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Teaching & Scholarship

May 7 Faculty Development Day Program Ready Now

May 3, 2019

The program for Faculty Development Day, scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, is now available through the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship. To save paper, the committee encourages faculty to download a copy of the program in advance so they can use it to orient themselves between sessions using their mobile devices. A limited number of paper copies of the program will be available on the day of the program.

  • Faculty Development Day program can be found here.

For more information contact Hannah Highlander, TAS chair, at highland@up.edu.

 

Filed Under: 04-29-2019, 05-06-2019, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Faculty Development Day, Hannah Highlander, Teaching & Scholarship

Presentation By 2018 Teaching Award Winner, Nov. 2

October 26, 2018

Tara Prestholdt, the 2018 recipient of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, will share her thoughts on teaching in a talk titled “Gifts, Presence, and Present’ on Friday, November 2, at 4 p.m., in the Clark Library classroom (Room 211). All staff and faculty are invited to attend and light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact the Teaching and Scholarship Committee at tas@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-29-2018, Academics, Biology Department Tagged With: Tara Prestholdt, Teaching & Scholarship

Faculty Development Day Panel Proposals Welcome

March 18, 2016

upbeat-inauguration-seal.jpgThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting proposals from faculty who would like to organize panels for Faculty Development Day on Tuesday, May 3. Please send panel proposals to committee chair Aaron Wootton (tas@up.edu) by Friday, April 15.

Filed Under: 03-21-2016, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Aaron Wootton, Faculty Development Day, Teaching & Scholarship

Nominate Colleagues for Teaching, Scholarship Awards

November 13, 2015

wootton copyThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2015-2016 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to celebrate publicly two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, January 29, by e-mail to tas@up.edu. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 18. Visit the Teaching and Scholarship website for information regarding the nomination process and materials that will be needed.

Contact Wootton at tas@up.edu for more information.

Filed Under: 11-09-2015, 11-16-2015, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Aaron Wootton, Scholarship Award, Teaching & Scholarship, Teaching Award

Faculty Research Day, Jan. 8

December 15, 2014

profsThe University’s Faculty Research Day program will be held on Thursday, January 8. Each panel in the event will have faculty from across disciplines and schools who will offer brief five-minute perspectives on the day’s theme, followed by open discussion for new insights and potential collaboration. University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and University provost Tom Greene will host a lunch to begin the afternoon, and a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres will complete the day. After the informal, brief presentations, the conversation can flow freely and everyone attending the panel  should join the conversation.

In case anyone wants to use powerpoint or a video for part of his/her presentation, please visit the Butine Grant page in Moodle. Instructions can be found here. With this shared file drive, faculty can log in once to access all presentations for a much smoother transition between presentations.

Registration for the day is closed and lunchbox orders are in, so please contact Lauretta Frederking at tas@up.edu if you wish to attend or if there are any questions.

Filed Under: 12-15-2014, Academics, Events, Provost's Office, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Butine Grant Page, Faculty Research Day, Provost's Office, Teaching & Scholarship

Faculty Research Day Deadline Approaching, Dec. 1

November 24, 2014

faculty research dayThe signup deadline for Faculty Research Day is approaching on Monday, December 1, according to Teaching and Scholarship Committee chair Lauretta Frederking. Each panel in the January 8 event will have faculty from across disciplines and schools who will offer brief five-minute perspectives on the day’s theme, followed by open discussion for new insights and potential collaboration. University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and University provost Tom Greene will host a lunch to begin the afternoon, and a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres will complete the day.

Register for Faculty Research Day by following this link (http://tinyurl.com/pyxdxro). Registration should not take more than 2 minutes. Please contact Frederking at tas@up.edu for more information.

Filed Under: 11-24-2014, Academics, Events, Provost's Office, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: C.S.C., Faculty Research Day, Lauretta Frederking, Rev. Mark L. Poorman, Teaching & Scholarship, Tom Greene

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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