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  • Hack the Clues, Escape the Room—Final Game | A Cyber Security Month Presentation
    Categories: Collaboration, Personal Development, Professional Development

    Hack the Clues, Escape the Room—Final Game Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Hosted by Lisa Fiore (LVAIC) As a fun wrap-up to this series, participants play through our AI [...]

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  • Cyberstalking: How Your Digital Footprint Can Affect You | A Cyber Security Month Presentation
    Categories: Collaboration, Personal Development, Professional Development

    Cyberstalking: How Your Digital Footprint Can Affect You Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Presented by Andrew Prynn (Lehigh Carbon Community College) and Heather Supplee (DeSales University) This session is [...]

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  • Cyber Safety for Students | A Cyber Security Awareness Month Presentation
    Categories: Collaboration, Personal Development, Professional Development

    Cyber Safety for Students Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Presented by Dr. Jason Edwards (Moravian University) Cyber Safety 101 is designed specifically for students from all majors, backgrounds, and [...]

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  • Ethical AI and Cybersecurity—Balancing Innovation and Privacy | A Cyber Security Awareness Month Presentation
    Categories: Collaboration, Personal Development, Professional Development

    Ethical AI and Cybersecurity—Balancing Innovation and Privacy Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Presented by James Monek (Lehigh University) and Scott Jones (Lehigh University) This session focuses on the intersection [...]

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  • MORAVIAN | August AI Workshop
    Categories: Professional Development

    August AI Workshop by Moravian University Thursday, August 21, 2025. AI is changing the way we think about teaching and learning—and we know it’s raising new questions, challenges, and [...]

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  • Retirement Readiness: Topics to Consider as You Approach Retirement
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Retirement Readiness: Topics to Consider as You Approach Retirement Thursday, April 17, 2025. Held in Partnership by LVAIC and Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management Presented by Angela N. Oste, [...]

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  • LVAIC | Cyber Security Awareness Month – Ethical AI and Cybersecurity: Balancing Innovation and Privacy by James Monek
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Ethical AI and Cybersecurity: Balancing Innovation and Privacy by James Monek (Lehigh University) Wednesday, October 23, 2024. This session focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence [...]

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  • LVAIC | Cyber Security Awareness Month – Stay Vigilant: Identifying and Handling Phishing Threats by James Monek and Jim Beers
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Stay Vigilant: Identifying and Handling Phishing Threats by James Monek (Lehigh University) and Jim Beers (Moravian University) Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This session aims to equip [...]

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  • LVAIC | Cyber Security Awareness Month – Why You Need Multi Factor Authentication: Protect Your Data, Prove It’s You! by Andrew Prynn, Zepu Chen, Jim Beers
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Why You Need Multi Factor Authentication: Protect Your Data, Prove It's You! by Andrew Prynn (Lehigh Carbon Community College), Zepu Chen (Lafayette College), Jim Beers (Moravian University) [...]

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  • LVAIC | Cyber Security Awareness Month – AI Security Through the Lens of Academia by Hannah Tatu and Zepu Chen
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    AI Security Through the Lens of Academia by Hannah Tatu (Lafayette) and Zepu Chen (Lafayette) Wednesday, October 2, 2024. This presentation focuses on security guidelines that [...]

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  • LVAIC | AI Professional Development Session
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Thursday, September 19, 2024 Review this professional development session and learn from your collogues how AI can be utilized in higher ed. Timestamp 0:00 - 1:06:03: Basic [...]

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  • LEHIGH | AI Prompt Engineering by James Monek
    Categories: Professional Development

    In general, AI will answer most questions you submit, but that may not the most accurate or best answer you were looking for. This session will explore having conversations [...]

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  • CEDAR CREST | Using Microsoft CoPilot to Enhance Microsoft Office Use by Bruce Sarte
    Categories: Professional Development

    An introduction for faculty, staff, and students to using Microsoft's CoPilot for M365 to enhance the Office Suite for productivity and workflow enhancement focusing on Excel and PowerPoint. Link [...]

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  • LAFAYETTE | AI Security Through the Lens of Academia by Hannah Tatu and Zepu Chen
    Categories: Professional Development

    This presentation focuses on security guidelines that need to be in place or considered when using AI in the academic office. Link for Powerpoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ppnwCHk2Kzh8JIP8bLIluoxJkM2ACTJa/view?usp=drive_link No recording is available [...]

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  • DeSALES | Improving Basic Communications with AI
    Categories: Professional Development

    Use AI to improve the tone and effectiveness of basic emails, letters and other communications. The audience will be asked to do their own samples and walked through how [...]

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  • MUHLENBERG | Navigating the Integration of Interactive AI Tools in Learning Environments by Hamed Yaghoobian
    Categories: Professional Development

    Navigating the Integration of Interactive AI Tools in Learning Environments by Hamed Yaghoobian Thursday, May 23, 2024. This workshop explores the transformative implications and applications of Artificial [...]

