Coming Events in the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning
Collaborations once again abound in the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning. Please take a minute to read what programs the Center is offering for September. Take a look as well at just a few of the upcoming events the CLTL will be hosting in October and November and at other faculty development opportunities that are being offered around campus and beyond.
November is shaping up to be a busy month in the CLTL. Please take a look at what is on offer, and check out our upcoming Open Classroom Week scheduled for February 22鈥�26, 2016. See details below.
Funding Opportunities
Course Development Stipends
The CLTL and Eric Morser, Faculty Director of Civic Engagement, are pleased to offer
three stipends in the amount of $1,500 each for the development of courses that focus
on civic engagement.
If you are interested in applying for a stipend, please submit a brief (one- or two-page)
proposal to bastress@skidmore.edu and emorser@skidmore.edu describing the course you plan to develop or significantly revise. Assuming the proposal
is approved, you will receive $500 at that point. The remaining $1,000 will be distributed
once Curriculum Committee approves the course. Finally, we ask that you offer the
course no later than the 2017鈥揳cademic year.
Faculty Interest Groups
Faculty interest groups (FIGs) offer informal opportunities for faculty to engage in conversations regarding scholarship, pedagogy, college citizenship, and other topics of mutual interest. They are also wonderful moments for networking and mentoring. The CLTL has funds to help groups purchase materials and/or to bring in speakers. Please contact bastress@skidmore.edu if you would like to start a FIG.
CLTL Events
Evaluating Student Multi-Media Projects/Presentations
Date: November 17, 2015
Time: 4鈥�5 p.m.
Location: Weller Room (212 Library)
Deb Hall, Associate Professor in Art, and Adam Tinkle of MDOCS, will talk about effective
methods for evaluating student visual/multi-media projects and presentations. As we
near the end of the semester, this is a timely topic for faculty who have assigned
final projects and presentations.
Faculty-to-Faculty Presentation
Date: November 18, 2015
Time: 4鈥�5 p.m.
Location: Weller Room (212 Library)
The CLTL is very pleased to welcome Kate Graney, associate professor of government, as this month鈥檚 F-t-F speaker. Kate鈥檚 topic is:
Re-Orienting Europe: Europeanization in the Former Soviet Union
In 1985, as part of his 鈥淣ew Thinking鈥� in foreign policy, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
declared that the Soviet Union was ready to end the Cold War and re-join Europe, which
he referred to as 鈥渙ur common home.鈥� What did Gorbachev think he was saying when he
made the claim about the Soviet Union 鈥渂elonging to Europe鈥�? Did 鈥淓urope鈥� agree with
him that the Soviet Union shared its 鈥渃ommon home鈥�? What has become of Gorbachev鈥檚
claims about the Europeanness of the Soviet Union in the years since the collapse
of that state? Kate鈥檚 talk, based on her manuscript tentatively entitled, Re-Orienting Europe: Europeanization in the Former Soviet Union, will investigate these questions.
Please RSVP to bastress@skidmore.edu if you would like to join Kate for her talk.
Mid Career Faculty Discussion with Susan Walzer
Date: November 19, 2015
Time: 4鈥�5 p.m.
Location: Weller Room (212 Library)
Susan Walzer, professor of sociology, has spent many years conducting qualitative
research regarding the experiences of mid-career faculty at 黑料吃瓜网. Last year she
offered a very successful workshop on this topic. This semester she will lead a follow-up
conversation. Please join Susan for this important discussion.
New Faculty Learning Community
Date: November 20, 2015
Time: 4鈥�5:15 p.m.
Location: Weller Room (212 Library)
An Evening with Dr. Charmaine Wijeyesinghe
Date: November 23, 2015
Time: 6鈥�9 p.m.
Location: Bolton 280
Tim Harper, associate professor of management and business; his class MB312, Social Identity in the Workplace; and the CLTL welcome Charmaine Wijeyesinghe.
Wijeyesinghe is an independent consultant in the area of organizational development and social justice. She has studied, consulted, and written extensively about social justice education and organizational change. Wijeyesinghe is the author of several articles and book chapters on multiracial identity, the impact of racial identity on the practice of conflict resolution, and the evolution of identity models.
If you are interested in joining MB312 for this event, please contact tharper@skidmore.edu.
A Thank You
On behalf of the CLTL, I would like to thank Special Programs, and, in particular, Michelle Paquette-Deuel, associate director of academic programs and residencies and director of the Pre-College Program, for inviting the CLTL to collaborate on Elizabeth Kolbert鈥檚 visit to 黑料吃瓜网. The Carr Residency provides a unique opportunity for our community, and I am grateful to the folks in Special Programs for their generosity and expertise.
Upcoming Spring Event
The Open Classroom Week
February 22鈥�26, 2016
Because last year鈥檚 Open Classroom event was such a success, Michael Arnush, chair
of classics, Bill Duffy, chief technology officer, and the CLTL will once again be
asking interested faculty to open one class during the week of February 22鈥�26 to faculty,
staff, and administrators who would like to sit in. This is an opportunity for the
community to learn with our students and to think about and engage with the many exciting
pedagogies going on every day on our campus. As you work on your syllabi for spring
semester, please keep the Open Classroom Week in mind. And, if you already know you
would like to open your classroom, email bastress@skidmore.edu with the following information:
Title of your class; the time, day, location; how many visitors you are willing to
welcome.