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Tuesday, February 19: CIRTLCast: "Service Learning in STEM Disciplines"

Join us on Tuesday, February 19 at 11am CT for our next CIRTLCast, “Service Learning in STEM Disciplines”. At this CIRTLCast, Anna Karls and Paul Matthews will introduce how to set up a service-learning course that addresses: 1) the academic learning objectives of a course in the STEM disciplines, 2) the personal development of the students, and 3) the needs of the community. Examples of STEM service-learning courses and the associated community-engagement projects will be shared. Read More »

Welcome & Doing the Tough Stuff

Submitted by Rique Campa on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 10:41am

Hi all…Well this will certainly be an experiment since I’ve never done a blog before, however, hopefully it will give you some things to think about in the contents of organizing and planning for a sustainable, productive, and happy career as well as how to plan in some “fun time” for you and your family.  If you are looking for “the answer” or “ the formula” in which to achieve this desirable state—then you better look beyond this blog because I don’t have any answers!  What I will give you is a schedule, plan, formula, whatever you want to call it that has worked for me for over Read More »

Wednesday, February 13: CIRTLCast: "Linking Pedagogy to Professional Skills: Instructional Resources on Problem-Solving and Teamwork"

Join us on Wednesday, February 13 at 2pm CT for our next CIRTLCast, “Linking Pedagogy to Professional Skills: Instructional Resources on Problem-Solving and Teamwork.” At this CIRTLCast, Tom McGlamery and Kevin J.B. Anderson will discuss how to connect course content with the skills students will need as future STEM professionals. Based on the findings of an NSF-funded study of professional work, this presentation will focus on problem-solving and teamwork within courses without a lot of extra work. Read More »

NEW: The Academic Career Learning Community Blog

Submitted by herbert2 on Wed, 02/06/2013 - 2:18pm

The Academic Career blog has arrived!!

This blog is open to all registered cirtl.net users. So, please feel free to blog about anything related to the academic career.  

http://www.cirtl.net/learningcommunities/academiccareer

If you are experiencing any problems with the blog, please contact Jordan Herbert at jordan.herbert [at] cirtl.net

CIRTL WUSTL Co-Leader becomes first Florence E. Moog Professor of STEM Education

Submitted by kabarnicle on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 5:17pm

Congratulations to Gina Frey, associate professor of STEM education in the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences and executive director of The Teaching Center at Washington University! Read the full announcement at: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/24867.aspx

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Cornell University

*Howard University

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

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Northwestern University

*Texas A&M University

The University of Georgia

The University of Texas at Arlington

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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*University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Houston

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of Pittsburgh

University of Rochester

University of South Florida

*University of Wisconsin–Madison

*Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

 

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