Community Building Events

Once a month this year, the Faculty Development Center and the Office of Campus & Community Writing will host a fun event, intending to bring joy into our lives.  This will include such things as cooking classes, informal gatherings to mark off-beat occasions and, of course, the FDC's annual party for Opening Day of Baseball Season (Save the Date: Thursday, March 26, 2025).  At all of these events, we invite you to put aside whatever troubles you might have, and join us for food, fun, and fellowship.  Through joy, we find the strength to cope with everyday challenges and what life throws at us.

Sign on Paper and Pen

Our first such event this year will celebrate National Ampersand Day, on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 3:30 PM, at the Faculty Development Center (109 Halle).

Join us for ampersandish food (such as chips & dip, cake & ice cream, cheese & crackers), board games (such as Chutes & Ladders), fun videos (such as Abbott & Costello), and lovely music (featuring artists such as Hall & Oates, Brooks & Dunn, Simon & Garfunkel).  

We hope you can join us & eat with us & party with us & take a load off & relax & just let your mind rest.  See you there!

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    On Tuesday, September 24th, we celebrated National Punctuation Day with donuts and an Oxford Comma activity. Thank you to everyone who attended!

    Click here to view photos from our National Punctuation Day celebration.

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    We celebrated National Dessert Day which is typically on October 14, but due to fall break celebrated on the 16th. People brought a dessert to share and joined us for a great time.

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    To mirror the tradition of pardoning a turkey, we invited Student Government President, and President of Faculty Senate to pardon our Emu, Eggbert.

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    T Faculty Development Center, Office of Community & Campus Writing, and Eagle Nutrition Services hosted in the ENS demonstration kitchen a class on how to cook chicken and chickpea curry with homemade naan bread.