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WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS:
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m., Dr. Fred Bonner will
present "Effective Teaching: Strategies for the
Contemporary College Classroom".
Effective Teaching: Strategies for the
Contemporary College Classroom
is a workshop designed to offer critical information to faculty
desiring to strengthen teaching performance, expand teaching
techniques, and explore pedagogical issues. As it happens, a great
deal is known from both research and experience about what makes
teaching effective. Most of it does not require innate teaching
ability or a particular type of personality, but simply involves a
combination of easily implemented strategies and common sense
(Felder, 2008). This workshop draws on this material to provide
faculty members with (a) tools to make them more effective teachers
and (b) good sources of information for further study on best
practices in the college classroom context.
Fred
A. Bonner, II,
is an Associate Professor of higher education administration in the
Educational Administration and Human Resource Development department
at Texas A&M University—College Station.
He
received a B.A. degree in chemistry from the University of North
Texas, an M.S.Ed. in curriculum and instruction from Baylor
University, and an Ed.D. in higher education administration and
college teaching from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
Friday,
May 9, 2008, 9:00--11:00 a.m. and repeated from 2:00--4:00
p.m., Dr. Tara Gray will present "Publish & Flourish".
Many scholars are educated
as writers at the School of Hard Knocks, but it’s not the only
school, or even the best. Much is known about how to become
more prolific–and any scholar can. Even when you can’t work
harder, there are important ways to work smarter. Every
scholar can become more prolific and these steps will show you
how: manage time, write, revise, get help, polish and publish.
Previous participants who took these steps increased
productivity by a factor of four.
Tara Gray
serves as
associate professor of criminal justice and as the first
director of the Teaching Academy at New Mexico State
University (NMSU). The
Teaching Academy provides NMSU educators with training,
mentoring, and networking.
Tara was
educated at the United States Naval Academy, Southwestern
College in Kansas and Oklahoma State, where she earned her
Ph.D. in economics by asking, “Do prisons pay?” She taught
economics at Denison University before joining the Department
of Criminal Justice at NMSU.
Co-Sponsor: Text and Academic Authors, which is committed to
the creation of quality educational and academic works. (www.TAAonline.net)
Resource Center
The TEAM Center's Resource Center is open to
faculty. View the
extensive collection of books, videos, and publications available
to UTSA faculty for check out or for viewing in the Resource
Center. Tables, chairs, and a video monitor are available
for faculty comfort. Go to our Resource Center page for more
details.
Acknowledgments and Awards
The following UTSA faculty were presented awards:
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Teaching Excellence, Tenured Faculty
Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award
Richard Gambitta, Department of Political Science and Geography
Richard Utecht, Department of Marketing
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Teaching Excellence, Tenure-Track Faculty
Misty Sailors, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and
Teaching
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Teaching Excellence, Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Cathy Key, Department of Computer Science
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Research Achievement, Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
Miriam Martinez, Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and
Teaching
Carola Wenk, Department of Computer Science
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Creative Production, Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
Mahesh Senagala, Department of Architecture
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for
Excellence in University Service, Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
L. J. Shrum, Department of Marketing
President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Core
Curriculum Teaching, Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Marian Aitches, Department of History
Ashbel Smith Distinguished Professorship
Dhiraj Sardar, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Chancellor's Council Innovation in Education Award
Manuel Berriozabal, Department of Mathematics
The President's Distinguished Achievement Awards Selection
Committee members are:
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Bonnie Lyons, committee chair, College of Liberal
and Fine Arts
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Thomas Connolly, College of Engineering
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Jerome Keating, College of Business
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Cynthia McCluskey, College of Public Policy
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Elizabeth Pate, College of Education and Human
Develop.
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Sue Ann Pemberton-Haugh, College of Architecture
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Gelu Popescu, College of Sciences
The Core Curriculum Teaching Award Selection Committee members (who are
also members of the University's standing Core
Curriculum Committee) are:
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Robert Baron, committee chair, College of Architecture
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Berenice Coronado, Tomas Rivera Center
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Cindy Dermody, Office of Admissions
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Sue Hum, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
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Nandini Kannan, College of Business
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Rafael Lopez-Mobilia, College of Sciences
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Patricia McGee, College of Edu.
& Human Develop.
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Randy Manteufel, College of Engineering
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Tanya Settles, College of Public Policy
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Christopher Wickham, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
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Lawrence Williams, Office of Undergraduate Studies
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