Events Category
Upcoming Event: Interviewing with the Dean in Your Faculty Job Search
Oct. 25, 2011—Are you a graduate student or Post Doc in faculty job search mode? Or thinking about it? Come hear about the interview process from Vanderbilt deans including Dean Camilla Benbow (Peabody), Dean Kenneth Galloway (Engineering), and Dean Carolyn Dever (Arts & Science). This panel discussion will address the deans’ perspectives on the academic job search process...
Upcoming Event: Student Expectations – Academic Technology
Oct. 25, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register Now for Student Expectations: Academic Technology. Time & Date: Thursday, October 27, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Rhett McDaniel, Educational Technologist, CFT Format: Conversation on Teaching Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff Technology is often promoted as an empowering tool that can help faculty work more efficiently and students understand more...
Upcoming Event: Teaching Laboratory Classes
Oct. 19, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register now for Teaching Laboratory Classes. Date & Time: Wednesday, October 26, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs Laboratory classes are an important companion to many science courses at Vanderbilt in providing an opportunity for students to explore material in a “hands-on” way. Leading...
CIRTL Coffee Hour 10/18: What to Expect the First Year as a Faculty
Oct. 14, 2011—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...
The Cumberland Project Working Group
Oct. 7, 2011—is home to a variety of discussions on teaching sustainability, ones that were the focal point of the inaugural Cumberland Project workshop last Spring. The Cumberland Project is a two-day workshop on sustainability education each May that is sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Program in American Studies and the Center for Teaching. Regardless of whether you were...
Upcoming Event: Writing a Teaching Statement
Oct. 6, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register now for Writing a Teaching Statement, Date & Time: Tuesday, October 11, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs When entering the job market, you need to be prepared to articulate your teaching values and methods for search committees, especially those that will not...
Teaching Social Responsibility at Vanderbilt – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Oct. 3, 2011—by Joe Bandy, Assistant Director The CFT’s 25th anniversary symposium involved three major themes on the future of teaching at Vanderbilt, two of which have been the subject of previous blogs – changing technologies and economic challenges to higher education. The third theme was focused on the challenges of teaching social responsibility in today’s world...
Upcoming Workshop: Why Students Behave the Way They Do
Oct. 3, 2011—Why Students Behave the Way They Do: A Teacher’s Guide to Cognitive Development “Why do we have to do group work? It’s such a waste of time! Just lecture and tell us what we need to know.” Are you curious why you hear this phrase in your classes? Why your students are reluctant to work...
PhD Career Connections October Seminar
Sep. 28, 2011—Vanderbilt PhD Career Connections is a monthly seminar series about career options for PhD scientists. Speakers from a diverse range of exciting scientific careers present their career path and share insights from their professional experiences. The series is run by VUMC PhD students and postdoctoral fellows and sponsored by the BRET Office of Career Development. Advance...
Upcoming Event: Leading Effective Discussions
Sep. 24, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register now for Leading Effective Discussions. Date & Time: Thursday, September 29, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs Effective discussions can provoke profound learning, yet they can be challenging to create and particularly to sustain. In this interactive session you will pursue strategies for...