2001 Calendar of Meetings and Events

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January February March April May June August September October November

January

January 11-12

The Interface of Scholarship and Teaching" Workshop

February

February 2 at 2 pm

Revisit our campus definition of SOTL and supports and hindrances to SOTL on campus
Anne Scrivener Agee, Susan Shaver Kehoe, Cynthia M. Lont, and Ann M. Palkovich, Learning and Teaching as Social Activities: The Scholarship of Teaching in a Learning-Centered Community, Inventio, Feb. 1999 V.1 no. 1.

February 16 at 2 pm

Discussion of CASTLE poster and presentation at March AAHE meeting planned for Bond Hall room 251.

March

March 2 at 2 pm

Faculty Discussions of Fall 2000 Classroom Research Projects given by Dr. Dennis Fallon, Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Dr. Gayle Sauer, Visting Professor of Biology.
Roy Rosenzweig, The Scholarship of Teaching: Two Suggestions and One Caution, Inventio, Feb. 1999, V. 1 No. 1.

March 16 at 2 pm

View Video entitled "Teaching and The Human Brain" by Geoffrey Caine and Renate Nummela Caine

March 24-25

Presentations at AAHE's and Carnegie's Campus Conversations Colloquium.

April

April 1-3

Presentations at Annual Meeting of the Southeast Section of the American Society for Engineering Education: "STEP '01 Strengthening The Educational Process," The Citadel.

April 6 at 2 pm

Presentation by Carnegie Scholar 2000-1 Vernon Burton (Mark Clark Chair in History and Visiting Professor of History and Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Senior Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications) and Faculty Discussion of Data from Fall 2000 Classroom Research Projects given by Ms. Betsey Carter, Associate Professor of Library Science.

April 12 at 11-1 pm

Communication Across the Curriculum Luncheon Presentation (CAC), The Citadel. Faculty Presenters: Dr. Dennis Fallon, Dr. Maria Lynn Kessler, Dr. Gayle Sauer, and Visiting Carnegie Scholar Dr. Vernon Burton. Facilitators: Dr. Alix Darden and Dr. Suzanne Mabrouk.

April 20 at 2 pm

Faculty Discussions of Data from Fall 2000 Classroom Research Projects given by Dr. Robert Steed, Professor of Political Science, and Dr. Russ Hilleke, Associate Professor of Physics.

May

May 9 at 9:30 am

Discussion on "How The Brain Learns." Facilitator: Dr. Judy Lehr, Assistant Professor of Education

May 23 at noon

Continuation of Discussion on "How The Brain Learns." Principle #4 from Mindshifts.

June

June 1-2

First Annual "Charleston Connections: Innovations in Higher Education. Learning from Each Other: The Citadel, The College of Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Southern University, and Trident Technical College," The Citadel.

June 13 at 1 pm

Continuation of Discussion on "How The Brain Learns." Principle #6 from Mindshifts.

June 27 at 1 pm

Continuation of Discussion on "How The Brain Learns." We will study a couple of principles from Mindshifts.

August

August 29 at noon, Bond Hall room 333

Come and Learn about The Alliance between CASTLE and The Office of Planning and Assessment, SOTL at The Citadel, and CASTLE and the upcoming Year.

September

September 5 at noon, Bond Hall room 346

Students, Classroom Research Projects, and IRB Approval.
Speaker: Dr. Alix Darden, Biology.

September 19 at noon, Bond Hall room 348

"Developing A Critical Thinking Assessment"
CASTLE Presenter: Dr. Maria Lynn Kessler, Psychology.

October

October 3 at noon, Bond Hall room 348

"Teach It One Time, Apply It 40 Times"
Speaker: Dr. John Weinstein, Biology.

October 11 at 11-3 pm, Bond Hall Auditorium 165 (presentation) and MCH Greater Issues Room (lunch and subsequent discussion).

"Scholarly Teaching and The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
What is The Difference?"
Guest Speaker: Dr. Charles E. Glassick, Interim President of Reinhardt College, GA. and Previous President of Carnegie Foundation.

October 17 at noon, Bond Hall room 348.

"Tolerance for Ambiguity and Affinity for Course Structure"
Speaker: Dr. Virginia De Roma, Psychology.

October 31 at noon, Bond Hall room 348 (Canceled)

"Statistics and Classroom Research. Come Learn about The SAS Package and What It Can Do For Your Research!"
Speaker: Dr. Susan Simmons, Business Administration.

Novenber

November 14 at noon, Bond Hall room 348

"How People Learn"
Speaker: Dr. Dennis Fallon, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

November 28 at noon, Bond Hall room 348

"I'm Teaching My Heart Out...They Must Be Learning, Right?"
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Chandler, Education