Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the 2024-25 Deans’ Seminar schedule. Seminars will be held in the UCET classroom (NS245) between noon and 1pm unless otherwise noted (before or after the Academic Senate meeting). Feel free to bring your lunch. Soft drinks and water will be provided. Abstracts will be available online at https://academics.iusb.edu/aa-dean-seminar.html as the talks get closer. We will not be sending out hard copy notices so please mark these in your calendar now. EZ
- October 25, 2024 – Catherine Hebert-Annis, Teaching Professor of Spanish, Amy Pawlosky, Instructional Technology Consultant, and James M. VanderVeen, Professor of Anthropology “Expectations vs. Reality: Exploring Why Reports of Student Engagement May Be Higher than Predicted in Online Courses“
- November 15, 2024 – Natasha Somerville, Assistant Professor of Fine Arts “Figure, Perception & Authentic in Media, & Abstraction”
- January 17, 2025 – Tom Clark, Professor of Biology ““The impact of urban habitat restoration on moth diversity”“
- February 21, 2025 – Barbara Spinda, Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Sciences “Faculty selection and use of active learning techniques in didactic classrooms of Medical Laboratory Science education “
- March 28, 2025 – Gail McGuire, Professor of Sociology “Creating a digital story of a neighborhood: How I used ArcGIS StoryMaps for an assets analysis of the Monroe Park Neighborhood”
- April 25. 2025 – Elaine Roth, Professor of English, Lisa Zwicker, Professor of History, and Jonathan Nashel, Professor of History “Mexico, Poland, Vietnam: 3 Fulbright Accounts”