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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

LISWire: Alliance Library System and Learning Times Offer Innovation for Libraries in the 21st Century!

Innovation…change, novelty, cutting edge, revolution, transformation, transition, invention pioneer. Antonym of innovation…custom, habit, old, rut, tradition, idleness, sameness.
Alliance Library System and Learning Times are pleased to announce the “Innovation for Libraries in the 21st Century!” online conference to be held May 12, 2010! More information about the conference can be found at http://www.learningtimes.net/innovation

The conference will feature dynamic and exciting keynote addresses by Rich Harwood of the Harwood Institute; Helene Blowers of the Columbus Metropolitan Library; and Kitty Pope and Kendal Orrison of Alliance Library System. “Innovation has never been more important in libraries and agencies of all kinds!” said Kitty Pope, ALS Executive Director. “When you are looking at innovation, it doesn’t get any better than Rich, Helene and Kendal! If you are looking for everything on innovation you can possibly learn in one day, this is an event to invest your time in.”

*Rich Harwood, Founder and President of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, will address “Why Innovation is Critical in this New World We Find Ourselves In.” He will speak about the challenges we face and the power and potential for each of us to turn outward and help making hope real.
*Helene Blowers, Director of Digital Strategy for the Columbus Metropolitan Library, will speak about “Innovation Starts With I.” Her session will explore how the I, YOU, WE, of organizational cultures are involved in responding to the needs and desire to innovate and change.
*Kendal Orrison, Director of Information Technology and the RSA at Alliance Library System will talk about “Faking Your Way to the Future: Innovation and Change Management in a Large, Multi-Location Consortia that’s Happy in the Present.” He will speak about how to move an organization towards a common goal.
*Kitty Pope, ALS Executive Director, will address “Building a Culture of Innovation.” Join Kitty as she talks about how to build a library environment that will empower library leaders to say yes to innovation and embrace change.

The conference will feature a number of other great sessions including but not limited to the following:
• “Coordinating a Social Media Presence for the Library” – Sarah Houghton-Jan, San Jose Public Library
• “Linking YOU to the World of Innovation Services” – Houston Public Library panel
• “Mayor of the Library: Foursquare and Location-Based Mobile Social Networks” – Joe Murphy, Yale University
• “Innovations in Staff Development: Technology Training Wheels” – Beth Duttlinger, Alliance Library System
• “Why Librarians Should Stay the Hell Away From Facebook” – Woody Evans, Tarrant County College, Texas

Registration for the conference is $49 per individual or $99 for a group. LIS students can register for $29. LIS students need to contact Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com for a coupon code to register for the $29. To register, go to http://www.learningtimes.net/innovation/register
For more information on the conference, go to the conference site at http://www.learningtimes.net/innovation. If you have questions, please contact Lori Bell at Alliance Library System at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com or John Walber at john@learningtimes.net

The Alliance Library System is one of nine multitype library systems, cooperating to provide vital library services to the citizens of Illinois. ALS provides information, resources, delivery services and educational opportunities to all types of libraries in central Illinois. LearningTimes produces unique online events, multi-day conferences and online learning programs for education, non-profit and learning-minded organizations around the globe. Their partners and clients include groups like the Smithsonian Institution, the New York City Department of Education, the University of Hawaii, Education Development Center, McGill University, Wiley / Jossey-Bass Publishing, and public television station WHYY, among scores of others. Their overall services include a variety of offerings that take an organization’s communication and collaboration goals online, with an emphasis on human connections, person-to-person interactivity and professional networking.
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Microsoft at Work: 4 ways to take control of your e-mail Inbox


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Dillard University Natural Sciences & Public Health L A M P G A E L A Conference 2010

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Campus Technology Free Webinar: Virtual Training Success at Philadelphia University

Join us for this FREE 1-hour webinar:
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 11 AM (PST), 2 PM (EST)
Limited by budgetary constraints and without a formal training department, Philadelphia University's Office of Information Resources (OIR) used online tutorials and assessment tools to train and develop faculty and staff. Learn how Philadelphia University's OIR department successfully used Atomic Learning as a development resource to:
• Migrate faculty and staff from Office 2003 to Office 2007
• Create a virtual training presence on campus
• Provide a training solution for not only faculty and staff, but to help desk team members as well


Hear how you can successfully integrate this virtual training solution on your campus.Bring questions for our presenters. An interactive Q&A session will follow the live presentation.


