{"id":908,"date":"2020-11-27T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T02:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/?p=908"},"modified":"2021-01-10T15:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T23:14:18","slug":"the-heading-into-port-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/2020\/11\/27\/the-heading-into-port-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heading into Port Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we\u00a0\u201cRound the\u00a0Horn\u201d\u00a0this Friday,\u00a0there are only\u00a0six\u00a0days of classes\u00a0remaining\u00a0in the\u00a0fall 2020 term.\u00a0Final exams and grading are visible\u00a0on the horizon,\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0safe\u00a0harbor\u00a0is in reach.\u00a0This point in the semester\u00a0puts us in mind of\u00a0our update from\u00a0seven months ago when we reflected on\u00a0\u201cA Great, Wobbly, Beautiful Ship\u201d<\/a>\u00a0heading to port in style for the final teaching week after making the rapid pivot to online teaching during the spring semester.\u00a0Back then, the library was quickly compiling\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cGoing Online\u201d guide,\u00a0Big Blue Button was being upgraded, and faculty were\u00a0requesting tips on pre-recording short\u00a0videos and\u00a0lectures\u00a0to generate re-usable content for future courses.\u00a0 Now,\u00a0at the end of November, KPU has\u00a0adopted and\u00a0implemented Zoom for\u00a0instructional purposes\u00a0(in addition to BBB),\u00a0MS Teams has become second nature for committee meetings,\u00a0and\u00a0the Faculty of\u00a0Arts has journeyed through almost two full semesters of online delivery.\u00a0We have found our \u201csea legs\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0our\u00a0\u201cGreat, Wobbly, Beautiful Ship\u201d has transformed through everyone\u2019s hard work and dedication into an innovative\u00a0and sturdy\u00a0virtual\u00a0vessel,\u00a0with faculty and staff\u00a0navigating\u00a0these\u00a0difficult\u00a0waters with acumen, collective fortitude,\u00a0and skill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Port of Call: <\/strong>Join us on December 2nd<\/sup> from 1:00 \u2013 2:00 PM for the final speaker in the Arts Speaker Series fall line-up. The event features Indigenous Studies faculty member Jennifer Anaquod. Jennifer\u2019s talk is entitled \u201cCo-writing with Coyote\u201d: \u201cCoyote is a trickster in many Indigenous cultures. For me, he has become my confidant, relative, friend, mentor and co-writer through my academic and research journey. Coyote has guided me through many difficult conversations in my writing and I am always honoured that he takes the time to share his knowledge with me. Join me in discussion about making space for Indigenous ways of knowing, learning, voices and writing in academia.\u201d You can <\/em>Join Here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anchors Aweigh!  <\/strong>Congratulations to Creative Writing faculty member Ross Laird whose chapter \u201cExperiential and Object-Based Learning in Nature\u201d was published today in the Routledge volume Object-Based Learning and Well-Being: Exploring Material Connections<\/em>. Follow this link<\/a> to learn more about this edited collection and its focus on the role of material culture with respect to education and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land Ho! The Arts Holiday Social!<\/strong>  Everyone in the Faculty of Arts is warmly invited to celebrate the end of classes at the Arts Holiday Social on Friday, December 11th<\/sup> between 11:30 and 12:30.  The event will feature a special \u2018Festive Jeopardy\u2019 trivia that will test your wits  (Rumour has it that Santa, himself, will be hosting!) Our resident impresario Gordon Cobb will delight your ears with a musical performance. And everyone is invited to prepare a festive beverage at home (recipe included below if you\u2019re in need of ideas) to toast the occasion of coming together to connect and enjoy the moment. A Teams link will be sent out in the coming days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiver me Timbers: Arts Holiday Social Drink Recipe: <\/strong>Pomegranate Ginger Smash (adapted from Lively Table<\/a>): <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Fill your glass with ice <\/li>
  2. Add 1.5 oz of pomegranate juice  <\/li>
  3. Add 1 oz of non-alcoholic Ginger Beer <\/li>
  4. Add 1 or 2 oz of sparkling water (to taste) <\/li>
  5. Add a splash of lime juice or a lime wedge <\/li>
  6. Stir and garnish with pomegranate seeds if desired  <\/li>
  7. Raise your glass and toast your colleagues on MS Teams. Cheers! <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Life Preservers:<\/strong> You may be receiving a greater-than-usual number of requests for extensions and other accommodations around assignments as the semester heaves to its conclusion. This probably isn\u2019t surprising given the upsurge in Covid cases and the general strain around the pandemic and its \u201cSecond Wave.\u201d Decisions around extensions are, of course, matters for faculty discretion (consistent with principles of fairness and transparency), but we do want to gently encourage erring on the side of flexibility and compassion. Bonnie Henry\u2019s \u201cBe Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe\u201d mantra remains as imperative as ever \u2013 even during the stormy seas of late-semester-assignments and exams! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Throwing a Bowline:<\/strong> As we near the end of term, please note that grading deadlines have been extended for the fall semester.  If you\u2019re caught between the pressures of Covid and the pressures of online grading and exams, you will be relieved to know that there are new deadlines in place to help pull you ashore. For classes that do not<\/u> have a final exam or assessment scheduled during the exam period<\/em>, all grades are due on or before December 17. <\/strong>For classes that do<\/u> have a final exam or assessment scheduled during the exam period<\/em> all grades are due on or before December 21 <\/strong>(the final grade submission deadline for the term). All students in a section must be graded; please do not leave a student\u2019s grade blank. In those instances where it is not possible to submit a final grade, an incomplete grade contract should be submitted by the above noted grade submission deadlines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wishing you all a wonderful Friday evening and weekend with a bit of shore leave to recuperate before we embark on the final six days of classes.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ahoy, <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Diane, Wade, Greg, and Shelley<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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