Announcements
Sabbatical/Pre-Tenure Leave Presentations This Week
Monday, September 27, 2010
4:00 - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - refreshments
Wilson Center
"The Muse Reconsidered: A Conversion Story"
Presented by Kelly Daniels
and
"Mountains: their formation, field trips to them, and analysis of them"
Presented by Mike Wolf
The Muse Reconsidered.....For many years it has been fashionable in the teaching of creative writing to downplay the role of inspiration. It is difficult to teach inspiration, and madness is a nuisance in the classroom. All this is quite understandable and proper, but Kelly suggests that we have lost something valuable when we banished the muse. More people than ever are writing, but the quality of our national literature hasn't risen. Writing programs have radically increased the quantity of mediocre writing and this prevalence of mediocrity can in part be blamed on the way creative writing is taught. Kelly suffered the same misconception until he recently spent a two-month residency at the MacDowell Colony, where, half-crazy with snowed-in cabin fever solitude, he was visited by the muse.
Mountains....Earth studies in three movements: 1. Experiments on the role of deep crustal partial melting in the formation of the Sierra Nevada mountains of CA; 2. Summer field course for incoming first-year students to the Rocky Mountains; 3. Acquisition of an X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer for analysis of rock, mineral, soil and water samples.
Convocation
"Sex and the Soul:
Juggling sexuality, spirituality, romance and religion on campus"
Thursday, September 30, 2010
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Centennial Hall
Students today are fascinated by religion but are also more sexually active than previous generations. How do these young people reconcile their spiritual longings with sexual freedom on campus? Donna Freitas crisscrossed the country, visiting a range of America's colleges and universities to find out what students had to say about these highly personal subjects.
Freitas has been affiliated with Boston University's Department of Religion and this fall joined the faculty of Hofstra University. In addition to being a member of the Washington Post's online panel forum "On Faith," she has written fiction, nonfiction and frequently writes for many newspapers and webzines.
The complete 2010-2011 Convocation Schedule is now available on the Augustana website, http://www.augustana.edu/x10162.xml
FRIDAY CONVERSATIONS
4:00 PM - presentation
3:30 PM - refreshments
Wilson Center
Friday, October 1st (Library, 2nd floor, south)
Margi Rogal - Week Seven Seminar (in week 6)
Celebrating its 10th year at Augustana, Week Seven Seminar (W7S) is an informal discussion group by and for faculty. This term, W7S looks at the current state of the environment through the eyes of renowned writer Bill McKibben (who will be presenting a lecture on campus Monday, October 18). The text that will spark discussion is a selection from McKibben's new book Eaarth. Environmental historian Brian Leech, who has been teaching history and LS classes for three years at Augustana, will lead the discussion. Please join your colleagues in a relaxed and lively discussion. Texts by McKibben are on Moodle under Library/Week Seven Seminar.
Friday, October 8th (Library, 2nd floor, south)
Carla Tracy - Celebration of Faculty Scholarship and Teaching
Child care is available at Friday Conversations in the Brodahl Building.
Please contact Mary Koski by 1:00 PM Friday if you wish to use this service.
O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History
Henrik Williams - "The Kensington Runestone - Fact and Fiction"
October 1, 2010
Hanson Science Building Room 102
7:00 PM
Join us for the 21st annual O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History, presented by Henrik Williams, Professor of Scandinavian Languages at Uppsala University and a leading authority on runes and runic inscriptions. Dr. Williams will talk about the so-called Kensington runestone in Minnesota, which has been surrounded by controversy ever since its discovery in 1898. The title of the talk is "The Kensington Runestone - Fact and Fiction." He will discuss the inscription itself, the various points of view concerning its authenticity, and the role it has played as a symbol. The annual O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History is presented in memory of Dr. O. Fritiof Ander, a long-time professor of history at Augustana College and one of the pioneers in the field of immigration history.
Welcome! Välkomna!
RETIREMENT RECEPTION FOR PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR
DR. LARRY MCCALLUM
The Psychology Department is hosting an "open house" retirement reception on Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM in the Wilson Center. Please contact Sheri Stoneburner, Psychology Department (x7300), for additional information. We hope to see you there!
FILM FESTIVAL AND SYMPOSIUM
October 11-16, 2010
7:00 PM
Hanson Science Building 102
The Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College are proud to present a film festival dedicated to modern Swedish film. Five films by Swedish directors will be screened free of charge throughout the week of October 11-15 in Room 102 in the Hanson Science Building at 7:00 PM. A one-day symposium with Swedish and American film scholars as well as Augustana College faculty and students will conclude the festival on Saturday October 16.
The films are free of charge and no registration is needed to attend. We do, however, require pre-registration for the Saturday symposium. Please also note that a buffet lunch is provided for $10 per person. All films are in Swedish with English subtitles. Generous support for this event has been received from the Swedish Council of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the American Scandinavian Foundation in New York, New York, American Scandinavian Association at Augustana, and Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Persons wishing to attend the Saturday symposium are requested to fill out this form and send their reservations and checks for the lunch by September 30.
If you have any further questions please contact: susannetitus@augustana.edu
AUGUSTANA TO HOST "REFORMING REFORMATION"
October 17-29, 2010
http://www.augustana.edu/reformation
Augustana will host the conference "Reforming Reformation" on October 17-19, 2010, organized by Thomas F. Mayer (History). The object is to undertake a fundamental rethinking of all the possible meanings of the term reformation, concept and label. In order to stimulate such thought, the conferees will be divided into four vaguely "national" panels, emphasizing places that either did not have a "real" reformation or had an odd one. This will serve to put in perspective what far too many people still count as the only true reformation, the Protestant one especially in its Lutheran and Calvinist guises. Those four panels will treat Italy, England (emphasizing the Marian interlude since it has almost always been considered a bump on the way to seeing God's will done), the Empire and Spain. Needless to say, the conference will be strongly interdisciplinary, with participants from literature, art history, theology and history.
