Faculty Programs
Fall 2012 Faculty Seminars
Developing a Teaching Portfolio
Dr. Mary McCay presents the best practices for developing a teaching portfolio to enhance your annual and tenure review packages.
Wednesday, February 1 at 3:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia 2
Academic Integrity: Stopping Plagiarism Before It Happens
Librarians from Monroe Library discuss techniques for preventing plagiarism in classes, including how to use the Safe Assign feature in Blackboard.
Tuesday, February 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Seminar Room 4
Academic Integrity: To Cheat or Not to Cheat
A student panel shares why and how their peers cheat and will suggest strategies to help faculty curb cheating in their classes.
Wednesday, February 29 at 3:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia 2
Academic Integrity: Righting the Cart-What to do Once Cheating Occurs
Dr. Christi Sumich leads a panel of faculty who have dealt with cheating in their classes.
Friday, March 2 at 3:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia 2
Creating Critical Thinking Assignments
Dr. Joe Bernendzen and Dr. Erin Dupuis share the techniques for creating multi-source writing assignments to enhance your teaching of critical thinking at all levels.
Friday, March 16th at 3:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia 2
Materials for the Seminar: Architecture of the CLA Tasks and Task-o-Matic
Creating Critical Thinking Assignments
Dr. Don Hauber and Dr. Markus Kondkar share the techniques for creating multi-source writing assignments to enhance your teaching of critical thinking at all levels.
Monday, May 15th at 1:00 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia 2
New Faculty Orientation
The orientation all new faculty receive before classes begin continues throughout the fall semester with specially designed events that will address various topics. Click here to download the 2011 New Faculty Orientation schedule.
Please click here to download the new faculty orientation evaluation template, and here to download the new faculty orientation results.
Click here to download a copy of the new faculty binder contents.
Fall 2011 Faculty Seminars
Internal Grants Information Session (Friday, September 16)
Dr. Heidi Davis and Dr. Melanie McKay
Teaching Critical Thinking Through Writing (Friday, September 23)
Dr. Mary McCay
Click here for Dr. Mary McCay's handout
Creating Effective Research Assignments (Wednesday, October 5)
Ms. Malia Willey and Mr. Brian Sullivan
Click here for Malia and Brian's Handout
Proposing First-Year Seminars (Friday, October 14)
Dr. Christi Sumich and Dr. Melanie McKay
Teaching Critical Thinking Through Active Learning (Friday, October 21)
Dr. Erin Dupuis
Click here for Dr. Erin Dupuis' PowerPoint
Click here for the Vision of Students link
Click here for the Teaching Goals Inventory link
Critical Thinking in an Era of Spreading Superficiality (Friday, November 18)
Dr. John Sebastian
Fall 2011 Talking About Teaching
Wednesday, September 28 Teaching Critical Thinking through Writing with Dr. Mary McCay
Wednesday, October 12 Creating Effective Research Assignments with Malia Willey
Wednesday, Octover 26 Teaching Critical Thinking through Active Learning with Dr. Erin Dupuis
Wednesday, November 9 Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education with Dr. Tom Ryan
Spring 2011 Faculty Seminars
Engaging Students: Teaching our Diverse Student Population (April 8, 2011)
Dr. Barbara Ewell, Ms. Melissa Landry, and Dr. Lisa Martin
Click here for Ewell's handout
Teaching Critical Thinking through Class Discussion (March 16, 2011)
Dr. Marcus Kondkar and Dr. Kendra Reed
Click here for the Bloom's Taxonomy handout
Engaging Students: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media (February 11, 2011)
Dr. Janelle Schwartz, Dr. Chris Schaberg, Mr. David Zemmels, and Mr. Brad Petitfils
Click here for the Young article
Teaching Critical Thinking through Writing (January 26, 2011)
Dr. Kate Adams, Dr. Robert Brice, Dr. Simeon Hunter
Click here for Kate Adams' handout
Click here for Hunter's handout
Click here for the Bloom's Taxonomy handout
First Year Experience
Click here for First Year Seminar Course Descriptions - Academic Year 2011 - 2012