According to the author, "As a new instructor, I’ve found being a part of the New2OSU program to be highly useful and supportive. Every week, we engage with speakers that provide thought-provoking and innovative approaches to teaching. Our most recent speaker, Jeff Kenney, Ph.D., gave an informative and compassion-filled talk on Trauma-Informed College Teaching: Prepare, Respond, Restore. Jeff began the talk by centering us on what teaching through a Trauma-Informed (TI) approach means through the understanding the nature of trauma and how it can adversely affect a person throughout their lifespan, and how we can recognize and attend to expressions of trauma in our students while also negotiating our role as teacher in the classroom."