College of Natural Resources and Sciences

CNRS Weekly News – May. 20

Announcements

This will the last CNRS Weekly for the Spring 2013 term. Hope you all have a wonderful and enjoyable summer. We’ll see you in the fall!

Mark your calendars for the fall 2013 Institute for Student Success event to be held on Tues., Aug. 20. Dr. Mazur is an internationally recognized scientist, researcher, and teacher. Please join us for an engaging workshop about interactive teaching.

Planning for our Centennial Celebration is underway! Check out the details for next year’s events ~ Aug 2013-May 2014.

Faculty and Staff News

Faculty ~ Thank you for taking the time to vote in the CNRS Spring 2013 election. Results of this election will be emailed to you next week.

Faculty will receive their individual course evaluation results after grades are posted on May 22. The University average response rate was 71%, only 4% under last spring’s paper results. The online eval task force will report back to the University Senate by early October.

Keep current on news about faculty, staff and student achievements on Humboldt State NOW .

Deadlines

Events and Meetings

Presentations & Seminars

All department presentations for the spring 2013 term are complete. A new schedule will be posted in August.

Schedule

The Dean and Associate Dean are in this week.

Faculty Development Information

The College of Natural Resources and Sciences has established a STEM Pedagogy Action Committee to look at improving retention and success rates in science courses. The Steering Committee will meet bi-weekly, Fridays at 1:00 p.m. in HGH 113. All faculty are welcome to attend or provide input.

Members: Brad Ballinger, Mike Camann, Eileen Cashman, Beth Eschenbach, Monty Mola, Alison O’Dowd, Dale Oliver, Brandon Schwab, Steve Smith, Kim Vincent-Layton, Rick Zechman

Upcoming Events

January 2012 Effective Pedagogies Workshops

Pecha Kucha Microlecturing Technique
Pecha Kucha Script

Think-Pair Share and Jigsaw
TPS_Jigsaw Script

Just in Time Teaching (JiTT)
JiTT Script

Using Clickers
Clickers Script

Flipped Classroom Part I
Flipped Class Part I Script

Concept Inventories
Concept Inventories Script

Articles of Interest

Why Science Majors Change Their Minds

The Worst Way to Teach

Lose the Lectures

AAU to Take Up Challenge of Improving Undergraduate Science Teaching

Mastering Circuit Analysis: An innovative approach to a foundational sequence.

Website Resources

Effective Use of Group Work Videos – The University of Colorado Science Education Initiative (CU-SEI) and the University of British Columbia Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI)

National Academies Board for Science Education

Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Pedagogy in Action – the SERC portal for Educators

Tomorrow’s Professor – a list serve to receive interesting teaching articles

Upcoming Webinars

Upcoming Conferences

Making Academic Change Happen Conference
Terre Haute, IN – May 30 – June 2, 2012

Transforming Research in Undergraduate STEM Education (TRUSE)
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN – June 3 – June 7, 2012

Integrating STEM Education Research into Teaching: Knowledge of Student Thinking 6th Biennial National Conference
University of Maine, Orono, Maine – June 20 – 22, 2012

Book Suggestions

“What the Best College Teachers Do” by Ken Bain. The Dean’s Office has copies if you would like to borrow one.

“How Learning Works” by Susan Ambrose et al.

“Whistling Vivaldi” by Claude Steele

“Student Engagement Techniques” by Elizabeth Barkley