‘Sustainability’
Teaching Outside the Classroom – Part Two
May. 4, 2011—by John Morrell Graduate Teaching Fellow, CFT On April 5, 2011, the Center for Teaching hosted a “Conversation on Teaching” on the topic of “Teaching Outside the Classroom.” This is the second installment of a two-part blog post covering the observations made by two panelists – Steve Baskauf from Biology and David Furbish from Earth...
Teaching Outside the Classroom – Part One
Apr. 29, 2011—by John Morrell Graduate Teaching Fellow, CFT On April 5, 2011, the Center for Teaching hosted a “Conversation on Teaching” on the topic of “Teaching Outside the Classroom.” This is the first installment of a two-part blog post covering the observations made by two panelists – Steve Baskauf from Biology and David Furbish from Earth...
CFT Assistant Director Joe Bandy Highlighted in Recent Sociology Publications
Mar. 1, 2011—Joe Bandy recently came to the CFT from Bowdoin College where his research was shifting to a focus on environmental sustainability and economic development in Maine, particularly the sometimes contentious relationships between working class communities and environmental advocacy in Maine’s extractive industries. From 1996 to 2004, his research investigated the many ways that social movement...
Service Learning for Sustainability Event Recap
Jan. 12, 2011—On November 12th, the Center for Teaching and the Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association (THESA) were proud to co-host a one day workshop integrating service learning and sustainability education entitled, “Service Learning for Sustainability.” Both service learning and sustainability are areas of innovation in higher education that share a commitment to place, to community engagement,...
Joe Bandy in Vanderbilt View Article
Jan. 11, 2011—In the January 2011 edition of the Vanderbilt View, CFT Assistant Director Joe Bandy was mentioned in an article describing the work of Vanderbilt’s Center for Nashville Studies (VCNS). VCNS seeks to connect community organizations in need of research and recommendations on policy-level issues with Vanderbilt’s expertise in a variety of fields, and Bandy has...
Call for Proposals: The Cumberland Project – Due January 15, 2011
Jan. 7, 2011—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...
New CFT Guide on Teaching with Ecological Footprints
Jan. 3, 2011—As part of the CFT’s ongoing work on sustainability across the curriculum, particularly the fall 2010 workshop “Sustainability in the Classroom: Ecological Footprints,” we’ve developed a new teaching guide titled “Teaching with Ecological Footprints.” What are ecological footprints? Ecological footprints are calculations of natural resource use that assess environmental impacts. Typically they measure levels of...
Episode 25 – Service Learning for Sustainability: David Padgett
Dec. 1, 2010—This podcast features a presentation given by David A. Padgett, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory at Tennessee State University. Padgett’s audio excerpt was recorded during a one day workshop about integrating service learning and sustainability education co-hosted by the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching and the Tennessee Higher Education...
Service Learning for Sustainability
Nov. 5, 2010—The CFT is proud to be a part of this event that addresses issues of environmental sustainability in the curriculum. On November 12th, from 8:30am to 4pm in the Wyatt Center on the Peabody Campus, the CFT and the Tennessee Higher Education Sustainability Association (THESA) will co-host a one-day workshop on integrating service learning and sustainability...
Hitting the Road: CFT Sessions at the 2010 POD Network Conference
Oct. 22, 2010—The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network is the professional association to which CFT senior staff belong. The 2010 POD Network conference will be held next month in St. Louis, November 3-7. Several CFT staff members and one graduate student are attending the conference and leading sessions there. These sessions reflect several recent CFT initiatives...