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2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Broadening the Conversation: Communicating to Non-Experts

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Vice President's Office - MIIS
2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Broadening the Conversation: Communicating to Non-Experts About Your Work Guest speaker Joshua Tucker from New York University and co-author of The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage will lead us in a discussion on how we speak to a general audience about our research. Whether the topic is data science, climate change, policy, history, or art, it can seem difficult for those of us steeped in the details of a subject to present our work in ways that are accessible to non-experts.

Virtual MIIS

Open to the Public

2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Profound Learning & Full Participation: Utilizing High Impact Practice

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Vice President's Office - MIIS
2021 Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Profound Learning and Full Participation: Utilizing High Impact Practices for Student Success Pivoting on a full participation framework, Timothy Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Associate Professor of Urban Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers University, will share the evidence-based research demonstrating a positive relationship between student participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) and improved student outcomes.

Virtual MIIS

Open to the Public

Contemporary Teaching in the Liberal Arts: Utilizing Project-Based Learning to Improve ALL Students’ STEM Experience

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Vice President's Office - MIIS
With guidance from Caitlin Keller, Instructional Designer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, this session will discuss the key elements of designing a PBL learning experience in flexible course settings by effectively utilizing technology for both faculty and students. The workshop is open to all faculty, but it will spotlight the unique challenges that arise when implementing PBL in online or hybrid STEM courses.

Virtual MIIS

Open to the Public

Winter Commencement

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Vice President's Office - MIIS
Winter Commencement Ceremony and Reception. 1:00pm Ceremony at the Monterey Conference Center followed by a reception at the Samson Student Center.

Off Campus MIIS related event

Closed to the Public

The Challenges & Pitfalls of Monitoring the Conflict in Ukraine

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Vice President's Office - MIIS
Wes Andrews, a 2013 graduate of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, will be leading a discussion on the challenges and pitfalls of monitoring active conflict in Ukraine on Wednesday, November 7th from 6 – 8PM in McGowan 102, 411 Pacific Street in Monterey. Among other topics, Wes will discuss his experience working for the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the situation and conflict in Eastern Ukraine, as well as the challenges involved in monitoring active conflicts.

McGowan MG102

Open to the Public