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The Ignatian Anniversary Year

____________________________

THE UNDERGRADUATE SUMMIT SERIES VI:
A CAPSTONE EVENT
ON
THE SLU UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

Friday, MARCH 24, 2006
1-4 p.m.
College Church-Lower Level

ALL ARE INVITED
To register: contact Maureen Burkhardt
at burkhams@slu.edu

FOR FACULTY AND STAFF:
IGNATIAN YEAR LUNCH and LECTURE

Leadership in Heroic Proportions:
The Jesuit Way
with Chris Lowney
author of Heroic Leadership

Monday, March 27
Great Issues: Forming Tomorrow's
Leaders the Jesuit Way
7-8:15 p.m., BSC 172

Tuesday, March 28
The Jesuit Way: Responding
to the World's Health Care Needs
Noon-1 p.m., AHP
multi-purpose room
and
Heroic Leadership in our Workday World:
The Jesuit Way
5-6:30 p.m.,
Carlo Auditorium, Tegeler Hall

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Ignatian Year Lunch:
Leadership in Heroic Proportions:
The Jesuit Way
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Busch Student Center, Room 170
Please respond by Wednesday, March 22
by email at ignatian@slu.edu
or call 977-2428.

THE UNDERGRADUATE SUMMIT SERIES VI:
A CAPSTONE EVENT
ON THE SLU
UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

AGENDA:
12:30-1:00
Registration

1:00-1:45
Where have we been?
Showcase of accomplishments
Success of committees
Joe Weixlmann, Ph.D., Provost

University Academic Affairs Committee
Chair: Marla Berg Weger
Undergraduate Initiatives Committee
Co-Chairs: Paaige Turner, Dee Kauffman
First-Year Experience Committee
Co-Chairs: Leanna Fenneberg, Liz Hogan
Sophomore/Junior Experience Committee
Co-Chairs: Donald Stump, Argyle Wade
Senior Experience Committee
Co-Chairs: Kim Reitter, Fred Yeager

1:45-2:15
Where are we now?
Issues of retention
Recommendations from retention consultant visit
Marla Berg-Weger, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Provost

2:15-2:30
Break

2:30-3:15
Where are we going?

Small group discussion:
How do we address concerns of retention?
How do we continue the momentum of the undergraduate experience, and continue to improve the experience for students at SLU?
How do we continue to promote partnerships and collaborations toward seamless in-class and out-of-class experiences for students?
How do we share 'best practices' of the undergraduate experience on campus to inform and inspire the work of others on campus?

3:15-4:00
Dessert reception in appreciation for commitment to the undergraduate experience at SLU.

RSVP to Maureen Burkhardt at burkhams@slu.edu
EVENTS OF THE WEEK
SPRING SEMESTER CALENDAR

March 22
"Stories of Hope" is a play put to music of real-life stories of many of the women who have participated in Let's Start, a support program which helps women move from prison life to society. It will be presented at 7:00 p.m. in John and Lucy Cook Hall, Anheuser-Busch Auditorium.
The program is open to all in the University community, and is co-sponsored by the VOICES Project, UNA, African American Studies, School of Social Work, Doerr Center for Social Justice, MSWSA, and Amnesty International.

Spring Program for Chairs and Program Directors:
Thursday, March 23, 2006
12:00 - 1:30 p.m., BSC 352/353

"Faculty Portfolio Development"
Marilyn Miller, Ph.D., Academic Portfolio Retreat facilitator, will share information about the Retreat and strategies for supporting faculty in developing materials for tenure and promotion.

March 23, Chairs' Meeting, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Busch Student Center 351.

March 23
Homeless Awareness Week: SLU will be hosting Open Doors 2006 from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The University will open its doors to individuals who are homeless and in need within our community. This annual event provides assistance in the area of employment, housing, medical care screening, counseling, legal services and literacy education. During this event participants are provided with clothing, meal, children activities and hospitality from students, staff and faculty at SLU. All are invited. At this time, lunch will be provided in the Simon Recreation Center.

Interested volunteers can attend an Open Door Training session today, March 20th at noon and Tuesday, March 21 at 1:00 p.m. in the Busch Student Center 315. For questions, please contact Kevin Tucker at 977-3880 or at tuckerk@slu.edu.

