Eastern
Facilitator: Angela Fritz, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa
Speakers: Additional speakers from the upcoming Collections special issue on AI, TBA
Part 4: AI and History Education
March 17, 2026 | 2:00 pm Eastern
Facilitator: Lindsey Passenger Wieck, Director of Public History, St. Mary's University
Speakers: Wendi Manuel-Scott and George Oberle, Center for Mason Legacies, George Mason University
Victoria Sanchez, 6th Grade World Cultures Educator, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
Don Solomon, Vice President for Communications and Marketing, National Humanities Center
Many academics struggle with the desire to share their expertise with mainstream audiences, worrying about how they and their work will be represented. In this session you'll learn how to work with traditional media, including how to engage reporters and get them interested in your work, how to handle press inquiries, and how to make sure your version of the story gets written.
Don Solomon has over 30 years experience sharing stories about products, people, and organizations of all kinds, and since 2006 he has led communications and marketing at the National Humanities Center. Prior to joining the Center, Don was co-founder and principal of Distill Consulting, and has worked with a wide range of clients that includes Michelin, Hanes, IBM, Rhone Poulenc, CooperTools, and the March of Dimes, among others.
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