Do you have a project, initiative or area of study that could use a “boost” from a teacher-scholar fellow? Would you like to bring some special expertise to campus? The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence is once again pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 2019-2021 Brown Teacher-Scholar Fellow! To view proposal guidelines […]
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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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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 2-day project-based learning workshop delivered by Dr. Rick Vaz and colleagues from the Center for Problem-based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Turn your daily grind into a publication The Scholarship of Teaching of Learning (SoTL) is the systematic inquiry of student learning using appropriate methodology – informed by prior scholarship – and going public with the results. Please RSVP below for the first in a series of workshops on SoTL. Practice: Approaching work with students as
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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 The Brown Center for Faculty Innovation and Excellence is thrilled to host a 2-day project-based learning workshop delivered by Dr. Rick Vaz and colleagues from the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Widely recognized as a
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The inaugural Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference will be held Feb. 15-17, 2017 at the Sirata Resort at St. Pete Beach (Tampa Bay, Florida). 2017 theme: “Teaching in the 21st Century” Call for papers (extended to Dec. 6) Participants from all sectors of higher education are encouraged to submit proposals for presentations and posters
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we, as faculty, are prepared to teach – particularly in liberal arts contexts. We are trained in disciplinary research paradigms but when we get into the classroom are suddenly tasked with teaching (and assessing) things like critical and creative thinking, communication, quantitative and information literacy, teamwork, problem solving,
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Noel Painter, Ph.D., interim executive vice president and provost and an associate professor of music, assists student Marcus Jones. In the 1990 landmark report Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest Boyer called our attention to the need for institutions of higher education to connect the work of the academy to the social and environmental
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Stetson University welcomes its 2016 faculty cohort to participate in the 2016 New Faculty Orientation scheduled for the following dates: August 16-18, 2016 – New Full-Time Faculty August 18, 2016 – New Adjunct Faculty Get more information on the yearlong New Faculty Program or send questions to [email protected].
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There may not be greasepaint or wild animals, but sometimes university faculty may wonder whether they have mistakenly chosen life under the Big Top: juggling while trying to keep their balance on a high wire. That’s a little bit how it feels to try to meet the twin demands of the study and the classroom,
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