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December 2008
Tuesday, December 2nd
- LTC: lunch followed by Teaching Workshop for New Faculty
- New Faculty teaching workshop luncheon followed by workshop until 5:00 pm.
- 12:00 pm, Sayles-Hill 251; then Leighton 304
Wednesday, December 3rd
- LTC: Teaching Workshop for New Faculty
- Winter teaching workshop for new faculty
- 1:00 pm, Leighton 304
Thursday, December 4th
- LTC: Teaching Workshop for New Faculty
- Winter teaching workshop for new faculty
- 1:00 pm, Leighton 304
Friday, December 5th
- LTC: Teaching Workshop for New Faculty
- Winter teaching workshop for new faculty
- 8:30 am, Leighton 304
January 2009
Tuesday, January 13th
- LTC: Developing Institutional Leadership Among Mid-Career Faculty: The Macalester faculty leadership seminar
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Thursday, January 15th
- LTC: Quantitative reasoning in the arts, literature, and humanities
- 4:30 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, January 22nd
- LTC: Exhibitions: Curating and Curriculum
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Thursday, January 29th
- LTC: The Curriculum Review: Perspectives from New Students
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
- LTC/Mellon: Odyssey by Homer, book discussion cosponsored by Mellon FLC
- Back by popular demand—Bronze Age poetry! Thursdays: January 29, February 12, March 5
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
Friday, January 30th
- Team-Based Learning Workshop with Larry Michaelsen
- Have you found that lecturing may be losing some of its effectiveness in reaching today's students? Are you looking for ways to increase your own enjoyment of teaching? Are you skeptical of the value of group work? Team Based Learning (TBL), which focuses on students sharing the responsibility for their learning with the instructor and each other, may be the answer. TBL creator Larry Michaelsen will lead participants to learn about the key characteristics of effective team assignments. Working in teams, participants will have the opportunity to focus on re-designing their own assignments to make them more effective. There will also be time to discuss effective strategies for writing Readiness Assessment Test
- 5:30 pm, Great Hall
Saturday, January 31st
- Team-Based Learning Workshop with Larry Michaelsen
- Have you found that lecturing may be losing some of its effectiveness in reaching today's students? Are you looking for ways to increase your own enjoyment of teaching? Are you skeptical of the value of group work? Team Based Learning (TBL), which focuses on students sharing the responsibility for their learning with the instructor and each other, may be the answer. TBL creator Larry Michaelsen will lead participants to learn about the key characteristics of effective team assignments. Working in teams, participants will have the opportunity to focus on re-designing their own assignments to make them more effective. There will also be time to discuss effective strategies for writing Readiness Assessment Tests.
- 8:30 am, Regents Science Building, St. Olaf College
February 2009
Thursday, February 5th
- LTC: Faculty Scholarship Forum--Kelly Connole
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Monday, February 9th
- LTC/Mellon: Race and Class on Campus: A workshop for faculty
- 9:00 am, Alumni Guest House meeting room
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty Mondays: February 9 and 16, March 9
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
Tuesday, February 10th
- LTC: Chili at Noon
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Thursday, February 12th
- LTC/Mellon: Odyssey by Homer, book discussion cosponsored by Mellon FLC
- Back by popular demand—Bronze Age poetry! Thursdays: January 29, February 12, March 5
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
Monday, February 16th
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty Mondays: February 9 and 16, March 9
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
Tuesday, February 17th
- LTC Student Advisory Committee Meeting
- 12:00 pm, Willis 204
Thursday, February 19th
- LTC/QuIRK: Translating Principles of Learning into Practice: Creating an Integrated Curriculum
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Tuesday, February 24th
- LTC Faculty/Administration Advisory Committee Meeting
- 12:00 pm, Willis 204
Thursday, February 26th
- LTC: The Arb, it’s not just about birdwatching
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
March 2009
Tuesday, March 3rd
- New Faculty Workshop Reunion Lunch
- Follow-up discussion with other new faculty who also attended the New Faculty Workshop, this past December. Lunch provided.
