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You have a beautiful accent

Submitted by mvicentecrespo on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 4:02pm

I have to admit that I hated English Language in middle school. My teacher was awful and I just couldn't see why I had to study a language that didn't make any sense to me when the closest people who spoke such language were living in an island that was by all means out of reach. Somehow I managed to have good enough grades. I improved in high-school, mostly thanks to a much better teacher and the fact that by that time I was obsessed with having good grades and couldn't let a weird language screw up my marks. Read More »

UW–Madison Teaching Academy Welcomes Delta Learning Community Members

Submitted by kmittels on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:09pm

The UW Teaching Academy is comprised of faculty and instructional staff members at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who provide leadership to strengthen undergraduate, graduate, and outreach teaching and learning on campus. It was founded in 1993 with the mission of promoting effective teaching and learning at UW and nationally by encouraging innovation, experimentation, and dialogue among current faculty and the teachers of the future. Read More »

Teaching-as-Research Fellows at Vanderbilt Share Completed Projects

Submitted by velez on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 8:24am

This year, four graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Vanderbilt University completed Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects, exploring aspects of undergraduate education in their disciplines. These four TAR fellows include Mike Myers, Mechanical Engineering; Elizabeth Adolph and Margarita Pietro, Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering; and Manara Carely, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Read More »

CIRTL Network Exchanges from the University of Colorado Boulder

Submitted by blanford on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 8:52am

Three CU Boulder TAR fellows participated in CIRTL Network Exchanges in the spring of 2012 to present the findings of their TAR research to fellow institutions in the CIRTL Network.

Kristin Boles presented the findings of her TAR research and gave a colloquium about her coursework at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Kristin conducted a study in the fall 2011 to determine if simple glassware demonstrations helped improve student performance in general chemistry labs. Read More »

TAMU-CIRTL Highlights, Spring 2012

Submitted by Gurlovleen Rathore on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 11:31pm

The Texas A&M Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (TAMU-CIRTL) successfully completed the 2011-2012 programming year. Below are a few highlights from the TAMU-CIRTL and TAMU-CIRTL collaborations: Read More »

White House Honors Champions of Change in STEM

Submitted by samantha.kuray on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 1:23pm

This week the White House honored 14 people as Champions of Change for their contributions to making the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math more accessible to Americans with disabilities. The impressive list of honorees include innovators developing new technologies to increase accessibility, scientists serving as role models and promoting careers in STEM, and graduate students mentoring in their communities.

To learn more about each of the honorees and see some of the remarkable ways these individuals are making STEM accessible to more diverse audiences, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/champions

From Latina to white in a couple of flights

Submitted by mvicentecrespo on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 1:47pm

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