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Volume 17, Issue 83

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Don't forget to submit important departmental news to
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 College of Arts and Sciences

 


The Ignatian Anniversary Year

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March 28-29, 2006
Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership, visits campus
More information will be forthcoming.

Fulbright Faculty Workshop

• Learn about lecturing and research opportunities in 140 countries
• Get advice on which country to apply to and how to make
contacts abroad
• Learn how to prepare the Fulbright application
• Explore how your campus can host visiting foreign Fulbright scholars

Location: St. Louis Community College
Cosand Center, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room
300 South Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102

Date/Time: Friday, February 17, 2006
9:00 a.m. - Noon

There is no charge for the workshop. To reserve a seat, please contact Lindsey Lester-Brutscher at (314) 539-5350 or lbrutscher@stlcc.edu. Space is limited; please RSVP by February 13, 2006.

 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
SPRING SEMESTER CALENDAR

 

 

 

 

February 8
Spring program for chairs and program directors: "Performance Communication" will present areas of development, particularly substandard performance; ways in which Human Resources can assist in expediting faculty or staff dismissals; and helping faculty retire. Presenters are: Joe Weixlmann, Provost; Don Brennan, Dean, Graduate School; and Kathy Hagedorn, VP, Human Resources. This event will take place in Busch Student Center 352/353 beginning at noon with a light lunch and ending at 1:30 p.m. To RSVP call Maureen Burkhardt at 977-3078 or by email.

February 9
Film Studies Program - Campus Film Series, Spring 2006: Nowhere in Africa (Link, Germany, 2002), 7:00 p.m., Kelley Auditorium. No cover.

The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

February 7
The Ninth Annual Faculty Winter Institute:
The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence, Information Technology Services, and the Office of the Provost will be offering the Ninth Annual Faculty Winter Institute. The Institute, which will be held on February 7, 2006 (8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.) will focus on a model of online course design developed through a partnership of Jesuit institutions. Dr. Richard Vigilante, Executive Director of the Jesuit Distance Education Network, will present an overview of the Competency Assessment in Distributed Education (CADE) model. JNet describes the model as "using evidence-centered design to identify and assess student competencies, and cognitive apprenticeship to promote student mastery of higher-level thinking skills. CADE-designed courses focus not only on what students know, but also on what they can do with what they know. Intellectual rigor and critical thinking have long been the hallmarks of a Jesuit education, and CADE is intended to support these values." For more information, click on the Faculty link. Register by calling CTE at 977-3944 or on the web.

February 14
WebCT Training: "Why WebCT?" Co-taught by the ITS WebCT Team and CTE Staff, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., Verhaegen Hall 212. Call Kim Scharringhausen at 977-3522 to register.

February 14 or February 17
CTE Effective Teaching Seminar: "How Students Learn," 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Verhaegen Hall 212. Linda Bufkin, Educational Studies, will be the presenter.

 

















February 16
Chairs' Meeting in Busch Student Center 254.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
Friday, March 24, 2006
1-4 p.m.
College Church-Lower Level

The Undergraduate Summit Series VI: A Capstone Event on the SLU Undergraduate Experience

More information on the agenda later......

FROM THE COLLEGE

The Faculty Council will be sending out a request for nominations for next year's council. Please consider serving on this body particularly if you have never done so or encourage a colleague to run.

MOCRA EXHIBIT


Untitled, Arshile Gorky
1934
"Arshile Gorky: The Early Years - Drawings and Paintings, 1927 - 1937" will be on exhibit until March 12, 2006 in MOCRA.

Armenian-born Arshile Gorky was one of the most influential artists in the development of Abstract Expressionism. This exhibition will feature over 40 rare drawings and paintings that reveal Gorky's early experiments and hint at his own distinct style that was to reach its maturity in the 1940s. This exhibition is part of "MOCRA: Sources," an occasional series of exhibitions presenting those seminal artists who have influenced the development of modern and contemporary art, and whose impact is seen in the artists of our time who engage the religious and spiritual dimensions in their work.

For more information, please call 977-7170 or mocra@slu.edu; or visit the website.

 







ACADEMIC NEWS

Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards

Fine and Performing Arts
Jim Burwinkel was scenic designer for Caroline or Change at the St. Louis Black Repertory Company. The show was extended for one week due to the extraordinary response and demand from patrons.

Philosophy
Michael D. Barber published an article titled "Rorty's Ethical Dedivinization of the Moralist Self" in Philosophy and Social Criticism 36 (2006): 135-147.

 

 

 

Community Outreach, Partnerships, Media Events

 

External Funding, Research Productivity

 
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