The Day’s Events
8:00-9:45
Breakfast and Interactive Keynote with John N. Gardner: “Transforming the University’s First Year: Is This An Idea Whose Time Has Come?”
10:00-11:15
Workshop with John N. Gardner for all interested faculty.
Teaching Critical Reading with Jeff Mullins and Joseph Edelheit.
“There’s this student in my office…” Ways to Manage and Refer Students in Distress with Jayne Lokken and Stephen Jenkins.
Mentoring Women in Math and Science with Lalita Subrahmanyan, Annette Schoenberger, Sandra Keith, and Frankie Condon.
Assessing Democratic Citizenship with the Democratic Citizenship Colloquium.
Socio Economic Class and the SCSU Student with TBA.
Desire2Learn Quickstart with Steve Malikowski and Rich Josephson.
11:30-12:45
Faculty Luncheon (Provided by Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning)
12:45-2:00
Workshop with John N. Gardner for the Genereal Education Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and First Year Experience Advisory Board.
Teaching Critical Reasoning with Carolyn Hartz, Lisa Bergin and John Ness.
Gathering Mediators for the SSSU Mediation Team and Coordinating Committee.
Book Talk with Harry Brod, author of White Men Challenging Racism: 35 personal Stories
Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Across the Curriculum with Dale Buske, William Branson, Sandra Johnson, Jeff Chen, and David Robinson.
Desire2Learn Grading with Tom Hergert and Plamen Miltenhoff.
2:15-4:15
Workshop with John N. Gardner for Faculty Teaching First and Second Year Courses.
Designing Teaching Collaborations that Work with David Boyer, Scott Miller and Phillippe Costaglioli.
Teaching Democratic Citizenship: Classroom Modeling with the Democratic Citizenship Colloquium.
Searching for Excellence in Teaching: A Workshop on Faculty Searches with Lynda Milne.
Workshop for General Education Committee and Interested Faculty.
Desire2Learn Communications Tools with Doris Bolliger and Karen Thoms.