March 25
Annual French and Spanish Graduate and Undergraduate Symposium, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., in Ritter Hall (third floor).

FROM THE COLLEGE

The 7th Henle Conference in the
History of Philosophy

Interpersonal Perspectives and Knowledge

Friday and Saturday, March 31-April 1, 2006 Saint Louis University Pius XII Memorial Library Knight's Room

Friday, March 31, 2006
12:30 p.m. Welcoming Remarks
12:45 p.m. Robert Gibbs
(University of Toronto)
"'Après vous': Theory and Asymmetry"
Comments: Steven Hendley (Birmingham-Southern College)
2:45 p.m. Steven Crowell (Rice University)
"Phenomenology and the First-Person Character of Philosophical Knowledge"
Comments: Thomas Nenon (University of Memphis)
WADE MEMORIAL LECTURE
4:45 p.m. Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh)
"Kantian Lessons about Mind, Meaning, and Rationality"

Saturday, April 1, 2006
10:30 a.m. Ed Minar (University of Arkansas)
"A View from Somewhere: Wittgenstein, Nagel, and Idealism"
Comments: Mark Risjord (Emory University)
2:00 p.m. Michael Barber, S.J. (Saint Louis University)
"Internalism, Temporality, and Radical Reflection: Brandom and Husserl on Philosophical Methodology"
Comments: William Rehg, S.J. (Saint Louis University)
4:00 p.m. Lynne Baker (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)
"First-Person Externalism"
Comments: Bernard Reginster (Brown University)

For more information, email:
Michael D. Barber, S.J., or
Jamie Hendrix (Administrative Secretary)
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/
AS/philos
314-977-3149

Study Abroad Courses and Programs Featured in
University News

The expanding opportunities that SLU offers students who aspire to gain international cross-cultural understanding through a foreign learning experience were the focus of a Features page in a recent University News issue. In addition to reporting on the growing number of SLU-approved programs, the report spotlighted three innovative A&S offerings: the History Department's summer program to Istanbul
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/
AS/languages/istanbul_
unews.pdf, the pre-departure cross-cultural preparation course, started in 2005-06, and the re-entry from study abroad course, initiating in fall 06
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/
AS/languages/study_abroad
_courses_unews.pdf.
The pre-departure and re-entry courses are housed in the Modern and Classical Languages Department and cross-listed in International Studies and Honors Programs.

College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Awards
and
Mentoring Award


The following faculty members have been selected to receive 2006 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Awards at the Annual Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 18, 2006:

Dr. Caroline Reitz (English)
The Helen I. Mandeville Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Humanities

Dr. Katherine MacKinnon (Sociology & Criminal Justice)
The Robert A. Johnston, S.J. Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences

Dr. Jon Fisher (Biology) The William V. Stauder, S.J. Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Natural Sciences

Dr. Karla Scott (African-American Studies, Communication) The Chauncey E. Finch Award for Excellence in Advising

Each of these award recipients will receive an engraved College medallion and a $1,000.00 grant for professional expenses.

The following faculty were nominated by their students and peers for the above awards and will be recognized as finalists. They will receive a certificate of excellence at the Ceremony.

Excellence in Teaching:
Dr. Judy Durham (Chemistry)
Dr. Robert Krizek (Communication)
Dr. Annie Smart (Modern and Classical Languages)
Dr. Paaige Turner (Communication)

Excellence in Mentoring:
Dr. Hal Bush (English)
Dr. Paul Jelliss (Chemistry)
Dr. Shelley Minteer (Chemistry)
Dr. Joya Uraizee (English)

DON'T MISS
"Keen Vision: The Gary C. Werths Collection"
at SLUMA

"Keen Vision: The Gary C. Werths Collection" is a significant exhibition, in part, because one finds within it the works of many notable artists such as Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Jacques Lipchitz, Jim Dine, Kiki Smith and William Morris. But it is made more significant because of the motive of our collector, Gary C. Werths, who has chosen to share such work with us.

SLU Film Studies Program - Campus Film Series, Spring 2006
Thursdays, 7:00 p.m., Kelley Auditorium, No Cover.
Films are introduced by Film Studies and invited faculty.

