Title: The Quick and the Dread: The Threats and Benefits of AI in Teaching
President
In 2018, following a rich and storied career in business, philanthropy, and academia, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez became the seventh president of Utah Valley University. She is the first woman to serve on a full-time basis as UVU president. Raised in the slums of the Philippines, Tuminez rose to become a world leader in the fields of technology and political science, most recently serving as an executive at Microsoft. She is also the former vice dean of research and assistant dean of executive education at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
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Tuminez attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1986 with a BA in international relations and Russian literature. She earned a master’s degree from Harvard University in Soviet Studies (1988) and a Ph.D. from MIT in political science (1996). She is the author of Russian Nationalism Since 1856. Ideology and the Making of Foreign Policy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2000); Rising to the Top? A Report on Women and Leadership in Asia (2012); book chapters; numerous op-eds and essays; and articles in the SAIS Review, Brown Journal of World Affairs, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Cold War Studies, etc.
Before coming to UVU, President Tuminez served as regional director of corporate, external, and legal affairs for Microsoft in Southeast Asia. She is also the former vice dean of research and assistant dean of executive education at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. She and her husband, Jeffrey S. Tolk, have three children. In her spare time, she enjoys running, dancing, and martial arts.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dr. Wayne Vaught joined UVU on June 1, 2019. Prior to joining us, Dr. Vaught had a 21-year career at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he served as a professor and then dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Vaught’s primary research is in biomedical ethics, with a focus on ethical issues in pediatrics. He has published several papers in leading ethics journals, including The Hastings Center Report, The Journal of Clinical Ethics and Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. He is co-editor of Ethics Across the Professions, Oxford University Press.
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Provost Vaught is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He and his wife, Eileen Amari-Vaught, have two daughters, Mia and Lauren. Wayne is also a basketball fan and has refereed at the high school and college levels. He loves living in Utah and enjoys, hiking, biking, camping, and all things outdoors.
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom | Livestream
Join us as we kick off faculty convocation with messages from President Tuminez, Provost Vaught, Associate Vice President Christie Deniston, and Faculty Senate President Wioleta Fedeczko.
Ballroom Commons
The Resource Fair is a collection of services from across campus that can assist faculty members as they interact with students. The services vary from academic help, such as tutoring and the Writing Center, to other forms of help, such as the food pantry and crisis services. Be sure to stop by and discover the amazing resources UVU has to offer.
SC 206a | Workshop I
Are you curious about how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance your teaching and create a more engaging learning environment for your students? Join us and learn how Lisa Bell, Brandon Truscott, and Sowmya Selvarajan are using AI in and out of the classroom.
SC 206b | Workshop II
The focus of this workshop is Policy 637, Faculty Tenure, and those faculty members in their probationary period. Midterm and tenure reviews are stressful, and we want to give you helpful information and answer your questions. We also encourage department chairs and RTP committee members to attend to understand the changes recently made to the policy in response to Utah law.
Kat Brown, Deputy Provost, Academic Affairs
Laurie Toro, Faculty Development
John Rees, Art and Design
Sowmya Selvarajan, Engineering Design Technology
Dianne McAdams-Jones, Nursing
Eric Russell, Emergency Services
Cindy Wilkinson, Academic Affairs
Special thank you to John Rees for providing the imagery.
