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| April 2-3 | The New American Scholar and the New Scholarship. Gene Rice, Director of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards |
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| March 3 | A Faculty-Student Nonaggression Pact: Does Such An Unstated Arrangement Exist At Ithaca College? |
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| February 24 | EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: DEMONSTRATIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND POLICY CONUNDRUMS |
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| August 21 | DESIGNING THE SYLLABUS Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator |
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| August 29 | DESIGNING THE SYLLABUS Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator |
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| September 12 | DATABASE FOCUS: THE BASICS Gale Stevenson, Library Resources |
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| October 20-21 | Alexander Technique Workshop An Exploration of Mind-Body Education in College Life. |
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| The New American Scholar and the New Scholarship. Gene Rice, Director of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards |
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April 2-3 | |
| Gene Rice, Director of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards, will be visiting campus to present and discuss issues dealing with the changing nature of the academy and implications for higher education in general and institutions like Ithaca College specifically. Gene will be giving two presentations for faculty. On Monday, April 2, 2-4 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the James J. Whalen Center for Music, an opening address, "The New American Scholar and the New Scholarship," will establish several themes which will be discussed during his visit. On April 3, 2-3 p.m. in Emerson Suite A, he will lead a closing discussion titled "What are the Implications of the Changing Academy for Ithaca College?" that will include a panel of faculty respondents: Betsy Keller, exercise and sport sciences; Mary Ann Rishel, writing; and Michael Twomey, English. Genewill be meeting with other campus constituencies as well during the visit. He will be our guest at a chairs' lunch on Tuesday and will talk about the chair's role in the changing academy.
The schedule for Gene's visit is given below. I hope you will make every effort to attend these events. |
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| Monday, April 2, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Opening Presentation: "The New American Scholar and the New Scholarship." The campus community is invited to attend this presentation which will be held in the Recital Hall of the James J. Whalen Center for Music. |
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| Tuesday, April 3, 9:00-10:00 a.m. President's Council and Deans' Council, Job Hall Board Room. "The Changing Academy and Implications for Ithaca College." |
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| 10:30 a.m.- Noon Tenure and Promotion Committee and the Faculty Handbook Amendment Committee, South Meeting Room. "The Changing Nature of Scholarship and its Assessment." |
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| Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Department Chairs, Clark Lounge. "The Chair's Role in theChanging Academy--Professoriate and Scholarship." |
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| 2:00-3:00 p.m. General Discussion, Emerson Suite A. "What are the Implications of the Changing Academy for Ithaca College?" |
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| Faculty Respondents: Besty Keller, Associate Professor, exercise and sport sciences; Mary Ann Rishel, Associate Professor, writing; and Michael Twomey, Professor, English. |
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| Contact Persons: Ellen Straurowsky, staurows@ithaca.edu Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator, 204 Williams Hall, 274-3324. Contact Persons: |
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| A Faculty-Student Nonaggression Pact: Does Such An Unstated Arrangement Exist At Ithaca College? |
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Saturday, March 3 8:30 am - 1:30 pm North Meeting Room, Egbert Union |
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| In his latest book, Beer & Circus: How Big-time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education (2000), American Studies and English professor Murray Sperber argues that a tacit "nonaggression" pact exists between faculty and students at large research universities. This pact, as Sperber conceives it, is an unstated, unwritten, and mutually agreed upon operating code that shapes faculty-student relationships and constitutes a failed accountability system. According to Sperber, the signs that such a pact exists can be found in grade inflation coupled with a substantial reduction in the amount of time students spend on course work; an increase in student cheating; and studied silence on the part of faculty regarding student lifestyle choices, particularly week long partying behavior, where every night is "party night". Sperber suggests that the replacement of institutional values that once emphasized the traditional three R's (reading, writing, and arithmetic) have been supplanted with three new R's (recruitment of students, retention of current students, and renewal of alumni support). For faculty, this shift in values has translated into ever-increasing pressure to "get along" with students, even in circumstances where their behavior is egregious, rather than risk the potential negative consequences that might accrue from holding students to a higher standard of both personal and intellectual conduct. This workshop will explore the notion of a faculty-student nonaggression pact. Does such a pact exist at Ithaca College? If it does, how does it affect the culture of teaching and learning on this campus? In an age when boundaries between faculty and students are much less defined than in previous generations, are faculty occasionally or even frequently blind-sided by an approach to student life that is anathema to their own experience? Does the system of faculty evaluation here make it difficult to hold frank discussions about these kinds of matters? In what ways does Ithaca College support faculty in their efforts to hold students accountable? How can we strengthen these efforts? |
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| 8:30-9:00 am Breakfast and Introductions |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 Panel #1: Faculty Members Offer Their Perspectives | ||
| Ellen Straurowsky, Associate Professor, Exercise and Sports Science Gwen Seaquist, Associate Professor, Business Administration "Testing Sperber's Hypothesis" Lee Bailey, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion Karen Edwards, Assistant Professor, Health Services Administration "Reflecting on the Findings of the Grading Policy Committee" |
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| Questions and Discussion | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break | ||
| 10:45-12:15 Panel #2: Administrators Offer Their Perspectives | ||
| Hugh Rowland, Associate Dean, Business Gordon Rowland, Chair, OCLD, School of Communications Darese Doskal-Scaffido, Acting Associate Director, Residential Life and Judicial Affairs "Comments, Suggestions and Descriptions of Support Services" |
