Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Co-hosted by:
Michigan’s University Research Corridor and BioArbor and Biotechnology Business Consultants

NIH Representatives:

Rosemarie Hunziker, PhD
Program Director
Nat’l Inst. of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Lenka Fedorkova, PhD
Assistant Program Manager
SBIR/STTR Program Office

Click here to download the flyer (pdf)

“NIH Funding for Academic Institutions: Ch ch ch ch changes…”
New proposal formats; different scoring; early stage investigators; ARRA funding opportunities — 2009 has been a year of change at NIH. Attend this URC sponsored session to learn more about NIH initiatives focused on academic and university researchers.

Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Blau Auditorium, U-M Ross School of Business, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor
Registration: www.med.umich.edu/medschool/research/nih-visit-registration.htm

“Meet One-on-One with NIH”
Schedule a one-on-one meeting with one of two NIH program directors. Appointments are limited to Michigan-based participants and must be scheduled in advance. A brief summary of the topic to be discussed will be required when requesting an appointment.

Time: 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, in 15 minute increments
Location: SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor
Registration: Contact Kris Bergman, BBC at 734-930-9741 or kris@bioconsultants.com

“NIH Funding for Life Science Companies and Entrepreneurs: SBIR/STTR and Beyond…”
From SBIR/STTR funding, to commercialization assistance programs, to other relevant NIH grant opportunities, hear directly from NIH program staff about the ins and outs of NIH funding for life science companies. Ample time for Q&A will be provided.

Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor
Registration: www.bioarbor.com

The Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum Announces the 11th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum. This conference will take place at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York on November 12-15, 2009.

Conference Theme: Teaching Citizenship and Civility

View the Call for Papers as PDF.

Links:
Registration
Travel
Accommodations

The Society picks conference themes to encourage faculty from the relevant areas to submit papers, panels, or other standard forms of presentation, but submissions may speak to any issue regarding ethics across the curriculum. Questions about possible submissions should be sent to the directors: Deborah Mower (Youngstown State University), Wade Robison (RIT)

Submissions (either papers or abstracts) should be formatted for blind review and sent by September 15th 2009 to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society Donna Werner at DWerner@stlcc.edu or by hard copy to:

Dr. Donna Werner
Philosophy Department (HE 103)
St. Louis Community College
Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Boulevard, St. Louis MO 63122-5799

Phone: 314.984.7934

Decisions about papers will be made as soon as possible after they arrive.

The Society publishes Teaching Ethics; conference papers may be considered for publication either in that journal or in a possible anthology on teaching citizenship and civility.

We are pleased to welcome you to the 29th Annual International Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on November 19 - 22, 2009.

This weekend event has become a "teaching retreat" as well as a conference. The Marcum Conference Center is on a beautiful, wooded site at the edge of the Miami University campus, one of America's premier college settings. The University, with its timeless Georgian architecture, and Oxford, with its brick streets and small shops, make an attractive location for learning.

In past years, many deans and chief academic officers have supported the attendance of a team of their faculty at the Conference as reward and recognition for an outstanding teacher, as encouragement for a junior faculty member, or as an opportunity for the team to bring new teaching and learning ideas back to campus. Institutions planning Teaching and Learning Centers have found the Lilly Conference an excellent place to meet and "scout" some outstanding teacher-scholars.

Full- and half-day pre-conference workshops will be held on Thursday, November 19th, and the opening plenary will be given on Thursday evening. A variety of seminars and workshops are scheduled all day on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday morning. The conference ends with lunch following the closing plenary on Sunday.

Contributed paper presenters are invited to submit manuscripts about their teaching innovations for review for publication in the international Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. The Journal answers Ernest Boyer's call, given in his 1990 Lilly Conference keynote, for opportunities to publish the scholarship of teaching. Those contributed paper presentations that are directed towards learning communities are also invited to submit manuscripts for review and publication in the new Learning Communities Journal. The first issue will be released in 2009.

For more information visit the conference website at http://www.units.muohio.edu/lillycon/

January 7-8, 2010 (Thurs-Fri)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, is pleased to invite participation in a two-day workshop for faculty leaders of all disciplines who wish to develop curriculum change programs around sustainability on their campuses.

