7th Annual Learning Communities Institute
"Ideas in Action "

Program

7:30 a.m. (1st Floor Lobby)

Check-in & Continental Breakfast

8:30– 9:30 (Benton Auditorium)

Bright Ideas and Student Voices

Corly Brooke, Doug Gruenewald and Learning Community Students

9:45 – 10:35            Concurrent Sessions A

    Session A1 – Rooms 250/252

Residential Learning Communities: Promising Practices for Enhancing Programs - Mimi Benjamin, Rustain Morgan, Sean Grube

Session A2 – Rooms 260/262

Enhancing Faculty/Student Interactions - Moderator and Panelist: Maggie LaWare - Panelists: Doug Beck, Barb Osborn, Sam Pritchard, Mary Wiedenhoeft

Session A3 – Room 299

Beyond the First Year: Extending the Learning Community Experience - Tom Polito, Steve Mickelson

Session A4 – Room 275

Enhancing Your Learning Community with WebCT - Travis Kramer, Lora Leigh Chrystal

Session A5 – Rooms 175/179

Community Reading: Selecting and Teaching a Common Reading- Diana Shonrock, Jane Jacobson, Michael Mendelson

10:50 – 11:50 (Benton Auditorium) 

Plenary Address: Learning Community Assessment

Mack Shelley, Kevin Saunders

12:00– 12:45                Lunch (Rooms 220/230/240)

12:45 – 1:00 (Rooms 220/230/240)

Partnering with Student Affairs

Todd Holcomb, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs

1:00 – 1:45 (See folder for room assignment)

Roundtable Discussions about Partnering with Student Affairs

2:00– 2:50                  Concurrent Sessions B

Session B1 – Rooms 250/252

Peer Mentors in Teaching Roles - Mimi Benjamin, Kurt Earnest, Lora Leigh Chrystal, Sean Grube

Session B2 – Rooms 260/262

Faculty in Action: What Do Faculty Members Gain from their Learning Community Experience - Shari Ellertson

Session B3 – Room 299

Transfer Learning Communities - Darlene Fratzke, Marsha Wissink, Andy Schuttinga

Session B4 – Room 275

English: Extending the Circles of Community- Julie Minkler-Tsivakou, Jen Lowery Thornburg, Sam Pritchard, Jenny Aune, Mari Hall

Session B5 – Rooms 175/179

Faculty Scholarship, Recognition, and Rewards- Moderator and Panelist: Steve Freeman - Panelists: Tom Brumm, Susan Carlson, John Hauptman, Steve Mickelson, Gail Nonnecke

3:05– 3:55  (See folder for room assignment)

100s of Ideas for Action

3:55– 4:45 (Rooms 220/230/240)

Awards & Dessert

Closing Session