- 12:00 pm, Sayles-Hill 252
Thursday, March 5th
- LTC: Teaming up for results: New directions in teaching using technology
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
- LTC/Mellon: Odyssey by Homer, book discussion cosponsored by Mellon FLC
- Back by popular demand—Bronze Age poetry! Thursdays: January 29, February 12, March 5
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
Monday, March 9th
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty
- Faculty Reading Group on Academic Honesty Mondays: February 9 and 16, March 9
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St
April 2009
Thursday, April 9th
- LTC: Picturing New Orleans: Studying Social Problems Through Filmmaking
- Kimberly Smith, associate professor of political science; and Victoria Morse, associate professor of history; and Nick Bellos '12, Rebecca Gourevitch '12, Elena Rosenberg-Carlson '12. Cosponsored by Visuality Initiative. Lunch Provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Tuesday, April 14th
- LTC: Our Frosh: Who are they and Why Does it Matter?
- An interactive session exploring the initial result of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. Charles Blaich, Center of Inquiry Director at Wabash College; and Liz Ciner, Associate Dean of the College. Refreshments provided.
- 4:30 pm, Leighton 304
Thursday, April 16th
- LTC: Facebook Friends: Social Networking in Academia
- Amy Csizmar Dalal, assistant professor of computer science, Jeff Ondich, professor of mathematics and computer science; Arendu Pattanayak, associate professor of physics. Cosponsored by EthIC (Ethical Inquiry at Carleton). Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library, Athenaeum
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: Aeneid, by Virgil
- This reading and discussion group will complete the ancient epic trifecta by reading Virgil’s Aeneid, sponsored by the Writing Program and facilitated by Chico Zimmerman on Thursday, April 16th; Tuesday May 5th; and Thursday May 21st. Refreshments provided. Click on the link above to access the RSVP form for this book group.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street
Tuesday, April 21st
- LTC: High Stakes Assessment and Higher Education
- Lloyd Bond, Recently retired Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Cosponsored by QuIRK (Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge). Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
Thursday, April 23rd
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: Jewish Thought and Letters, by Yitzchak Ginsburg
- The reading group on Jewish Thought and Letters, sponsored by EthIC and the LTC, will take place on Thursday, April 23rd with Mara Benjamin, Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College and on Thursday, May 14th with Stacy Beckwith, Associate Professor of Hebrew. Refreshments provided.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street
Tuesday, April 28th
- LTC: Into the Community: The State of Academic Civic Engagement at Carleton
- Adrienne Falcón, Coordinator of Academic Civic Engagement and Visiting Instructor in Sociology; and Ariel VandeVoorde ‘00. Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
- Moodle Help Clinic
- 2:00 pm, LTC Lounge, Willis 207
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: The Earth is Flat, by Thomas Friedman
- Mike Hemesath, professor of economics and George Shuffleton, associate professor of English will co-facilitate a discussion of Thomas Friedman’s The Earth Is Flat on Tuesday April 28th, and Tuesday May 12th. Cosponsored by QuIRK. Refreshments provided. Click on the link above to access the RSVP form.
- 4:30 pm, TBD
May 2009
Tuesday, May 5th
- LTC: Dialogos: Faculty Research Exchange, “Borders: Migration, Immigration, and Hybridity”
- Anna Moltchanova, associate professor of philosophy; Cathy Yandell, W. I. and Hulda F. Daniell professor of French literature, language & culture and David and Marian Adams Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities; and Al Montero, associate professor of political science. Cosponsored by the Humanities Center. Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library, Athenaeum
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: Aeneid, by Virgil
- This reading and discussion group will complete the ancient epic trifecta by reading Virgil’s Aeneid, sponsored by the Writing Program and facilitated by Chico Zimmerman on Thursday, April 16th; Tuesday May 5th; and Thursday May 21st. Refreshments provided. Click on the link above to access the RSVP form for this book group.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street
Thursday, May 7th
- LTC: Peer-Led Team Learning in General Chemistry: Implementation, Leader Training, and Evaluation
- Professor Regina F. Frey, Director of WU Teaching Center and Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry; Washington University in St. Louis. Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Tuesday, May 12th
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: The Earth is Flat, by Thomas Friedman
- Mike Hemesath, professor of economics and George Shuffleton, associate professor of English will co-facilitate a discussion of Thomas Friedman’s The Earth Is Flat on Tuesday April 28th, and Tuesday May 12th. Cosponsored by QuIRK. Refreshments provided. Click on the link above to access the RSVP form.
