Office of the Provost
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation for an event listed on this calendar should contact the person or department listed below the event as soon as possible.
Thursday, April 4 2013
Campus Center
Whalen Symposium
Contact: whalen@ithaca.edu
Category: Special Events
Clark Lounge
Faculty Colloquium
The IC Faculty Colloquium is a monthly event designed to provide a forum for faculty to share with one another their scholarly and creative work. This is a chance for people across department and school lines to learn more about the exciting pursuits of their colleagues and to engage with one another as members of a common learning community.
Contact: mataylor@ithaca.edu or 274-1206
Category: Special Events
Monday, April 8 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence 316 Gannett Center
Transition to College in Your ICSM: Workshop on Best Practices for Teaching First-year Students (register here)
Helping students transition to the academic and social rigors of college life is an important piece of the Ithaca Seminar. This workshop will provide you with some best practices and new ideas from long time ICSM faculty. The emphasis for this hour will be on sharing ideas on what works.
Contact: sosterreich@ithaca.edu
Category: Academics
Tuesday, April 9 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence 316 Gannett Center
Transition to College in Your ICSM: Workshop on Best Practices for Teaching First-year Students (register here)
Helping students transition to the academic and social rigors of college life is an important piece of the Ithaca Seminar. This workshop will provide you with some best practices and new ideas from long time ICSM faculty. The emphasis for this hour will be on sharing ideas on what works.
Contact: sosterreich@ithaca.edu
Category: Academics
Center for Faculty Excellence, Gannett Center 316
Our Thoughts and Experiences on Chinese Education (register here)
Brief introduction to the Chinese educational system and focus on several aspects about educational differences or cultural differences. We also want to show information about our university information (scenery, sites, admisssions).
Dr. Xiaoqin (Susan) Wu and Prof. Jielin (Sylvia) Song are visiting scholars from China West Normal University (CWNU).
Dr. Wu is a lecturer in Finance at the Business School of CWNU. She is spending a month at Ithaca College’s School of Business in pursuit of her research interests in international trade, portfolio risk value adjustments, and international exchange rates.
Prof. Song is a lecturer in the School of Foreign Languages at CWNU. She is a visiting scholar at the Ithaca College School of Humanities and Sciences.
Contact: cfe@ithaca.edu or 274-3734
Category: Academics
Tuesday, April 23 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence, Gannett Center 316
Faculty Associates in the FYRE Program, Summer Orientation Advisors, and Ithaca Seminar Instructor Training (register here)
If you are a faculty member who is going to serve as a Faculty Associate in the First-Year Residential Experience Program, a summer orientation advisor or an Ithaca Seminar instructor please attend one of these sessions. Each session will provide a one hour overview of the Integrated Core Curriculum, the themes and perspectives, and the First-Year Residential Experience Program. The presentation will give you the information you need to know in order to answer parents/students’ questions and begin to plan for the fall. The Faculty Associates will follow the first hour with a half hour small group planning meeting to begin to develop ideas for the residence hall programs linked to each theme.
Please register for one of the following sessions:
Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. (please register above)
Monday, April 29, 2013, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (please see April 29 Event Calendar to register)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (please see May 22 Event Calendar to register)
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (please see May 23 Event Calendar to register)
All sessions will take place in the Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center.
Contact: cfe@ithaca.edu or 274-3734
Category: Academics
Thursday, April 25 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence, Gannett Center 316
Webinar - Faculty Senates 2013: Challenges and Opportunities (register here)
Join the presenter, who serves as AAUP chair of the Committee on College and University Governance, as he guides you through a brief history of the development of shared governance and then explores how faculty senates can more effectively contribute to meeting the challenges and opportunities facing higher education in the 21st century. Participants will:
- Understand effective faculty senate models and traits that make faculty senates work.
- Hear about current and future challenges that can impact and influence the effective role for faculty in governance.
- Explore why in turbulent times university governance especially needs faculty involvement.
- Understand the link between the overall expectations of faculty and the increased role faculty play in college and university governance.
Contact: cfe@ithaca.edu or 274-3734
Category: Academics
Friday, April 26 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence, Gannett Center 316
Story Written and Performed by Regi Carpenter (register here)
Snap!- sometimes you have to go back so you can get out A true story of a young girl's experience of mental illness and her incredible journey back to sanity and freedom. A powerful and compassionate tale of darkness and redemption with exquisite music by cellist Elizabeth Simkin.
" absolutely beautiful, and truly unlike anything I've ever seen. It was dynamic and illustrative, and honest. Her ability to use humor was stunning. Incredible music! So beautifully performed." Ithaca College audience member
"Harrowing, riveting and unexpectedly hilarious." Harvard Crimson Review
Contact: cfe@ithaca.edu or 274-3734
Category: Academics
Monday, April 29 2013
Center for Faculty Excellence, Gannett Center 316
Faculty Associates in the FYRE Program, Summer Orientation Advisors, and Ithaca Seminar Instructor Training (register here)
If you are a faculty member who is going to serve as a Faculty Associate in the First-Year Residential Experience Program, a summer orientation advisor or an Ithaca Seminar instructor please attend one of these sessions. Each session will provide a one hour overview of the Integrated Core Curriculum, the themes and perspectives, and the First-Year Residential Experience Program. The presentation will give you the information you need to know in order to answer parents/students’ questions and begin to plan for the fall. The Faculty Associates will follow the first hour with a half hour small group planning meeting to begin to develop ideas for the residence hall programs linked to each theme.
Please register for one of the following sessions:
Monday, April 29, 2013, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (please register above)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (please see May 22 Event Calendar to register)
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (please see May 23 Event Calendar to register)
All sessions will take place in the Center for Faculty Excellence, 316 Gannett Center.
Contact: cfe@ithaca.edu or 274-3734
Category: Academics