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Save the Date! 22nd Annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference, Oct. 22-23
Posted June 8, 2015The 22nd annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference takes place Oct. 22 and 23 at the Kent Student Center. The University Teaching Council’s annual conference focuses on the four pillars of a Kent State University undergraduate curriculum — knowledge, insight, responsibility and engagement.
Many favorite activities will be returning: the Provost’s Continental Breakfast at 8:30 a.m.; followed by refereed roundtables; invited roundtables, including the Emeriti Roundtable, presented by Norman Duffy; panel discussions, poster displays; the President’s Luncheon; and the Glenn W. Frank Lecture, by George Garrison. The conference culminates with a dessert reception at 2:30 p.m. to honor recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards, the Outstanding Teaching Awards and the wealth of teaching excellence at Kent State.
All conference events are free and open to all those who teach or support teaching at Kent State. Instructors are urged to plan their course syllabi so they may attend.
The University Teaching Council has a call for proposals out now for any Kent State faculty members or graduate teaching assistants who are interested in presenting at the conference. To learn more, visit www.kent.edu/utc or http://bit.ly/UTCCProposals. Deadline for submissions is July 1, 2015.
For more information about the conference, contact Kim Peer at 330-672-0231 or kpeer@kent.edu.