Friday Conversations for 2012-2013
Friday Conversations are held in the Wilson Center unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m., and the session begins at 4 p.m.
Fall Term:
| 8-31-12 | Pareena Lawrence | Academic Planning, Vision, Values and Priorities, Part II continued |
| 9-7-12 | Kristin Douglas Mary Windeknecht |
What do I say? Managing difficult conversations with advisees |
| 9-14-12 |
Bill Hammer |
Exploring models of undergraduate scholarship |
| 9-21-12 | Mark Salisbury | Different experiences, different retention rates: Can senior survey data help us understand persistence? |
| 9-28-12 | Mindi Mull | What the Best College Students Do |
| 10-5-12 | Kent Barnds, Dane Rowley & Sue Standley | An abbreviated discussion of three admissions and recruitment topics |
| 10-12-12 | Steve Klien | Teaching and Performance Evaluation |
| 10-19-12 | NO CONVERSATION | ATTEND FACULTY SENATE MEETING |
| 10-26-12 | Ellen Hay | Student Learning Outcomes |
Winter Term:
| 11-16-12 | Kristin Douglas | What does sustainability have to do with my course? |
| 11-23-12 | NO CONVERSATION | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| 11-30-12 | Steve Klien | Putting together tenure materials |
| 12-7-12 | Allen Bertsche | Students are not the only ones who can study abroad |
| 12-14-12 | CEC | Community Engagement Center Open House |
| 1-11-13 | TBA | President Bahls' Goals for the Next Five Years |
| 1-18-13 | Mary Windeknecht and Kristin Douglas | Advising Syllabus |
| 1-25-13 | Farah Marklevits |
e-Portfolios |
| 2-1-13 | NO CONVERSATION | Attend Faculty Senate Meeting |
| 2-8-13 | Convocation Committee | Assignments for the next Symposium Day |
Spring Term:
| 3-8-13 | Mark Salisbury | Improv |
| 3-15-13 | Mary Windeknecht |
Advising |
| 3-22-13 | Margaret Farrar | Boundaries with Students |
| 3-29-13 | NO CONVERSATION | GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY |
| 4-5-13 | General Education Committee | Rethinking the D and G Suffixes |
| 4-12-13 | Dr. Paul Hanstedt, Roanoke College |
Enriching Inquiry Through Writing Assignment Design |
| 4-19-13 Board Room | Kristin Douglas |
Advising Working Group |
| 4-26-13 | Kristin Douglas | Symposium Day Discussion |
| 5-3-13 | NO CONVERSATION | Attend Faculty Senate Meeting |
| 5-10-13 Board Room | Mark Salisbury | TBA |
