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Engaging Students and Revitalizing
Interdisciplinarity: A Kick-Off Event for
Cross-Campus Teaching Development
October
13 & 27, 2006
1965 Room
University Union
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Hosted by the UW-Green Bay
Instructional Development Council
About
our guest speaker…
Jillian
Kinzie
is the Associate Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research & NSSE
Institute, and co-author of
Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter
(George
D. Kuh, Jillian Kinzie, John H. Schuh, Elizabeth J. Whitt, and Associates; March
2005, Jossey-Bass). Her PhD is from Indiana University in higher education with
a minor in women's studies. Jillian came to the NSSE staff from the faculty at
Indiana University, where she coordinated the masters program in higher
education and student affairs from 2000-2002. She currently coordinates the NSSE
Institute project activities.
Jillian
has more than a decade of additional experience as a research associate and
administrative work in academic and student affairs.
Her research interests include college choice, first year student development,
teaching and learning in college, access and equity, and women in
underrepresented fields.
Job responsibilities for Jillian include managing a research team conducting
field visits to high performing institutions, describing and
documenting effective educational practice, and facilitating the use of student
engagement data.
Agenda
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October 13, 2006 |
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9:30-11:30 a.m. |
Student
Affairs Directors
MAC 201 |
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12:30 p.m. |
Welcome and
Introduction to the Conference
(Heidi Fencl, 2005-06 Instructional Development Council Chair) |
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12:45 p.m. |
Interdisciplinarity and Teaching Initiatives Underway at UWGB
General Education Council
(Brian Sutton, Chair)
UWGB Teaching Scholars (Denise
Scheberle, Co-Director)
Institutional Assessment Committee (Jeff Benzow)
Freshman Seminar Pilot (Scott Furlong)
University Committee (Scott Furlong, Chair) |
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1:45 p.m. |
Student
Engagement at UWGB (Debbie Furlong) |
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2:15 p.m. |
Keynote
Presentation: (Jillian Kinzie) |
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3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:15 p.m. |
A Conversation
with Jillian Kinzie: Classroom and Institutional
Strategies that Increase Student Engagement |
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4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn
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October 27, 2006 |
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1:00 p.m. |
Welcome Back and Setting
Priorities for the Day
(Heidi Fencl/Lucy Arendt) |
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1:15 p.m. |
Small Group
Compare information gathered
from units
Brainstorm program of
faculty development activities/resources |
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3:00 p.m. |
Large Group
Report key ideas from small
groups |
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4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn
(Advisory report to IDC and
Provost to be written by volunteers summarizing the meeting.) |
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