Center Activities and Services

Spring 2009 Events

Spring events:

May Faculty Institute "Theirs, Mine and Ours: Meeting Collective Objectives through Comprehensive Assessment" May 19; more information here; program on the right.

Panel and Workshop: "Using Podcasts in Your Courses*is a two-part series on May 18 and 21 sponsored by ITS and CFE.  On May 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon in CHS 207 is a Panel and Discussion -- "Course Podcasts: Imagining the Possibilities" followed, on May 21 and 22, by two hands-on workshops. See the Intercom story for more information and the registration link.

"Preparing a Winning Book Proposal" is a workshop with Sheri Englund, Ph.D., on Tuesday June 9, 10:30-noon in the DeMotte Room. Information on the right; online registration here.

Spring Faculty Development Conference: This annual event features faculty scholarship illustrating each of the five types of scholarship in our Faculty Handbook. It is on Wednesday, May 13 from 9 to noon in the Klingenstein Lounge. Please come for any or all of the sessions. The program is here 

Successful Tenure at Ithaca College: Open Program. Ithaca Faculty can hear the presentations at iTunesU.

Interdisciplinary Teaching Panel is archived on iTunesU. Download program at right; hear the presentations at iTunesU.

"Choosing and Using Qualitative Software" a workshop and consultations with Ray Maietta of ResearchTalk, archived for a limited time for faculty download at iTunesU.

"Grants, Fellowships, and the Renewable Career" was a discussion with Paul Hamill and Will Kay, the College's grants officers. More information to download on the right and notes and audio are at iTunesU.

Teaching and Learning Commons at Ithaca College Launched
Informal workshops, or scholarly conversations about our work, this series is named for the initiative of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. information here. Spring events were archived  Hear the presentations and discussion at iTunesU.

  • A Balanced Portfolio: Teaching, Scholarship, Service, featuring Rebecca Plante
  • My Return on My Investment in Assessment, featuring Michael Smith

The Fall Faculty Workshop took place on Saturday, September 6. Who We Are and What We Do featured remarks from each of this year's Excellence Award recipients followed by mini-workshops led by faculty members. The tracks of the workshops were Teaching with Technology, Classroom Effectiveness, and Scholarship in a Comprehensive College.  More information is on the right.

The Tenure Seminar occurred for a second year, open to anyone anticipating creating a file for tenure and/or promotion.  More information is on the right.

The all-college Mentoring Program once again welcomed faculty members at any length of service. We form small heterogeneous groups and they meet typically every two weeks.