Announcements
SAFE ZONE TRAINING SESSIONS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
September 17, 2012
3:30 - 5:30 PM
Board Room, College Center
Many of us have "Safe Zone" stickers on our office doors indicating that we want to be supportive of LGBT student stickers, and most of us are happy to lend an ear to students struggling with sexuality. But are we prepared to really help these students? Residential Life and the Women's and Gender Studies program will provide an opportunity to those who want to offer extra support. Safe Zone Training Sessions will be offered 3:30-5:30 p.m. on September 17, in the College Center Board Room.
MINNESOTA'S OTHER CIVIL WAR: THE DAKOTA CONFLICT OF 1862
Lecture by Stephen E. Osman, independent scholar
Monday, September 17, 2012
7:00 PM
Hanson Hall of Science 102
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Dakota Conflict, historian Stephen E. Osman will speak on the single most important event in Minnesota's 154-year history. In six tragic weeks more were killed than all of Minnesota's Civil War deaths in combat, and the western half of the state was depopulated. Civilian casualties, adjusted for population, were nearly seven times those of 9-11. Minnesota's Dakota people were evicted from the state, leaving scars that remain to this day. Learn about the causes, visit the battlefields, and consider the legacy of the Dakota War in a colorful presentation by Stephen Osman.
SYMPOSIA DAYS TO REPLACE CONVOCATIONS THIS YEAR
All classes are cancelled so that all faculty and students can participate in a common learning experience. The topic for the day is civic engagement, and the goal is to encourage discussion within and across disciplines to answer the question: What does it mean for me to be a citizen?
When: Thursday, September 27th 9:00 AM-3:45 PM
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9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Small group meetings with advisors |
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10:30 - 11:45 AM |
Keynote Address: Paul Loeb Soul of a Citizen: Hope in a time of fear |
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11:45 AM - 1:30 PM |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1:45 - 3:00 PM |
Concurrent sessions |
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3:15 - 3:45 PM |
Small group meetings with advisors |
The day will start with small group meetings between advisors and advisees. A member of the Convocation Committee should have touched base with your department to discuss the logistics of these meetings. The Convocation Committee will assign locations for these meetings, but we will ask each advisor to communicate the location to their advisees. No need to be worried about what you will discuss during this meeting. The Convocation Committee will provide a list of questions/prompts to get the day started. You can expect to receive these questions a week before the event.
We'll come together in Carver Center for the Keynote address (we will try to arrange an overflow space, too).
Concurrent sessions will begin after lunch. If you volunteered to lead a concurrent session, you should have received a google form over email requesting information about your session. If you would still like to volunteer, please email Kristin Douglas. There will be speakers from the QCA, movie screenings, a debate presented by the debate team, opportunities for some students to travel off campus to "do" civic engagement, plus all of the faculty lead sessions!
After the concurrent sessions, advisors and advisees will meet again. This discussion will provide an opportunity to help students see the connections between the keynote address, concurrent sessions, and their lives. We'll provide some questions and prompts for this meeting, too.
Questions? Ask any member of the Convocation Committee: Jeff Coussens, Umme Al-Wazedi, Tim Muir, Jason Mahn, Nadia Novotorova, Mariano Maglhaes, Ken Brill, Kristen Glass Perez, Keri Rursch, Ryan White, Kristin Douglas
FACULTY RESEARCH FORUM
Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:30 PM (4:30 refreshments)
Dahl Room, College Center
The first Faculty Research Forum will convene on Thursday, 27 September at 4:00 for refreshments, and 4:30 for conversation in the Dahl Room of the College Center. The Faculty Research Forum (FRF) is a friendly, interdisciplinary working group of researchers and writers that gathers once a term (this year) to workshop works-in-progress (e.g., book chapters, grant proposals, conference papers, journal articles, book proposals, and other forms of scholarly production). Volunteers submit their work to the group, and then we gather over drinks and snacks to ask questions and provide constructive critiques--all in an effort to improve our research and writing.
Our first meeting will discuss two pieces of SOTL (Science of Teaching and Learning) research that will be distributed approximately 7-10 days before our meeting, which enable you more than adequate time to read the pieces and provide feedback to the authors.
You do not have to have something to present to the group in order to participate! All you need to do is read as much of the distributed material as possible, come, contribute comments, listen, learn and enjoy the fellowship.
