10th Annual Learning Communities Institute

Monday, May 12, 2008

Scheman Building

8:00 a.m.
Check-in & Continental Breakfast (2nd Floor Lobby)

8:30 – 11:45
A Bridge between Here and There: The Moral Imperative of Learning Communities
Lee Burdette Williams, Dean of Students at University of Connecticut
Rooms 220/230/240
(includes a 15-minute break )

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
2nd Floor Lobby

12:45 – 1:40
Concurrent Sessions A
Session A1 – Enhancing Student Learning through a Review of Student Work
Rooms 250/252

Session A2 – The Next Step: Helping Our Second-year Students Make the Connection
Rooms 260/262

Session A3 – Resilient Habits of Thinking: Abilities for Academic Success
Room 299

Session A4 – Interdisciplinary Learning: Combining Communication, Information Literacy, and Subject Area in a First-year Composition Course
Room 275

Session A5 – Learning Communities 101
Rooms 175/179

1:40 – 1:50
Break

1:50 – 2:45
Concurrent Sessions B
Session B1 – Developing an Assessment Plan
Rooms 250/252

Session B2 – Let’s Talk about Diversity. Let’s Talk about You and Me
Rooms 260/262

Session B3 – A Learning Community Transforms to Accommodate Growth
Room 299

Session B4 – Experience a Common Reading
Room 275

Session B5 – Connecting Peer Mentor Training to Your Discipline
Rooms 175/179

2:45 – 3:30
Awards & Dessert
Rooms 220/230/240