March 23
Whale Rider (Caro, New Zealand, 2002) 1:45

March 30
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928, silent) 1:22

April 6
Brother (Balabanov, Russia, 1997) 1:36

April 20
Les Choristes (Barratier, France, 2004) 1:37

April 27
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (Elliott, USA, 2000) 1:30

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.

















April 6
Faculty Council meeting, 3-5 p.m., Busch Student Center 253C/253D

Workshops on Grading and Assessment on May 16, 2006

Barbara E. Walvoord, Ph.D., author of Effective Grading and Assessment Clear and Simple, Chair of Assessment Committee, Fellow of the Intstitute for Educational Initiatives, and Professor of English, University of Notre Dame, will offer two workshops on May 16 to SLU faculty and staff.

For Faculty:
Tuesday, May 16, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Busch Student Center, Saint Louis Room
Making the Grading Process Fair, Time-Efficient, and Useful for Student Learning AND Using the Grading Process for Departmental Decisions

The workshop addresses these questions:

How do I create assignments that demand high-quality student thinking?

How can I make grading fair and consistent for all my students?

How can we make grading consistent across sections of the same course?

How can we deal effectively with "grade inflation"?

How can we help students focus on the learning, not just on the grade?

How can we make grading time-efficient?

How can we use classroom evaluation of student learning for departmental and program-level improvement?

For "Unit" Directors and Faculty:
Tuesday, May 16, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., Busch Student Center, Saint Louis Room
Practical and Feasible Ways to Assess and Improve Student Learning in Departments and General Education

Issues include:

how to get department members on board; how to do assessment within available time and resources; what is the most basic, simple, no-frills assessment plan; how to simplify an assessment plan that is too complicated; how to construct workable goals for learning; how to choose assessment measures that are sustainable and useful; how to conduct simple yet useful surveys of students and alumni; how to use the grading process for assessment; how to ensure validity and reliability in measures; and how to actually USE your data for the benefit of the department and its students.

For more information, contact Julie Weissman, Associate Provost, at 977-2193 or at weissman@slu.edu.
To register: http://fyp.slu.edu/

 

 

 

 

 

 







ACADEMIC NEWS

Faculty Publications, Presentations, Awards

English
Dr. Antony Hasler's translation of Georg Heym's Poems has been published in the United States by Northwestern University Press. The British edition, published by Libris, was named a finalist for the Weidenfeld Prize. The Prize is awarded to the best literary translation in any language.

Fine and Performing Arts
Dr. Cynthia Stollhans, Art History, delivered a paper titled "The Theodoli Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo: Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Jerome in the Service of a Family Dynasty," in a session on Roman Chapels, 1550-1750, at the recent annual conference of the College Art Association in Boston, MA.

History
Patrick J. O'Banion, a Ph.D. candidate, has authored "'A priest who appears good': Manuals of Confession and the Construction of Clerical Identity in Early Modern Spain," Dutch Review of Church History/Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgescheidenis, 85 (2005): 333-48.

Philosophy
Dr. John P. Doyle authored a translation from the Latin, with an Introduction and Notes titled "Francisco Suárez, S.J.: On Real Relation (Disputatio Metaphysica XLVII)" which was published by Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2006, 430 pp. -- (ISBN -13:978-0-87462-245-4. ISBN- 10 0-87462-245-4).

Physics
Dr. J. Potvin submitted a proposal titled: "Fidelity Assessment of High-Order Parachute Inflation Computer Simulation" to Dr. Kenneth J. Desabrais and Mr. Jose A. Miletti, US army Natick Soldier Center, under Solicitation Number 05-07 Natick BAA. Awarded for $115,101, to be used during the period of January 1 - October 30, 2006.

Political Science
Dr. Tim Lomperis authored an article "To a Baghdad Victory Via Saigon" which will be published in the World Affairs Quarterly, Spring 2006 issue.

Theological Studies
Dr. Kenneth Steinhauser authored a critical edition of Anonymi in Iob commentarius, a fourth century Latin commentary on the book of Job, in the series Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, vol. 96 (Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2006).

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