Visit the Faculty Teaching Showcase on February 20

Faculty, instructors, and GTAs are invited to attend the Faculty Teaching Showcase to learn how other faculty use online techniques and tools for teaching classes. Visit with faculty about how they use technologies in both online and on-ground classrooms. Attend this event to:

* View 20 exhibits of current courses and online technologies
* Visit with these instructors about technology in their on-ground or online courses:

• Aaron Ley, Political Science & Public Administration
• Brenda Kallio, Educational Leadership
• Desiree Tandee, Nutrition & Dietetics
• Dheeshana Jayasundara, Social Work
• Gary Towne, Music
• Harold Dabel, Languages
• Jeremiah Neubert, Mechanical Engineering
• John Bridewell, Aviation
• Kimberly Cowden, Indian Studies
• Kristen Votava, Teaching & Learning

Click this link for more details: http://und.edu/academics/cilt/_files/docs/showcase-faculty-3-13.pdf

Visit the Showcase between noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 20 in the Memorial Union, River Valley Room. To reserve a complimentary lunch, visit http://und.edu/academics/cilt/workshops/workshops.cfm, send an e-mail to shae.samuelson@und.edu or call 777-2129. Please make reservations by Friday noon, February 15^th.

–Co-sponsored by the Senate Continuing Education Committee and Center for Instructional & Learning Technologies.

A shout out to Graduate Students who teach

Today, I am providing a cross post to the Teaching Thursday blog (yes, I know it is Tuesday!), but in the interest of providing a way for graduate students to make connections and contribute to the scholarly voice of campus, this seems very timely. Check out the post for “Expanding the Discussion”, here.

A Graduate Focus on Teaching Thursday

Why reinvent the wheel? Today’s Teaching Thursday blog has a great post from Rebecca Romsdahl, Assistant Professor in UND’s Department of Earth System Science & Policy. She discusses Bridging the Gap in Graduate Education.

The Office of Instructional Development has invited Rebecca and Patti Aleva (Law) to present this at the upcoming On Teaching Lunch Seminar. The Graduate School will post details about that seminar next week.

Welcome back, students!

We are now officially into the fall semester after what seems to have been an all-too-short summer break. This past week, The Graduate School hosted two days of orientation for a record number of students.

More than 140 new graduate students joined us on Wednesday, and even some of those braved the stormy weather to come to University Park for the picnic.

On Thursday, over 100 new Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants listened to a variety of sessions that focused on their new jobs on campus.

We are excited by the turnout, and optimistic at the prospect of a record enrollment this fall. Welcome back to our current students and for those who are new, enjoy your classes and your new academic environments.

The storm didn't dampen our spirits