Professional Activity Days

The CTE coordinates college-wide professional development, called Professional Activity Days, twice per academic year as the MAHE Contract dictates.

Our goal is to engage our colleagues through various methods of professional interaction to inspire educational approaches that support creativity, agency, inquiry, and culture. We rely on our caring LCC community of scholars to help us achieve this goal. 

Professional Activity Days include general assemblies, keynote presentations, discussion panels, and breakout sessions both in-person and virtually. A website with detailed information is made available for participants for each event. 

We extend thanks to those who put time and effort into crafting presentations and discussions that spark interest for the Professional Activity Days. Likewise, we appreciate your open-minded participation. Lastly, a round of applause for all of us who show up and do our best not only for our students but for ourselves as well.

Upcoming Professional Activity Days:

MAY 2025

All employees are invited to our Professional Activity Day (PA Day), which will be held in-person Wednesday, May 14, in Dart Auditorium. Note: For those faculty and staff who are not required to attend F2F, find the Webex link here.

May 2025 PA Days Website

If the PA Days website experiences too much traffic, which causes a delay, please view the printable schedule.

Printable Schedule

Wednesday’s full day, in-person event kicks off with breakfast (for those who registered by May 2) in the Michigan Room, Gannon Building, lower level. 

In Dart Auditorium, a keynote talk by our own LCC Technical Careers Division faculty member, Dr. Szymon Machajewski will start the morning. Dr. Machajewski is also the Associate Director of Academic Technology and Learning Innovation at the University of Illinois Chicago. The 50-minute talk is entitled: Embracing AI: Preparing Students to Partner with Cognitive Technology.

After the keynote address, we will hear from our Provost, Dr. Sally Welch, who will present Navigating the Future: AI, Assessment, and Data-Informed Practices. Next, Dr. Karen Hicks, Director of Assessment, Center for Data Science, will explain the remainder of the morning activities, which will focus on Course Design, Course Assessment, and Data.

Following the morning in Dart, attendees will move to various downtown campus classrooms to attend their choice of Center for Data Science Concurrent Sessions that focus on Course Design, Course Assessment, and Data, as these relate to specific disciplines and academic areas. Please see the schedule below and choose the session that will best suit you. 

Lunch is provided by your respective division Deans. Please see the schedule below for lunch pick-up locations on our downtown campus.

On Thursday, May 15, academic areas will meet with their departments. Please look to your department for details on locations. 

Friday, May 16, wraps up the week with LCC graduation at the MSU Breslin Center. Required attendees, please arrive between 4:30 and 5:15pm.

Important things to know about May 2025 Professional Activity Days:

• All employees are welcome
• Adjunct faculty will be paid to attend live sessions, only if approved by their supervisor. Questions about compensation may be directed to your supervisor
• Specific questions regarding PA Days may be directed to the Center for Teaching Excellence cte@star.lcc.edu.

May 14, 2025 Schedule (in person)

NOTE: For those faculty and staff who are not required to attend F2F, find the Webex link here

8:00 am-8:45 am Breakfast | Michigan Room in the Gannon Building

9:00 am-10:30 am General Assembly | Dart Auditorium 

10:30 am-10:45 am Break
 
10:45 am-1:00 pm Center for Data Science Concurrent Sessions | Downtown Campus Classrooms

1:00 pm-2:00 pm Lunch provided by Academic Deans |
Pick up food in Arts and Sciences rooms and eat in A&S 2203, A&S 3203, A&S 4203, A&S 2130, A&S 3130, GB 1275, GB 3235, HHS 005 or HHS 026

2:10 pm-3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions (round 1) | Downtown Campus Classrooms

3:10 pm-4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions (round 2) | Downtown Campus Classrooms

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