990B FUTURE FACULTY II
Spring 1997-1998
Monday, 3:00 – 4:50 pm
Burnett 124
Purpose and Participants
Class Meeting
The seminar will meet once every two weeks for two hours.Participants
Twenty advanced doctoral students selected from the Departments of Communication Studies, English, Mathematics and Statistics, and Sociology.Purpose
This is the second course in a three-semester Preparing Future Faculty program that introduces advanced graduate students to various faculty roles. Seminar participants interact with faculty from surrounding campuses, prepare teaching portfolios, present job talks, and engage in mock interviews. They discuss teaching and research expectations, tenure and promotion standards, campus life, and faculty governance at different types of colleges and universities.Grades
Grades are assigned on a pass/no pass basis. To pass the student must complete the list of requirements.Requirements
1. Attendance and active participation in 990B seminar.
2. Visit and engage in mentoring activities at partner campuses. Each participant is expected to visit partner campuses two to six times a semester.
3. Complete course readings.
Schedule
Week, Topic and Speaker(s)
Jan. 19 New Faculty Experiences Gunkel (Doane Sociology), Pokora (NWU Comm), Pawlowski (Creighton Comm), LaRose (NWU Math) and Ritter (UNO Soc & Anthro).
Feb. 2 Diversity I Helen Moore, UNL Sociology and Ken Tucker, Multicultural Affairs, SECC
Feb. 16 Assessment I Robert Brown, UNL Educational Psychology
March 2 Assessment II Smith-Howell (UNO Comm), Iaquinta (NWU Sociology), LaRose (NWU Math), Magini (MCC Math), Goodrich (MCC Humanities), Zacharias (Creighton English), and Taylor (Grambling Math).
March 9 Coordinating Visit to Grambling State university Loreen Olson
March 16 Campus Life at Liberal Arts Residence life staff from Creighton, Colleges Doane, and Nebraska Wesleyan.
April 6 Diversity II Helen Moore, UNL Sociology; Other speakers TBA
April 25 Instructional Technology and Roger Bruning and Christy Horn, Learning Workshop UNL Educational Psychology; other speakers TBA.
May 2 Capstone retreat, Lied Conference Center, Steinhart Lodge, Nebraska City