Truman State University
PML 204
100 E Normal Street
Kirksville, MO 63501
E-mail -
ctl@truman.edu
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thank You
To Dan Mandell (History), Jennifer Hurst (Health & Exercise
Science), and Warren Gooch (Music) who shared their research and creative
activity with the Weekly Lunch
bunch November 19. We learned about their different scholarly processes, and
their passions. Thanks so much for helping make this last Weekly Lunch of the
semester a success!
To Thomas Adams, representative from
Missouri Foundation for Health,
who met last Wednesday with a full room of faculty and staff interested in
pursuing grants from this organization.
To Christine Harker (English & Linguistics) who again offered colleagues
a chance to learn from her groundbreaking NCAT project with an Extra Edition
Weekly Lunch on November 20,
How I Redesigned My Course and Got More of What I Wanted. We are excited
about the additional projects being inspired by this first one, and grateful to
Dr. Bill Graves (UNC-Chapel Hill/SunGard) who focused attention on the national
importance of NCAT-type work during his sessions here on November 12.
To Bonnie Mitchell (Anthropology, Geography & Sociology) who presented a
fine Global Issues Colloquium
session on November 20. Indigenous Survival: Strategies of Cultural
Resistance captured the attention of a full house. The Global Issues
steering committee is planning three more provocative sessions spring semester.
Watch for more details.
Coming Soon
Tips for the Peer Review of Teaching session for Department Chairs
will be December 18 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm in PML 205. We will learn to do
peer review of teaching and peer review of syllabi. Rsvp
here.
Are you going up for Promotion? For Tenure? For formative review? Then mark your
calendar now for the annual Promotion and Tenure Portfolio Blitz
scheduled for January 6 and 7, 2009. This workshop provides: materials
that help you to more fully explicate your activity; peer reviewers for first
drafts who help you state things succinctly for out-of-field reviewers; prompts
for including and tips for documenting themes that individual faculty typically
leave out. We meet from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon both days, and you prepare
your materials during the afternoons and evenings. Bridget Thomas (Classical
& Modern Languages), who had her portfolio showcased in Peter Seldin’s
The Teaching Portfolio, 2nd ed., will assist with this workshop. Rsvp
here.
Have you got ideas for articles that you just can’t get to during the teaching
semester? Are you part of one of the many Truman student learning experiences
that the world doesn’t know about? The scholarly writing workshop, Publish
and Flourish, will be held from January 5-9. Start the week with an
introduction to this efficient method of getting your writing done; then
continue through the week to write on your own submitting drafts of work to the
writing circle that participates. Those writing about Truman’s student research
program will be especially well-represented among attendees this time, but the
workshop is open to anyone who is interested. Sara Orel (Fine Arts) will
help facilitate this workshop. Rsvp
here.
Thanksgiving Reflection
Even on
crutches he quietly stands taller than everyone else milling about in Mainstreet
Market. Though whether it is physical height rather than stature derived from
courage
is hard to distinguish. His commitment
of his precious days to the learning enterprise of Truman both chastens and
inspires those of us who would be worthy to be called his colleagues. Do his
students know what honor
is in their midst? Perhaps they will come to understand as they grow older and
remember; but we colleagues know now. We prize the many legacies left by others
who have gone before us and lived their lives for Truman. At this season of
thanksgiving let us be grateful for those whose example we strive to emulate.
Let us be grateful for the opportunity to participate in something larger than
ourselves. Something that outlives each of us, and in so doing preserves a part
of us forever. Courage, Commitment, Honor. Stand tall, Truman!
Also of Interest
Want to
take advantage of the wonderful programs and events that abound in Kirksville
this time of year? Good places to find out about them are:
Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce
Community Events Calendar
Truman State University
Music
Dept. calendar of upcoming events
Truman State University
Theater Dept.
box office schedule
If you teach with any of the
Collegiate Readership Program
newspapers, please
contact
The Center for Teaching and Learning about free resources
available to you.
Hope to see you at some of these events,
Julie