UW-Superior Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning News and Events

Schedule of Wednesday Faculty & Staff Enhancement Day Events

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:01:28 +0000

Check out the Faculty and Staff Enhancement Day - Spring 2012 AGENDA for full details. Printed copies will be available at the Welcome Week All Campus Opening on Tuesday in Thorpe Langley.

8:30 a.m.: On Wednesday start your Enhancement Day with complimentary hot coffee or tea, socializing, and viewing a photo gallery of our students in the Erlenbach Gathering Place on the first floor of Swenson Hall.

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.: All Campus Gathering: "Being a Student Centered Campus - Exploring questions, possibilities, and best practices right here at home."
Come to the Erlenbach Lecture Hall to learn about our student-centered campus ... including a short video, Chancellor Renee Wachter providing a brief overview, a student panel, a representative staff panel, and YOUR dialogue. Student-centeredness is at the core of who we are - it is central to our mission as a public liberal arts university. Let's gather and learn more about it together as a campus.

18 Breakout sessions, designed and facilitated by your colleagues, are scheduled throughout the day and tailored to help us understand the many aspects of student-centeredness. DOOR PRIZES will be drawn at each session!

10:45 - 11:45 a.m.: Breakout session 1
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.: Bring your lunch to a discussion focusing on how the current economic climate affects the UW-Superior campus students and staff.
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Breakout session 2
2:10 - 3:10 p.m.: Breakout session 3
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.: Breakout session 4

See the AGENDA for full descriptions and locations of the sessions you may choose from.

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.: End your day on campus at the Red Carpet Revue of Digital Stories created by UW-Superior students, faculty and staff. Popcorn anyone?

CETL Connections Newsletter, Issue 7, December 2011

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:05:05 +0000

First Year Seminar EXPO

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:14:00 +0000

We encourage all current and potential UW-Superior students, faculty, staff and community members to visit with the First Year Seminar students, see their booths and presentations, and enjoy some cake and treats.

View the First Year Seminar offerings for Fall 2011 for a preview of the event and then mark your calendar so you don't miss out.

You can view videos of previous EXPOs but they don't compare to being there live and in action.

The First Year Seminar is designed for incoming freshmen as part of the First Year Experience program. Students are introduced to the liberal arts through active and collaborative learning, critical thinking, and reflective judgement.

Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars Reception

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:21:30 +0000

Please join us for refreshments and information about the Wisconsin Teaching and Fellows (WTFS) Program.

Dr. Gary Keveles and Dr. Hilary Fezzey will be providing brief presentations describing their SoTL projects developed through the WTFS program.

The current 2011-2012 Wisconsin Teaching Scholar - Dr. Shin-Ping Tucker and Wisconsin Teaching Fellow - Dr. Shevaun Stocker will be recognized.

There will also be information about applying for the 2012-2013 WTFS program. Application forms and instructions are on the CETL webpage at http://www.uwsuper.edu/cetl/teachingfellows/index.cfm

Fall 2011 Enhancement Days Schedule of Events

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:04:24 +0000

Summer 2011 Teaching and Learning Intensive Workshop

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:33:05 +0000

CETL Connection Newsletter May 2011

Tue, 17 May 2011 21:22:02 +0000

CETL Summer Forum 2011 - Doing Assessment of Student Learning

Mon, 02 May 2011 13:51:41 +0000

UW-Superior at the President's Summit

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:29:03 +0000

Nine members of the UW-Superior community presented sessions at the University of Wisconsin System 2011 President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning on April 14 and 15 in Madison, Wisconsin. Another 15 UW-Superior faculty and staff attended the Summit. The President's Summit provides a forum for faculty and academic staff from around the state to recognize and share the collective expertise of those committed to excellence in teaching and learning.

Full details of the summit conference and presenters can be found on the web at http://www.wisconsin.edu/vpacad/summit/. Registrations through CETL closed in February 11, 2011. Fifteen of those attending the conference traveled via mini-vans arranged through the CETL office.