Through an intensive two days of presentations, exercises, discussions, reflection, and planning, participants will become familiar with the philosophy of change in higher education developed through the Ponderosa Project at Northern Arizona University and adapted at Emory in the Piedmont Project. Participants will also experience of range of workshop strategies, hear local experts, enjoy outdoor place-based activities, and dialogue with faculty from around the country as they gain help in adapting this model to their own campus. In a supportive and stimulating environment, workshop members will reflect on their own roles in the transformation of higher education. Readings and materials will also be provided.

These highly successful workshops are led by Geoffrey Chase of San Diego State University and Peggy Barlett of Emory University. Peggy and Geoff are editors of Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change, published by MIT Press in 2004. Peggy and Geoff have many years of experience leading these kinds of workshops and have helped more than 200 faculty on several campuses revise courses in a wide array of disciplines.

Workshop tuition is $420 for AASHE members and $485 for non-members. Tuition covers snacks and lunches on both days of the workshop, handouts, materials, and an evening reception on the first day of the workshop.

Applications may be emailed to Andrea Webster (andrea@aashe.org) by October 30, 2009 and are available at: http://www.aashe.org/profdev/curriculum.php

Niagara University’s Committee on College Teaching & Learning (CCTL) and Center for Instructional Support are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 9th Annual CCTL Conference on Teaching & Learning, to be held January 12-13, 2010 in St. Vincent’s Hall on Niagara University’s campus. This conference has been increasingly popular over the last several years; we have attracted presenters from as far away as Australia, and are planning on moving the conference off-campus next year to accommodate more participants. This is an excellent, affordable conference similar to the Lilly Conferences in philosophy and presentation style.

The two-day conference will showcase various facets of active and integrative learning, exploring practical ways that faculty and academic leaders can build integrative skills into their courses and describe curricula and programs that encourage integrative learning within and across fields of study. Faculty will present their work in either a poster session on Tuesday, January 12th or during one of four concurrent sessions that will take place during both days of the conference. Many Niagara University faculty will present the results of their CCTL active learning grants; twenty $1000 CCTL grants are awarded each year to support classroom-based inquiry into active learning.

The 2010 conference theme, “Teaching and Learning Multiculturally in a Diverse Classroom,” will be highlighted by a keynote and two plenary sessions by Dr. Mathew Ouellett, director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Ouellett’s research interests and publications focus on issues of multicultural organizational development and social justice and equity issues in higher education. Dr. Ouellett edited the volume, “Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Departmental and Institutional Change in Higher Education” from New Forums Press. Most recently, he is author of two chapters in the forthcoming “A Guide to Faculty Development: Practical Advice, Examples, and Resources,” second edition. He is currently immediate past president of the Professional
and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education and is a past president and founding board member of the New England Faculty Development Consortium.

Note that proposals for concurrent sessions and poster presentations are due Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. For more information, please visit the conference website (http://www.niagara.edu/cctl/Annual_Conference_Information.htm) or contact Paul Richardson (CCTL’s conference coordinator) or Jennifer Herman, Director of Instructional Support.

Hyatt Regency Savannah
Savannah, Georgia

Proposals Due: October 30, 2009

The Eastern Educational Research Association is a regional organization for educational professionals interested in disseminating educational research for the overall purpose of improving education for all. EERA was created in 1977 and for 30 years has been one of this country's successful regional educational research organizations. EERA is affiliated with the American Educational Research Association as a member of the AERA Special Interest Group for regional research associations. Members' research is disseminated through 16 divisions and 21 Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

February 18-20, 2010 in Seattle, Washington.

Colleges and universities are making tough decisions about budget cuts, hiring freezes, and reduction or elimination of programs. General education and assessment initiatives, in particular, can be vulnerable to cuts or to inattention as college and university leaders work to preserve enrollments, meet shortfalls, and maintain basic operations. Yet issues that existed long before the current economic crisis remain—fragmentation and incoherence, a lack of “ownership” of general education among many faculty members, and a desire among students to “get it out of the way.” What also remains is the need, through general education, to prepare all graduates with essential knowledge and skills, including global knowledge, scientific and quantitative literacy, intercultural skills, and ethical competencies.

