2017

Brown Innovation Fellows: Inspired to Learn | Stetson Today

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Stetson University’s Brown Innovation Fellows, a group of teacher-learners immersed in a yearlong journey of reflective dialogue and meaningful discussions about teaching and learning, are setting their sights high this year. Twelve Fellows were announced for this year’s cohort in December, and they are using the inspiring and ground-breaking novel by Parker Palmer, “The Courage […]

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Project-based Learning Workshop, April 7-8

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Innovative Approaches to Tackling Complex Challenges a two-day project-based learning workshop April 7-8 on the Stetson University Campus in DeLand, FL Register now at eventbrite.com. The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence is thrilled to host a two-day project-based learning workshop delivered by Dr. Rick Vaz and colleagues from the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Creating ‘Responsive Schools’ – Brown Innovation Fellow, Joyce Mundy, receives $30,000 grant to develop center | Stetson Today

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Congratulations to the talented agent of change, Dr. Joyce Mundy!  Her leadership is an inspiration. Responsive education and restorative practices have received a lot of attention in education circles in the wake of increased school violence, high-stakes testing and one-size-fits-all academic standards. The goal is to study the culture at individual schools and shape programs

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Announcing the 2017 WORLD Class Lunch & Learn Series

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Join us at  WORLD: The David and Leighan Rinker Center for International learning for the 2017 WORLD Class Lunch & Learn Series. WORLD Class Lunch & Learn  features faculty, staff and others engaged in international outreach, research, learning, and development. WORLD Class Lunch & Learn is open to all faculty and staff ranging from experts actively engaged in international

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Recap: SoTL Workshop II – Refining your SoTL Question & Starting your Literature Review

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[Previous: Workshop I – SoTL 101] [prezi id=”hmnfmx6agoz9″] Prezi: Stetson SoTL Workshop Series Friday, February 3 in Library 25L Workshop Goals You will …  generate keywords to form the basis of a literature search, refine your SoTL research question by clarifying the conceptual significance of the work and identifying potential stakeholders, and identify current challenges

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The Importance of Being Resilient – Teaching & Inquiry Circle | Stetson Today

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Rebecca Stone and Rachel Boldman, co-facilitated a Teaching & Inquiry Circle with Stetson Faculty and Staff titled “Student Resilience”, which concluded with draft recommendations for an institutional plan to support resilience.  The work of these individuals continues to impact student resilience and the larger campus community. This is what institutional grit looks like!   The Counseling

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FAR Workshop Re-cap

Faculty Excellence /

Faculty new to campus expressed a strong interest in receiving support in navigating the Faculty Annual Review process.  The Brown Center hosted two workshops in December.  Those workshops are re-capped in brief below Materials Presentation (pdf) Handouts (pdf) FAR Schedule & Documentation FAR 2016 Memo, December 12, 2016 FAR 2016 Form FAR Instructions to Chairs and

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Sarah Smiley-Walters joins Stetson as Brown Teacher-Scholar Fellow

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Sarah Smiley-Walters started as the Brown Teacher-Scholar Fellow in Biology in January 2017. She recently completed her Ph.D. thesis which was titled “Interactions between Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) and a Suite of Prey Species: A Study of Prey Behavior and Variable Venom Toxicity.” At Stetson she is currently teaching comparative vertebrate anatomy and introductory biology.

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SoTL 101: Re-cap

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[prezi id=”hmnfmx6agoz9″] Prezi: Stetson SoTL Workshop Series SoTL101 Handout (pdf) “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is the systematic inquiry of student learning using appropriate methodology – informed by prior scholarship – and going public with the results.” ~ Elon Center for Engaged Learning On January 12, 2017 the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence

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Call for Applications: 2017 NYU Summer Scholar-in-Residence Program

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<<Applications due to [email protected] by January 30th>> Residence programs will be held from June 5 to June 29, 2017 at New York University’s Washington Square campus. Two Faculty  Summer Scholar-in-Residencies are awarded on an annual basis to a faculty member whose project … focuses on the development of innovative and unique pedagogies that can be implemented across a variety of

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