Keynote speakers at the conference included Dr. Randy Bass, Professor of English and Associate Provost for Institutional Renewal at Georgetown University and Dr. Sylvia Hurtado, Professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Presentations by UW-Superior faculty and academic staff include:

Music Composition and Improvisation in Undergraduate Music Education Classes by Dr. Lois Guderian, Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education Coordinator (Thursday, Session 1, 1:00-3:15 p.m., Assembly room).
Assessing the 'Success' of UW-Superior's First Year Seminars by Dr. Suzanne Griffith, Professor of Education and CETL Coordinator of the First Year Seminar Program; Dr. Maria Cuzzo, Professor of Legal Studies and Director of CETL; Dr. Wendy Kropid, Professor of Literature; and Dr. Joel Sipress, Professor of History (Thursday, Session 3, 3:30-4:30 p.m., University room B).
Multiple Disciplines, Dimensions, Discoveries: Painting and Writing about Local History by Ms. Beth Grbavcich, Senior Lecturer of Writing, and Dr. Kathy Hubbard, Assistant Professor of Art Education (Friday, Session 4, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Assembly room).
Faculty Development: Orienting New Hires by Dr. Maria Stalzer Wyant Cuzzo, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Professor of Legal Studies (Friday, Session 8m 3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Conference room I).
Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars 2010 - Reception and Poster Session: Dr. Gary Keveles, Professor of Criminal Justice, and Dr. Hilary Fezzey, Assistant Professor of British Literature, will present their WTFS projects during the poster session to be held Thursday, from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Wisconsin Ballroom.

Others attending the conference from UW-Superior include
Dr. Faith Hensrud, Interim Provost;
Dr. Lisa Larson, CETL Coordinator of Instructional Development;
Ms. Tammy Fanning, Director of Student Development;
Dr. Mike Schneiderwent, Professor Emeritus of Physics;
Dr. Shin-Ping Tucker, Associate Professor of Information Technology and 2011 WTS
Dr. Mei Cao, Assistant Professor of Transportation and Logistics;
Dr. Eric Edwards, Assistant Professor of Sociology;
Dr. Olawole Famule, Assistant Professor of Art History;
Dr. Merose Hwang, Assistant Professor of Asian History;
Dr. Tara Kachgal, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication;
Dr. Bruce Kibler, Assistant Professor of Management;
Dr. Monica Roth Day, Assistant Professor of Social Work;
Dr. Ken Shonk, Assistant Professor of Social Studies;
Dr. Cecile Somme, Assistant Professor of Educational Administration;
Mr. Joe Kmiech, Director, and
Mr. Jay Conley, Technology Specialist in Technology Support Services.

First Year Seminar Expo

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:25:56 +0000

CETL Announces Curricular/Co-Curricular Grant for Spring 2011

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:37:58 +0000

CETL Connection Newsletter January 2011

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:00:00 +0000

First Year Seminars EXPO 2010!

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:00:00 +0000

By Elizabeth Reichert
University Relations Student Writer

Zombies, monsters, and brains, oh my! These are just a few of the topics that first-year students at the University of Wisconsin-Superior studied this fall and presented to their fellow students.

Each year, many UW-Superior first-year students enroll in semester-long First Year Seminars that are available only to freshmen to gain an introduction to the liberal arts through active and collaborative learning, critical thinking and reflective judgment. On Dec. 9, the students from the 15 First Year Seminars gathered in UW-Superior's Yellowjacket Union with their booths to present their projects at the university's annual First Year Seminar Expo.

Dr. Suzanne Griffith, coordinator of the First Year Seminars, said the expo is important for the students.  "It provides a very concrete, collaborative activity," she said. "The expo needs to be their interpretation of what they're learning - what have we learned that we can share."

