The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 3 at 3:00 p.m. in Owens 201. Some items on the agenda include new courses and program proposals for Corrick Center for General Education and the School of Teaching. For the full agenda, go to http://www.mnstate.edu/acadaff/APAC/2009-2010APAC/apacagendasminutes.htm
AACE Global U is pleased to announce the next seminar in its already successful series, “Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning.” The seminar series, led by George Siemens and David Cormier, is without fee and will include live interactive sessions, in addition to discussions with guest speakers and participants. All sessions are co-sponsored by and archived in the Education & Information Technology Library http://editlib.org/ Click headline to read more about how you can access this free event.
Dr. Travis Thompson will be presenting a lecture, “Autism: Early Intervention and Brain Development” Wednesday, Nov 4 at 7pm in the MSUM Science Lab 104. Thompson is a well-known autism clinician, researcher and author of several books including: Straight Talk About Autism (2008) and Freedom from Meltdowns: Solutions for Children with Autism (2008). Thompson also will be a guest in MSUM classes Wednesday afternoon and will be available for a question and answer time at 2:30 pm in Science Lab 102. This event is sponsored by the Solomon Comstock Fund.
An MSUM faculty art exhibit will be on display through Nov. 11 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An artists’ reception will be held Thursday, Oct. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. It’s free and open to the public. Click the headline to see who’s showing and to see some of the artists’ work.
New York artist and author of “The Badlands Saloon” Jonathan Twingley will be a visiting artist-in-residence at Minnesota State University Moorhead Oct. 28 and 29. As part of his campus visit, he will deliver a free public lecture on “Words and Pictures” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the Center for Business room 109. He will conclude his talk by showing images and reading selections from “The Badlands Saloon.” Read more at http://news.mnstate.edu/2009/10/visiting-artist-author-jonathan-twingley-delivers-lecture-oct-28/