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The Faculty Weekly Lunch Series will host an extra session at 12:30 p.m. May 6 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. The session will discuss the definition of service-learning and course tags indicating a service-learning course to make registration easier for students. Members of Faculty Senate and faculty utilizing service-learning are urged to attend.
Truman Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will sponsor the Truman Furniture BAZAAR from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. May 6 on the Quad. Students can buy or sell their furniture. For more information on how to sell, contact Michelle Tuttle at mmt085@truman.edu.
The Center for Teaching and Learning will sponsor lunch for a proposal brainstorming meeting at 11:30 a.m. May 7 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. The meeting will be conducted by Dawood Afzal, professor of chemistry, speaking on possible proposals to submit to the International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL). Afzal is particularly interested in pursuing proposals related to Truman’s JINS courses. Anyone who has taught a JINS course is especially encouraged to attend.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Proposal-Writing Lunch will take place at 12 p.m. May 12 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. This will be a blitz writing session to submit proposals to the 2009 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference scheduled for Oct. 22-25 in Bloomington, Ind. Proposals are due May 15. For more information visit http://www.issotl.org/conferences.html.
The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Weekly Lunch Series will conduct an information session and writing ‘party’ for Missouri Campus Compact (MoCC) Civic Engagement Micro-Grants at 12:30 p.m. May 13 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. Participants will learn about how to fund service-learning and civic engagement projects. MoCC grants support expenses associated with service-learning projects done as components in courses, or done through Service-Learning Advantage. The Center has a proposal template available that streamlines the application process. See http://www.missouricompact.missouristate.edu/4565.hum for grant details and potential project ideas.
The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Weekly Lunch Series will sponsor a grant report-writing session for those who received a Missouri Campus Compact micro-grant last year at 12:30 p.m. May 20 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. Truman received the largest number of micro-grants in the state. These one-page reports are due by June 1. Bring your syllabi, original grant proposals and documents to write grant final report letters.
For information about “Next-generation Jobs,” a summer program to support 18-24 year olds in jobs of the future, go online to http://transform.mo.gov/summerjobs.
Truman Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will sponsor the Truman Furniture BAZAAR from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. May 6 on the Quad. Students can buy or sell their furniture. For more information on how to sell, contact Michelle Tuttle at mmt085@truman.edu.
The Center for Teaching and Learning will sponsor lunch for a proposal brainstorming meeting at 11:30 a.m. May 7 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. The meeting will be conducted by Dawood Afzal, professor of chemistry, speaking on possible proposals to submit to the International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL). Afzal is particularly interested in pursuing proposals related to Truman’s JINS courses. Anyone who has taught a JINS course is especially encouraged to attend.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Proposal-Writing Lunch will take place at 12 p.m. May 12 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. This will be a blitz writing session to submit proposals to the 2009 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference scheduled for Oct. 22-25 in Bloomington, Ind. Proposals are due May 15. For more information visit http://www.issotl.org/conferences.html.
The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Weekly Lunch Series will conduct an information session and writing ‘party’ for Missouri Campus Compact (MoCC) Civic Engagement Micro-Grants at 12:30 p.m. May 13 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. Participants will learn about how to fund service-learning and civic engagement projects. MoCC grants support expenses associated with service-learning projects done as components in courses, or done through Service-Learning Advantage. The Center has a proposal template available that streamlines the application process. See http://www.missouricompact.missouristate.edu/4565.hum for grant details and potential project ideas.
The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Weekly Lunch Series will sponsor a grant report-writing session for those who received a Missouri Campus Compact micro-grant last year at 12:30 p.m. May 20 in the Student Union Building Spanish Room. Truman received the largest number of micro-grants in the state. These one-page reports are due by June 1. Bring your syllabi, original grant proposals and documents to write grant final report letters.
For information about “Next-generation Jobs,” a summer program to support 18-24 year olds in jobs of the future, go online to http://transform.mo.gov/summerjobs.