- 4:30 pm, TBD
Thursday, May 14th
- LTC: Values in the Classroom?
- Carolyn Fure-Slocum, College Chaplain; Lori Pearson, assistant professor of religion; Stacy Beckwith, associate professor of Hebrew; Sharon Akimoto, professor of psychology; and Nathan Grawe, associate professor of economics. Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library, Athenaeum
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: Jewish Thought and Letters, by Yitzchak Ginsburg
- The reading group on Jewish Thought and Letters, sponsored by EthIC and the LTC, will take place on Thursday, April 23rd with Mara Benjamin, Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College and on Thursday, May 14th with Stacy Beckwith, Associate Professor of Hebrew. Refreshments provided.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street
Thursday, May 21st
- LTC: Chili@Noon
- Cosponsored by CEDI (Community, Equity and Diversity Initiative group). Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
- LTC Reading and Discussion Group: Aeneid, by Virgil
- This reading and discussion group will complete the ancient epic trifecta by reading Virgil’s Aeneid, sponsored by the Writing Program and facilitated by Chico Zimmerman on Thursday, April 16th; Tuesday May 5th; and Thursday May 21st. Refreshments provided. Click on the link above to access the RSVP form for this book group.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street
Wednesday, May 27th
- Carleton Noon Gardeners Garden Tour
- The Noon Gardeners are invited to attend a tour/open house at the home of Connie Erickson, 318 Orchard St. S., in Northfield, between Noon-1:00 p.m.
- 12:00 pm, 318 Orchard St. S., Northfield
Thursday, May 28th
- LTC: QuIRK at 5
- Nathan Grawe, associate professor of economics and director of QuIRK, and Greg Marfleet, associate professor of political science. Lunch provided for 50.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House meeting room
August 2009
Thursday, August 27th
- Moodle Jump-Start for Beginners/Drop-in Clinic
- This is an intro. session designed for incoming faculty who may be new to using Moodle, or simply need a refresher prior to the start of the academic year. This helpful session is brought to you by Carleton's Academic Technologists.
- 2:00 pm, CMC (Center for Math and Computing) 109
Friday, August 28th
- Moodle Jump-Start for Beginners/Drop-in Clinic
- This is an intro. session designed for incoming faculty who may be new to using Moodle, or simply need a refresher prior to the start of the academic year. This helpful session is brought to you by Carleton's Academic Technologists.
- 10:00 pm, CMC (Center for Math and Computing) 109
September 2009
Thursday, September 24th
- LTC: What Does This Say Again? Working with Assistive Technologies
- Carly Born, Academic Technologist, along with a faculty and student panel. Lunch provided for 50
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
October 2009
Thursday, October 1st
- LTC: Dialogos: Faculty Research Exchange "The Life I was Supposed to Have: Explorations in Truth, Authority and the Presentation of the Self in Academia"
- Beth Kissileff, former Visiting Professor of Religion (2009), and Bill North, Associate Professor of History and Director of European Studies and Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Lunch provided for 50. Cosponsored by the Humanities Center.