The good news is that out of earlier periods of challenge and change, campus leaders have coalesced around more contemporary goals for student learning and new and creative curricula and pedagogy. They have also embarked upon meaningful assessment that was keyed to these new designs and utilized to strengthen learning.

As we now face another period of intense scrutiny and challenge, robust designs and persuasive information about the impact and value of general education are especially needed. This conference asks, what can institutions do to support and improve general education and assessment in the face of epic budget cuts? How can leaders continue to value general education and assessment, and express this value, as they make tough choices? How can institutions avoid, either explicitly or inadvertently, sacrificing important progress made in strengthening general education and assessment over the last decade? Most importantly, how can strong general education and assessment initiatives help institutions attract new students, better align scarce resources with vision and mission, and otherwise contribute to educational excellence and overall institutional vitality?

General Education and Assessment: Maintaining Momentum, Achieving New Priorities invites fresh thinking and new approaches to help faculty, staff, and administrators maintain momentum in general education and assessment during tough times, and reaffirms a commitment to engaged liberal education as the guiding principle for campus action. The conference will draw on AAC&U’s long-standing projects and publications on general education reform including work to bring diversity, global, and civic learning into general education and models for advancing scientific and quantitative literacy through real-world curricula and problem-based pedagogies.

For more information visit the workshop website at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/index.cfm?utm_source=meetings&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=nar0910

This workshop is a part of the Network for Academic Renewal, for more information visit the website at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm?utm_source=meetings&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=nar0910

February 25-28, 2010
Hotel Nikko
San Francisco, California

POD members Shaun Longstreet and Kathryn Plank will be leading a pre-conference session, and Shaun will also be presenting a concurrent session.

Visit the conference website: www.ExpandingtheCircle.com.
Register by October 25 to take advantage of our early registration rate.

In this conference, we will address factors that have contributed to excluding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) issues from academic study and student life; and also explore strategies to make our campuses more inclusive for all students. We will examine strategies and best practices that effectively integrate LGBTQ areas of teaching and research with student life activities. This will be among the first national conferences in higher education to focus on LGBTQ concerns by seeking connections across diversities, disciplines, and academic and student affairs.

Partnering Organizations:

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Association for College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA)
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Global Fund for Women • Professional and Organizational
Development (POD) Network in Higher Education

Plenary Speakers:

John C. Hawley, Santa Clara University
L. Lee Knefelkamp, Teachers College, Columbia University
Scotty McLennan, Stanford University
Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women
Steven Tierney, California Institute of Integral Studies

6 Pre-Conference Workshops and 35 Concurrent Interactive Sessions

For inquiries, contact ExpandingtheCircle@ciis.edu.

March 3-5, 2010
Hosted by The University of Georgia

Proposals due: October 19, 2009

Proposals are now being accepted for the 2010 Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education March 3-5, 2010. Please see the website http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/gulf_south/ for more details.

Join nationally renowned speakers and practitioners from around the country for professional networking, sharing of research and dialogue on the theme of PEOPLE, PLACE, & PARTNERS: Building and Sustaining Engagement in Critical Times. The 2010 Summit will bring together national speakers and more than 350 practitioners for dialogue and a forum for best practices. Faculty, staff, students, community leaders, and community partners are invited to submit proposals and participate in the 2010 Summit at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center & Hotel on The University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia.

The mission of the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education is to promote networking among practitioners, research, ethical practices, reciprocal campus-community partnerships, sustainable programs, and a culture of engagement and public awareness through service-learning and other forms of civic engagement.

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Join colleagues at the 2010 Gulf-South Summit March 3-5, 2010 at the University of Georgia as we examine these questions critically and explore how people, place, and partners are building and sustaining engagement in critical times. We invite proposals for presentation in the following three tracks:

PEOPLE: The following are some of the potential topics that may be explored: student, faculty, or community partner outcomes; innovative programming; assessment and evaluation strategies; recruiting people; motivating and sustaining participation; roles, rewards and incentives; leadership and student-led programs; integration of social networking and other technology.

PLACE: The following are some of the potential topics that may be explored: reconnecting the university with community; exploring local and global connections through international service-learning; understanding contexts for learning and service; models of place-based programs and research; and asset-based community development models.

