Opportunities

Faculty and Staff Development Opportunities

The Institute offers opportunities for faculty and staff from across the disciplines to connect under a shared mission of transforming and integrating the paradigms and pedagogies of liberal arts and the professions. Faculty and staff can make these connections through:

  • participating in reading groups, 
  • participating in lectures, seminars and events, 
  • applying for upcoming teaching and research fellowships,
  • attending professional development opportunities, and more.

Research and Scholarship Support

Collaborative Scholarly/Creative Project Mini-Seminars, 2024-25

In a mini-seminar, small interdisciplinary groups meet throughout the year as they begin a collaborative project and build a team. The 2024-2025 cohort will be announced soon.

Save the date for a showcase of 2023-24 projects on Friday, Sept. 27, from 12:30-2 p.m. in Skutt 105.

Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Mini-Seminar Projects 

  • Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Scholarly and Creative Project between SPAHP Department of Occupational Therapy and Heider College of Business Accounting Department: Angela Lampe, OTD, OTR/L, Brenda Coppard, PhD, OTR/L, Yongyue Qi, MS, PhD (OT Dept.), Ali Maloy, MS, CPA, Maggie Knight, DBA, CPA, CGMA (Accounting Dept.)
  • Enhancing Compassionate Palliative Care with Al: Respecting Human Dignity and Cultural Diversity: Amanda Kirkpatríck, PhD, RN (Nursing), Steven Fernandes, PhD (Computer Science); Kaitlyn Heinneman (Exercise science major) and Kaylee Van Handel (Data science major)
  • Helping Pre-Health Students Write Personal Statements: Faith Kurtyka, PhD (English Dept.), Meghan Dowd Schlattman, PT, DPT, CSMT (Exercise Science & Pre-Health Professions), Seth Kleinwort (Career Center), Jess DeWall (Center for Advising Resources & Support) and Amelia Harahap (BA'23, English, anticipated)
  • LifeSavers: An Interprofessional Critical Care Escape Room: Theresa Jizba, DNP, AGACNP-BC, ACHN, Lindsay Iverson, DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP-BC (DNP program), Andrew Eckhart, BS, NRP, EMS-I, Ryan Batenhorst, EdD(c), MEd, NRP (Paramedicine Education)

 

Curriculum Innovation

To integrate content related to our initiatives into courses at all levels, the Institute invites Creighton faculty members to apply for curriculum development grants.

The next call for proposals will be available by Sept. 9 and proposals will be due Dec. 2

2023-24 Curriculum Grantees

  • Fostering Connection: An Innovative Assignment to Confront Isolation in the EdD Program Online Learning Environment - Candace Bloomquist, PhD, EdD in Interdisciplinary Leadership Program
  • Non-linear Teaching/Learning Model - Manuel Cevallos, MD, MEd, School of Medicine, Medical Education Department (Phoenix)
  • Plant & Herb Propagation Collective: Gold Track Activity - Rachel Jones, MAEd, School of Medicine Student Affairs (Phoenix)

Faculty/Staff Reading Groups

Keep an eye out for periodic reading groups each year. In fall 2024, we will again co-host the MLK Reading Group with the University's MLK Jr. Week planning committee, reading Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community. Details and registration are coming soon.

Thanks to the Kingfisher grant, I took the extra effort and planning required for me to work with incorporating more technology into my courses, enriching the way in which I would ordinarily have discussed the required literature.
— Kathleen Rettig, PhD, Instructor of English