Students enjoyed their seminars for both the subject matter and the learning and ideas that they encouraged. Kencie Scholl of Madison participated in the "Psychology of a Monster" seminar, in which students identified monster traits and applied those to themselves and others. "Everyone has a trait that they consider to be a monster. It doesn't have to be evil, green; everyone's a monster," she said. Not only did the seminar help Scholl identify monstrous traits, but it changed her thinking as well. "I don't judge people as much as I used to."

While Scholl and her classmates were studying monsters, Alex Martin and his class studied zombies and college students. Throughout the semester, they looked at zombie movies and games for signs of zombie behavior and distinguishing attributes. "Zombies are no different than we are," Martin said. "The only difference is how active our brains are." Dr. Marshall Johnson, who taught "Zombies: Advice for College from the Undead," also gave the students examples of how to become unzombified and how to look at other people and see if they're zombified.

Students put that into practice at the First Year Seminar Expo, where they had set up a "zombie screening" site. The seminar students asked other students questions and based on their responses classified them as zombie, at risk of becoming a zombie, or human. Deanna Reed, an exercise science major from Sandstone, Minnesota, left the screening with the diagnosis of "zombie."  "I got my suggested therapy and pills that I have to take," Reed said, holding up a piece of paper and a cup of sweets ready to become fully human once more.

Amelia Udenberg, an elementary education major, said that "Learning, Cognition, and the Brain" was her favorite class all semester.  "There's a lot of cool information that we can use," she said. "We learned how our brains are learning and working and what we're putting into our bodies to learn."

Although the seminar students learned about their particular subject, they discovered much more as well. Hannah Runions, an elementary education major from Solon Springs, Wisconsin, participated in a seminar about rock and roll and came away from the class with more than a knowledge of the social history of the music. "He (the professor) helped with learning and writing papers - the transition into college," Runions said.

Nationally recognized speakers on assessment coming to UW-Superior

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Dr. Fager and Dr. Mundhenk will provide multiple workshops and presentations for staff on Tuesday, January 18th and Wednesday, January 19th. Additional activities and presentations focusing on assessment will be provided by UW-Superior staff. Link here for the CETL Schedule of Assessment Activities for January 18 and 19th.

Since 2010, Dr. Robert "Bob" Mundhenk has been a Visiting Scholar at the Higher Learning Commission, managing the work of the Assessment Academy and other assessment enterprises. He is also the co-founder of a new assessment association, housed at the University of Kentucky, called the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education. Link here for more information about Dr. Mundhenk.

Dr. Jennifer Fager is Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education and Director of the School of Education at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She serves as a Consultant-Evaluator and Team Chair for the High Learning Commission, a mentor for the Assessment workshops and the Assessment Academy, and is a member of the NCATE Board of Examiners. Link here for more information about Dr. Fager.

The All Campus Opening will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, in the Thorpe Langley Auditorium in Old Main.This will be followed at 11 a.m. by concurrent Assessment Workshops in the Yellowjacket Union presented by the featured speakers for targeted constituencies. Additional workshops and meetings continue in the afternoon.

On Wednesday, January 19, Enhancement Day will start at 8:30 a.m. in the Yellowjacket Union with a keynote presentation by the featured assessment speakers, Drs. Bob Mundhenk and Jennifer Fager. Each will then present concurrent morning workshops and afternoon workshops targeting an all campus audience. Concurrent topics include rubric building; selecting and developing assessment approaches and methods; developing on-line assessment; and guidelines on how to write program and course level outcomes. An all campus luncheon address will focus on a comprehensive assessment structure. For more details on these presentations link here.

So, You Want To Do a First Year Seminar?

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Come to the CETL Office in McCaskill 124 on Friday November 5th and Wednesday November 10th to share ideas, discuss the process, and get some tips. We'll have some lunch snacks and you can talk with veteran FYS instructors. Or contact Suzanne Griffith at 715-394-8316 (sgriffit@uwsuper.edu) for alternate times if these don't work for you.

Additional information and forms for the First Year Seminar program are available on the CETL website at www.uwsuper.edu/cetl/fys/index.cfm