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Welcome to the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning supports and
sustains a dynamic and energized teaching and learning community
at St. Cloud State University. CETL draws on the expertise of SCSU
faculty and staff to provide the University community with a variety
of programs ranging from one-on-one consulting and mentoring to workshops
and seminars. We create opportunities for probationary, tenured,
fixed term and adjunct faculty to talk, network, and learn from trusted
colleagues. Additionally, CETL sponsors campus visits by national
experts on issues and ideas of interest and importance to SCSU faculty,
staff, and students. CETL strives to promote a culture of inquiry
and empowered critical engagement by providing opportunities for
the University community to explore and debate issues central to
excellence in teaching and learning, and to the professoriate.
Upcoming Events
In Praise of Slowness, By Fred Hill
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 12:00-1:00 pm
We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two minutes of every day behind the wheel of a car, a typical business executive now loses sixty-eight hours a year to being put on hold, and American adults currently devote on average a mere half hour per week to making love.
Living on the edge of exhaustion, we are constantly reminded by our bodies and minds that the pace of life is spinning out of control. In Praise of Slowness traces the history of our increasingly breathless relationship with time and tackles the consequences of living in this accelerated culture of our own creation. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? Realizing the price we pay for unrelenting speed, people all over the world are reclaiming their time and slowing down the pace — and living happier, healthier, and more productive lives as a result. A Slow revolution is taking place.
Here you will find no Luddite calls to overthrow technology and seek a preindustrial utopia. This is a modern revolution, championed by cell-phone using, e-mailing lovers of sanity. The Slow philosophy can be summed up in a single word — balance. People are discovering energy and efficiency where they may have been least expected — in slowing down.
In this engaging and entertaining exploration, award-winning journalist and rehabilitated speedaholic CarlHonoré details our perennial love affair with efficiency and speed in a perfect blend of anecdotal reportage, history, and intellectual inquiry. In Praise of Slowness is the first comprehensive look at the worldwide Slow movements making their way into the mainstream — in offices, factories, neighborhoods, kitchens, hospitals, concert halls, bedrooms, gyms, and schools. Defining a movement that is here to stay, this spirited manifesto will make you completely rethink your relationship with time.
We Will Have Gained Ourselves, By Mumbi Mwangi
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
We Will Have Gained Ourselves is an important contribution to the fields of feminist research methods, global/transnational feminism, and higher education. Mumbi Mwangi's analyses of African women's experiences studying in the US illuminate the consequences of their decisions on their understandings of themselves as women, wives, mothers, and citizens. Her work includes important policy recommendations to promote women's access to higher education and provides new insights into feminist qualitative methodology.
You can find details and the registration form Here!!
Past Events
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January Workshop Schedule Here!!
Drawing By Madeline Wildeson
Keynote Speaker: Nadinne Cruz
Wednesday January 6, 2010
Nadinne Cruz has over twenty-five years of continuous active involvement teaching service-learning courses and institutionalizing community-based and engaged pedagogies as former Director of Stanford's Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, Executive Director of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (leading 18 midwest colleges and universities in offering community-based learning programs), Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor at Swarthmore College, and Headley House Distinguished Visitor-in-Residence at Carleton College.
Speaker Courtney Vorell
JOIN US!!! for a Presentation by Courtney Vorell
“TARGETing Student Motivation through the Classroom Environment”
When? October 14th, 3:00-4:00pm
Where? Atwood, Alumni Room
Why? To consider the problems and possibilities in student motivation
Check out our Conference at a Glance
Will Steger Robert Costanza David Treuer Chuck Dziuban
Bright Ideas
The CETL is always looking for ways to better serve faculty needs and interests in professional development. If you have an idea for a session, workshop, book talk, or other development opportunity, please let us know. Send your idea to cetl@stcloudstate.edu.