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    It’s the Institution’s Data and It Deserves to be Protected
    Categories: Professional Development

    Higher education institutions struggle with keeping their massive data bases secure and protected. Link for Powerpoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yPfsRIVRgQBnr--4JBXiK6AAQjbbbiwB/view?usp=sharing

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    Protecting Yourself Online, Part II
    Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development

    Protect yourself online by understanding the role that your internet-ready devices play in your security. Copy of Powerpoint Presentation here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xedWS9SA7Ssy0CoAy9gEK2WuTUIhpVht/view?usp=sharing

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    Protecting Yourself Online, Part I, October 11,2023
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    2023 CSAM Events With ransomware, phishing, and identity theft on the rise, we will explore ways you can protect yourself online. We will [...]

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    Protect Against Phishing in the Age of AI, Oct. 4, 2023
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    In an age where technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, so are the tactics of cybercriminals. Phishing attacks, in particular, have become increasingly sophisticated, leveraging artificial intelligence to [...]

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  • Kevin Smith in a navy blazer outside on a sunny day
    6th Annual LVAIC Information Literacy Symposium: Copyright Updates with Kevin Smith
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    Copyright Updates: Is AI the Next Frontier in Copyright's Struggles to Keep Up? Presented by: Dr. Kevin L. Smith, Director of Libraries at Colby College & National Expert in [...]

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  • Tim Laquintano and Lisa Wilde on a green background
    Brains over Bots: Crafting AI-Savvy Assignments for Academic Integrity and Innovative Learning
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Presented by: Dr. Tim Laquintano, Lafayette College & Dr. Lisa Wilde, DeSales University Presentation [...]

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  • Tracie Addy & TingTing Kang from Lafayette College
    Who Benefits and Who is Excluded? Equity, Access & Generative Artificial Intelligence
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Presented by: Dr. Tracie M. Addy, Lafayette College & Dr. TingTing Kang, Lafayette College Presentation [...]

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  • Sharon Hinnamen and Mark Sciutto
    An Introduction & Overview of Generative AI in Higher Education
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Part 1 Presented by Dr. Sharon Himmanen, Cedar Crest College Part 2 Presented by Dr. Mark J. Sciutto, Muhlenberg College [...]

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    CSAM 2022: Reflections of this year’s CSAM Topics
    Categories: Professional Development

    Reflections on this year’s CSAM topics with 3 cybersecurity experts. Industry experts discussed how attackers compromise networks and systems through phishing, social engineering, and other attack vectors. This webinar [...]

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  • A laptop computer with a lock sitting on it with a red and green spotlight.
    CSAM 2022: Student Focus: Improving your Security Posture
    Categories: Professional Development

    This webinar focused on student security. Student can learned about multifactor authentication, password management, wireless, mobile security, and other ways they can protect their privacy and data. Faculty were [...]

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    CSAM 2022: Don’t Get Hooked! Phishing!!!
    Categories: Professional Development

    This was an interactive webinar on how to spot common Phishing indicators. Everyone is vulnerable to phishing, view this webinar to learn more how to avoid being a victim [...]

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  • Computer screen with data running all over it
    CSAM 2022: It’s the Institution’s Data & Needs to be Protected!
    Categories: Professional Development

    This webinar included a panel of LVAIC community experts from several different administrative offices discussing how and why data is protected in that area. This webinar focused on faculty [...]

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  • picture of Kristen Handson with her hands on her hips
    Balancing Perspectives in a Changing Title IX Landscape
    Categories: Professional Development

    Student Affairs Professional Development Series: Session 1 – Balancing Perspectives in a Changing Title IX Landscape Presenter: Kristen M. Gibbons Feden is a nationally acclaimed litigator and concentrates her [...]

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  • two people at a table signing papers.
    Contract Language Review
    Categories: Professional Development

    Signing contracts is an almost daily task for many people in higher education, but understanding contract language can help prevent millions of dollars in costs you weren’t aware you [...]

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    Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning
    Categories: Professional Development

    The LVAIC Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning conference is a full-day workshop on the integration of digital tools into course design and pedagogy for all LVAIC faculty. The [...]

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  • Lehigh Valley Research Consortium logo in green and blue
    2021 State of the Lehigh Valley
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    Report 2021 Agenda & Speakers

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  • Nursing Research Collaborative of the Lehigh Valley
    NRCLV 2021
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    NRCLV 2021 : A Year into the Pandemic: Experiences from the Frontlines and Faculy April 14, 2021 Presented by: Welcome and Introductory Remarks Mary Elizabeth Doyle-Tadduni, [...]

