University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center

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Fall 2009 Workshop Series

Dates: Wednesday September 9, 23, 30 & October 21 Location: Harrison Institute- Small Special Collections Byrd Seminar Room	Preparing for the Academic Job Market: A Four-Part Professional Development Workshop Series Sponsored by Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development Programs and the TRC Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program

Dates: Friday September 4, 18, October 2, 23 & November 6, 13 Location: Harrison Institute- Small Special Collections Library, Byrd Seminar Room	Original Sources: A Brown Bag Lunch & Conversation Series Sponsored by the University of Virginia’s Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature, and Culture, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, Scholars’ Lab, Center for Undergraduate Excellence, and Teaching Resource Center

Fall 2009 Workshops, Presentations and Seminars

Date: Wednesday & Thursday August 19-20, 2009 Location: Old & New Cabell Hall	August Teaching Workshop: Getting Connected Faculty Program Graduate Teaching Assistant Program Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center, the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences

Date: Monday, September 21 Check-in: 4:00 pm Presentation: 4:15-5:45 pm Location: Clark Hall, Room 108	The Art of Learning in New Media Environments Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University; 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for Doctoral and Research Universities Sponsored by the TRC Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program

Date: Thursday, October 8 Check-in: 3:20 pm Workshop: 3:30-5:30 pm Location: Monroe Hall, Room 124	Ways of Understanding Teaching Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer, Associate Director for Faculty Development, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center and ACC Teaching Scholars Program

Date: Friday, October 9 Check-in: 9:50 am Workshop: 10:00-11:30 am Location: Newcomb Hall, Room 481	Designing and Using Rubrics for Teaching, Grading and Assessment Deandra Little, Assistant Director, TRC Lois Myers, Assistant Assessment Coordinator, Institutional Assessment & Studies Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center and the Office of Institutional Assessment and Studies

Date: Thursday, November 5 Seminar: 3:00 pm (with reception to follow) Location: Maury Hall, Room 209	Strategies For Engaging Undergraduates In Large Classes Without Sinking Your Research Career Diane O’Dowd, Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology, Anatomy & Neurobiology,University of California, Irvine Sponsored by the Department of Biology and the Teaching Resource Center

Date: Monday, November 9 Check-in: 1:20 pm Workshop: 1:30-3:30 pm Location: Newcomb Hall, Commonwealth Room Registration requested via email to Freda Fretwell.	An Overview Of The Speaking Voice Kate Burke, Department of Drama, Past President of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center

Other Workshops

For workshops and events, including Getting Started @ UVa (for new faculty), offered through the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, click here. For workshops and events offered by the Director for Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development Programs, click here.