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Teaching and Learning Colloquium Keynote Speakers Announced The third annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium, scheduled for May 12 and 13, will feature two well-known academics as keynote speakers. Eric Mazur, professor of physics at Harvard University, will speak on “Understanding or Memorization: Are We Teaching the Right Thing?” Mazur holds a triple appointment as Harvard College Professor, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. An internationally recognized teacher and scientist, he leads a research program in physics education as well as in optical physics. In 2001, he was honored with one of the first National Science Foundation (NSF) Director's Distinguished Teaching Scholar awards, the highest distinction conferred by the NSF. Diane Ebert-May, professor of biology at Michigan State University, will discuss “Assessment of Student Learning.” Ebert-May has been a leader in the ongoing effort to improve education in the biological and environmental sciences. She is director of FIRST II, a National Dissemination Project funded by the NSF to provide opportunities for faculty and future faculty throughout the country to improve their teaching of science. For more on the Teaching and Learning Colloquium, contact Gary Gabriele, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, at ext. 2244. 4/21/03
Hold the Date: Faculty Recognition Dinner May 13 Faculty members are asked to mark their calendars for the annual Faculty Recognition Dinner, which will be held Tuesday, May 13. Information and invitation to follow. 4/21/03
Call for WMHT AUCTION Volunteers Rensselaer is again sponsoring a segment on local PBS station WMHT's 2003 Great TV Auction. Volunteers are needed Saturday, May 3, from 2 to 6:30 pm. to answer phones and to run bids in the studio. Volunteers will receive a Rensselaer T-shirt for participating. Those who volunteer should plan to be at the WMHT studio in Rotterdam for the entire shift. For more information or to volunteer, contact Pat Haywood at ext. 2750 or haywop@rpi.edu. 4/14/03
Commencement Volunteers Sought The Office of University Events is still in need of volunteers for Rensselaer’s 197th Commencement exercises. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Harkness Field. If you are interested in participating, contact Mary Alice O’Brien at ext. 6106 or obriem4@rpi.edu or Laraine Michaelides at ext. 6058 or michal@rpi.edu. 4/7/03
Senior Class Gift Campaign Challenges Union College The Class of 2003 is participating in a fund-raising challenge with its counterparts at Union College. The goal of the campaign is the highest class participation. Rensselaer is striving for 25 percent class participation or 325 seniors. Gifts may be paid over a two-year period. The senior class gift campaign is seeking to raise money for the Rensselaer Annual Fund, which helps to support student activities, research and innovation, scholarship, and entrepreneurship. “This is just one way that the Class of 2003 can show its support for the groundbreaking changes happening at Rensselaer,” said Rick Hartt ’70, director of the Rensselaer Union. “The objective of this program is to show seniors the impact that philanthropy has had on them, as well as to give them the opportunity to carry on the tradition of supporting their alma mater.” For more information on the senior class gift campaign, go to www.alumni.rpi.edu/mad/as_2003.html. 4/7/03
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