October 2024

Skilled staff and professors must possess technical expertise AND communication skills that generate interest in their areas of expertise. This could mean the difference between success (or failure) in the classroom, earning a grant, or garnering support from the community at large regarding why your work matters. This session will introduce the strategies required to garner audience interest and support. Andy Gustafson is a professor of Leadership Communication in the Smeal College of Business. He has taught Penn State MBAs for almost 30 years. In addition to the work that Andy does with the college, he has also provided Communication Consulting for firms like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanely, Lockheed-Martin, McDonald’s, and PNC.

Join Michelle Darnell, Smeal’s Director of Honor and Integrity, and Lisa Posey, Smeal College Academic Integrity Officer, for this “must-see” session. Whether you have been teaching for years or this is your first semester, you will learn helpful information to streamline the academic integrity violation process. In this session, Michelle and Lisa:

• discuss the process for instructors who suspect an academic integrity violation in their course,
• clarify requirements for documentation submitted to the online Academic Integrity System, and
• review the guidance for GenAI plagiarism detection tools from Faculty Senate and the Joint Standing Committee on the Effective and Responsible Use of AI in Higher Education Instruction.

 

Resources:

• Smeal Integrity Violation Process
• PSU Joint Standing Committee on Effective and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Instruction
• Podcast: Michelle Darnell on the Transformational Power of Honor and Integrity
• Sanctioning Guidelines for Violations of Academic Integrity