Convocation Workshop Days, 2006
Monday, August 28
8:30 – 9:00
Continental Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
Ritsche Auditorium Lobby, Stewart Hall
9:15 – 9:30
Fall Semester Opening Program
Ritsche Auditorium, Stewart Hall
Greetings from Student Government President; Faculty Association President; AFSCME-Council 5 President; MSUAASF President; MAPE Representative; and MMA Representative. Fall Semester Opening Address – Roy H. Saigo.
10:15 – 11:15
Informational Session for Faculty on University Pandemic Planning
Miller Center 122
This session will update faculty on disaster planning efforts by St. Cloud State University and by MNSCU.
10:15 – 11:30
Campus Tour for New Faculty and Staff
Recommended for new faculty and staff
Ritsche Auditorium Lobby, Stewart Hall
10:15 – 11:30
Assessment 101
Lady's Slipper Room, Atwood
This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are new to the area of assessment. Questions to be addressed include: What is assessment? What are the benefits of assessment? How does course differ from program assessment? Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate on several topics during the session, including writing assessable learning outcomes.
10:15 – 11:30
Administering Your Grant or Contract: the how-to's, what-for's, why's and why not's from those who know them best... your colleagues
Galcier Room North, Atwood
Hosted by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), this session will provide an opportunity for faculty and staff with current or pending external awards to talk candidly about th latet issues and news related to grant and contract activity at SCSU. Learn more about internal policies and processes from OSP staff, and get practical dvice from other experienced investigators and project directors.
12:00 – 1:00
Luncheon for New Faculty and Administrators
Hosted by President Roy H. Saigo
Recommended for new faculty and administrators
Cascade Room, Atwood
1:00 – 2:45
Human Resources Orientation for New Faculty and Staff
(Benefits and Retirement Savings Enrollment)
Required for new faculty and staff
Voyageurs South, Atwood
1:15 – 2:15
Informational Session for Faculty on University Pandemic Planning (Repeat)
Miller Center 122
1:15 – 2:30
Change is on the Horizon: Joining Forces to Revamp General Education At SCSU
Lady's Slipper Room, Atwood
With the Higher Learning Commission’s accreditation visit forthcoming in the Spring of 2007, there is more to be done to renew and to improve general education at St. Cloud State University. Colleagues across the country agree that the best programs come from a broad base of faculty discussion, involvement, innovation, and commitment to excellence in learning. Come to this session to not only learn what has already been accomplished, but also to learn how YOU can be directly involved in this creative and exciting year for general education.
1:15 – 2:30
Partnerships for Engaged Pedagogy and Learning
Glacier Room North, Atwood
This session will feature a panel discussion focusing on the facilitators’ experiences, knowledge, and passion for engaging students (and faculty) in learning. Panelists and participants will discuss best practices, strategies that foster engagement, and the promotion of engaged pedagogy and experiential education across campus.
3:00 – 3:30
Faculty/Staff Services Awards Ceremony
Atwood Ballroom
3:30 – 5:00
President's Reception for Staff, Faculty, Emeriti/Retirees and Guests
Atwood Ballroom
Tuesday, August 29
8:30 – 9:00
Continental Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Atwood Ballroom
9:00 – 10:30
CETL Keynote Address by JoAnn Campbell
Atwood Ballroom
JoAnn Campbell, Senior Program Director for Minnesota Campus Compact, will deliver this CETL Keynote. Speaking on the challenges and opportunities of engaged pedagogy, civic engagement, and service-learning, Dr. Campbell will explore ways higher education can help articulate the problems of living and propose possible solutions. Dr. Campbell will invite faculty from across the disciplines and staff across the University to consider whether and how working together on civic engagement and service-learning might energize and enhance teaching and learning.
Minnesota Campus Compact is affiliated with Campus Compact, a national network of 31 state Compacts and more than 950 campuses, all committed to the civic purposes of higher education. Minnesota Campus Compact is the only coalition in Minnesota devoted to the public purposes of higher education that includes a critical mass of public and private; two-year and four-year; urban, suburban, and rural campuses throughout the state.
JoAnn Campbell works with MCC member campuses, designing professional development events for faculty, staff, and students. She specializes in course design, reflection, the intersection of civic engagement and spirituality, sustaining an office of community based learning, and building equitable campus-community partnerships.
JoAnn received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, her MA from Penn State, and her BA from Valparaiso University, all in English. She was on the faculty at Indiana University, where she also co-founded the office of service-learning. She enjoys kayaking and spending time at her lake cabin in the summer and reading good books year round.
10:45 – 12:00
Introduction to the IFO and Shared Governance at SCSU for New Faculty and Administrators
Recommended for new Faculty and Administrators
Cascade Room, Atwood
This session will give new faculty an opportunity not only to meet union leaders and key administrators, but also to learn how shared governance is organized at St. Cloud State University and at the statewide level.
