January, 2012
GradSTEP Preview: More about the Panels
Jan. 19, 2012—Over 4,500 colleges and universities grant Associates, Baccalaureate, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. All together, they educate 20.7 million students. Less than 300 colleges and universities (6%) grant more than 20 Ph.D. degrees each year. The diversity of American higher education means that nearly all of our graduate students will find employment in one of the...
Upcoming Event: Tell and Show: Why and How to Use Images in Presentations
Jan. 18, 2012—Join us for this upcoming teaching workshop! Tell and Show: Why and How to Use Images in Presentations Date & Time: January 25, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Derek Bruff, Director & Rhett McDaniel, Educational Technologist Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students,...
From the Stacks…
Jan. 17, 2012—The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course By Linda B. Nilson From the publisher… An instructor’s topical organization is the basic framework of his or her course as well as the core of the syllabus. This book shows college instructors how to communicate their course organization to students in a graphic syllabus–a...
Apply now for 2012-13 Graduate Student Positions
Jan. 16, 2012—The Center for Teaching is now accepting applications for its 2012-13 Graduate Teaching Fellow and Teaching Affiliate positions. Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) are employed for the entire academic year, engage in a variety of CFT activities around training and supporting teaching assistants across the university, and are paid $20,000 for the year. Teaching Affiliates prepare...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:Amanda Goodwin
Jan. 15, 2012—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Amanda Goodwin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College, talks about her teaching philosophy and interests: My main research goal is to improve literacy through better understanding how students can use morphological awareness (or...
GradSTEP Preview: Sessions
Jan. 14, 2012—Join us next weekend, Saturday January 21st, from 9:30am-2:30pm in Wilson Hall, for a series of free teaching workshops for graduate students, professional students, and post doctoral fellows. Co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and the Graduate Student Council, the Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development (GradSTEP) includes the following 10 sessions:...
CIRTL Coffee Hour 1/17: Finding funding to support your love of teaching
Jan. 13, 2012—The 2011-2012 CIRTL Coffee Hour Series provides an opportunity for STEM (science, technology, engineering, & math) graduate students and post docs to get together online and talk about careers and the academic job search. The series is facilitated by a mix of young faculty who have recently secured positions and more seasoned tenured faculty. This year’s...
Call for Proposals: The Cumberland Project
Jan. 12, 2012—In this time of environmental change and uncertainty, institutions of higher education play a vital role in helping the public meet the numerous challenges to sustainability. Many individuals and institutions have taken up this challenge, as evidenced by the development of organizations such as the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and...
GradSTEP Preview: Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics Virtual Panel
Jan. 11, 2012—This year’s GradSTEP event will feature two simultaneous panels of recent PhDs who have made the transition from grad student to full-time faculty positions. They chose to work at institutions that are, in some ways, very different from Vanderbilt. Panelists include: Tara Davis is currently in her first year as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Hawaii...
GradSTEP Preview: Humanities & Social Sciences Virtual Panel
Jan. 10, 2012—What happens after a successful job search? This year’s GradSTEP event will feature two simultaneous panels of recent PhDs who have made the transition from grad student to full-time faculty jobs. They answered the “What Next?” question, and will share their stories of stumbles and triumphs in these plenary sessions. Panelists in the humanities and...