2005 Fall Faculty Colloquium
Winning UM Research Board Awards registration
9:30 AM- 11:30 AM, Friday, September 9 78 J.C. Penney Conference Center
Faculty who have served on the UM Research Board offer their expertise, explain the review process, and highlight characteristics of successful UM Research Board proposals. ORA staff describe the submission process, discuss budget preparation, and suggest strategies for writing the narrative. Application guidelines are reviewed to insure that proposals to the Board are as strong as possible for the October 4 (or February 13) submission date. Continental breakfast will be served. Co-sponsored with the Office of Research Administration.
Meeting the Quality and Rigor Challenge and Retaining Students registration
9:30 AM- noon, Friday, September 23 78 J.C. Penney Conference Center
In a university community our role is to guide students so they can achieve their degree, career, and research goals. This entails articulating high academic expectations and offering supportive teaching and pertinent advising. Providing students challenging and relevant experiences includes attending to their broad academic and social needs. In this interactive session, colleagues from the Offices of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs discuss current campus initiatives and offer strategies and resources to support your students. Continental breakfast will be served. Co-sponsored with the Office of Student Affairs, the FYE Initiative, and the University Assembly Committee on Recruitment, Admissions, Retention, and Student Financial Aid.
Civility, Freedom, and Tolerance: Effectively Approaching Race and Identity in the Classroom
registration
9:30 - 11:30 AM, Friday, October 14 78 J.C. Penney Conference Center
Dr. Jonathan Smith (American Studies, St. Louis University) aims to heighten faculty awareness of the possibility that the identities and identifications-how we are seen and identified by others-we bring to the classroom shape our dialogic space, even when the course material has no obvious connection to issues of identity. He fears that inattention to the role of identity, in any discipline, may silence significant groups of students. Smith's goal is to foster classroom participation that is forthright, honest, challenging, thoughtful, and intellectually rigorous. Continental breakfast will be served. Co-sponsored by the Provost's Office, the Diversity Task Force and the Office of Equal Opportunity.
Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference registration
8:30 - 5:00 PM, Friday, November 4 MSC Century Rooms
Supporting Learning Outcomes with Technology is the theme of the fourth annual campus-wide conference highlighting instructional innovations. Keynote speaker is Dennis Jacobs, Professor of Chemistry and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies, University of Notre Dame. Jacobs' plenary, Learning In and Through Community, and afternoon workshop, Engaging in a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, frame a day of presentations by colleagues. Lunch is provided to those who pre-register online.
Preparing for Promotion and Tenure: A Perpetual Preoccupation registration
Friday, December 2 from 9:30 - 11:00 AM 316 MSC
A panel of colleagues who have served on the tenure and promotion committees and colleagues who have recently been reviewed offer advice about the import of preparing throughout the tenure-track years to achieve academic success. Continental breakfast will be served. Co-sponsored with the Senate Committee on Appointments, Tenure, and Promotion.
Sponsored by
the Center for Teaching and Learning
A Division of Academic Affairs - University of Missouri - St. Louis
www.umsl.edu/ctl