Spring Professional Activities Workshop (SPAW)

Monday, May 20, 2013 and Tuesday May 21, 2013: Teaching Writing Workshop

Wednesday, May 22, 2013: Workshops on various topics

Click HERE to register for the upcoming workshops.

The Spring Professional Activities Workshop (SPAW) is a faculty development conference at Macalester designed to provide hands-on activities in the major areas of faculty professional activities: scholarship, teaching, advising, and service.

Monday, May 20th and Tuesday May 21st features a Teaching Writing Workshop in led by Dr. Chris Anson (North Carolina State University).  This two-day writing pedagogy workshop is designed primarily for faculty who will teach a First Year Course (FYC) in Fall 2013.  All Macalester faculty members are encouraged to come, but FYC faculty members will receive a $150 stipend for participating.

Teaching Writing Workshop sessions on May 20-21 will be held in Markim Hall, Davis Court
SPAW sessions on Wednesday, May 22nd will be held in Olin-Rice Hall.

Click HERE to see schedule
Click HERE to see Teaching Writing Workshop schedule

The SPAW and the Teaching Writing Workshop are funded by the Mellon Foundation “Next Stages” Grant and the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching.

Faculty Reading/Discussion Groups Spring 2013

• Thinking Fast and Slow Convened by Jaine Strauss (Psychology) and Peter Ferderer (Economics)
• Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom Convened by Jim Dawes (English)
• College: What It Was, Is and Should Be Convened by Karen Saxe (Mathematics) and Erik Larson (Sociology)
• Institutional Ethics, Social Responsibility, and the American College and University Convened by Terry Boychuk (Sociology)
• Forming "Civic Professionals": An Inquiry into Liberal Arts Education, Vocational Discernment and the Common Good Convened by Paul Schadewald (Civic Engagement Center) and Karin Aguilar-San Juan (American Studies)