Professors Jody Ralph, Jess Dixon, Julie Smit, Clayton Smith, and Carlin Miller are among the faculty members who benefited from a retreat for those in mid-career.
A two-day retreat in June 2018 focused on mid-career faculty.
Instructors from across campus will come together to explore and exchange effective practices in large-class teaching at “Effectively Teaching in Large Classes: A Symposium of Ideas,” on Friday, November 18.
Organized by faculty members Judy Bornais of nursing and Julie Smit of biological sciences, the event came about as each of them was independently planning to bring a speaker on the topic to campus.
“When we discovered we were on the same track, we thought, why not make a full day of it?” says Bornais.
The Leddy Library is marking the bicentennial of the War of 1812 with a display in its lobby of materials on the conflict.
The cases opposite the Williams Coffee Pub contain books and other materials on this region’s role in the war, including a section on the Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
Read more, including on overview of the key military events, on the library’s Web site.
