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17th National Conference on Students in Transition
November 13 - 15, 2010 <> Houston, Texas
Early Registration Deadline: October 22, 2010
Educators and students interested in the college student experience from the first year through graduation are invited to attend the 17th National Conference on Students in Transition. Attendees will have the opportunity to share with and learn from each other the latest trends, initiatives, best practices, ideas, research, and assessment strategies focused on supporting student success in these and other transitions.
Online proposal submissions are requested for concurrent sessions, roundtable discussions, poster sessions, and exhibitor presentations on topics addressing student transitions. All proposals must be received by July 15, 2010. Please visit http://www.sc.edu/fye/sit for more information.
Why Houston? Click here to see what makes Houston the ideal fall destination for your students in transition professional development experience.
Institute on Peer Educators
October 17 - 19, 2010 <> Indianapolis, Indiana
Registration Deadline: October 8, 2010
This Institute will provide participants with valuable information as well as effective strategies and concepts that positively impact peer leadership experiences and enhance program outcomes. A diverse array of faculty will share expertise regarding the use of peer educators in a variety of areas such as new student orientation, residence life, first-year seminars, and supplemental instruction.
Professionals involved in campus programs and initiatives that engage undergraduate students as peer educators are invited to participate in the Institute on Peer Educators. Please visit http://www.sc.edu/fye/ipe for more information.
Why Indianapolis? Click here to see what makes Indianapolis the ideal fall destination for your peer leadership professional development experience.
New publication available
International Perspectives on the First-Year
Experience in Higher Education
Monograph No. 52
Diane Nutt and Denis Calderon, Editors
Produced in association with Teesside University, United Kingdom
Students around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This new monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions - from Australia to Japan, South Africa to the United Kingdom, Sweden to the United States - provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues.
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April Issue of The ToolBox available
The April 2010 issue of The Toolbox: A Teaching and Learning Resource for Instructors is now available. Written by Brad Garner from Indiana Wesleyan University, this online professional development newsletter offers innovative learner-centered strategies for empowering college students to achieve greater success. The newsletter is published six times a year, and the online subscription is free. To view the current issue, Teaching from a Liberal Arts Perspective, register for newsletter alerts, and access back issues, please click here
New publication
A Faculty and Staff Guide to Creating Learning Outcomes
Jimmie Gahagan,
John Dingfelder,
and Katharine Pei
This guide offers a brief accessible framework for developing and assessing student learning outcomes. Ideal for use in faculty and staff development workshops, new faculty orientation programs, graduate teaching assistant training programs, program review committees and as a resource for individual instructors and committees focused on designing or refining curricular and cocurricular educational experience.
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