10:45 – 12:00
SCSU Strategic Plan for Globalization: CIS as a Collaborative Change Agent
Glacier North, Atwood
This session will engage participants in brainstorming curricular and co-curricular collaborative innovations between the Center for International Studies & the campus community.
10:45 – 12:00
Budget Update and Planning
Diana Burleson
Voyageurs North, Atwood
12:00 – 1:00
CETL Faculty Luncheon and Miller Awards
Atwood Ballroom
1:15 – 4:15
CETL Orientation for New Faculty
Recommended for new faculty
Cascade Room, Atwood
This session will provide new faculty with an introduction to teaching and scholarly life at St. Cloud State University. Participants will receive an orientation to the tenure and promotion process; teaching, research, and service at SCSU; the writing of professional development plans and reports; and to professional development opportunities at SCSU.
1:15 – 4:15
Service-Learning Workshop for CETL Grant Recipients
Vayageurs North, Atwood
This session is required for CETL Service-Learning Grant recipients who will be undertaking their course redesign in the fall of 2006. Featuring Minnesota Campus Compact’s Senior Program Director, JoAnn Campbell, this session will introduce participants to key concepts, principles, and practices of service-learning.
1:15 – 2:30
Designing and Administering Study Abroad Programs
Glacier North, Atwood
Featuring experienced Study-Abroad Program designers and administrators from among faculty and staff, this session will introduce participants to best principles and practices drawn from successful SCSU programs.
1:15 – 2:30
Desire2Learn Quickstart
Miller Center 218
An orientation to Desire2Learn (D2L), MNSCU’s online course management system. Participants will need to request at D2L course to work with prior to the workshop. If you bring your course syllabus to the workshop, you will be able to upload it to D2L. We will discuss organizational strategies for setting up courses in D2L.
2:45 – 4:00
International Study and Scholar Services: SCSU's International Student Population
Glacier North, Atwood
2:45 – 4:00
Campus Technology Summer Upgrades
Miller Center 207
2:45 – 4:00
EZ Desire2Learn
Miller Center 218
Wednesday, August 30
8:30 – 11:00
College Meetings
11:45 – 1:00
CETL Workshop for New Faculty Mentors
Lunch Provided
Required for any returning faculty wishing to participate as a mentor in the CETL New Faculty Mentoring Program
Cascade Room, Atwood
This session will introduce interested faculty to the CETL New Faculty Mentoring Program. Participants will discuss basic principles and best practices of good mentoring and begin the formation of a mentoring cohort.
1:00 – 5:00
Care Workshop for New Faculty and Staff
Required for new faculty and staff
Voyageurs North, Atwood
Developed by the Minnesota Collaborative Anti-Racism Initiative (MCARI) and co-facilitated by MCARI and CARE trainers, this workshop introduces participants to definitions, concepts, and strategies central to anti-racist institutional transformation.
1:15 – 2:30
Teaching, Learning, Assessment: Closing the Loop
Lady's Slipper Room, Atwood
Teaching, Learning, Assessment – it’s not a linear process. How has assessment changed your approach to teaching? Panel members and participants in this session will be sharing actual examples of how they used assessment data to improve their teaching. We’ll talk about best practices, but we’ll talk about roadblock and pitfalls as well.
1:15 – 2:30
Building First Year Experience: Learning Communities Models for Student Engagement
Glacier North, Atwood
This session is based on the accomplishments of the SCSU Learning Communities Team which traveled to the National Learning Communities Institute in June 2006 Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about First Year Experience and learning communities design and to brainstorm potential learning communities themes based on disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests.
1:15 – 2:30
China Delegation 2006: Collaboration Opportunities
Glacier South, Atwood
Participants in this session will learn more about the work of the 2006 China Delegation and increasing opportunities for global collaboration.
1:15 – 2:30
Collaborative Writing Using MS Word
Miller Center 207
Do you need to collaborate with others to create proposals, reports or other lengthy documents? Do you need to respond to students’ papers that are submitted electronically via D2L or email? Would you like to see some features in Microsoft Word that make collaborative writing and commenting easy and efficient? See a demonstration and get some hands-on experience with using some of the collaborative writing tools in Word: Tracking Changes, Making Comments, e-mailing from Word and Protecting Documents. Handouts will be provided.
1:15 – 2:30
Electronic Classrooms
Miller Center 206
Come to this session to see how enhanced technologies in SCSU’s electronic classrooms work and how you can use them in your classes.
2:45 – 4:00
The Challenges of Assessing Attitudes and Dispositions
Lady’s Slipper Room, Atwood
2:45 – 4:00
HLC/NCA Accreditation Update: Preparing for the Visit
Cascade Room, Atwood
2:45 – 4:00
Pocasting, MP3 files, and Other Audio Delivery Options
Miller Center 218
Thursday, August 31
8:30 – 10:30
Department Meetings
10:45 – 12:00
(Re)Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching
Voyageurs North Atwood
This session will provide participants with a grounding in definitions, organizing concepts, and key principles and concepts associated with the scholarship of teaching.
