Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

Writing Center Peer Tutors will be available to work with all student online. go/wconline

Sundays 2 - 4pm
Tuesdays 7 - 11pm
Wednesdays 9 - 11pm

Hours start on Sunday, Jan. 7 and run through Wed. Jan. 31st.

Writing Center Peer Tutors will be available to work with all student online. go/wconline

Sundays 2 - 4pm
Tuesdays 7 - 11pm
Wednesdays 9 - 11pm

Hours start on Sunday, Jan. 7 and run through Wed. Jan. 31st.

The Watson Fellowship provides funding for the year 2025-2026 to pursue an international, multi-country independent, self-designed project. 

Fulbright provides a year of funding for 2025-2026 for activities including graduate study, independent research, and English teaching assistant positions. Join Dean Lisa Gates to learn about the Fulbright scholarship and Watson Fellowship programs, the application process, and updates for next year. 

On Wednesday, January 31, we will gather for a final lunch to answer those questions for ourselves. From that discussion, where do we see room for consensus around the table? What related topics of interest are emerging among us that deserve future exploration or action in Spring 2024?

Please register for lunch by Friday, January 26.

On Tuesday, January 30, members of the Educational Affairs Committee, Faculty Council, Strategy Committee, and the Curriculum Committee will provide their perspective on how curricular issues impact their committee work. What intriguing questions do they see emerging around our curriculum and where do they see the curriculum needing to go in the future?

Please register for in-person (by January 26) or online participation. In-person lunch/gathering begins at 12:15. The presentation will begin at 12:30.

On Wednesday, January 24, faculty colleagues who were nominated for and/or won the first annual Inclusive Teaching Award, sponsored by AGDAI and the CTLR, will recall their own path to adopting and then honing inclusive teaching practices. They will address the challenges and the rewards of making that transition. Their stories will help others consider next steps towards a more inclusive teaching approach.

Please register for in-person (by January 19) or online participation. In-person lunch/gathering begins at 12:15. The presentation will begin at 12:30.

On Thursday, January 25, we will engage over lunch in a more meta discussion about what counts as learning for students today. With mental health issues impacting more students as they navigate young adulthood in a precarious world, what are we seeing in our interactions with them? Where do we feel we can help them find strength and a love for life-long learning? And where do we feel unable to make a difference?

Please register for lunch by Friday January 19.

On Thursday, January 18, we will gather over lunch to digest the Wednesday session with Arthur Chiaravalli. Even if you cannot attend on Wednesday, you are invited to come to lunch on Thursday and to share with us what you are seeing in our students and wondering about their needs. This lunch could also be an opportunity for folks to describe their different approaches to course design and assessment.

On Wednesday, January 17, Arthur Chiaravalli, scholar, educator, and now administrator at Champlain Valley Union High School, will join us to share his insights on what is shaping the academic and emotional development of today’s high school students. As the founder of Teachers Going Gradeless, Arthur will also entertain questions about the impact of different forms of evaluation and assessment, including “-less” grading as well as no grading within a grading environment.

On Wednesday, January 10th, Arya Samuelson, writer and editor, will lead a workshop on “Generative Revision.” Her approach to revision has helped writers of all ages and ability levels – including some of our own faculty and students – strengthen their creative process and enhance their work product. Arya’s workshop promises to provide practical value to you in your own writing and will certainly help us all think about how to design our pedagogy in pursuit of helping students reach a high level of “skill and sophistication” in what they share with the world.