A four day conference for scholars from nine institutions to share their best practices in teaching cultures and traditions to second year students.
| Participants |
Institutions |
| Michael Axtell | Wabash College |
| Jose Alfonso Feito | Saint Mary's College |
| Laura Greene | Augustana College |
| Jim Harnish | North Seattle CC |
| Jasmin Lambert | The College of William and Mary |
| Wendy Ostroff | Sonoma State University |
| John Ottenhoff | Alma College |
| David Reichard | CSU Monterey Bay |
| Richard Gale | The Carmegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching |
| Thursday, March 18th | |
| 4.15 - 5.30 | SOTL Workshop with Rick Gale Wabash Faculty/Scholars Trippet Media Classroom |
| 5.30 - 7.30 | Reception and Dinner, Trippet Hall |
| Evening | Scholars meet informally |
|
Friday, March 19th | |
| 7.30 - 8.30 | Breakfast, Trippet Dining Room |
| 9.00 - 9.50 | Observe selected Cultures & Traditions seminars (TBA) |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Scholars discuss C&T seminar observations, Trippet 325 |
| 10.45 - 12.00 | John Ottenhoff: "Community, Authority, and Technology in the Seminar", Trippet 123 Laura Green: "The Art of the Question", Trippet 123 |
| 12.10 - 1.30 | Lunch with Wabash C&T faculty from morning classes, Trippet Dining Room |
| 1.45 - 3.00 | David Reichard: "How Students Cultivate Literacy About the Law in an Undergraduate Free Speech Course", Trippet 123 James Harnish: "What does student success look like in interdisciplinary, team-taught, liberal arts learning communities? And, what aspects of the curriculum design and pedagogical practices contribute to this success?" Trippet 123 |
| 3.00 - 3.30 | Break |
| 3.45 - 5.00 | Wendy Ostroff: "Awareness and Critique- Impacts on Student Engagement in the Seminar", Trippet 123 Jose Feit "Exploring Intellectual Community: Collaborative Inquiry in the Academic Seminar," Trippet 123 |
| 6.00 - 8.00 | Reception and Dinner, Trippet Hall |
|
Saturday, March 20th | |
| 7.30 - 8.30 | Breakfast, 3rd floor rotunda |
| 9.00 - 12.00 | Scholars work independently on projects |
| 12.00 - 1.00 | Lunch, Trippet Dining Room |
| 1.15 - 3.30 | Scholars discuss projects/ Plans for June presentations at Carnegie, Trippet 325 |
| 3.30 - 4.00 | Break |
| 4.00 - 5.30 | Outcomes [presentations at meetings, various modes of publication, Future of the Collaboration], Trippet 321 |
| 5.45 | Dinner at Little Mexico (depart for dinner at 5.30) |
|
Sunday, March 21st | |
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Breakfast, Trippet Dining Room |
| 9.30 - 11.30 | Open Discussion, Trippet 325 |
| 11.30 - 12.30 | Lunch and departure, Trippet Dining Room |