PARTNERS: The following are some of the potential topics that may be explored: defining partners; innovative cross-sector partnerships; corporate partners; social entrepreneurship; best practices; establishing community outcomes; evaluation/assessment strategies; sustaining partnerships; listening to partners; reciprocal partnership models; partner case studies.

For questions regarding Request for Proposals:

Michele DeRamo - RFP Chair, 2010 Gulf-South Summit
Director of Service-Learning
Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships
Outreach and International Affairs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Phone: 540-231-6947
Email: deramo@vt.edu

Shannon Wilder - Conference Chair, 2010 Gulf-South Summit
Director, Office of Service-Learning
The University of Georgia
Phone: 706-542-0535
Email: swilder@uga.edu

Thank you to the 2010 Gulf-South Summit Sponsoring Institutions! The valuable contributions of Gulf-South Summit sponsors have helped to make the Summit successful over the last 7 years, and have helped make the Summit one of the most affordable conferences around through scholarships and low registration fees.

2010 SUMMIT SPONSORS

Auburn University, Belmont University, Berry College, Brevard Community College, Community College National Center for Community Engagement (CCNCCE), Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Southern University, Lipscomb University, Louisiana State University, Mercer University, Texas Campus Compact, Tulane University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, The University of Georgia, University of Southern Mississippi, and Virginia Tech.

BECOMING A SPONSOR . . .

The 2010 Gulf-South Summit is still looking for college, university, and organizational sponsorships. Institutional sponsorship are only $1,000 and include a range of benefits including reduced registrations fees and exhibit space. For more information on becoming a sponsor, see the Gulf-South Summit Sponsorship Packet - http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/conferences/gulf_south/sponsors.phtml

Dortmund, Germany

Papers due: November 1, 2009

"Designing teaching and learning in higher education" - Connecting people, ideas and communities is the aim of the 4th Dortmund Spring School for Academic Staff Developers - DOSS 2010 (Conference Chair: Isa Jahnke) - which takes place at the Center for Research on Higher Education and Faculty Development (German: Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum/HDZ) of the TU Dortmund University in cooperation with the German Association for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (dghd).

This conference invites people who are interested in teaching and learning processes in higher education (HE) from the specific perspectives of both, subject-oriented and interdisciplinary research on higher education and faculty development. The main question is: What can we learn from each other when we reflect, design and develop teaching and learning, pedagogical strategies and learning as well as teaching methods? Furthermore, we want to reflect the relation between subject-oriented and interdisciplinary academic development in HE. How do subject-oriented and interdisciplinary academic development in HE relate to each other? How can we improve methodologies and concepts for both fields?

Website: http://www.doss2010.de

March 10-12, 2010 in Statesboro, Georgia.

The Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) will host the 3rd annual “The SoTL Commons” conference on the campus of Georgia Southern University. The conference brings together people engaging in SoTL and anyone wanting to improve student learning outcomes in higher education today. The conference epitomizes that college teaching is intellectual work that is enhanced both by disciplinary scholarship and the scholarship on teaching the disciplines (SoTL). The SoTL Commons Conference is a catalyst for learning, conversations and collaborations about SoTL as a key, evidence-based way to improve student learning.

Keynote and Featured Speakers
The keynote speakers will be Dr. Carolin Kreber (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Kathleen McKinney (Illinois State University), and Dr. Gary Pooler (University of British Columbia).

Conference website:
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2010/index.htm

Call for Proposals (August 15 - September 15, 2009):
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2010/call.htm

Kellogg Center
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona - (Southern) California

Proposals due: October 2, 2009

2010 Theme: Evidence-based Teaching & Learning

Lilly Conferences are retreats that combine Scholarship of Teaching and Learning sessions and major addresses with lots of opportunities for informal discussion about excellence in college and university teaching and learning. Internationally-known scholars join new and experienced faculty members and administrators from all over the world to discuss topics such as incorporating technology into teaching, encouraging critical thinking, using teaching and student portfolios, implementing group learning, and evaluating teaching. The welcoming "Lilly Spirit" and the high level of scholarly attention to teaching and learning enable everyone to contribute to the forum. You are invited to join as a presenter or an involved participant.

