Schedule:  2009-2010  (last updated 11/05/2009)

TFD meets in the CATL Conference Room (Wing 161) on alternate Tuesdays, from 4:00 - 5:30 PM EXCEPT FOR OUR FIRST MEETING THIS FALL (see below).  Feel free to  choose individual sessions if you cannot attend every one.

Fall 2009                                                        Jump to Spring 2010 (under construction)

Sept. 8   Meet in 432 Wimberly Hall this time!

CowWelcome back!  Or Welcome aboard!  We will meet in Wing 161 if it is ready by then.  Topic:  Following the Herd (What's CATL doing this year?)  See the Center for Teaching and Learning, including the IE section (http://www.uwlax.edu/catl/inclusiveexcellence/index.htm) and the CATL Schedule for 2009-2010

You are my guinea pigs for some of the initiatives I'm working on with our colleagues across campus, so I will have a gig for you today.  'Twill be fun, and your feedback will be valuable to us. 

Sept. 22   Meet in 432 Wimberly Hall again!

Peer review (of students, by students) and diversity issues.  Reading:  Jerome Ammer, "Peer evaluation model for enhancing writing performance of students with learning disabilities," Reading & Writing Quarterly 14:  3 (Jul-Sep1998).  https://libweb.uwlax.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=837773&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Oct. 6

POTLUCK!  Please note that we will start at 5 PM this time, so you have a chance to get to Sara's!  Meeting at Sara's (contact Deb Hoskins for directions).  Today is GIFT Day:  Great Ideas for Teaching (For Diversity).  Share a teaching idea that can be generalized beyond your discipline and that aids inclusivity.  Need not be your own invention!  Who's bringing a gift? 

Oct. 20

Pilot of CATL Workshop on Universal Design of Graded Assignments.   

Nov. 3

Elizabeth Whitt and Marcia Edison, "Influences on Students' Openness to Diversity and Challenge in the Second and Third Years of College," Journal of Higher Education 72:  2 (Mar/Apr, 2001): 172-204.  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4155733&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-live

Nov. 17

Harper, S. R., & Hurtado, S. (2007). "Nine themes in campus racial climates and implications for institutional transformation," In S. R. Harper, & L. D. Patton (Eds.), Responding to the realities of race on campus. New Directions for Student Services (No. 120, pp. 7-24). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  Download the Paper

Dec. 1

Party! 

Spring 2010

Jan. 26 

Welcome back!  Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapters 6 and 7.

Feb. 9 

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapters 8 and 9.

Feb. 23  

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapters 4 and 10

Mar. 9

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapters 3 and 11

Mar. 23 

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapter 12

Apr. 6 

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapter 13

Apr. 20

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapter 14

Apr. 27

Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations, Chapter 16 and Celebration!

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