News and Events

FDC Deadlines:
February 9 is the deadline for Faculty Summer Stipend Applications
March 9 is the deadline for Student/Faculty Summer Research Applications
April 13 is the deadline for the Mellon Grant for Faculty Career Enhancement for Strengthening Intellectual Communities

FACULTY FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION LUNCHEON
There's a luncheon to provide information about the Faculty Fellowship Program and the application process. There will be short presentation and examples of successful applications and projects from the past cycles of the program as well as the opportunity to ask questions. The luncheon will take place Wednesday, April 6 from noon to 1:30 in 221 in the Union Building.

Faculty Achievement Recognition Event
This event is a great way to end the academic year by celebrating the successes of our colleagues! Please mark your calendars for Thursday, May 12 from 4 to 5:30pm at the Walden Inn Galleria. We will have food and drinks and time to socialize as well!

Teaching Roundtables:
The schedule for the Teaching Roundtables will be distributed at the beginning of February

Spring Faculty Forums:
Please note that these are all scheduled on Thursdays from noon to 1:30pm and that lunch is served.

Thursday, March 17, 3:45 "The Laptop Initiative and Classroom Management" This event is a continuation of the Winter Term discussion on the same topic.

Thursday, March 31 -- 4:15 to 5:30pm -- Walden Inn/Emerson Room A -- "The Scholarship of Teaching"
This seems to be a timely topic due to the recent changes in our review criteria for tenure and promotion. We will discuss the two types of scholarship of teaching: conducting research on teaching methods and writing texts for classes. A panel of faculty members, consisting of Dave Berque, Associate Professor of Computer Science; David Newman, Professor of Sociology; Jim Benedix, Associate Professor of Biology; and Bob Hershberger, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, will present their experiences in the scholarship of teaching followed by a question and answer period and discussion.

Thursday, April 14 (UB 231-2)
Melanie Finney, Associate Professor of Communication and Theater
When Tragedy Strikes the Academy: Making Sense of Traumatic Events

Thursday, April 21 -- 4:15 to 5:30pm -- Walden Inn/Galleria -- "What the Best College Teachers Do"
This roundtable will be a bit different from the rest and will function as a reading group that meets once to discuss the book "What the Best College Teachers Do" written by Ken Bain, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at New York University. He posits that it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand that matters. Faculty Development will provide the books to faculty members who would like to attend the discussion. I believe the material will lead to a lively discussion!

Friday, April 22, 3:45 "Project Showcase" This event will highlight a number of DePauw faculty projects that were developed with support of the Midwest Instructional Technology Center.

Thursday, May 5 (Terrace Room A)
Ellen Maycock, Professor of Mathematics
In Search of My Mothers Paris