From the Director: Keeping Time Together As we step into a new calendar year, those of us in academic life feel time in stereo. The world flips the page to January, while we remain midstream in our academic cycle. The teaching, advising, and planning continue as the steady rhythms of campus life move us continuously …
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Welcome to Block 4! The Crown Center’s Block 3 workshop, “Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Teaching,” has me reflecting on how interdisciplinarity has shaped my time at CC—first as a student, now as an employee. Early on, I realized that courses outside my art history major, psychology, music, history, feminist and gender studies, and sociology each offered …
From the Director: When Curiosity Becomes Connectivity With Block 3 underway, we find ourselves in that familiar and fruitful middle ground of the academic year. We are finding a rhythm as we surpass 2/8 of the current academic year, yet plans for the next one are already emerging. Now is the time when course ideas …
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From the Director: Here we are. Welcome to Block 2! The pacing of our academic calendar affords a special type of educational intensity, one where we dig deep and explore widely. Our Block 1 Crown Center Workshop focused on “Inclusive Participation.” Faculty and staff gathered over lunch to consider different modes and expectations of participation, ultimately …
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Welcome to a new Academic Year! It was a joy to spend last week with our newest colleagues during New Faculty Orientation. This energizing start aligned beautifully with the arrival of the Class of 2029 to our campus community. That convergence of new ideas, fresh perspectives, and shared curiosity is a powerful reminder of the …
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End of Year Opportunities Abound! From the Director: Sieve! Sieve! Sieve! More than a Hockey Chant… In our previous newsletters, we introduced the HITS framework (Hub–Incubator–Temple-Sieve) for enhancing the effectiveness of Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs). In this final block of the year, we move to the final letter in the framework: Sieve. The …
Block 7 Newsletter From the Director: A Temple to Teaching Forged Across Campus In our previous newsletters, we introduced the HITS framework (Hub–Incubator-Temple-Sieve) for enhancing the effectiveness of Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs). In this Block, we move to the next letter in the framework: Temple. The Temple concept in the HITS framework represents …
Incubating Educational Excellence From the Director: Incubating Educational Excellence In our Block 5 newsletter, I introduced the HITS framework (Hub-Incubator-Temple-Sieve) for enhancing the effectiveness of Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs). I shared some ways the Crown Center serves as a hub for convening, connecting, and coordinating. In Block 6, we move to the …
From the Director: The Core of What We Do Last week, I had the pleasure of traveling to Chicago to attend the annual conference of the POD Network. As outlined in its mission, POD “exists to provide professional development and a community of practice for scholars and practitioners of educational development, and to serve as …
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Block 3 Newsletter From the Director: On Teaching Through Elections Block three 2016 found me back in the classroom, fresh from my post-third-year-review sabbatical. I was teaching our Music Fundamentals course and felt I had finally hit my stride in the CC classroom. My brisk confidence propelled by the continuation of hope offered by the …