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First-Generation Students And Advising, Kimberly A. Murphy

Center for Faculty Enrichment

First-Generation Students and Advising – Friday 10/2 8:30-9:30am in Wilson Center

For first-generation students, going to college is uncharted territory. Many first-generation college students turn to their academic advisors for the support needed to succeed in college. In this session, we will share foundational information about first-generation students and an overview of common challenges facing these students. In addition, we will develop strategies and tools that can be used in your advising work with first-generation students.

Fall 2015, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Augustana Magazine

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Fall 2015, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Tackle Box

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The Gift Of Signature Work, Mike Egan, Stephanie Fuhr, Shara Stough, Anne Earel, Connie Ghinazzi

Center for Faculty Enrichment

The September 25, 2015 Center for Faculty Enrichment program was a GIFT session (Great Ideas For Teaching) focused on the theme of fostering Signature Work (SW). As defined by the AAC&U, "Signature Work" represents a culminating production by students that reflects each student's personal interests, builds on a student's unique experiences, integrates multiple components of a student's educational journey, and projects toward each student's personal goals. Presenters will share teaching strategies that can help prepare novice students to produce a future piece of SW or that can help experienced students identify a meaningful SW project and integrate prior …

Signature Work And The Core Curriculum, Brian P. Katz

Center for Faculty Enrichment

Signature Work and the Core Curriculum - Thursday 9/10 4:30-5:30pm in the Wilson Center

What is the goal of a Liberal Arts education? The college's Mission is to prepare students for meaningful lives of service and leadership in a diverse and changing world, and the notion of "Vocation" asks students to seek the intersection of their skills, their interests, and the needs of their communities during and after college. On the national stage, the AAC&U is advocating for ALL students to have access to "Signature Work", in which they pose and explore problems important to themselves and the world. …

Leaping Into Signature Work

Center for Faculty Enrichment

Augustana College was one of eight highly selective higher education institutions invited by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to participate in the LEAP Challenge. The LEAP Challenge calls on colleges and universities to provide opportunities for all students to produce a meaningful piece of "Signature Work."

This session focused on the meaning of "Signature Work," the goals of the LEAP Challenge, the degree to which Augustana's efforts already align to the goals of the LEAP Challenge, and steps that we might take as a campus in moving even closer to fulling realizing the vision of "Signature Work …

Gendered Pronouns In The Classroom (August 24, 2015)

Center for Faculty Enrichment

Gendered Pronouns in the Classroom- Monday 8/24 4-5pm in Gävle Room 1

Last spring, the college community asserted that it will be inclusive of people of all genders. Since this affirmation, members of the campus community have requested professional development about the basic ideas in this discussion ("What is the difference between sex and gender?") as well as techniques for being inclusive ("How can I avoid misgendering a student or respond when others do?"). In this session, we will share foundational vocabulary, develop strategies for inclusion around gendered pronouns, and hold a Q&A with a couple of students about …

Celebration Of Learning 2015: Full Program, Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois

Celebration of Learning

Full program of the 2015 Celebration of Learning at Augustana College.

Five Faith Commitments, Four Years, One Future, Kerry Robbins

Five Faith Commitments

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When And How To Appropriately Implement Teaching Tools And Strategies For Early Childhood Numeracy, Elizabeth Bartha, Julie Dombai

Education: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

The Augustana/Longfellow Number Sense Project (NSP) is a collaborative action research project that was created to provide purposeful, individualized instruction for Longfellow’s kindergarteners and enhance the teacher education program at Augustana. During this program, we work with Kindergarten students on mathematical concepts and skills. Our lessons incorporate both hands-on materials and educational software into our lessons. As we became familiar with this software, we began to suggest ways we could improve the software as well as ideas for new applications designed to help meet needs the students encountered in the classroom. Because the students interacted with a variety of teaching …

Education, Crystal C. Gray

Eddie Mabry Diversity Award

Education is a spoken word poem that explores many aspects of the African American struggle within (self-knowledge). It starts with an African American college student who is disappointed with the lack of courses about her culture. Most curricula in the United States tend to be from a Eurocentric perspective, leaving out a multitude of information about people of color. All groups of people of color have unique experiences, however, African Americans have the most known (or perhaps I should say, unknown) history. The standard explanation of their existence is often limited to the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, when …

Balancing The Five Faith Commitments Of Augustana College, Amanda Hassler

Five Faith Commitments

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Moving From Courses To A Curriculum, Dr. Michael Scarlett

Education: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This short newsletter article describes ways academic programs can make their courses more meaningful by connecting them with common essential questions, intentionally planning common readings and by making explicit the ways courses fit together in the program.

The Dangers Of "Vocation" For Students Thinking About Career, Carl S. Hughes

Intersections

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Leading From Within: Peer-Learning Consultations To Explore Our Callings And Campus Capacities For Leadership, Chris Johnson

Intersections

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Full Issue, Number 41, Spring 2015

Intersections

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From The Editor, Jason A. Mahn

Intersections

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Vocational Leadership, Darrell Jodock

Intersections

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Superheroes And Origin Stories: Tools To Discover And Claim One's Callings, Tj Warren

Intersections

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Old And New Ideas Of The Liberal Arts: A Review Of Claiming Our Callings, David Crowe, Katie Hanson

Intersections

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Women In Leadership: Obstacles, Opportunities, And Entry Points, Susan S. Hasseler

Intersections

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Mentoring In The Academy: Of Gurus, Coaches, And Sponsors, Faith Wambura Ngunjiri

Intersections

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From The Publisher, Mark Wilhelm

Intersections

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Sharing Leadership Within Colleges And Universities, Leanne Neilson

Intersections

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