Keynote: Getting Credit for What You Do: Teaching an Evidence-Based Course, Laurie Richlin

Plenary: Conversation with Stephen Brookfield

Proposals and Registration Information at http://www.iats.com

March 25-27, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Join colleagues and national leaders to think intentionally about the evolving roles and responsibilities of faculty; the support systems and rewards that will advance our collective work; and the meaning and purpose of the academic profession.

A call for session proposals will be available online in June 2009.

For more information visit the workshop webiste at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/faculty/2010/index.cfm?utm_source=meetings&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=nar0910

This workshop is a part of the Network for Academic Renewal, for more information visit the website at http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm?utm_source=meetings&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=nar0910

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Seldin (http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=1), Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management at the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, and authors of such books as Improving College Teaching and The Academic Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Documenting Teaching, Research, and Service will be our conference plenary speak on the morning of Thursday April 8, 2010.

Additionally, We are pleased to announce that Wesley Fryer, digital learning consultant, author, digital storyteller, educator and change agent. who describes himself as a "catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning." will also serve as a conference plenary speaker. Wesley serves as a co-convener for the annual K-12 Online Conference and is the co-director of the statewide Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling project. Wesley publishes daily on the web site "Moving at the Speed of Creativity" (www.speedofcreativity.org).

We hope you make plans to join us at the 2010 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference which will be held April 8 & 9, 2010 at the lovely Broken Arrow campus of Northeastern State University. Additional information regarding the conference, including updates as well as registration and a call for proposals (when issued), can be found at http://teachingconference.org

Call for Proposals Due Date: December 5, 2009
Conference Dates: April 16-17, 2010

School of Business & Technology | Webster University | St. Louis, MO. USA

SUBMIT A CONFERENCE PROPOSAL

Webster University's School of Business & Technology conference committee is pleased to announce CALL FOR PROPOSALS for the first annual GLOBAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE, which recognizes excellence in business education and practice worldwide.

In a time of crisis, people's behaviors and perspectives change irrevocably. As we begin to emerge from a worldwide economic down-turn, it will be critical to understand what the new norms are and - most important - how to adapt to managing in the new world as practitioners, educators and researchers. This conference will provide practitioners, educators and researchers with an opportunity to examine and present ideas and the new teaching and learning issues that are resulting from this complex business climate in a real and virtual 'global commons'.

We are interested in proposals from faculty, practitioners, staff, administrators, faculty developers, and graduate students in all disciplines of business, management and technology related to the conference theme. Areas of focus for conference proposals include:

• leadership
• global competitiveness
• new economics
• scholarship of teaching and learning in business education
• innovative curriculum
• new role for government
• identifying and developing human capital
• capacity for change in health care
• corporate social responsibility
• entrepreneurship
• market-forces of a new generation
• management in a global context, and
• social and technology-driven innovation
• international relations
• ethics
• public policy; and
• cultural, social and environmental issues in which business organizations operate.

This conference will be your global commons for discussing and answering questions surrounding the conference theme. Is there a new business environment resulting from the global economic crisis? How are companies and universities adapting and how is management changing in this new world? What are the economic, leadership, and technological consequences of this 'new' way of handling business? Has teaching changed as a result of the global economic crisis? Do we have to change the way we teach, and if so, in what ways can teaching model this transformed business climate? Be a part of this discussion and other questions related to the conference areas of focus by submitting a proposal today!

Proposal guidelines and selection criteria are provided on the call for proposals announcement website.

Conference Timeline

• December 5, 2009 - Proposal Submission Deadline
• December 21, 2009 - Proposal Acceptance Notification
• February 1, 2010 - Presentation Submission Review Deadline
• April 16+17, 2010 - Conference Dates

Conference Information

The dates of the conference are April 16 + 17, 2010. While information on registration and hotel accommodations is not yet available, please check the SBT Global Academic Conference website for more information in the coming weeks.

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Convened by: School of Business & Technology Global Academic Conference Committee & the Faculty Development Center/Institute for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Webster University. St. Louis, MO. USA

Call for Proposals Due Date: December 1, 2009
Conference Dates: May 17-18, 2010

The SOTL Academy 2010 invites proposals for presentations of work in the area of the scholarship of teaching and learning. This conference seeks to bring together all members of the academy engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) and to provide a forum for presenting new SOTL work, for sharing reflections on SOTL and its role within the academy, and networking with others engaged in this enterprise.

