Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter - April 2025
This month inside Cal Poly Humboldt Professional Development Newsletter: Artificial Intelligence Tools Available Soon on Campus
Last February, The CSU Chancellor announced an initiative to bring AI tools, including ChatGPT, to all 23 CSU Campuses. A dedicated AI platform with enhanced AI learning tools, resources and professional development for students, faculty and staff will be available at no cost.
While we wait for these tools to be available for us, try learning more about what Generative AI is and its practical uses by taking the courses below.
CSU Learn Courses
- ChatGPT & Its Practical Use Cases - In this course, you will discover ChatGPT, focusing on its purpose and key features. Then you will compare its abilities to other language models. Next, you will explore the history of language models and artificial intelligence (AI) and the different uses of ChatGPT, including how it can be used in real-world applications.
- An Introduction to Generative AI - TGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) focuses on creating models that can generate content such as text, images, or even multimedia. Unlike discriminative models that classify or label existing data, generative models operate by learning patterns from the provided data and producing novel outputs.
Cross Campus Collaboration Courses
- Lunch and Learn: Life-Saving Bleeding Control Skills - This session will provide a brief overview of the most important practices for controlling bleeding in an emergency before professional responders arrive. You'll learn the basics of applying pressure to a wound, packing a wound to control bleeding, and correctly applying a tourniquet.
- Empowerment Through Improvement: A Workshop for Ongoing Success - An interactive workshop designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for continuous improvement and operational excellence. Through a blend of theory, best practices, and hands-on simulations, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of process improvement methodologies.
- Inclusive Customer Service - This training will discuss ways to engage your community members with services that are welcoming to all. Participants will discuss how to build cultural fluency and navigate conflict in a professional and inclusive manner that meets the unique needs of each customer.
- Weekly Dose of Mindfulness - Weekly Dose of Mindfulness is an opportunity for all CSU community members to experience guided mindfulness practices with a trained facilitator.
- Developing Your Team and Performance Planning - Developing yourself and others impacts teams, projects and the organization’s ability to deliver on its mission and purpose. Transform people into strong, confident employees who are prepared to support the organization’s vision by setting an example and providing tools for success.
- Empower Your Mind: Transform Negative Thought Patterns - Explore practical strategies for identifying beliefs and attitudes that hinder personal growth and productivity and contribute to stress, frustration, and depression.
- How to Shake a Bad Mood - Many experts believe that our level of happiness is actually a learned skill, which means that you can learn to shake a bad mood or look at the world through more optimistic eyes.
- Breath and Health - Have you ever experienced how altering the pattern you breathe improves your state of mind? Come experience the intimate link between our breath and our emotions.
- Getting Started with MS OneNote - OneNote is a digital note-taking app that provides a single place for all your meeting notes, plans, and other information. This session is an introduction level course. MS OneNote is part of the Office 365 suite.
- Practicing Leadership in Hectic Times - Part 1: Understanding and Using Authority - Many people believe leadership is about amassing the most power and being in charge of people. While using authority can be an important part of practicing leadership, the concepts are also distinct. This session (the first of two) will discuss concepts and functions of authority, how authority relates to leadership, and strategies for using authority effectively in our work.
- Recognizing the Impact of World Events on the Workplace - This session will discuss the pro-active measures people and teams can take to be supportive and identify strategies and resources to mobilize if and when people on our team are impacted.
Much More
- CSU's Got Talent - Business Writing in the Age of AI: Risks and Rules for AI Tools
- Skillshops @ the Library
- Book: Generative AI in Action
Latest PMC Library
- Reorganization of Art and Film ProgramsPlease see the attached Academic Affairs Administrative Memorandum VPAA 24-08. Distribution: All Faculty, Staff, and Administrative Offices. To reflect the integration of creative work and teaching, as well as assist with recruitment and retention, the programs of Art and Film have been reorganized by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences into the Department of Art + Film. Faculty and staff in these programs will be identified as assigned to the Department of Art + Film.
- Reorganization of Dance, Music, and Theatre ProgramsPlease see the attached Academic Affairs Administrative Memorandum VPAA 24-09. Distribution: All Faculty, Staff, and Administrative Offices.
- Join us! Distinguished Faculty Lecture - Loren Cannon, April. 9, 2025Loren Cannon will present a lecture commemorating their Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Service, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 5:00pm in Goodwin Forum (Nelson Hall East 102). A small reception will follow. Title: Service as Care-Work in the Contemporary University Context
- Permanent Leadership Associate Vice President - Faculty AffairsDear Academic Affairs Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Dr. Kimberly White has been selected as the permanent Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs at Cal Poly Humboldt, following a national search. Dr. White has served in the interim role since 2022, during which time she has led a range of impactful initiatives that have significantly strengthened faculty support and development.
- Seeking Volunteers for the CSU Student Research Competition at HumboldtDear Campus Community, We are excited to host the 2025 CSU Student Research Competition, an event showcasing the research of students across the 23 campus CSU system! To make this event a success, we need volunteers to help in several key roles. We are currently seeking:
- Nexus @ Noon eventsNexus @ Noon is where students, faculty, and staff converge to explore today's most pressing political issues. True to the meaning of "nexus"—a connection linking multiple points—this series will be a dynamic space for questioning, discussing, and researching political developments at local, state, federal, and global levels. With no set agenda, each session will be guided by the questions and interests of attendees, alongside insights from the Chair of the Department of Politics and special guests.