Rebecca O. Turner Faculty Commons

Upcoming Events

Series: Jax State Essentials: Campus Safety Essentials Spring 2026

Presentation: Active Threat Awareness Training with UPD

Date: February 4

Location: 208 Self Hall

Time: 1:30-3:00

Description: The Jax State University Police Department's active threat response training provides strategies, guidance, and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event. Topics include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, civilian response options, medical issues, and considerations for conducting drills.

Presenter(s): Captain David Entrekin and Training Coordinator/Investigator Tony Monroe

Series: Teaching with AI Faculty Exchange Spring 2026

Presentation: Lessons in AI from the 2025 Faculty Awards Campus Technology Grant Winner

Date: February 9

Location: 208 Self Hall

Time: 12:00-12:30: Lunch; 12:30-1:30 PM (Presentation)

Description: Join the 2025 Campus Technology Grant Award recipient for a reflective session on teaching in an AI-enabled landscape. Drawing from classroom experience and insights gained at a recent professional conference sponsored by Vinson Houston, Vice President for Information Technology, this presentation explores emerging themes, questions, and possibilities surrounding AI in higher education. Faculty will gain perspective on how peers are approaching AI, consider implications for their own courses, and engage with ideas shaping the future of teaching and learning.

Presenter(s):  Dr. Jenna Ridlen, (Assistant Professor, Biology)

Series: Jax MIX Assessment Spring 2026

Presentation: JaxMIX Lunch Mtg 1: Linking Jax MIX and the Majors: Skills as Shared Learning Outcomes

Date: February 16

Location: Gamecock Dining Room

Time: 12:00-12:30: Lunch in Caf Provided; 12:30-1:30 PM (Presentation)

Description: This session examines how the core skills of communication, critical thinking, and collaboration function as scaffolding that links Jax MIX, a shared student experience, to a diversity of majors. We will examine the rationale behind this approach, how it is currently implemented, and discuss opportunities to improve this system. 

Presenter(s):  Dr. Benjamin Gross (Associate Professor of Political Science) and Dr. Ross Martin (Assistant Professor of Geology)

Series:  Teaching with AI Faculty Exchange Spring 2026

Presentation: AI in Practice: Faculty Roundtable—Designing Assignments that Remain Meaningful in an AI-Enabled Classroom

Date: February 18

Location: 208 Self Hall

Time: 2:00-3:00

Description: Guiding Question: Which of your current assignments could be completed well by AI with little student thinking—and how might they be redesigned to require authentic engagement?

Faculty will discuss how to rethink assignments so they foreground process, application, and disciplinary thinking in an AI-enabled world.

Presenter(s): This session is a faculty-led conversation, not a presentation. It will center on the Guided Question, inviting participants to reflect, exchange ideas, and collaboratively problem-solve

around real classroom challenges.

Presentation: Tilt Framework to Support Student Success

Date: February 23

Location: 208 Self Hall

Time: 1:30-2:30

Description: This workshop will review the TILT framework (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) and explore how this high-impact practice (HIP) supports student success in the classroom.

Presenter(s):  Dr. Josh Robinson, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students

• February 6: 9:00-2:00 pm

• February 12: 8:00-12:00 pm

• February 13: 9:00-2:00 pm

• February 19: 8:00-12:00 pm

• February 20: 9:00-2:00 pm

• February 26: 8:00-12:00 pm

• February 27: 9:00-1:30 pm

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2026 Faculty Awards