Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - The Office of the Vice President for Research will host a 1-hour webinar with GrantForward, the funding search and recommendation service to which we are currently subscribed. All faculty, staff, and students have access to GrantForward. The webinar is a great introduction for new users or a refresher for existing users. Please register at the link above.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Join an instructor-led discussion of Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life by Neha Sangwan (Available in Percipio). Burnout is an energy crisis across five key dimensions—physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. Together, we’ll explore how chronic stress depletes our energy, erodes our relationships, and diminishes our sense of purpose.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM - Schedule a confidential consultation to help you become better informed and more confident about your workplace retirement savings plan benefits. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-642-7131, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to midnight, or online at https://nb.fidelity.com/public/nbpreloginnav/rpi/microsite/#/tem/meet-with-us

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Learn to lead from every aspect of an organization with a real-world MBA experience. Prepare to lead the most dynamic and innovative organizations. Engage, involve, motivate, and lead others to reach their fullest potential.  Join RPI Dean Aric Krause, Ph. D.,  as he reviews this innovative project-based, online MBA for professionals program. Please register to receive login details to join this virtual event

Date: Monday, November 17, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - This webinar offers faculty/instructors of course sections to add additional questions to their student end of term course evaluations. This is an optional process and only needed if instructors wanted to add other questions than what is on the institute course evaluation. Please click the link in the See section to register for the session.

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Starting January 1, 2026, a new rule under the SECURE 2.0 Act, will impact how certain employees can make catch-up contributions to their retirement plans. If you’re turning age 50 or older in 2026 and your total 2025 FICA wages (Box 3 on your 2025 form W-2) are over $145,000, any catch-up contributions you make in 2026 must be made as after-tax Roth contributions. Learn more by joining Fidelity's educational webinar at https://fmr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mFDAUC0YRzWjqOb2j2pfJA

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM - In this workshop, participants will explore the tenants that comprise everyday leadership and discuss the behaviors that define leadership not as positional or based on title, but rather on values and actions.

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM - A TIAA Financial Consultant will be available for one-on-one consultations on a broad range of retirement topics. Attend this upcoming event to help you become better informed and more confident about Rensselaer's retirement plan benefits. Consultations will be conducted in 60 minute increments. To schedule your individual retirement counseling, please call TIAA at 1-800-732-8353 or online at https://www.tiaa.org/public/login/schedule-meeting

Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - This webinar offers faculty/instructors of course sections to add additional questions to their student end of term course evaluations. This is an optional process and only needed if instructors wanted to add other questions than what is on the institute course evaluation. Please click the link in the See section to register for the session.

Date: Monday, November 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - In this workshop we will take time to look at a couple polling software tools that are available and supported on campus and discuss the differences. The tools we will be discussing include iClicker and Slido. We will also take a quick look at the free version of Kahoot! (not supported on campus with license but fun!). Please register for this workshop by Nov. 6th as space is limited. Please look in the See section for the registration link and more details.