This week in brief

Monday, September 8
4:00 p.m. – LSFY 102 Meeting  for All LS102 Faculty
Founders Hall Basement Lounge

4:00 p.m. – LSFY 103 Meeting for New Instructors Only
Faculty Parlor in Old Main

Tuesday, September 9
8:30–9:30 a.m. – Walk-In Hour with Jeff
116 Founders Hall 

11:30–11:50 a.m. – Reflections – Rebekah Petrone, '09
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall

7:30 p.m. – Guest Speaker, Robert Steele
Larson Hall, followed by Art Museum Reception

Wednesday, September 10
3:45–5:15 p.m. – Teaching Circle
Wilson Center

9:30 p.m. – Evening Prayer & Holy Communion
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall

Thursday, September 11
10:30–11:20 a.m. – Convocation – Keith Hampton – “The Healing Power of Music”
Centennial Hall

Friday, September 12
3:30 p.m. – Friday Conversations
Wilson Center
Ann Ericson, “Living & Teaching in Vietnam” and Lori Scott, “Sabbatical Report”

Saturday, September 13
1:30 p.m. – Family Day Tour
Art Museum

Sunday, September 14
10:30 a.m. – Sunday Morning Worship
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall

5:00 p.m. – Sunday Catholic Mass
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall

Augustana Center for Teaching and Learning

ACTL Website Launched

The new Augustana Center for Teaching and Learning website has been added to the main Augustana website under Academic Centers. This is a first step in providing a web location where faculty can find resources and information on teaching and learning topics. It also includes descriptions of current programming, an events calendar, and links to faculty grants and meeting allowance information. The following represents the specific links contained in the site:

New Faculty Programming
•  Orientation
•  Teaching Circles
•  Mentor Program
•  Consultations

Ongoing Faculty Programming
•  Teaching Observation Groups
•  Small Group Forums

Events Calendar

Resources
•  Tredway Library
•  ACTL Moodle Site
•  Upcoming Teaching and Learning Conferences
•  Information on Survey Maker, Smart Classrooms, IT Academic Classroom Support
•  Links to the Faculty Newsletter, Grant Information and Meeting Allowance

A future project for the ACTL web will be to include narratives of what Augustana faculty are doing in their classrooms and what specifically their students are learning.

Visit the site at: http://www.augustana.edu/x10019.xml

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