Thursday, 05 Feb 2015
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Create, Fund, and Institutionalize Unique Opportunities for Global Learning
Developing global competencies is vital for our undergraduates and ourselves. Award-winning Morrill Professor Gail Nonnecke, Horticulture and Global Resource Systems, and David Acker, Associate Dean of Academic and Global Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences share how they developed and funded global experiences for their students.
Thursday, 12 Feb 2015
P&S Professional Development Conference
"Discover Your Treasure."
Friday, 13 Feb 2015
Workshop: Introduction to Iowa Politics and Political Parties
"Ready to Run Iowa" is nonpartisan, campaign training for women considering running for elective office in Iowa, preparing for appointive office, or seeking to be leaders in their communities. Registration is required.
Workshop: Political Appointments and Advocacy
"Ready to Run Iowa" is nonpartisan, campaign training for women considering running for elective office in Iowa, preparing for appointive office, or seeking to be leaders in their communities. Registration is required.
Monday, 16 Feb 2015
Language of Climate: Are you sending the message that cheating is okay in your classroom?
Education professor Bob Reason researches how individual student behaviors are encouraged and discouraged by classroom climates. Are you inadvertently telling your students that cheating is okay in your class? Dr. Reason shares current research on what drives students to cheat, best practices for preventing academic dishonesty in your classroom, and how you can address integrity with your students.
Documenting (and Boosting) Your Research Impact
This workshop, relevant to faculty in all disciplines and ranks, is designed to provide examples of ways to document and improve your scholarly impact.
Thursday, 19 Feb 2015
University Policies for Lecturers, Clinicians and Adjunct Faculty - Session 2
Workshop for lecturers, clinicians, and adjunct faculty - part 2
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Creating Large-Lecture Community through Effective Questioning
Award-winning faculty member Kevin Schalinske shares how he creates a comfortable atmosphere in his ~100 student biochemistry/molecular biology-rich advanced nutrition and human metabolism classes.
Monday, 23 Feb 2015
CANCELED: Active Listening & Effective Communication
This workshop has been canceled.
Tuesday, 24 Feb 2015
Panel: Chinese Students, American Classrooms: What do students have to say?
A panel of international and domestic students share what issues they are encountering academically--What works for them in the classroom? What doesn't? Hear advice on best practices from the people those practices effect the most--our students.
Friday, 27 Feb 2015
University Policies for Lecturers, Clinicians and Adjunct Faculty - Session 2
Workshop for lecturers, clinicians, and adjunct faculty - part 2
Getting Started with EndNote Web
This workshop for beginners introduces EndNote Web, a free bibliographic management program that helps you collect, organize, format and use your collected citations in your writing projects. Preregistration required.
Lecture: This Is Sparta!
"Ancient Government in the Modern Classroom" - Mike Lippman, assistant professor of the Practice in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln