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| Vol. 16, No. 36 | July 10, 1997 |
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| Vol. 16, No. 36 | July 10, 1997 |
The Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, created to promote reform of undergraduate education through faculty development and course design, held its first summer session June 25-27. Selected fellows could attend courses on such topics as the elements of a good syllabus, using the web as a resource for student learning, using groups, writing course materials, student assessment and building a web site.
Institute leaders who made presentations during the session include George Watson, physics and astronomy; Barbara Duch, Math and Science Education Resource Center; Deborah Allen, biological sciences; Sue Groh, chemistry and biochemistry; Harry Shipman, physics and astronomy, Hal White, chemistry and biochemistry; and Dick Wilkins, mechanical engineering. Institute advisers included Karen Bauer, institutional research and planning; Thomas Scott, arts and science; and Kathy Werrell, engineering. Attending were
From the College of Arts and Science:
Chandra Reedy, art conservation; Steven Skopik, Seung Hong, Ramona Philhower, Robert Ketcham, Robert Hodson, Linda Dion, Richard Donham and Patricia Walsh, all biological sciences; Conrad Trumbore and Kathryn Scantlebury, both chemistry and biochemistry; Lori Pollock, computer and information sciences; John Kelly, criminal justice; Allan Thompson, geology; Arwen Mohun and Suzanne Alchon, both history; William Idsardi, Colin Phillips and William Frawley, all linguistics and cognitive science; Geraldine Prange, Georgia Pyrros and Ronald Wenger, all mathematical sciences; Charles Kopay, parallel program; Jeffrey Jordan, philosophy; John Xiao, physics and astronomy; and Kurt Burch, political science and international relations.From the College of Business and Economics:
Araya Debessay, accounting.From the College of Marine Studies:
Frank Hall, oceanography.From the College of Agricultural Sciences:<br> Rolf Joerger, animal and food sciences; Kenneth Lomax, bioresources engineering; Rhonda Hyde, food and resource economics; John Frett and Yan Jin, both plant and soil sciences.
From the College of Engineering:
Pei Chiu, Robert (Tony) Dalrymple, Adeshir Faghri, Paul Imhoff and Harry (Tripp) Shenton, all civil and environmental engineering; Daniel van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering; Sunil Agrawal, Thomas Buchanan, Michael Keefe, John Lambros and Michael Santare, all mechanical engineering.From the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy:
Virginia Ahrens, Jane Lamb and Belinda Orzada, all consumer studies; Anne Morris, educational development; and Dene Klinzing, individual and family studies.From the College of Health and Nursing Sciences:
Barbara Kelly and Ann McNeil, health and exercise science; Donald Lehman, medical technology; Christine Cannon, nursing; and Charlene Hamilton and Elizabeth Lieux, both nutrition and dietetics.
| --Beth Thomas |
