On October 11-12, four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty participated in a
meeting of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
Institutional Leadership Program. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is part of the CASTL theme on “student
voices in the scholarship of teaching and learning.”
During the meeting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s
CASTL group worked with colleagues from around the nation to outline a book on
this theme, scheduled for publication in late 2009. Portions of the book will
be written by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty and students.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ participants at the October meeting were:
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Ashley Holmes (English)
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Deborah Long (Education/Faculty Administrative Fellow,
Assistant to the President)
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Jessie Moore (English)
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Peter Felten (Center for the Advancement of Teaching
and Learning)
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ participants in this CASTL initiative who did not
travel to Las Vegas include Stephen Schulman (Philosophy), Jeffrey Coker
(Biology), Megan Conklin (Computing Sciences), Ayesha Delpish (Mathematics),
and Mary Knight-McKenna (Education).
For more information on the program, or to join the group,
please contact Peter Felten.