Shawn Garrett, Chemistry; Teresa Shume, Biosciences and Teaching and Learning; Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy; and Alison Wallace, Biosciences and Faculty Development Coordinator; attended the SESYNC course “Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies” July 23-26. The team from MSUM is developing a case study on the wolf hunt in Minnesota to be used in a variety of courses. They are […]
MSUM will pilot in a common text reading program in the fall of 2013. Please join Alison Wallace and Donna Brown to learn more about this exciting opportunity on Wednesday, May 1 in the Faculty Development Center, Library 125. Drop in anytime between 4 – 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
A faculty and staff team attended the Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop March 21 – 23 at North Hennepin Community College. The team consisted of Shawn Garrett, Chemistry; Joe Herbst, Sustainability Coordinator; Steve Lindaas, Physics; Mazz Marry, Biosciences; Claudia Murphy, Philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies; and Alison Wallace, Biosciences. This was the second year that MnSCU has supported this […]
Meena Balgopal (formerly Biosciences Dept. and currently at Colorado State University) and Alison Wallace, Biosciences, have published a featured article “Writing about socio-scientific issues: a “write” way to improve decision-making skills” in the March issue of “The American Biology Teacher” journal of the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Bookend your week with Faculty Development. The first Friday focus group happens tomorrow, and the first Monday morning session is scheduled next week: This Friday (Feb. 22): Fixed-term Faculty Focus Group, 2:30-3:15 p.m. in CMU 227 Monday (Feb. 25): “Social media in the classroom = socially acceptable?”, brought to you by Jeff Bodwin, Chemistry; Andrew Chen, Computer Science; Kandace Creel […]