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Calendar

Calendar of Events

Fall 2008 Learning Communities

Advance Registration Required

Faculty Book Group --

Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time

by Paul Rogat Loeb

(Limited to 10 faculty members)

Facilitated by Merri Whitelock (Community Engagement) and Kiren Dosanjh Zucker (Faculty Development)

Mondays, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. September 22, October 6 and 20, and November 3

CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

Junior Faculty Learning Community -- We Should Talk: A Discussion Group on "The Road to Tenure"

(Limited to 10 second, third, and fourth year tenure-track faculty members)

Facilitated by Anu Thakur (Family & Consumer Sciences)

Thursdays, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

September 11, October 16, and November 13

CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

Voice Coaching for Faculty

(Limited to 10 faculty members)

Facilitated by Christine Menzies (Theatre)

Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

September 17; October 8, 15, and 29

CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

Engaging Students from the “Classroom Stage”

(Limited to 20 faculty members)

Facilitated by Doug Kaback (Department of Theatre)

Wednesdays, 2:00-4:40 p.m.

September 24, October 8 and 22

Nordhoff Hall 106

"Peers Peering In" September Coffee and November Wrap-up

(For past participants in "Engaging Students from the Classroom Stage" learning communities)

Facilitated by Doug Kaback (Theatre) and Whitney Scott (Child & Adolescent Development)

Wednesday, September 3, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

November date: TBA

CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

Fall 2008 All-University Programs for CSUN Faculty

Mission: Enhancing Teaching to Improve Student Learning

RSVP for these events by calling Faculty Development at 818-677-6536 or by emailing facdev@csun.edu.

September 24 (Wednesday) -- Effective Small Group Assignments: Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Learning Opportunities

Facilitator: Wendy Phelps (Recreation & Tourism Management)

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

October 7 (Tuesday) -- The "Course Organizer" Routine: How to Plan a Course around Critical Concepts to Enhance Students' Learning

Facilitator: Beth Lasky (Special Education)

10:00-11:30 a.m., CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

October 21 (Tuesday) -- Student Confidence Revisited

Facilitator: Mark Stevens (Director, University Counseling Services)

2:00-3:30 p.m., CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

October 27(Monday) -- Talking about Race in the Classroom in an Age of "Racelessness:" Sharing Dilemmas and Strategies

Facilitator: Susan Auerbach (Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., CIELO Conference Room, Sierra Hall 439

October 30 (Thursday) -- Let's Have Lunch: Creating a "Safe Place to Learn" - Gender Identity, the Law, and Higher Education

Facilitator: Greg Knotts (Elementary Education)

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Orange Grove Bistro

(Limited to 8 faculty members)

November 6 (Thursday) -- Learning in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Successes

Facilitators: David Levin (Director, Academic Technology) and Sandra Chong (Elementary Education)

9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., University Student Union's Flintridge Room

November 12 (Wednesday) -- Beck Grants Workshop: Reflections of Past Recipients and Guidance for Prospective Applicants

Panelists: Rafael Efrat (Accounting & Information Systems), Mara Houdyshell (Reference & Instructional Services, University Library), Virginia Kennedy (Special Education), Katherine Stevenson (Mathematics), and Kiren Dosanjh Zucker (Faculty Development)

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whitsett Room, Sierra Hall 451

Fall 2008 New Faculty Afternoon Coffee Series

For information, please see the New Faculty site at:

http://www.csun.edu/facdev/newFaculty_misc_series.html