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    Finishing the Semester Strong: Engaging Online Students
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Although this event was designed to support our Non-Tenure Line Faculty, all in the LVAIC community were welcome to attend. This virtual session covered strategies to finish the fall [...]

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  • Presentation and Q&A with author Flower Darby
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    As faculty prepared for being able to teach effectively in both the physical classroom and online environment in 2020, LVAIC hosted a community-wide virtual book read of Small Teaching [...]

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  • Bentley Gibson
    Implicit Bias Workshop
    Categories: Professional Development

    June 2020 Dr. Bentley L. Gibson, Director of The Bias Adjuster, LLC, hosted and facilitated a workshop regarding Implicit Bias. Dr. Gibson is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology [...]

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    LVAIC Community Book Read
    Categories: Professional Development

    As you prepare for being able to teach effectively in both the physical classroom and online environment, LVAIC is hosting a community-wide virtual book read of Small Teaching Online by Darby and [...]

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    Business Process Learning Series – Excel and Data Analytics Basics
    Categories: Professional Development

    This event will be a quick look at basic Excel skills that can help analyze and understand a large dataset. The presenter will be Zane Kratzer, Manager of Strategic [...]

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  • Nursing Research Collaborative of the Lehigh Valley
    NRCLV 2019
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    NRCLV 2019 : Nursing in the Changing World April 11, 2019 Program Agenda & Speakers [...]

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    Digital Teaching Tools from the Teaching & Learning Symposiums
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    Digital Tools Event Website with Materials LVAIC Digital Tools 2017- Lightning Round Digital CookBook 2017 On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, LVAIC sponsored a one-day workshop on the [...]

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    Next Steps for the Future of Higher Education
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Materials: 50 Years of LVAIC 2019 Crunch Time for Higher Education Meet the Speaker: Bryan Alexander, Higher Education Futurist, Educator, Speaker, & Writer [...]

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    Access & Affordability: Flipping the Conversation
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Exploring what it will take to attract, enroll, and graduate the students of tomorrow. Moving from asking "Are students ready for our campus?" to asking "Is our campus ready [...]

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    Behavioral Based Interviewing for Academic Search Committees
    Categories: Professional Development

    February 2019 LVAIC sponsored an interactive workshop that provided search committee members with knowledge and tools for successfully conducting candidate interviews and selection. Participants of the program: Recognized the [...]

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  • Nursing Research Collaborative of the Lehigh Valley
    NRCLV 2018
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development, Symposia & Conferences

    NRCLV 2018 : Fueling the Future to Improve Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes with Evidence-based Practice April 6, 2018 Program [...]

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    Exploring Campus Economics: What’s My Role
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    Pre-Keynote Workshop: Campus Economics 101 presented by Mark Reed Keynote: Integrating priorities, people, and financial impacts in institutional decision-making presented by Jacalyn A. Askin, PhD Panelists:  Audra Kahr, Cedar [...]

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    Integrating Mobile Apps into the Classroom
    Categories: Professional Development

    November 2016As part of our Teagle Blended Learning Project, LVAIC sponsored a half-day workshop for all LVAIC faculty and staff on the best practices for integrating Mobile Apps into the [...]

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  • Teagle Sharing Symposium
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    As part of the Teagle Hybrid Learning Grant, LVAIC hosted its fourth and final sharing symposium. Project teams from the last three years shared their projects, outcomes, and lessons [...]

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  • Educational Technology, Campus Culture, and the Roadblocks to Innovation
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    The development and delivery of college classes is a core practice of the professoriate. Central to both institutional and faculty identity, the practice and goals of instruction are differently [...]

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    Academic Department Chair Workshops
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    LVAIC sponsored a one-day workshop for the professional development of academic department chairs. This highly interactive day focused on two critical themes challenging academic leadership at the time. Hiring [...]

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    Unconscious Bias Training Workshop: Staff
    Categories: Professional Development

    This interactive workshop offered participants the opportunity to observe a higher education search committee as they evaluated a list of candidates being considered for a final interview. CITE's innovative [...]

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    Unconscious Bias Training Workshop: Faculty
    Categories: Professional Development

    This interactive workshop offered participants the opportunity to observe a faculty search committee as they evaluated a list of candidates being considered for a final interview. CITE’s innovative approach [...]

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  • Teagle Midyear Review & Sharing Session
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    LVAIC hosted the Teagle Midyear Review & Sharing Session at DeSales University.  At this gathering, each of the current Teagle groups presented and described their projects and the lessons [...]

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  • Farah Vallera
    Teagle Video Best Practices Workshop
    Categories: Collaboration, Professional Development

    As part of our Teagle Blended Learning Project, LVAIC sponsored a half-day workshop for all LVAIC faculty and staff on the best practices for creating instructional videos on Saturday, [...]

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