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Job Vacancies: Program Coordinator & Managing Director

Submitted by caroline.crehan on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 3:21pm

Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence is hiring a 50% Program Coordinator.

The individual in this position will work closely with the Program Directors to build and maintain this network by supporting and coordinating all the administrative aspects of the program, including the enrollment of faculty, coordination of fund transfers, and oversight of major event planning and logistics. This person will interface with dozens of campus units and therefore must be able to be a positive representative for the program, its goals, and participants. Flexibility, independence, and creative problem-solving are as important in this position as planning and follow-through.

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Coffee Hour Take Aways: “The academic job interview: What to expect, how to prepare”

Submitted by samantha.kuray on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 2:41pm

During the October 25 Coffee Hour, current faculty members Jed Sparks (Cornell University), Elizabeth Becker (St Joseph’s University), and Allison Rober (Ball State University) shared their experiences of the academic job interview. From both the candidate side as well as the hiring committee side, their strongest advice for the academic job interview was: be prepared. Read More »

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Thursday, October 25: Coffee Hour: “The academic job interview: What to expect, how to prepare”

Submitted by samantha.kuray on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 1:09pm

Our “Building an Academic Career” Coffee Hour series continues on Thursday, October 25 at 12pm Central Time with “The academic job interview: What to expect, how to prepare.” Hear the perspectives of recently hired faculty as well as those who have served on many hiring committees and bring your own questions and experiences on the academic job interview to the discussion.

For more information on this and other upcoming CIRTL Online Coffee Hours, as well as information on how to attend a Coffee Hour, visit the Coffee Hour website.
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CIRTLCast Take Aways: “Active, hands-on learning in large lecture classes”

Submitted by samantha.kuray on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 12:56pm

At the October 22nd CIRTLCast, University of Houston’s Simon Bott shared his experience teaching large introductory chemistry courses and his methods for keeping students engaged. Read More »

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Monday October 22, TAR Capstone Presentation on Successful TAR Projects

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 10:14am

On Monday October 22, the TAR Capstone Seminar will feature two fellow TAR "graduates" to talk about their projects, the TAR experience, and long term impacts on their outlook in the academy. Come hear:

LeighAnn Jordan, Michigan State University FAST Fellow, graduate student in Department of Chemistry
Paul Sell, UW Madison Delta program, graduate student in Astronomy Department.

Today at 12-1PM ET/11-12PM CT/10-11AM MT/9-10AM PT. To join, click here. For more information go to our TAR Learning Community page at http://www.cirtl.net/learningcommunities/tar Read More »