Monday,
December 4, 2006
Volume 17, Issue 110

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FROM THE COLLEGE

Arts and Sciences Technology Survey

The A&S Faculty Council Technology Committee is conducting a survey on technology issues within the College. The survey looks at three basic areas: Technology Needs, Service, and Email.
The survey should take about
5-10 minutes to complete. All Faculty, Staff, and Teaching
and Researching Graduate Students are asked to
participate in the survey which will be used for future planning within the College. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey on something that is continuing to influence our daily lives more and more.

The survey is at
http://academic.slu.edu/ql?Q
Please take the survey
only once, and pass this link on to other colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences. The survey will be up for a limited amount of time.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Mid-Year Celebration

Please make a note............
of the time change for the 2006
Mid-Year Commencement ceremony on Friday, December 15, 2006. The original time was 3:15 p.m. but the new time is 2:00 p.m. A notice was sent to the students who RSVP'd. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Dill, Event Specialist, at 7-3728 or dilldk@slu.edu.

ANNUAL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY

The annual College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 from 3-5 p.m. in the St. Francis Xavier (College) Church Ballroom.

Faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences as well as students with declared majors in the College are encouraged to submit nominations for the College's Annual Excellence Awards. One full-time professor in each of the College divisions (humanities, sciences, social sciences) will be chosen for an Excellence in Teaching Award. An Excellence in Mentoring Award will be given to one full-time faculty member from the College.

Submit your nomination by dropping it off in Fusz Hall, Second Floor or by email to thienlr@slu.edu.
Nomination forms can be accessed at:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/
AS/eventsnews.html

Deadline to submit nominations:
January 30, 2007.

The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence: Learning to Teach On-Line

A Conversation About On-Line Pedagogy
December 4, 3:00-4:30 p.m.,
Verhaegen 212
Mary Rose Grant, School of Professional Studies
Faculty of all experience levels are invited to join an informal conversation around "what works" in the on-line environment.

The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce two new resources for faculty. The Center is now publishing a monthly electronic newsletter on Learning Technologies. The October 2006 issue can be accessed online at:
http://cte.slu.edu/lt/oct06lt.html

Please send an e-mail to Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu if you would like to receive the newsletter via e-mail each month or if you would like to suggest a topic to be covered.

The Center has also debuted a new website resource area called “The Reading Room” at http://cte.slu.edu The Reading Room will offer a small select group of resources on different teaching topics. The current topic is Teaching Millennial Students. Upcoming topics include plagiarism and classroom civility. Again, contact Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu if you would like to suggest a topic for the Reading Room.

Workshops sponsored by Office of Research Services Administration and the Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence (ORSA and CTE):

Brownbag Luncheons:

December 4, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Cook School of Business 230:
“Life after Graduate School”
Panel Discussion with Ellen Harshman, Ben Asen, Deb Haire-Joshu, and Guest Speaker, Jerry Baltz

December 5, 4:30-6:00 pm, Verhaegen 324:
“Dissertation Dialogue”
Shelia Lischwe and Colleen Casey, Ph.D. Candidates

ATTENTION FACULTY:
The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence is conducting a survey to help determine pedagogical needs of faculty around the area of online teaching. Please help us develop programming to meet your needs by completing the short
survey at:
https://academic.slu.edu/
servlet/TestPilot3/surveys/
099/onlinesurvey.tp3

For more information, please contact Sandy Gambill at gambill@slu.edu

December 8
Department of Biology Seminar: Kevin Conway, SLU Department of Biology, will present "What Can Gill-Arch Characters Tell Us About The Interrelationships of Cypriniform Fishes?"; Casey Dillman, SLU Department of Biology, will present "Molecular Systematics & Biogeography at Different Scales. Examples from North American Freshwater Crayfished (Decapoda: Cambaridae)" at 1:00 p.m. in Kelley Auditorium LH-1.

ACADEMIC NEWS

Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards

English
Dr. Harold K. Bush presented a lecture about his new book, Mark Twain and The Spiritual Crisis of His Age for The Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Covenant Seminary's "Friday Nights @ the Institute" at Kaldi's Coffee House in Kirkwood.

Dr. Bush's book, Mark Twain and The Spiritual Crisis of His Age, was reviewed by John P. Cleary, November 28, 2006, in the Elmira Star Gazette (NY).
http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006611280308

Community Outreach, Partnerships, Media Events

External Funding, Research Productivity