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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Charlotte is a few hours away, but if there’s an excursion to the RDU area or even Greensboro, I could make that work!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Appreciated this distinction… AI literacy: learning how the tech works & understanding its impact on society (could be a part of nearly all classes) AI fluency: The working-with-AI-responsibly part (may be a part of some classes but not without AI literacy) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Agentic AI Invading the LMS and Other Things We Should Know
A Q&A with Marc Watkins, director of the AI Institute for Teachers.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
So true. And we need them!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Was sprinting across campus earlier in the week and this view stopped me in my tracks. Between the music and art buildings—pure gold. I almost missed this. What made you stop and smile this week? Here’s to finding more moments of lightness and joy (and maybe even gold!). 💛
Brick walkway lined with yellow leaved ginkgos
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
It’s soooo good. Thanks for putting it for all to think about.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂
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Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Great response by Chris to the question “What argument would you make to university leaders that continued investment in their CTLs is strategic and necessary?” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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3 Questions for Springfield College’s Chris Hakala
A conversation with the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Really curious if schools will see a Selingo bump after his book comes out.
Google search with schools advertising their appearance in Selingo’s book. Elon, Loyola, TCNJ, St. Olaf, Augustana
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Yes, similar!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Really creative use of a flexible space classroom for a teaching workshop with new faculty. The concept of “sparkshops” with 15-min sessions in designated areas that are of interest to faculty. They could attend 3 in the time allotted. Excellent post lunch activity. #CFE #FacultyFoundations
Flexible classroom space utilizing 5 stations for spark shops Example sparkshop on GenAISlide with sparkshop logistics being shared with participantsSparkshop instructions with stations indicated on a projected map of the classroom
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Joanna was inspired by a fantastic spring keynote from Angela Byars-Winston who recommended the deck. Sublime!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
At our Center for Faculty Excellence retreat today, Joanna Foland designed a fun and restorative ice breaker with the Rest Deck by #NapMinistry Tricia Hersey. In awe of the creativity of this team and kudos, Joanna!
Joanna Foland sharing the rest deck in front a slide about the deck
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I’m enjoying newly published book season!!! What’s on my desk now? It’s @geekypedagogy.bsky.social Snafu Edu. The book is rich with practical suggestions and skillful integration of teaching and learning scholarship. Congratulations, Jessamyn!
Copy of snafu edu on my red metal desk in my office
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Kara McKinley @karalmckinley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A beautifully written piece on a terrible time www.science.org/content/arti...
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My academic job offer was rescinded. I’ll keep going—but U.S. researchers are running out of road
Despite an uncertain future, this postdoc will “keep doing the science I love while I still have a bench”
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Great leadership insights by @jenheemstra.bsky.social in here. “Navigating turbulence requires constant course correction. We need people who can strategize, communicate and lead with empathy.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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The Leadership Skills Scientists Need Right Now
Jen Heemstra, chair of the chemistry department at Wash U. in St. Louis and author of a forthcoming book on leadership for scientists, has some advice for navigating the Trump administration’s sweepin...
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🤚🏾
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Excited to see this one out! I got to read an advance copy and it is a great read. Kudos @dgooblar.bsky.social!
Copy of One classroom at a time on my desk in my office
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Thank you, Peter!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Day 2 at the new job & someone I work with handed me this book that her whole team read and asked me to please read it because “it’s amazing!” @katiepryal.bsky.social you have huge fans here at the Center for Faculty Excellence! (I didn’t let on that we met in a CFE summer writing group years ago!)
Cover of Katie’s book called A light in the tower
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So yeah, today was a very, very good day. Honored to be a part of this special place on campus. Visit me any time in Wilson, my door’s open!
Photo of me on a sofa in my officePhoto of my door cracked with sofa and rug in background
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
When I met with the person I report to today I loved what she said: my job will be to care for the Center. I know that by caring for the Center, I will be caring for my colleagues and everyone they support.
Me at my colorful orange desk!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Now, my love of faculty development for teaching, mentorship and leadership will be formally a role here at my favorite university. I received a warm team welcome and flowers in all my favorite colors. 💗
Photo of colorful bouquet on table with a card. Colors are pink and orange shades
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today I started day 1 leading what we now call the Center for Faculty Excellence. While I knew early on that I loved teaching, what I hadn’t known is that I really love helping people learn — especially those who influence countless others in their classrooms, research spaces, and leadership roles.
Image of me in front of a sign that lists everyone’s name and office number in the center
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In 1997 I was freshly admitted to graduate school and assigned to TA a course. I marched myself to Wilson Library to the Center for Teaching and Learning determined to use every resource I could to improve…
Photo of Wilson library building
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I had so much fun with this one! Thanks for the invite @derekbruff.bsky.social!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I oscillate wildly between being incredibly worried about the state of world affairs and mundane things like being excited to be at my kid’s college orientation trying to imagine normalcy. Thanks for the reprieve today @utaustin.bsky.social
Me in heart glasses wearing a giant hand signal for hook em and a large longhorn necklace
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
“America’s promise doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because throughout our history ordinary people have called out our country’s contradictions and called on the government to live up to the principles of equality established at our founding.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid (Gift Article)
If this is how the administration treats a senator on camera, imagine what it could do to you.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“while reading “Next to Heaven,” I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die” Ouch.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Teachers like me are the trained professionals & content specialists whose primary role at the university is to develop citizens, leaders, & human beings who can empathize…and imagine a better tomorrow. My question is: Has the university forgotten its purpose?
chronicle.com
Opinion | My University Values Football More Than Education
At the University of Colorado at Boulder, athletics gets all the attention — and funding.