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning seeks to restore teaching to its proper place of importance in the academy by building a scholarship around teaching and learning. The goal is to encourage faculty to use their own classrooms as sites for research to rigorously explore student learning, and then to go public in order to enable others to build on the work they are doing.

Applications are encouraged from experts and novices in this field, at all career stages. We are particularly interested in bringing new and future faculty into the SOTL community this year. If you are a doctoral student or have recently completed a graduate program, please consider submitting your new work or work in progress.

Specific tracks/strands will focus on the following themes, among others:

• The application of SOTL results in the classroom
• Unique SOTL research designs and approaches
• SOTL work from new scholars beginning their careers in the academy
• Works in progress from graduate students collaborating with faculty
• Creative approaches to mentoring graduate students in SOTL
• Models of supporting SOTL across departments, campuses, and disciplines
• Use of technology in SOTL

Session Formats

If you have questions regarding a proposal, please contact conference directors Sarah Ginsberg (sotl_sarah@emich.edu) or Jeff Bernstein (sotl_jeff@emich.edu).

www.emich.edu/sotlacademy

May 21-23, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

We would love to have you join us for the 7th Teaching Professor Conference, May 21-23, 2010 in Cambridge, MA. This three-day conference is packed with events designed to enrich your teaching practice. There are plenary sessions keynoted by nationally-recognized experts, carefully selected concurrent sessions on a range of relevant topics, round table discussions, posters and all sorts of opportunities for informal interaction. Recent books on teaching and learning as well as other valuable higher education resources are available for review and purchase during the conference.

But as educational as this event is, what faculty members tell us makes the conference memorable is the energy that surrounds its activities. Faculty members attend because they care about teaching. With over 600 attendees who are all interested in teaching that promotes learning, there’s an enthusiasm that’s infectious. Participants willingly share ideas, insights, experiences, information and resources. They raise issues and ask questions as they explore topics in sessions, between them and over meals. The conference makes possible the kind of collegial exchange that supports and invigorates teachers.

Do consider attending – whether it’s for the first time or as a “regular.” At the conference, you’ll learn with colleagues from across disciplines and around the country. They teach at all kinds of institutions and share a commitment to helping today’s college students learn well.

For more information visit the workshop website at http://www.teachingprofessor.com/conference?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=facdevelmsu.edu&utm_content=7/27/09%20-%20TP%20E-mail%20%231&utm_campaign=Great%20teaching%20conference%20...%20great%20location

Wednesday, June 2nd – Friday, June 4th, 2010
Loews Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Call for Proposals, Registration Information, & More:
http://www.umkc.edu/cad/si/ic2010/index.shtml

This conference, to be held June 21-22, 2010 at the University of Toronto, is for graduate students, faculty, TA developers, librarians, student support staff, and industry professionals. Proposals are due January 15, 2010.

Topic areas of the conference include:

P – PROFESSIONAL SKILLS – What are the skills that will enable a graduate student to make a successful transition from academic work to a professional position? How, and when, do graduate students acquire these skills?

A – ACADEMIC RESEARCH – To what extent is the undertaking and management of academic research explicitly taught as part of a graduate degree program? How are graduate students prepared to initiate and oversee research projects? What grounding in ethical approaches to research is provided to graduate students and how are they trained to examine the moral implications and societal impact of their work?

T – TEACHING COMPETENCE – Can graduate students identify theories of learning and articulate how knowledge is processed in their disciplines? How has TA training changed over the past decade? How does unionization affect the development of the graduate student TA? How successful is the work of undergraduate teaching assistants?

H – HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT – Building on Ernest Boyer’s call for graduate education to “give larger meaning to specialized knowledge” (Boyer, 1990, p. 68), this stream will explore programming that seeks to combine teaching, research and professional skills development in graduate students. How will programming that focuses on responding to change, showing leadership, linking research to societal needs, linking research and teaching across disciplines, active citizenship, the ability to work in a diverse setting, etc. enrich the graduate experience? Does such programming support graduates in new ways?

More information about the conference and the call for proposals can be found at: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/conference2010/.

Questions about the conference can be directed to ctsi.conference2010@utoronto.ca.