Connecticut College AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium: Full Schedule

3:30pm EDT

Designing Cross-Departmental AI Initiatives for Your Campus

Saturday October 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Navigating generative AI in a liberal arts context requires breaking traditional silos to foster campus-wide dialogue. In this interactive workshop, leaders from Smith College share a collaborative framework developed with the Student Government Association and the Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning. This partnership bridges the faculty-student divide through an automated syllabus AI policy generator, student-led residential and classroom discussions, and a faculty learning cohort. After a brief showcase of these initiatives, participants will transition into an active session. Working in small groups, attendees will analyze their own institutional ecosystems, identify cross-departmental partnership opportunities and co-design a low-stakes AI literacy project tailored to their home campuses.

Speakers

Jean Ferguson

Director of Learning, Research and Technology, Smith College

Jean Ferguson is the Director of Learning Research and Technology at Smith College, a joint appointment between the Libraries and Information Technology Services. In this role, she leads a team of instructional technologists, media producers, research librarians, and a scholarly communications... Read More →

Travis Grandy

Associate Director, Learning Research & Technology, Smith College

Travis is the Associate Director of Learning Research & Technology at Smith College, and is committed to empowering faculty to learn and adopt new instructional technologies in ways that best meet their teaching objectives. He has experience teaching undergraduate classes in blended... Read More →

Saturday October 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Blaustein Hood Room (First floor)

Workshop, Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Innovations

Company Smith College

Connecticut College AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium

3:30pm EDT

Jean Ferguson

Travis Grandy

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