One of the most positive benefits from participating in this group is we get to see the type of work others in our academic community are doing, contribute to their work, and informally socialize with others from multiple disciplines.
If you are interested in being part of this group--whether or not you have something to have reviewed by others - or wish to learn more--please contact Bob Tallitsch to get added to the distribution list.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CHALK: TEACHING & FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Special Issue, Winter 2012: "Assessment/Engagement/Impact: Results from Two Multi-Institution Collaborative Studies"
In 2005, the late Dr. Michael Nolan of Augustana College served as principal investigator for a grant from the Teagle Foundation to test the claim that the participating colleges and small universities made a demonstrable and statistically significant impact on the intellectual and ethical development of their students. The grant, "Measuring Intellectual Development and Civic Engagement through Value-Added Assessment," brought together over four years faculty, administrators, and academic staff from six member campuses to assess and discuss key findings. In 2009, Provost Ken Bladh of Wittenberg University was awarded a second grant from the Teagle Foundation to continue some of the research begun in the first Teagle grant. This second project, "Structuring Faculty Work Explicitly Around Student Learning" (2009), focused the discussion on 'high-impact teaching practices' and how institutions can sustain and encourage their use given competing demands for faculty time and sometimes inconsistent reward structures for faculty work.
The Winter 2012 issue of Chalk will be dedicated to the memory of Michael Nolan and will provide a forum for program participants from the institutions involved to share with a wider audience what they have learned on their own campuses from one another in the process of completing this grant-funded research. Send proposals or articles (1,000-3,000 words) as electronic attachments, with "Chalk submission" in the subject line, to: tbuckman@wittenberg.edu. Submissions received by November 1, 2012 will be guaranteed consideration. (Chalk'sprimary audience is liberal arts college and university faculty.) To see previous issues, please visit our website: http://www.chalkjournal.org/
2012-2013 IMPORTANT DATES
Convocation Symposia Days
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Deans' Meeting with Department & Program Chairs
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Wilson Center
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thursday, December 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 17, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Faculty Senate Meetings
4:00 - 5:00 PM
John Deere Lecture Hall
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013 - Olin Auditorium
(this will be a Faculty Meeting perhaps with Senate business)
Monday, March 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Full-Faculty Meetings
Olin Auditorium
Monday, August 20, 2012
4:30 - 5:30
Monday, November 12, 2012
4:00 - 5:00
Friday, February 1, 2013
4:00 - 5:00
Thursday, April 25, 2013
4:30 - 5:30
Division Meetings
| Fine & Performing Arts | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Bergendoff 12 |
| Thurs., January 17, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Bergendoff 12 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Bergendoff 12 | |
| Language & Literature | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Olin 305 |
| Thurs., January 17, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Olin 307 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Olin 110 | |
| Natural Science | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Hanson Science 402 |
| Thurs., January 17, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Hanson Science 102 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Hanson Science 102 | |
| Business & Education | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 315 |
| Thurs., January 17, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 315 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 315 | |
| History, Philosophy and Religion | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Sorensen 327 |
| Thurs., January 17, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Sorensen 327 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Sorensen 255 | |
| Social Science Division | Thurs., October 4, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 21 |
| Thurs., December 13, 2012 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 21 | |
| Thurs., April 4, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 PM | Evald 21 |
LSFY Meetings
Wilson Center
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Monday, September 10, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013 - Evald Great Hall
(Augie Reads Kickoff)
Educational Policies Committee
Tuesdays
4:30 - 5:30
Swenson Geosciences Conference Room 103
General Education Committee
Wednesdays
4:00 - 5:00
Evald 305
Celebration of Learning
Saturday, May 4, 2013
9:30 - 2:00
Hanson Science
Recognition of Student Honors Program (for underclassmen)
Saturday, May 4, 2013
11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Hanson Science 102
Augie Reads Kickoff
Monday, May 6, 2013
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Evald Great Hall
Senior Honors Convocation
Saturday, May 18, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Centennial Hall
Baccaulaureate Service
Sunday, May 19, 2012
10:00 AM
Centennial Hall
152nd Annual Commencement Convocation Ceremony
Sunday, May 19, 2013
3:00 PM
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