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Inclusion and Integration in General
and Liberal Education:
Reimagining Campus Communities
Call for Proposals
56th Annual AGLS Conference
Little America Hotel
Salt Lake City
September 29 - October 1, 2016
How do faculty, administrators, and institutions succeed (or fail) in inspiring achievement and a sense of belonging in all learners? AGLS will explore how attendees play an integral role in campus debates over community and inclusion. As faculty, many of us address topics related to diversity within the classroom. We also are engaged in developing campus-specific curricular and co-curricular elements that incorporate high-impact practices to promote deep learning. As administrators, we seek to ensure that all students successfully achieve their educational goals. And, over time all of us are involved in conversations about what traditional elements of campus life should be retained and what new ways our campuses can be invigorated and transformed.
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Nominations for 2016 Gaff Award Now Being Accepted
The Jerry G. Gaff Faculty Award for Faculty Excellence in General and Liberal Education is given annually to those who have demonstrated leadership on their campuses in the area of general and liberal education, to those who have shown evidence of outstanding teaching in general and liberal education courses, and to those who have a record of achievement in curriculum development, innovation or implementation in general and liberal education.
The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2016. The award will be presented at the fall annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The award is named for Jerry Gaff, retired Senior Scholar of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, is a respected advocate for general and liberal education for over thirty years. Gaff, who received a Ph.D. in psychology from Syracuse University, previously served on the faculties of five institutions and was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and acting president of Hamline University. He also served as Vice President of AAC&U and directed their Preparing Future Faculty Program. He has authored numerous books including Toward Faculty Renewal, General Education Today, and New Life for the College Curriculum and co-edited the Handbook of the Undergraduate Curriculum.
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MDC's Provost of Academic and Student Affairs, Dr. Lenore Rodicio, Joins the 2016 AAC&U Board of Directors
Dr. Rodicio currently serves as the AGLS Past President.
Read the full AAC&U announcement HERE.
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Welcome to New Council Members
AGLS is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Alison Moore Parker (Belmont University) and Dr. Edward Klonoski (Northern Illinois University) to the Council. They are filling vacant spots and will complete the current terms.
Dr. Moore is the Director of General Education at Belmont. A member of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, Alison teaches Chemistry I & II, Analytical Chemistry I & II, and chemistry for non-science chemistry.
Dr. Klonoski is the acting Associate Vice Provost, Division of Academic Affairs, and PLUS, Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies. A member of the Department of Music. His research interests include music theory, aural skills pedagogy and Schenkerian theory.
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HEDS Conference -- 2016 Call for Proposals
The Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS) invites proposals for its 32nd Annual Conference at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina on June 26-29, 2016. HEDS is a consortium of 136 private colleges and universities from across the country that share assessment and institutional data to advance the missions of member institutions. You do not have to be from a HEDS institution to submit a proposal or attend this conference.
We encourage people at all points in their careers who are engaged in institutional research, assessment, or institutional effectiveness, or who are in other ways using data to improve their institution's effectiveness, to submit a proposal. Find out about possible presentation topics and formats, submitting a proposal, and other details
HERE.
For full consideration, proposals must be received by April 8, 2016.
2016 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Keston Fulcher, Directgor of the Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University
Will Miller, Executive Director of Institutional Analytics, Effectiveness, and Planning, Flagler College
Charlene Senn, Professor in the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program, University of Windsor
ABOUT OUR CONFERENCES
Our conferences are designed to facilitate good conversations and networking opportunities. There are few concurrent sessions so that participants have the opportunity to attend sessions together. Meals are included in the registration fee to allow good conversations that start before and between sessions to continue over meals. There are also diverse opportunities for group dinners and outings.
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| The Association for General & Liberal Studies serves colleges and universities by fostering strong General Education programs. General Education is that part of the curriculum required of all students and dedicated specifically to liberal learning - the development of knowledge, skills, values, and habits of mind characteristic of an educated person. The members of AGLS comprise a community intent upon improving liberal learning by advocating the centrality of general education and supporting its continuous improvement. |
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Association for General & Liberal Studies
428 5th Street Columbus, Indiana 47201
www.agls.org
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