Mission

Investing in Us offers a professional development program at no cost to Texas A&M University - Commerce faculty and staff through a series of credit-bearing, academic, master classes. The program promotes a supportive environment for employees seeking to learn, grow, and thrive in their careers. Investing in Us seeks to invest the university’s significant and relevant academic knowledge and experiences into its faculty and staff, which will best position them to build on their strengths, talents, and skills and invest them back into serving students at Texas A&M University - Commerce.

This form is for full or part-time faculty and staff members of Texas A&M - Commerce only.
Fall 2024 Investing in Us classes (offered at no cost to employees)
- All classes meet over an 8 week period beginning at the start of Fall 2024, with the exception of US 497.01E Full Professors as Leaders & Us, which meets in the first six weeks of the term.
- All classes are offered for one-hour of academic credit.
- All classes will be graded as S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) and will not impact GPA.
  
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  InvestingInUs@tamuc.edu
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- Have you been expelled or suspended from any post-secondary institution?*field type radio button
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  Fall 2024 Course OfferingUS 397.01W - Fostering a Culture of Belonging & Us (82948) -- Asynchronous, OnlineUS 397.02W - Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment & Us (82949) -- Asynchronous, OnlineUS 397.01E - Holistic Wellness & Us (82950) -- Meets Thursdays 12:30-1:45pm, Employee Services Building 123US 397.02E - Introduction to Photoshop & Us (82938) -- Meets Tuesdays 12:30-1:45pm JOUR 102US 397.03E - Stress Management, Prevention & Us (82951) -- Meets Wednesdays 3:30-4:45pm NHS 160BUS 497.01E - Full Professors as Leaders & Us (82952) -- Meets via Zoom, Synchronous on Tuesdays 6-8pmALUM 397.01E - Gardening with Pride & Us (82947) -- Meets via Zoom, Synchronous on Wednesdays 6:30-7:45pm
- US 397.01W Fostering a Culture of Belonging & Us
  Faculty & Staff Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Asynchronous
  Location: Online
  Seats: 33
  Instructor: Elsa Villarreal
  
  This ACUE supported, online class will guide course-takers on how to prioritize equity and inclusion in their work with students and colleagues. In addition to highlighting practices that can be used by instructional staff, this offering adds practices, videos, and resources that non-instructional staff and campus leaders can learn and implement allowing them to contribute to a culture of belonging across their academic institutions.
- US 397.02W Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment & Us
  Faculty & Instructional Staff Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Asynchronous
  Location: Online
  Seats: 33
  Instructor: Theresa Sadler
  
  This ACUE supported, online class guides course-takers in creating an optimal environment that supports learning, increases engagement, embraces diversity, and helps students persist in meeting academic challenges. This course equips instructors with evidence-based teaching practices that help them start the term strong, ensure equitable access to learning, and provide feedback necessary for students to improve their performance. Completing this course is one step toward becoming certified in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE). Or, you may take this class for a dynamic stand-alone learning experience!
- US 397.01E Holistic Wellness & Us
  Faculty & Staff Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Thursdays, 12:30-1:45pm
  Location: Employee Services Building 123
  Seats: 30
  Instructors: Jacinta Dyck and Heather Prather
  
  This course focuses on eight different elements that interconnect to help a person achieve a greater sense of well-being in their personal and professional life. The elements we will discuss are Physical, Environmental, Social, Financial, Spiritual/Existential, Intellectual, Emotional and Occupational/Career Wellness. Each week will focus on one piece of the wellness wheel, how to measure your well-being in that category and provide recommendations for boosting each element. We will highlight resources that already exist on campus and ideas for bringing other resources to campus will be discussed.
- US 397.02E Introduction to Photoshop & Us
  Faculty & Staff Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:45pm
  Location: JOUR 102
  Seats: 30
  Instructors: Cathy Li and Paul Bryan
  
  Designed for beginners, this course covers the essential techniques needed to create, manipulate, and enhance images. Learn how to navigate the Photoshop interface, use each tool, and work with layers and masks. Quickly and effectively explore and express your ideas visually. Equip yourself with the foundational knowledge and skills to use Photoshop for personal projects, professional tasks, or further advanced studies.
- US 397.03E Stress Management, Prevention & Us
  Faculty & Staff Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45pm
  Location: NHS 160B
  Seats: 30
  Instructors: Rachel Aumann
  
  Is stress making its way into your classroom or following you to your desk at work? Are you seeing students and colleagues experiencing more stress than in years past? Are your go-to stress hacks not working as effectively? Stress is impacting many of us in new ways and we are feeling more isolated in managing that stress. In this Stress Management and Prevention class we will review the literature and our own symptoms to RECOGNIZE the sources of our stress; we will CONNECT with each other and ourselves to STRATEGIZE a pathway to mitigate our stress; and we will TAKE ACTION and then EVALUATE the impact of our plan on our stress levels. This class will include contextual background along with a healthy dose of self-reflection and self-work. You will be your own case study with the aim of reducing the impact of our stressors on our well-being.
- US 497.01E Full Professors as Leaders & Us
  Full Professors Only
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/04/2024
  Times: Tuesdays, 6-8pm
  Location: Zoom
  Seats: 25
  Primary Facilitator: Ron Carter
  Instructors: Tammi Vacha-Haase and Carrie Klypchak
  
  This class features special instruction by Dr. Ron Carter, who is nationally renowned for expertise and accomplishment in leadership training! This course is exclusively designed for faculty who have tenure and full professorship. The primary objective of this course is to explore how full professors can be leaders with informal or formal authority within the academy. Class participants will learn how to connect their personal leadership development with career goals. The course uses a variety of research-based methods during both plenary and breakout sessions to impart critical leadership self-awareness, skills, and attitudes. These methods include competency mapping and analysis, group discussions on leadership philosophies, and leadership development in various contexts. The ultimate goal of this learning activity is to help individuals turn their leadership ideas and personal philosophies into actionable steps that will positively impact their leadership journey within academia.
- ALUM 397.01E Gardening with Pride & Us
  Open to Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Community Members
  
  Hours: 1
  Meets: 08/26/2024 through 10/18/2024
  Times: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45pm
  Location: Zoom
  Seats: 100
  Instructor: Derald Harp
  
  Learn to garden the Earth-Kind way! We will use the basics of nature to create landscapes and gardens that are productive and beautiful, while minimizing impact on the environment.
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  AcknowledgementI acknowledge and understand that by submitting this course registration form, I am not submitting an official application for admission to A&M-Commerce. I further understand that my status as a non-degree seeking student in a professional development course does not warrant nor guarantee course equivalency toward meeting degree requirements in any program of study.
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