The conference will be spent mainly in discussion, rather than sitting through papers one after another. Participants will submit their talks at least a month in advance and they will then be circulated to all and sundry. They will also be posted on the Web in such a way that folk at Augustana can get access to them. Sessions will consist of ten-minute summaries followed by discussion and audience interventions. We want to involve students and members of the community as much as possible. The sessions will mix papers up geographically to see what extra comparative sparks that can strike. The conference will open with a plenary session on Sunday evening, mainly to introduce the participants and the themes. The working sessions will be spread through the day on Monday (various history faculty have generously given up their rooms and periods) before we end with one more plenary session, probably at 8:30 on Tuesday morning.
The participants have been urged to think as much as possible about big questions and broader implications. The final versions of their papers will go into a volume to be edited by Mayer and published in his series, "Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700," which will also include a ruminative essay based on the discussions.
List of participants
I. Italy
Daniel Bornstein (history), Washington University
Marcia Hall (art history), Temple University
Abigail Brundin (literature), St Catherine's College, University of Cambridge
II. England
Peter Marshall (history), University of Warwick, England
Anne Overell (history), The Open University, Leeds, England
III. The Empire
John Frymire (history), University of Missouri
Brad Gregory (history), University of Notre Dame
Ronald Thiemann (theology), Harvard Divinity School
IV. Spain
LuAnn Homza (history), College of William and Mary
John Edwards (history), Queen's College, University of Oxford
Jodi Bilnikoff (history), UNC-Greensboro
Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Institute for Leadership and Service and the Center for the Study of the Christian Millennium, with the support of the Humanities Fund and the Department of History
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
Posters on the Hill Application Announcement
Nothing more effectively demonstrates the value of undergraduate research than the words and stories of the student participants themselves. In the Spring of 2011 the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will host its 15th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill. This event will help members of Congress understand the importance of undergraduate research by talking directly with the students whom these programs impact.
CUR is calling for students of member institutions to submit an abstract of their research that represents any of CUR's disciplinary divisions (Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences). In order to ensure proper review of applications, the above are the only disciplines that may apply. Should your research be inter-disciplinary, please select the division that most closely describes your research.
Abstract submissions will only be accepted by using our on-line submission form. Prior to submitting the form, students should gather the contact information for all co-authors, advisors and sponsors (if applicable), prepare a short vitae/resume, and poster abstract. A document listing the information required for submission can be found by visiting: http://www.cur.org/pdf/poh%20application%20information.pdf
For more information, and the link to submit an application, please visit: http://www.cur.org/pohcall.html Please note that CUR membership is required to submit an application. Either the student's home institution must have an institutional membership, or the faculty mentor or student must have an individual membership.
We will not review incomplete applications. Please be sure that both portions (the electronic application and the electronic recommendation letter) are submitted by November 15, 2010.
Please encourage your students to submit. This is a highly competitive program, which makes for a very exciting experience for the students and their faculty advisors alike.
For more information about the Posters on the Hill program, please visit http://www.cur.org/postersession.html
MIDWEST FACULTY SEMINAR PRESENTS
ADAM SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS
October 21-23, 2010
Registration forms must be received by Noon on Friday, October 17, 2010. For a description of this seminar please click HERE. Registration form can be found HERE. If you are interested in attending, please contact Ellen Hay.
COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
AMERICAN GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
This initiative is designed to promote and support doctoral study in the humanities by accomplished graduates of small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges. Two fellowships, worth up to $50,000 each and renewable for a second year, will be awarded annually through 2011 in the fields of: History, Philosophy, Literature and Languages, and Fine Arts. American Graduate Fellows must be graduating seniors or recent graduates. Applicants must intend to enter a doctoral program in one of the eligible fields of study during the subsequent academic year. All applicants must be citizens of the United States. For more information and application forms, visit: www.cic.edu/americangrad. The deadline for recieving completed applications is October 15, 2010.
HOW HAVE YOU HELPED YOUR STUDENTS LEARN BETTER?
Have you tried a new way to help your students learn better in your classroom? online? one-to-one? How did it go? What did you find out? What have you learned about how your students learn best? What are you working on now?
You are invited to present your ideas, attempts, successes, and challenges to an interest group of peers at the 23rd Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching West. Join faculty members and administrators from all disciplines and types of colleges and universities in Scholarship of teaching and Learning (SoTL) discussions and presentations.
Proposals are due Friday, October 1, 2010
Early registration discounts through October 15, 2010. Call for Proposals & Registration Form available for
Lilly-West Conference on College & University Teaching - West
March 11 & 12, 2011
Kellogg Center, CalPolyUniversity (Southern) California
The 2011 Lilly Conference on College & University - West
theme builds on over 20 years of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING & LEARNING
Featured Tracks
Advanced Active Learning
Teaching Well with Technology
Engaging and Motivating Students
Promoting Diversity
Service/Experiential Learning
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Keynote Presentation:
Hula Hoops and Bottlenecks: Using Media to Unplug Bottlenecks
Ray C. Purdom, Ph.D.
Director, University Teaching and Learning Center
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
There is a place in every course where students get stuck in a "bottleneck" because they have difficuluty learning concepts they need to progress to more advanced material. One example of a bottleneck concept, from economics, is what happens and what causes shifts in demand curves. Showing a short clip about hula hoops, from the movie The Hudsucker Proxy, was able to unstick the students! In this session, you wil have the opportunity to consider where in YOUR courses your students find a bottleneck and to investigate how to use media to unplug their learning.
Full information at http://www.iats.com