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Josh Stein @joshsteinnc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth is a day of celebration but is also sobering. Too often, we believe that the long arc of history bends towards justice itself.     But WE bend the arc of history. It is up to us to recommit ourselves to fight inequality and ensure justice for all.     Happy Juneteenth, North Carolina!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina encourages people to observe Juneteenth as an opportunity to reflect, rejoice, and work together toward a brighter future as we continue to address racial injustices in our society today… @joshsteinnc.bsky.social
ONE STATE o
NORTH
GREAT SE
State of Narth Caralina
JOSH STEIN
GOVERNOR
JUNETEENTH
2025
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Juneteenth is recognized as National Independence Day and has been celebrated annually since June 19,
1866, to mark the abolition of sanctioned slavery in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Juneteenth is about freedom, liberation, and celebration; it is a holiday for North Carolinians to
acknowledge our history and the sacrifices that were made for freedom; and WHEREAS, on September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that as of January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in the rebellious areas would be thenceforward and forever free, changing the nature of the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, in addition to freeing enslaved people held in Confederate States, the Emancipation Proclamation enabled
the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army as U.S. Colored Troops; and
WHEREAS, it took almost three more years of conflict and loss to win the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in December 1865 to officially end slavery in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the news of freedom disseminated gradually throughout the nation; on June 19, 1865, two months after the official surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox, Union Soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3 announcing freedom to some of the last enslaved people in the United States; and
WHEREAS, in 2026, America will celebrate the 250* anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
marking the freedom of the United States, though not all Americans were truly free; and
WHEREAS, despite more than 150 years passing since the abolition of slavery, there remain economic, institutional,
and social barriers for Black people in America; and
WHEREAS, on this anniversary each year, organizations and individuals throughout North Carolina an…
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth! nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after Presi...
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Minute 16. What delightful watch. “It is possible to move discomfort into joy.”
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I know this is positioned for student success but I’ve been thinking, speaking and writing more about rekindling joy for faculty. Connections can cultivate that joy in a landscape of burnout. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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Data Shows Attendance Improves Student Success
Faculty say attendance is known to promote learning and improve student outcomes. Students say they want more flexibility to manage outside pressures.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We know connections are important. A survey “found that 35 percent of respondents think their academic success would be most improved by professors getting to know them better,” highlighting the importance of student-professor connections. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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Data Shows Attendance Improves Student Success
Faculty say attendance is known to promote learning and improve student outcomes. Students say they want more flexibility to manage outside pressures.
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Sarah Rose Cavanagh @sarosecav.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Or, as @allisonpugh.bsky.social puts it, “being able to have a human attend to your needs has become a luxury good.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...
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Opinion | Human Interaction Is Now a Luxury Good
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
We had some opposed to wellness day for the extension in the calendar it created. No way a single day could improve it by that much unless only 5 faculty filled out the survey but even that doesn’t make the math math.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
It can feel like self-promotion, but you wrote a book to get read. You have to go the extra step to get it into the hands of readers who might be interested.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Really good advice here by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social, with a mention to @derekkrissoff.bsky.social: “universities should celebrate the success of their faculty’s books as much as any big research award or sports championship.” www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
chronicle.com
Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book
An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14/06/2025
I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest on June 14, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow. No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: www.qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-t...
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13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting
Read & Share if you're joining the No Kings protest on June 14, or know anyone who is
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
PSA for everyone going to protests
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Feeling sentimental about wrapping up my position UE, so I had Claude make a graphic summarizing my 10 yrs of work here. It’s of course a bit hokey but also pretty decent. I am so proud of the work I’ve been able to accomplish in undergrad ed supporting student success. New position reveal 7/1/25!
10 Years in Undergraduate Education
Transforming undergraduate learning through innovation & leadership
2015-2021
Special Projects Assistant to Senior Associate Dean
2022-Present
Associate Dean for Evaluation & Assessment
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Curriculum Innovation
General Education Curriculum Revision, chaired University Teaching Awards
Research Program Launch
Established Townsend Program for Education
Research with Fellows initiative
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COVID Response Leadership
Helped to transition to emergency online teaching, launched Class Features, published on pedagogy
Strategic Leadership
Serving on Provost Al Committee, leading curriculum evaluation, and steering policy
Data Tools Development
Built MCAD, departmental dashboards, syllabus manager, and check-in systems
Innovation Continues
Advancing College Thriving curriculum, makerspace advisory, graduate training
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Faculty Development
Designed orientation programs, teaching institutes, and peer review systems
Student Success Focus
Championing student success initiatives and emergency preparedness training
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Years Experience
20+
Major Projects
15+
Committees
4
Data Tools Built
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear this. They are our family. I’ve grieved so hard I swore I wouldn’t get another pet and then I did. I guess I keep learning that the love is worth the grief.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
At an engineering conference last year, a colleague introduced me to water coloring. There’s a lot of trial and error but there is a lot of fun in the journey. Ahhh, summertime.
Image of 2 watercolor cards, one a bouquet od flowers the other a single flower, along with the travel kit.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
That’s next on my list!
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Up next in my podcast listen, can’t wait!! I was hooked at the mention of Priya Parker’s book which has been my guiding light since it was published.
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Join me in the NYT 5-day creativity challenge? Not quite summer days yet, but it’s beginning to feel it… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Creativity Challenge: Start With Some Quick Doodles (Gift Article)
Today, a fun way to feel less stuck.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"We are not the elites the billionaires claim we are. Most professors don’t have tenure. The humanities professoriate don’t even have full time jobs, have been known to sleep in their cars. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?" www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
houstonchronicle.com
I'm a professor. We're not the 'elite' the powerful billionaires say we are.
Most professors don't have tenure. An increasing number don't even have full-time jobs. How did these inconsequential people become enemies of the state?
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Viji @vijisathy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Oh no! Hope you feel better soon. Rest up!
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