What's New Faculty Fest 2006

Overview

The Center is hosting a celebration for faculty as the school year begins. The event will take place from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25. We're set for a wine & cheese party for 50. The party is intended to be an informal gathering, where faculty can mingle, meet the new Director, and learn about what's new in the Center and the Library.

Kathy will introduce Gardner at 4:30 to the faculty. Gardner will say a few words.

Communication

Lucretia is sending an announcement to Leadership Studies. Terry will communicate with SCS and Law. Kevin will send something to A&S and the Business School. Kevin will also send out a SpiderByte to all faculty.

Final Message to Faculty

To: Faculty

Subject: What’s New? Faculty Fest 2006

Join the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology and University Libraries from 4-6 PM on Friday, August 25 in the Brown-Alley Room in Weinstein Hall for a wine and cheese party celebrating the new school year. Catch up with your colleagues, see what’s new for both the Center and the Library, and meet the new Director for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Dr. Gardner Campbell.

Come for casual conversation and to learn about new features in Blackboard, the new Library web site, CTLT projects, upcoming faculty events and more.

Informal Presentations

In addition to the wine & cheese table(s), there will be four tables, at least 6 feet long each, for us to set up our presentations.

CTLT

• iPod Initiative - Daryl
• Tablets - Amanda and Vickie
• PETE Lunches - Terry
• Stills from micro teaching - Terry?
• Blackboard 7 - Sue
• Breeze - Betsy
• Audio / Video - Hil

Library -- Various OIS Librarians will take turns staffing the library table

• The new Library web site
• RefWorks
• Renovations on B1 and B2
• Document delivery services
• New Resources (Times Digital Archive, etc.)
• E-Audiobooks
• Libmobile web site

TLC Posters

The TLC has five easels so we'll bring along five framed posters from the TLC. These posters will include:

• GIS Richmond 2000 Poverty Map
• Synchronous Poster
• Asynchronous Poster
• Gary Greenfield's "red" poster
• One of the science presentation posters (flowers or molecules)

Hil has volunteered to transport the posters from the TLC to Brown-Alley.

In addition, Kevin is going to prepare a PowerPoint slide show that we'll project. Everyone is welcome to send him content for the presentation before the end of the day Tuesday, August 22.

-- KevinCreamer - 21 Aug 2006