Join us on any Tuesday at 12 PM in Bunce Hall 252 (virtual option available) throughout the Fall 2025 semester, we’ll explore AI through local projects, personal experiences, guest speakers, and cross-disciplinary insights in a supportive environment where all perspectives and voices are welcome.
No prior knowledge required. Open to all Rowan University community members.
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Co-sponsored by the Center for Digital Humanities Research (CDHR) and the Faculty Center For Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Co-hosted by Dan Kipnis and Anu Vedantham. Questions? Email Anu Vedantham at vedantham@rowan.edu
This is a participant-led learning community where students, faculty, and staff will meet and learn together. Learners of all levels and backgrounds are welcomed to share experiences, questions, and ideas. Primarily, this is a space for discussion. Some sessions will include brief presentations which may be recorded.
We will meet on Tuesdays from noon to 1 pm, September 2 to December 15, 2025 in Bunce Hall, Rm 252.
Join on the Tuesdays that work for you. We will email you occasionally with resources and questions.
We can include up to 20 people in-person, and we will send you a stable zoom link. Feel free to bring your lunch along. You do not have to register for individual sessions - just stop by on zoom in when it works for you. Our goals include:
- Connect with others around Rowan who are curious about GenAI
- Become familiar with key concepts and terminology related to artificial intelligence
- Explore GenAI tools, share experiences, and learn how to evaluate the results
- Explore emergent applications of AI technology
- Develop an understanding of the opportunities and drawbacks
We shape this community together! Our hope is that all participants will discuss and contribute their own ideas and share in the stewardship of this respectful, inclusive, and generative space.
Fall 2025 Highlights
September
- September 9: Dr. Nidhal Bouaynaya, Associate Vice-President for Artificial Intelligence
- September 16: Conversation on Library Guide resources
- September 23: Discussion on course assignments that help students use GenAI appropriately
- September 30: Prompt Perfect with Dan Kipnis, STEM Librarian, and Erin O’Neill, Assistant Director of Communications, IRT
October
- October 7: Dr. Jude Miller, Associate Teaching Professor, First Year Writing Coordinator, Writing Arts, will demo Revision History
- October 14: Dr. Douglas Mann, Associate Professor in Health and Exercise Science, will discuss AI and academic integrity.
- October 21: Open Access and GenAI
- October 28: Scholarly Publishing and AI with Ben Saracco, Scholarly Communication Librarian, CSMRU
November
- November 4: Critical perspectives on the humanities and AI with Dr. Jessica Mack, Director of the Center for Digital Humanities Research
- November 11: Dr. Michael Ciocco, Associate Vice President, Online Learning, will present an interactive experience in online lesson design using Rowan's AI tools to create and share
- November 18: Using GenAI to improve practices in the Information Security Office with Jerry Patterson and Louis Belsito
December
- December 2: Sparking Engagement with Generative AI and Playful Design. Explore how generative AI and playful design can breathe new life into traditional tools to foster student success. Cheyenne Riehl, Student Success Librarian at Stockton University
January 2026
- January 27: Dr. Jagadish Torlapati, from the Rowan Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, will present his research using AI and his experience working with a previous AI working group at Rowan focused on the Equity and Access of AI.
February
- February 24: Dr. Antonios Kontsos, Director of the Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub), will present on merging smart technology with advanced manufacturing methods using AI.