Professional Development at FLC

Please reach out if you are looking for resources, would like to schedule a coaching session or consulting session on your departmental trainings, or to create new development and training opportunities.

Melissa Stordeur
Talent Development Specialist
mjstordeur@fortlewis.edu
970-247-6142

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Join us for our upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Lunch & Learn: Archives and Records Retention

Facilitator: Gretchen Gray, Archives and Library Specialist, Center for Southwest Studies

6/14/2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Center for Southwest Studies Lyceum, room 120

The Center of Southwest Studies is home to Fort Lewis College’s permanent archives, which tell the history of the College, its students, faculty, and staff. Did you know that the Center also manages the non-permanent records created by faculty and staff in all departments across campus?

Do you have a file cabinet full of records you don't know what to do with? Did you move into a new office only to find your workspace crowded with records left behind by the previous occupant? Is your department making changes and needs more room? Do you have paperwork that needs to be shredded? Learn more about how the Center of Southwest Studies can help you. 

Chat with Archives Specialist, Gretchen Gray, about different types of college records and how to transfer them to the Fort Lewis College Archives – saving your department time, money, and space! As a bonus, enjoy a guided tour of the Center’s archives collection areas and learn more about this great campus resource. 


Self-Defense Training June 2023

Facilitated by Chief Brett Deming and Police Sergeant Matt Dufva, FLC Campus Police

6/20/2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Student Union 103, Vallecito Room

Join Chief Brett Deming and Police Sergeant Matt Dufva, FLC Campus Police, to learn basic self-defense skills, countermeasures that involve defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. This training will help you be more aware of your surroundings and take charge, defuse, de-escalate, or defend yourself and those around you when targeted by crime or violence.


TIAA Financial Consultations

Cherie Knight, Chartered Financial Consultant

6/21/2023, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | EBH 240

Meet with TIAA Financial Consultant Cherie Knight for a one-hour, in-person or virtual, 1:1 advice session. Making decisions about your money can feel difficult, especially when it comes to retirement. But you don't have to go it alone--especially since access to financial consultants is included as part of the CNA retirement plan. During the financial consultation, Cherie will help you determine whether you are:

  • Saving enough
  • Investing appropriately
  • On track to meet your retirement goals

Go to www.tiaa.org/schedulenow to sign up today or call the scheduling team at 1-800-732-8353.


TIAA Financial Consultations

Cherie Knight, Chartered Financial Consultant

6/22/2023, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | EBH 240

Meet with TIAA Financial Consultant Cherie Knight for a one-hour, in-person or virtual, 1:1 advice session. Making decisions about your money can feel difficult, especially when it comes to retirement. But you don't have to go it alone--especially since access to financial consultants is included as part of the CNA retirement plan. During the financial consultation, Cherie will help you determine whether you are:

  • Saving enough
  • Investing appropriately
  • On track to meet your retirement goals

Go to www.tiaa.org/schedulenow to sign up today or call the scheduling team at 1-800-732-8353.


TIAA Financial Consultations

Cherie Knight, Chartered Financial Consultant

6/23/2023, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | EBH 240

Meet with TIAA Financial Consultant Cherie Knight for a one-hour, in-person or virtual, 1:1 advice session. Making decisions about your money can feel difficult, especially when it comes to retirement. But you don't have to go it alone--especially since access to financial consultants is included as part of the CNA retirement plan. During the financial consultation, Cherie will help you determine whether you are:

  • Saving enough
  • Investing appropriately
  • On track to meet your retirement goals

Go to www.tiaa.org/schedulenow to sign up today or call the scheduling team at 1-800-732-8353.


Free Drop-In Yoga Workshop June 2023

Facilitator: Gyana Bandy Gomar, Assistant Director of El Centro and the Black Student Resource Center

6/23/2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Student Life Center, room 119

All are welcome to attend the free drop-in yoga being held from 12-1 p.m. in the Student Life Center, room 119. Gyana Gomar, El Centro and Black Students Resource Center Assistant Director, will lead a one-hour session. All ability levels are welcome. No prior yoga experience necessary. Yoga mats and props are available to use or bring your own. We look forward to seeing you!


Lunch & Learn: Reed Library Book Club Discussion

Facilitator: Charlene Swansen, Reed Library Staff

6/27/2023, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | EBH 130, SOBA conference room

Join us for lunch and a discussion about the graphic novel, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Mia Kobabe. Gender Queer is an autobiography that charts a journey of self-identity. This book is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. Electronic and hard copies of the text are available for check out at the Reed Library.

Charlene Swansen, Reed Library staff, will facilitate a conversation about transgender, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and queer identities and experiences described in the text. Get to know your Fort Lewis College community by learning about and discussing meaningful issues that impact your co-workers, your colleagues, and you. Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP by June 22. 

Complete the LGBTIAA2+ Pre-Survey before reading the books for the discussion.