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Thursday, October 8th
- LTC: A Tale of Three Assessments: From classroom to curriculum to comps
- Larry Archbold; Professor of Music and Enid & Henry Woodward College Organist; representatives of the English and Math departments; and Nathan Grawe (QuIRK and Associate Dean of the College); and others. Lunch provided for 50
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- Fall LTC Reading Group of Dante’s Divine Comedy
- Our tour of the epic genre continues this year with a reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Dante’s masterpiece takes in all realms of the human experience—politics, philosophy, religion, psychology, history, art, and science—in the course of an allegorical journey through the medieval afterlife. Readers of all backgrounds and persuasions will enjoy this remarkable work, and we hope you will join us for what promises to be a very lively and enjoyable reading group. We begin this fall term with the Inferno and anticipate readings of the Purgatorio and Paradiso to follow in subsequent terms. Facilitated by Chico Zimmerman, this group meets October 8, 29, and Novenber 12 with refreshments provided.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street, Northfield
Thursday, October 15th
- LTC: Chili@Noon
- Led by Becky Zrimsek and Michael McNally, CEDI (Community, Equity, and Diversity Initiative Group) Co-chairs
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Thursday, October 22nd
- LTC: Teaching Faculty Members, Teaching Students: What's the Connection?
- Gudrun Willett, Writing Program and SERC, Ellen Iverson, SERC
- 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
Thursday, October 29th
- LTC: It's Just Lunch: Speed Data for the Busy Professional
- Mary Savina, Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology and Faculty Assessment Coordinator; and Chico Zimmerman, Humphrey Doermann Professor of Liberal Learning, Professor of Classical Languages and Coordinator of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- Fall LTC Reading Group of Dante’s Divine Comedy
- Our tour of the epic genre continues this year with a reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Dante’s masterpiece takes in all realms of the human experience—politics, philosophy, religion, psychology, history, art, and science—in the course of an allegorical journey through the medieval afterlife. Readers of all backgrounds and persuasions will enjoy this remarkable work, and we hope you will join us for what promises to be a very lively and enjoyable reading group. We begin this fall term with the Inferno and anticipate readings of the Purgatorio and Paradiso to follow in subsequent terms. Facilitated by Chico Zimmerman, this group meets October 8, 29, and November 12 with refreshments provided
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street, Northfield
November 2009
Thursday, November 5th
- LTC: Defining and Implementing the Argument and Inquiry Seminars
- Susannah Ottaway, Associate Professor of History; Louis Newman, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies; and Peter Balaam, Assistant Professor of English
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
Thursday, November 12th
- LTC: New Directions in Learning about Difference: Discussion, Debate, and Dialogue
- Becky Zrimsek, CEDI Co-chair, and Joe Baggot, Associate Dean of Students
- 12:00 pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room
- Fall LTC Reading Group of Dante's Divine Comedy
- Our tour of the epic genre continues this year with a reading of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Dante’s masterpiece takes in all realms of the human experience—politics, philosophy, religion, psychology, history, art, and science—in the course of an allegorical journey through the medieval afterlife. Readers of all backgrounds and persuasions will enjoy this remarkable work, and we hope you will join us for what promises to be a very lively and enjoyable reading group. We begin this fall term with the Inferno and anticipate readings of the Purgatorio and Paradiso to follow in subsequent terms. Facilitated by Chico Zimmerman, this group meets October 8, 29, and November 12 with refreshments provided.
- 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second Street, Northfield
December 2009
Tuesday, December 1st
- Lunch, New Faculty Workshop
- Attendees of the New Faculty Workshop are invited to join their colleagues for this lunch, followed by the Workshop beginning at 1:00 p.m., in Leighton 304. If you have not already submitted your RSVP, please do so at https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ltc/calendar/winter_workshops/Winter_2009_Faculty_Workshops/.
- 12:00 pm, Sayles-Hill 251
- New Faculty Workshop
- The New Faculty Workshop will kick-off with lunch, followed by the Workshop in the afternoon.
- 1:00 pm, Leighton 304
Wednesday, December 2nd
- New Faculty Workshop
- New Faculty Workshop (Dec. 1-4 2009)
- 1:00 pm, Leighton 304