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| Questions and Discussion | ||
| 12:15-1:30 pm Lunch and Informal Discussion | ||
| Contact Persons: Ellen Straurowsky, staurows@ithaca.edu Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator, 204 Williams Hall, 274-3324. Contact Persons: |
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| EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: DEMONSTRATIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND POLICY CONUNDRUMS |
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Saturday, February 24 9:00 - noon TEXTOR 101 |
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| In this workshop, we will explore important new technologies, e.g. Internet Appliances, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's), bio-recognition, peer-to-peer networking (e.g. Napster), and the possibilities for ubiquitous computing implied by wireless networks. This will be followed by a brief update on faculty using CourseInfo (the Web authoring and presentation environment) for their teaching, and then a panel discussion on some of the social, fiscal and pedagogical implications of these new technologies, and the institutional policy problems to be confronted. Mike Taves is the Director of Academic Computing & Client Services, which supports all the file and communications servers for the campus, as well as provides desktop computer support for all campus users. His field of interest in technology has long been in the area of the impact of computers and networks as communications media, and the social and knowledge networks that develop as a result. Dave Weil is the Associate Director of Academic Computing & Client Services. Part of his responsibility is to keep abreast of emerging technologies and to explore ways in which they may be of interest to the Ithaca College community (i.e., he's a gadget addict). Over the past eleven years Dave has been assisting faculty with learning about new technologies and how to integrate them into the classroom. Kathy Barbieri is a User Support Specialist in Academic Computing & Client Services, and part of her role is to be an advocate for faculty. Her interests include working with faculty to enhance curriculum with computer based education and technology. She is responsible for CourseInfo, the Center for Educational Technology (CET) program and for creating and teaching a variety of workshops. Kathy has held teaching positions at Tufts University, Cornell University, TC3 and Ithaca College. Sandra L. Herndon, Ph. D., Professor and Chair of the Graduate Program in Communications, OCLD Department, teaches and writes about the impact of new technology on organizations and the people in them. As a neo-Luddite who couldn't do without e-mail, she is particularly suited to participate on this panel. |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 Coffee and Introductions | ||
| 9:30 - 9:45 Opening Remarks - Michael Taves | ||
| 9:45 - 10:45 Discussion and Demonstration of Selected Emerging Technologies - David Weil | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 CourseInfo Update - Kathy Barbieri | ||
| 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:00 Panel Discussion - Sandra Herndon, Michael Taves, David Weil | ||
| Contact Persons: David Weil, dweil@ithaca.edu Michael Taves, taves@ithaca.edu |
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| DESIGNING THE SYLLABUS Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator |
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Monday, August 21, 2000 Williams Hall 224 12:10 - l:00 This workshop will be repeated on: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 Clarke Lounge, Egbert Hall 12:10 - l:00 |
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| Your Faculty Development Committee and the Office of the Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs invite all new faculty to this before-classes-begin-and-before-chaos-reigns workshop. In this workshop we'll discuss the components of the syllabus that provide guidelines for both faculty and students. Of special interest might be the discussion on assignments that address complexity of critical thinking. While not a discussion on critical thinking per se (that can come in a later workshop), you might find this overview helpful as you plan your syllabi. Sample syllabi will be available for your perusal. Very informal. Please feel free to bring a brown bag lunch to either session. Because of the room location for the August 21 session, we cannot provide beverages; beverages and dessert will be served, however, at the August 29 workshop. | ||
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Contact Person: Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator, 204 Williams Hall, 274-3324. |
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| DATABASE FOCUS: THE BASICS Gale Stevenson, Library Resources |
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Tuesday, September 12, 2000 Technology Learning Center, Friends 101 12:10-l:00 p.m |
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| In this workshop we will take a look at three frequently used database interfaces: First Search, ProQuest, and InfoTrac. Instruction will be slow to allow for better "hands-on" activities, and the group will be limited to the number of computers available in the lab | ||
| Gale Stevenson is the Assistant Director for Information Resources and Educational Services for the Ithaca College library. Prior to coming to the college, she served as Assistant Head of Information Services for the New York Public Library (Science, Industry and Business Library) and as Assistant Business Librarian for the Brooklyn Public Library. | ||
| The library staff is available to present specialized training sessions for faculty. Please contact Gale if you or your department would like to arrange for additional training. | ||
| Please note that due to the location of this workshop, food will not be permitted | ||
| Register by sending e-mail to Nancy Kotmel, Continuing Education Contact Person: Mary Ann Rishel, Faculty Development Coordinator, 204 Williams Hall, 274-3324. |
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| Alexander Technique Workshop An Exploration of Mind-Body Education in College Life. |
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All members of the IC community are welcome to these listed events. (This is part of a three-day workshop for registered participants.) |
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| Friday, October 20 9:00 am - 10:00 am Emerson Suites Introduction to the Alexander Technique, Bruce Fertman, keynote presenter. |
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| Friday, October 20 1:15 pm -2:15 pm Clark Theatre, Dillingham Center Application Demonstration of the Alexander Technique, A small class session with an Alexander teacher is also possible during the same time period as the Application Demonstration. |
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| Saturday, October 21 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Clark Theatre, Dillingham Center Application Demonstration of the Alexander Technique. |
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| Saturday, October 21 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Clark Theatre, Dillingham Center Application Demonstration of the Alexander Technique. |
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| Contact Persons: Eugenia Wacker-Hoeflin, ewacker@ithaca.edu Nancy Kotmel, Office of Continuing Education, nkotmel@ithaca.edu |
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