by Anna R. Kratky, SLU Title IX Coordinator When students are asked what words come to mind when thinking about Title IX, the most common responses are sexual assault and equality. When faculty are asked that same question, the answers are usually mandatory reporting and legal obligations. This highlights the progress the Office of Institutional… Continue reading Title IX at SLU: How We Support Students
Using Effective Learning Strategies to Apply Knowledge Across Disciplines
by Kristin Broussard, Graduate Assistant, Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning A key challenge for educators and for learners is applying specific knowledge across domains. As teachers, we may struggle to find ways to get students to apply their knowledge from our disciplines or courses to other courses or have difficulty getting students to see… Continue reading Using Effective Learning Strategies to Apply Knowledge Across Disciplines
Pedagogy in Your In-Box
With the start of the new school year, you may be looking for some new ideas about teaching and learning. Here are three e-mail based resources we in the Reinert Center follow. Tomorrow’s Professor eNewsletter Published 100 times during the academic year. Subscribe at https://tomprof.stanford.edu/ Tomorrow’s Professor is a newsletter published by the Office of… Continue reading Pedagogy in Your In-Box
Announcing STEM Teaching Fellows in the Reinert Center
The Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching welcomes three STEM faculty who will serve as STEM Teaching Fellows: Asmira Alagic (Chemistry) Philip Huling (Mathematics and Statistics) Scott Sell (Biomedical Engineering) During this academic year, they will hold weekly office hours in the Reinert Center and design/lead STEM-focused teaching workshops and other events. If you teach in… Continue reading Announcing STEM Teaching Fellows in the Reinert Center
Teaching 1619: A Challenge
by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center This year marks the 400th anniversary of what is often referred to as the start of American slavery -- the documented selling of 20+ African human beings to British colonists in Jamestown, Virginia. While the transatlantic slave trade was alive well before this transaction, and while some have argued… Continue reading Teaching 1619: A Challenge
Data Visualization Workshop and Open Studio
This week, the Walter J. Ong, S.J. Center for Digital Humanities and the College of Arts and Sciences will host a workshop on Data Visualization, facilitated by Jean Bauer, first in the country to hold the title of Digital Humanities Librarian at Brown University and who was the first Research Director of the Center for… Continue reading Data Visualization Workshop and Open Studio
Current Opportunities from the Reinert Center
Innovative Teaching Fellowship – Information Sessions 9/17-9/23; Applications Due 10/7 Target Audience: Full-time, permanent teaching faculty members at Saint Louis University who are interested in (re)designing one course over a semester and then teaching that course in the Learning Studio the following semester. The current call for applications is for the following fellowship period: Course Development (semester 1): Spring 2020 Course Teaching (semester 2): Fall 2020 Call for Applications: Click here to download ITF Webpage: Click here Faculty interested in applying for the Innovative Teaching Fellowship must register for and attend one of the following Pre‐Application Information Sessions prior to preparing their applications: Tuesday, September 17, 9:00‐10:00 a.m., in 213 Des Peres Hall Thursday, September 19, 4:00‐5:00 p.m., in 213 Des Peres Hall Monday, September 23, 12:00‐1:00 p.m., in 213 Des Peres Hall Click here to register… Continue reading Current Opportunities from the Reinert Center
College Student Mental Health: The New Normal
by Christina Tisher, Coordinator of Clinical Research, Graduate Student Wellness, and Disability Outreach,University Counseling Center Mental health challenges are real and tangible forces in the lives of college students today. According to a national survey of nearly 20,000 undergraduate students, the three most frequently reported factors that negatively impacted students’ academic success were anxiety (27.4%), sleep difficulties… Continue reading College Student Mental Health: The New Normal
Services for Graduate Students
Welcome everyone to a new academic year at SLU. Below is a general summary of the services we provide to graduate students (and faculty) and a brief overview of our Certificate in University Teaching Skills certificate programs. Core Services We Provide (for a full list and more details on our services, please visit our website)… Continue reading Services for Graduate Students
How Do You “Accompany” Students?
by Debie Lohe, Director, Reinert Center As we prepare to (re)engage students at the start of this new academic year, I’ve been thinking a lot about teaching as accompaniment. Earlier this summer, Fr. Arturo Sosa, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus (a.k.a., “the Jesuits” for those new to Jesuit education), articulated four key… Continue reading How Do You “Accompany” Students?
The Notebook 