FALL 2007 EVENTS

Tenure and Promotion Portfolio Blitz
August 7-9

Department Chair Orientation
August 10 & 14

Sabbatical Proposal Workshop
August 17

New Faculty Orientation
August 21 & 22

New Faculty Welcome Picnic
September 7

New Faculty Night at the Lyceum
September 25

Publisher’s Instructional Technology Showcase Sponsored by McGraw-Hill
October 23

Emeriti and New Faculty Campus History Tour and Dinner
November 2

Department Chair Training
December 6

New Faculty Winter Open House
December 8

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Weekly Lunch Series

September 5
Cooperative Learning
Al Weitz (Communication)

September 12
Teaching Writing-Enhanced Courses
Paul Yoder (English & Linguistics) and Mary Lou Woehlk (Writing Center)s

September 19
Mentoring Students into Great Graduate Schools
Don Asher*

September 26
No Weekly Lunch; McNair Luncheon

October 3
Faces of Truman: Kelsey Aurand, AmeriCorps VISTA Member for Service-Learning
Kelsey Aurand

October 10
No Weekly Lunch; Career Expo

October 17
Teaching for Critical Thinking: How to Read a Paragraph (Elder & Paul guides)
Julie Lochbaum

October 24
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Using Wikipedia (Elder & Paul guides)
Scott Alberts (Math & Computer Science)

October 31
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Share Your Best Ideas
Julie Lochbaum

November 7
What We Learned at Grant Writing USA!
Judy Lundberg (Director of Grants) and faculty who attended workshop

November 14
How to Mentor Undergraduate Research
Sara Orel (Art), Hena Ahmad (English), Janice Young (Health and Exercise Science), and Steve Reschly (History)

November 28
Teaching Ideas That Work
All attendees

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Global Issues Colloquium

September 13
Death by Myth? Climate Change, Politics, and Coping Strategies Among the San of Southern Africa
Dr. Robert Hitchcock*

October 11
International Election Monitoring: Promises and Pitfalls
Marc Becker (History), John Ishiyama (Political Science)

November 1
Yearning for Lightness?: The New Global Marketing of Skin Whitening Products
Evelyn Nakano Glenn*

December 6
How We Learned How to Destroy Planet Earth: Can We Stop?
Andy Hilgartner

*office-campus guest

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