AY2008/2009 Center for Teaching and Learning Brownbags:

Sean C. Goodlett, Lauren Mackenzie, "First Day Experiences: Lessons in Transparent Teaching"
Fall, 2008

Bornali Bhandari and Pirudas Lwamugira, Ellen Borsuk, Mel Govindan, Thomas Schoenfeld
and George Babich, Josh Spero, Jane Zhang, "The Faculty Innovation Grant Symposium"
Fall, 2008

"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
April, 2008

Laura Garofoli and Sean C. Goodlett, "Teaching Reading (for Better Writing)"
TBA

Patricia Smith, "Maslow's Hierarchy of Questioning in the Virtual Classroom"
TBA

Laura Garofoli, "Accommodating Students with Diverse Learning Styles"
TBA

Ben Railton, "Laptops in the Classroom: An Encore "
TBA

Sara Marks, "Information Literacy"
TBA

AY2007/2008 Center for Teaching and Learning Brownbags:

Sean C. Goodlett, Patricia Smith, Randall Grometstein, Cap Corduan
"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
Wednesday, 30 April (listen to the podcast)

Sara Marks, "Wikipedia: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Tuesday, 29 April April, 2008, 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

Dr. Jamieson McKenzie, "Tools for Decision Making: Instructional Technology in the Classroom"
Wednesday, 23 April

Bruce Duncan, Peter Staab, Amy Wehe, "TeX User's Group (TUG)"
(For information on the user's group, email Bruce, Peter, or Amy)

Benjamin Railton, "Publishing (Without Perishing) at FSC"
Thursday, 3 April, 2008, 2:00 (listen to the podcast)

Michael Hoberman, Margarite Roumas, Susan Williams, "Digital Storytelling"
Thursday, 27 March (listen to the podcast)

Sara Marks, "RefWorks: An Online Research Management, Writing and Collaboration Tool"
Thursday, 28 February (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, Sean C. Goodlett, "Instructional Technology Forum"
Tuesday, 26 February, 2008, 3:30 to 5:00

Julie Frechette, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Worcester State's Center for Community Media
"Building a Mentoring Program at FSC," Thursday, 31 January (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, "Online Materials for Introductory Mathematics Courses"
Wednesday, 30 January, (listen to the podcast)

Karen Frank Mays, "External Funding: Travel Grants, Foundations, and Corporations"
Wednesday, 12 December (listen to the podcast)

Kevin B. Austin, "Technology to Encourage Classroom Interaction and After-Class Reflection"
Tuesday, 4 December, 2:00 to 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

"Adobe Acrobat Writer in the Classroom" (Technology Demo)
Thursday, 18 October (listen to the podcast)

Anne Howard, "Rubrics and the Assessment of Student Achievement"
Wednesday, 17 October, 2007, 2:00 to 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, "Online Mathematics: Teaching a Summer Precalculus Course"
Tuesday, 3 October

"Accordent Technology's Video Capture System" (Technology Demo)
Tuesday, 2 October, 2007

Michael Hoberman, "Students as Mentors: The Writing Associates Program at FSC"
Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Karen Frank Mays and FSC Foundation staff, "Grant Writing and Internal Funding"
See the Development Office and Grant Center: for the Ruth Butler and Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Grants
20 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Paul Weizer, Cap Corduan, Roberta Adams, René Reeves, and Linda LeBlanc
"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
10 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Book Signings:

Jon Krasner
Motion Graphic Design, Second Edition
(Focal Press)
Tuesday, 30 September, 3:30 p.m.

Michael Hoberman
How Strange it Seems: The Cultural Life of Jews in Small-Town New England
(University of Massachusetts Press)
Tuesday, 28 October, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Walter G. Jeffko
Contemporary Ethical Issues, Second Edition
(Prometheus Books)


John Strang
The Magic Fleet
(Xlibris, a partner of Random House)
4 March, 2008 (59 minutes, 55mb)


Diana Suskind and Susan Wadsworth
Baby Dancing
(Seto Gurans, Kathmandu, Nepal)
3 December, 2007, 3:30 to 5:00


Ben Railton
Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893
(University of Alabama Press)
15 November, 2007 (61 minutes, 57mb)


Josh Spero
Bridging the European Divide: Middle Power Politics and Regional Security Dilemas
Presentation PowerPoint deck.
(Rowman and Littlefield)
24 October, 2007 (60 minutes, 57mb)

Artists' Presentations:

Ian Williams
"You Know Who You Are"
Poetry Reading
Wednesday, 24 September, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

Jane Fiske
On Music
Fall 2008

Suzanne Owens
Readings from Daughters of Discordia
(BOA Editions, 2000)
Tuesday, 8 April, 2008, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
(69 minutes, 64mb)


Jeff Warmouth, "Food for Thought"
Featuring artwork from "Spudnik," "Day of the Cabbage," and "SuperJEFFUMarket" and the video, "Spudnik"
For more on Jeff and his work, go to Jeffu.tv
Tuesday, 19 February, 2008, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.


Susan Wadsworth, "From Childscapes to Warscapes"
Thursday, 24 January, 2008 (46 minutes, 42mb)

New and Adjunct Faculty Events:

CTL Staff and the AY08/09 Mentors, "Faculty Tea"
9 September, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

James Lang, "Life on the Tenure Track"
16 September, 2008, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

"Architectural Walking Tour Culminating in a Visit to Destaré"
Late October, 2008

CTL Staff and the AY08/09 Mentors, "Conversation and Snacks"
20 January, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
Early April, 2009

Pres. Robert Antonucci, "New Faculty Conversation with the President"
Late April, 2009

"Group Breakfast and Assessment"
7 May, 2009

New Faculty Orientation, "Welcome from the CTL"
27 August, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

Previous (AY07/08) Events

CTL Staff and Advisory Board, "Breakfast!"
25 April, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

The CTL Staff and the Mentors, "Dinner and Drinks," at Slattery's
Friday, 25 January, 2008, after Commencement @ Destaré

Paul Weizer and Cap Corduan, "Meet the Mentors"
Tuesday, 18 September, 3:30 to 5:00

President's Conversations:

Lunch, Wednesday, 16 April, 12:30 to 1:30
Afternoon Snacks, Wednesday, 5 March, 3:30 to 4:30
Lunch, 7 November, 12:30 to 1:30
Breakfast, 16 October, 8:30 to 9:30