University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center

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Spring 2008

Date: Friday, January 11, 2008 Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm Location: Auditorium, Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library	Writing Successful Grants Robert Porter, Ph.D., Program Development Manager in the Research Division, Virginia Tech Co-sponsored by the Office of Development and Public Affairs, the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, and the Teaching Resource Center.


Date: Friday, January 11, 2008 Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm Location: Auditorium, Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library	Finding Funding Robert Porter, Ph.D., Program Development Manager in the Research Division, Virginia Tech Co-sponsored by the Office of Development and Public Affairs, the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, and the Teaching Resource Center.


Date: Monday, January 14, 2008 Location: Clark Hall	January Teaching Workshop


For Graduate Students Date: Friday, February 8, 2008 Check-in/Refreshments: 9:50am Workshop: 10:00am – 12:00pm Location: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room For Faculty Date: Friday, February 8, 2008 Check-in/Refreshments: 1:20 pm Workshop: 1:30 – 3:30 pm Location: Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room	Write More, Stress Less: Tools for Busy Academics Rena Seltzer, LMSW, Personal and Professional Coach, www.LeaderAcademic.com Sponsored by the TRC Professors As Writers and Tomorrow's Professor Today Programs.


Date: Friday, February 22, 2008 Check-in/Refreshments: 1:50 pm Workshop: 2:00 am – 3:30 pm Location: Newcomb Hall, Room 168	Reflective Teaching Statement: Effectively Communicating Your Work as a Teacher Dorothe Bach, TRC Faculty Consultant; German Deandra Little, TRC Faculty Consultant; English Sponsored by the TRC Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program.


Date: Saturday, March 15, 2008 Welcome & Refreshments: 9:00am Event: 9:30am – 2:45pm Location: Cabell Hall, Room 219	Teaching Foreign Language (Including ESL) with Technology Co-sponsored by the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, the Arts and Sciences Center for Instructional Technology, and the Teaching Resource Center.


Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Check-in/Refreshments: 3:20pm Workshop: 3:30-5:00pm Location: New Cabell Hall, Room 323	The “Science” of Questioning: Promoting Critical Thinking with Purposeful Questions Michael Palmer, TRC Faculty Consultant; Chemistry Sponsored by the TRC University Teaching Fellows Program.


Date: Friday, April 11, 2008 Check-in/Refreshments: 12:50pm Workshop: 1:00-2:30pm Location: Newcomb Hall, Room 481	On Conferencing and Publishing: A Workshop for Grad Students in Humanities and Social Sciences Mitch Green, Cavaliers’ Teaching Professor of Philosophy; Chuck Mathewes, Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Angeline Lillard, Professor of Psychology Sponsored by the TRC Tomorrow's Professor Today Program.


Date: May 13, 15, 19, and 22, 2008 Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm Location: Clemons Library, Room 407	Course Design Institute Facilitated by TRC Faculty Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center.


Fall 2008

Date: Wednesday & Thursday August 20-21, 2008 Location: Old & New Cabell Hall Online pre-registration requested	August Teaching Workshop Sponsored by the Teaching Resource Center and the Office of the Provost.


Other Workshops

For workshops and events 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.