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Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center: Women in the Academy

[center][/center] [center]Getting to the PhD: What I Know Now That I Wish I’d Known Then   Thursday, October 19 | noon-1:30 p.m. | Buttrick 123[/center] [center]Brittany Allison, SyNERGI Postdoctoral Fellow, The Graduate School Amanda Clayton, Assistant Professor of Political Science Jessie Hock, Assistant Professor of English Lunch will be provided. Contact us at womensctr@vanderbilt.edu with any dietary restrictions[/center]

Posted by on September 27, 2017 in News

Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center: Work Life Workshop

[center][/center] [center]The Working Parent | Monday, October 23 | noon – 9 p.m. | Sarratt 216/220[/center] [center]Will De Los Santos, Program Coordinator, Student Organizations. Rory Dicker, Director, Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center. Otis McGresham, Prevention Educator and Victim Resource Specialist, Project Safe Center. Ghina Nakad, Graduate Student, School of Engineering. Lunch will be provided. Contact us at womensctr@vanderbilt.edu with any dietary restrictions.[/center]

Posted by on September 27, 2017 in News

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Posted by on September 27, 2017 in News

Teaching Writing Workshop Series in September

The Vanderbilt Writing Studio is offering The Teaching Writing Workshop Series. The workshops are geared toward supporting those who teach writing across the disciplines at Vanderbilt University, and workshops are open to faculty and graduate students from all departments. Contact Megan Minarich at megan.l.minarich@vanderbilt.edu for details. Fostering Writing and Collaboration in the Classroom Thursday September…

Posted by on August 29, 2017 in Events, News, Teaching Writing, workshop

Reflections from the Teaching Difference, and Power Symposium: Class Matters

On April 25th, the CFT hosted a Teaching, Difference, and Power symposium focused on the ways teaching and learning can be shaped or challenged by social class.  This was as an event to celebrate and extend discussions that took place over the Fall and Spring of a CFT learning community on social class. About thirty…

Posted by on May 8, 2017 in Events, Learning Communities, News, Teaching Difference and Power

Assessment, Implicit Bias, and the Impact on Student Learning, Grad Student & Postdoc Workshop

Implicit bias, in its simplest form, describes prejudicial judgment that affects social behavior. Despite its relatively unconscious nature, it is still possible to identify specific attitudes that reflect our predispositions toward socially marginalized groups. In this workshop, we will discuss the ways in which implicit bias, when left unchecked, can adversely affect our teaching and…

Posted by on March 20, 2017 in bias, Events, graduate teaching fellows, gradutate students, Inclusive Teaching, News, Teaching Workshops

Learn About Vanderbilt’s New Course Management System

In these hands-on workshops, participants will learn about Vanderbilt’s new course management system, Brightspace. Bring your own laptop computer so you can explore and build content in our test course! By the end of the session, users will be able to: Confidently navigate the different areas of a Brightspace course Post, edit, and copy content…

Posted by on March 14, 2017 in brightspace, Events, News

CFT Offers Summer Intensive Grad and Postdoc Programs

The Center for Teaching is happy to announce that we are offering two Summer Intensive programs this May for Vanderbilt graduate students and postdocs.  The first Summer Intensive program is for the Certificate in Humanities Teaching & Learning (CHTL) and is open to humanities graduate students and postdocs.  Similar to our academic year-long version of the CHTL,…

Posted by on March 13, 2017 in CiCT, Events, gradutate students, Humanities, News, Professional Development

Microaggression Teaching Workshop March 16

When teaching, it is almost guaranteed that microaggressions will take place. These seemingly small, ostensibly singular manifestations of oppression can deleteriously effect the teaching-learning environment, our students, and ourselves. As common as microaggressions are, it is equally common that educators are at times unsure of the best way to intervene, particularly in ways that maintain…

Posted by on March 8, 2017 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, Inclusive Teaching, microaggressions, News

“Students as Producers” Course Design Institute May 8-10

The CFT invites Vanderbilt faculty members to apply to its 2017 Course Design Institute on the theme of “Students as Producers.” During the three-day institute (May 8-10, 2017) participants will design (or redesign) courses that engage students not only as consumers of information, but producers of knowledge. This year’s institute will include a track for…

Posted by on March 6, 2017 in CDI, CFT Programs, Course Design, Events, News, Students as Producers

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