10:45 – 12:00
Responding to the Needs of Students who are Returning from Deployment or Military Service
Glacier North, Atwood
10:45 – 12:00
Wireless Off-campus Technologies
Miller Center 218
Learn about available options to maintain communications with students in D2L courses when off campus (at meetings or conferences)
10:45 – 12:00
Grade Book in Excel
Miller Center 207
Do you want to keep a grade book that enables you to store students' scores and calculate percentages and grades? Perhaps you want to send periodic grade reports to students. This session will demonstrate the use of Microsoft Excel to accomplish these tasks.
12:00 – 1:15
NCA/HLC Luncheon with the President
RSVP Required
Cascade Room, Atwood
1:15 – 2:30
Identifying Grand Funding Sources and Opportunities
Glacier North, Atwood
Where will you go to look for financial support? This session will provide an overview of recent philanthropy for education in the US and Minnesota. Tools and techniques for foundation research and finding local and national sources of support will be presented to assist the grant seeker in locating the best potential funders for their project.
1:15 – 2:30
Assessing General Education CORE: Successes and Headaches
Lady's Slipper Room, Atwood
The General Education Committee invites faculty to join them in examining a draft of SCSU General Education Goals and in beginning to develop assessable student learning outcomes. This will continue a faculty-owned process to work in small groups to build a stronger general education program at our university.
1:15 – 2:30
Diversity and Community at SCSU
Recommended for new faculty and staff
Voyageurs North, Atwood
1:15 – 2:30
D2L Integrating Electronic Library Resources
Miller Center 218
2:45 – 4:00
Assessing Non-Academic and Service Units
Lady's Slipper Room, Atwood
How can SCSU assess student learning which occurs outside the boundaries of academic programs? This assessment of non-academic student learning is an essential element of preparing our NCA/HLC self study. Participants will discuss assessment criteria for non-academic learning as well as possible strategies for documenting non-academic student learning outcome.
2:45 – 4:00
Grant Writing Techniques and Tips
Glacier North, Atwood
When all the funder knows about you is on the paper in front of them, how will they be encouraged to support your request? How will your proposal stand out from the hundreds of others seeking the same dollars? This session will help the participant present the case for support in the most affirmative fashion. Topics include: writing the proposal, developing the budget and wrapping an appealing package.
2:45 – 4:00
Interdisciplinary, Collaborative Teaching: Learning Communities Design
Glacier South, Atwood
This workshop gives participants a hands-on opportunity to practice interdisciplinary learning community design.
2:45 – 4:00
Scholarship of Teaching: Teaching Portfolios as Scholarship
Voyageurs North, Atwood
This session will introduce participants to Teaching Portfolio design as well as to the ways in which Teaching Portfolios can be mined for research in teaching and learning.
2:45 – 4:00
D2L Gradebook
Miller Center 218
4:15 – 6:00
Queen Elizabeth I: Ruller and Legend Opening Reception
Miller Center 2nd Floor
Please join Learning Resources & Technology Services for the unveiling of the Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend, traveling exhibit.
Based on a major exhibition of Chicago’s Newberry Library in 2003, the display features six large photo panels describing the tumultuous and influential reign of England’s most prominent queen, Elizabeth I. The 45 years of Elizabeth’s reign (1558-1603) included religious divisions, military challenges, economic growth and cultural achievements in literature, art and music. The exhibit designers challenge viewers to explore four main questions: Can a woman rule? What is the place of religion in the state? What is the price of peace and what are the true causes of war? How does a political leader control her image?
The Miller Center will host the exhibit from Aug. 25 through Oct. 7. We are one of only 40 libraries in the country and the only library in Minnesota to display the exhibit. Join us in the 2nd Floor West reading court for this kick-off event, which will include music, refreshments and your first chance to view the exhibit, Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend.
Friday, September 1
9:00 – 10:00
Introduction to Library Resources for Faculty
Recommended for new faculty
Miller Center Auditorium
9:00 – 10:00
Introduction to Audience Response Systems
Miller Center 218
Learn where the new classroom response systems (clickers) are being installed and how you will be able to use them with your classes. (Note: installation of an Audience Response System will take place in the Fall of 06)
10:15 – 12:00
Introduction to Campus Technologies for New Faculty
Recommended for new faculty
Miller Center Auditorium
10:15 – 12:00
Desire2Learn Quickstart (repeat)
Miller Center 218
Monday, September 4
7:00 PM
New Student Convocation
Halenbeck Hall Main Gymnasium
Faculty and Staff are invited to meet at 6:30 p.m. in Halenbeck Hall, Room 345 & 346, with the line-up to walk in at 6:45 p.m. Reception follows at 7:30 p.m. in Halenbeck Hall North Balcony.
