FALL 2009

 Updates to APA Style Manual
Friday, November 6, 2009
9:30am - 10:30am  LIB 307

Presenter: Tracy Leithauser – Assistant Professor, Instruction and Reference Services, Consortium Library

Come and learn about some of the updates incorporated into the 6^th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Style), corrections to the first printing (July 2009) and resources available to faculty and your students to help master APA Style.

Please contact Liisa Morrison at least 48 hours in advance if you would like to arrange a teleconference link, providing the campus and room location.  liisa@uaa.alaska.edu or 786-4644

Online Handout for APA Style Manual

Friday, Nov. 6, 11:30 am - 1 pm,  RH 303 with
Doni Williams, International Student Advisor

Want to work more effectively with your international students?  Join your colleagues for a session in which we explore practical strategies for working with and assisting students and to understand their specific responsibilities and challenges.  The discussion will also include cultural concepts related to politeness and behavior.  Resources for faculty and "need to know" information will also be highlighted.

Please Register Below

 Diversity Issues Friday, November 13th (Cancelled)

How to Get Support for Your Service Learning & Community Engagement Projects

(Center for Community Engagement & Learning)

Friday, November 13, 2009
1:30pm - 3:00pm

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Consortium Library 302

Faculty Cross Cultural Immersion Experience

Faculty Wine And Cheese Informational Reception
Friday, November 13, 4-5 PM
UAA Campus Den

The reception is an opportunity to learn about the new program and how you can apply to attend an Alaska Native Culture Camp in rural Alaska in summer 2010.  The intent of the program—a collaboration between the Alaska Humanities Forum, UAA, Alaska Job Corps, two rural Alaska School districts, and Alaska Native organizations—is to enhance faculty leaders’ knowledge of Alaska Native cultures, perspectives and traditions so they can better assist rural students making their transition to postsecondary education in urban settings.

Informational Flyer

For More Information Please Contact:
Laurie Evans-Dinneen, Project Director
Phone: 907-272-5302
Email: ledinneen@akhf.org

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PAST EVENTS

Need Help Incorporating IDEA Into Your Evaluation File?
Are you working on your retention, post-tenure review, promotion and/or tenure file that is due on September 4th (UnAC) or September 28 (UAFT)?  Do you have questions on how to incorporate the IDEA results into your file?  Bring your file and join Mark Fitch for a hands-on work session on August 14 & 18, 2009 from 10:00 - 12:00 noon
in Library 306.

Contact Mark Fitch at afmaf@uaa.alaska.eduif you have any questions.

How to Teach the Books of the Year
Faculty Workshop

Thursday, September 3^rd
11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Consortium Library 302

Join your colleagues for a discussion of ways you can incorporate the UAA/APU Books of the Year into your courses during 2009-10.  The theme for this year’s Books is “Responding to Climate Change in Alaska,” a very rich and topical subject that can be explored in a variety of ways throughout the curriculum.  A faculty committee selected two books:

The Whale and the Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth, which discusses the scientific method, Alaska Native ways of knowing, and the impact of climate change on the whaling crews of Barrow.

Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner is a series of autobiographical essays that show the ways humans can live off the land in the Far North, and the changes, both physical and social, wrought by climate change.

Both books are available at the UAA and APU Bookstores at a 20% discount

Campus events related to the Books are planned for the year, and many faculty are using all or part of the Books in their courses. Please join us as we share ideas for how to begin discussing these important books and issues on campus this year!

For more information: Libby Roderick
aner@uaa.alaska.edu
Please Register Below...

How to Use the Theatre of the Oppressed in Your Classroom

Friday, September 11, 2009
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Consortium Library 307

Please join Psychology professor Claudia Lampman for an introduction to some easy theater exercises you can use in your classroom to explore issues related to diversity, power relations, problem solving, communication challenges, and other difficult dialogues. Professor Lampman attended an international conference in Minneapolis on the Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed last spring and will share classroom applications learned at that event.
 

 National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)

Welcoming Diversity "Train-the-Trainer" 3-Day Workshop
September 25, 26 & 27, 2009

We are pleased to announce, Robert Dungey and Joyce Shabazz of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) will return to UAA to facilitate the award winning, "Welcoming Diversity, Prejudice Reduction,"- "Train-the-Trainer" workshop, Friday, September 25 through Sunday, September 27, 2009.  NCBI is a non-profit leadership & diversity training organization working to build inclusive campus communities and eliminate prejudice. As a campus affiliate of NCBI, UAA is striving to create a welcoming, inclusive campus community, raise awareness and to provide effective interventions when diversity issues arise.  As a participant in one of the NCBI workshops, we would like to invite you to register for this three-day workshop.

The "Train-the-Trainer" workshop is critical to our efforts to build diversity into everything that we do. This workshop will strengthen and broaden our existing team. Upon completion of this workshop you will be a resource to train others at UAA in anti-discrimination work.

