May Faculty College
The May Faculty College offers an extended period of time for faculty to build upon teaching and learning issues addressed throughout the year by the CTL. In collaboration with other programs (e.g., FYP, CBL, IT) the CTL coordinates a series of workshops to explore new ideas, share experiences, and enjoy time spent together in earnest conversation about our profession.
May Faculty College 2007
An Invitation from the Dean
Colleagues,
I hope you will plan to attend this year’s May Faculty College , May 22nd – May 24. This annual gathering has evolved into a series of generative and strategic sessions for the academic program; it is a time when faculty from across the disciplines and staff from across administrative divisions gather to talk about the theory and practice of our common purpose, the liberal education of our students. Unlike years past when the May Faculty College program has been constructed around a central theme, this year’s sessions come from the field, as it were; they were proposed by our colleagues in a response to a call.
Each day will start with a morning plenary session that may serve to frame important future discussions about our collective mission and our curricular and co-curricular aims and objectives. In the first plenary, members of a Middle States working group and members of the AAC&U Core Commitments grant group will collaborate on a presentation to engage us in discussions about our educational objectives and priorities. The second plenary will guide us through provocative technological advances and prompt us to think about their implications for liberal inquiry. Finally, the third plenary is a rare chance to hear from a group of senior colleagues as they reflect on changes in our mission, our student body, and our faculty culture over the past 30 years.
All of the afternoon sessions are based on proposals submitted by our faculty and staff colleagues. Each session is an opportunity to gather with colleagues outside of formal meeting spaces and specific programs to celebrate one another’s creative, successful teaching practices and the theory and thought that goes in to our work with students.
The integration of Learning Circles throughout the three-day program is designed to give participants ample opportunity to reflect on and discuss the implications of the topics and data presented and the interpretations offered.
Please, then, plan to attend this year’s May Faculty College to help shape the future of our work together.
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