 In order to participate in the workshop you must meet the following criteria: 

* Familiarity with National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) methodology (having attended a NCBI's one-day, Welcoming Diversity workshop or exposure to a NCBI diversity module)
* Committed to the long-term objective of being a member of the diversity trainer team

•         Passionate about, and have an appreciation for diversity and multiculturalism

•         Supportive of leadership in advancing UAA diversity initiative

•         Interested in demonstrating group skill work (not self-focused)

•         Available to participate in monthly discussions

Please e-mail your interest and reserve a space for this workshop by emailing or calling Marva Watson, Director, Office of Campus Diversity & Compliance at anmjs@uaa.alaska.edu   or 786-1424.

How to Teach the Books of the Year
Faculty Workshop

Friday, October 9
11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Consortium Library 302

Join your colleagues for a discussion of ways you can incorporate the UAA/APU Books of the Year into your courses during 2009-10.  The theme for this year’s Books is “Responding to Climate Change in Alaska,” a very rich and topical subject that can be explored in a variety of ways throughout the curriculum.  A faculty committee selected two books:

The Whale and the Supercomputer by Charles Wohlforth, which discusses the scientific method, Alaska Native ways of knowing, and the impact of climate change on the whaling crews of Barrow.

Shopping for Porcupine by Seth Kantner is a series of autobiographical essays that show the ways humans can live off the land in the Far North, and the changes, both physical and social, wrought by climate change.

Both books are available at the UAA and APU Bookstores at a 20% discount

Campus events related to the Books are planned for the year, and many faculty are using all or part of the Books in their courses. Please join us as we share ideas for how to begin discussing these important books and issues on campus this year!

Facilitator:  Don Rearden - Assistant Professor, College Preparatory & Developmental Studies 

For more information contact Christina Gheen anccw@uaa.alaska.edu

www.uaa.alaska.edu/books-of-the-year

 Turning Discriminatory Remarks into Learning Moments
Friday, Oct. 16, 11:30 am - 1 pm Library 307
with Libby Roderick, CAFE Associate Director

A 3-part process developed by trainers from the National Coalition Building Institute

How do we as faculty respond in the classroom when a student makes a remark like "Minorities should stop complaining and work harder to improve their situation?" or "With the rising costs of fuel, Alaska Native people should all just move out of the villages and into the city"? In this interactive workshop, faculty will learn to develop and practice the skill of creating a learning moment in response to discriminating comments or offensive remarks.   Bring your lunch and join us for this important event!

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"How to Establish Service Learning Partnerships"

(Heifer International & Dorn Van Dommelen)

Friday, October 23, 2009
11:00 am- 12:30 pm

Consortium Library 307

Please join us to hear Geography Professor Dorn Van Dommelen about his efforts to partner with Heifer International to develop service-learning components in his Geography/International Relations 101 course at UAA.  The mission of the Heifer NGO is "ending hunger, caring for the earth."  Course content was infused with detailed case studies of Heifer International projects from around the world. In addition, a service-learning project in the course now requires students to teach others about Heifer International's work. This effort has led to a
number of developments, including the growth of a cadre of service-learning advocates mentoring Van Dommelen's students; the formation of a student Heifer International club; and the development of a short-term study abroad course to China, scheduled for May 2010. Van Dommelen's partnership has reinvigorated his  teaching and inspired a number of students. However, the project also raises questions about the degree to which a course should advocate on behalf of an NGO. Rex Enoch of Heifer International will join Van Dommelen to answer questions and lead discussion after the presentation.

This CAFÉ presentation will describe the UTMB standardized patient/simulation program, provide an illustration of the UTMB simulation laboratory, and demonstrate an interprofessional simulation and standardized patient experience. The standardized patient case will demonstrate the interprofessional team interfacing with an elder patient with an acute medical problem and will allow learners to acquire an understanding of the patient and health care team interaction. Added value to the learning process will occur during debriefing and learners will have an opportunity to contribute to the discussion from their discipline of study. Students, faculty, and community members in all health professions areas are invited to attend.

RSVP to Geri Heiner at anglh@uaa.alaska.edu
Click Here to see a flyer with more information.

Next-Generation Education for Next-Generation Students
Wednesday, October 28, 2009,
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Library 307

Faculty, staff and administrators are invited to join CAFE for a webinar hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education on the Millennial students who “now comprise the majority of undergraduates in America.”  The webinar will be presented by Dr. Bill Pepicello, Ph.D., President of University of Phoenix. 

Topics will include:

• What do we know about Millennials?
• What are their cognitive and affective educational needs?
• How can they best be served through innovative curriculum?
• How can we measure their success in meaningful ways?

The webinar will be followed by a facilitated discussion.  RSVP to liisa@uaa.alaska.edu.

If you’d like to participate in the webinar from your own computer, you can register individually here.

Please Register Below to Attend the Facilitated Discussion Only