Yes! I would like to attend this FREE webinar @: http://campustechnology.com/webcasts/2010/03/atomic-learning_virtual-training-success-at-philadelphia-university.aspx?pc=e054em02&utm_source=webmktg&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=e054em02


Thank you, Campus Technology and Atomic Learning
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Campus Technology Free Webinar: Rethinking Classroom Design for Tight Budgets

Learn how to transform your institution's classrooms into highly effective learning environments in this FREE, 1-hour webinar hosted by Campus Technology and SMART Technologies.


Register now - for FREE: http://www.1105info.com/t.do?id=4593324:19829214

Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Time: 11 AM (PST), 2 PM (EST)

Hear Whitney Kilgour, director of academic technology services at College of Southern Nevada (CSN) in Las Vegas, discuss how the current budget crisis caused their campus to rethink classroom design and new product purchases to:
* Maintain state-of-the-art facilities
* Reduce costs
* Improve student interactivity
You'll gain insight into how CSN made huge strides to empower teachers and students with technology by transforming classrooms into SMART classrooms while under tough budgetary challenges. It's your opportunity to discover ideas that can help you!

REGISTER NOW: http://www.1105info.com/t.do?id=4593325:19829214

Thank you, Campus Technology and SMART Technologies

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Innovative Educators: Helping Underserved Students Gain Access to and Succeed in College

Wednesday, April 28th ~ 1:00-2:30 EDT

Webinar Description
College For Every Student (CFES) will lead a discussion on how to tackle the greatest issue facing our country today: helping underserved youth get to our colleges and to be successful there. CFES is a national leader in facing this challenge. By utilizing three core practices - Peer Mentoring, Leadership through Service, and Pathways to College - CFES has helped numerous students get to and succeed in college. Over the last four years, 95% of CFES high school seniors (more than 3,500) have gone on to college. What are the specific challenges we need to address? How can we work with students and educators at all levels (K-16)? How can we ensure that our students succeed once they get to college? Join us to learn the answers to these questions and more.

Objectives

• Participants will learn how to help low-income students move toward college success. Specifically, participants will:
• Understand the problems and needs of low-income students
• Identify the challenges we need to address
• Learn how to work with students and educators at all levels (K-16)
• Learn specific strategies their institutions can implement to ensure that students not just get to college but thrive once they get there

Who Should Attend?

• Education professionals
• College admissions representatives
• K-16 educators

Who are the Speakers?

Dr. Herbert F. "Rick" Dalton, Jr., President & CEO, CFES.
For the past 18 years, Rick Dalton has worked to make CFES a national leader in helping underserved students gain access to college and be successful there. His doctoral work at Harvard on the connection between organizational behavior and educational opportunity laid the foundation for CFES. While Director of Enrollment Planning at Middlebury College, Rick created a partnership with DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx that led to the creation of 120 school-college partnerships. Contact: dalton@collegefes.org

David G. Erdmann, Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid, Rollins College
David brings 30 years of admissions and financial aid experience to the task of helping underserved students succeed in college. David was the architect of the National College Counseling Project, a three-year study supported by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors that identified how exemplary practices can help low-income children get to college. His understanding of access and retention are based not only on day-to-day implementation but on research and evaluation.
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Dillard University Natural Science & Public Health Lamp Gaela Conference 2010

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Call For Proposals Seventeenth National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium October 21 23 2010

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2010 Faculty Resource Network National Symposium

2010 Faculty Resource Network National Symposium
"Engaging Students in the Community and the World"
Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.
The deadline for proposal submission is Friday, April 9, 2010.

The 2010 National Symposium will examine how colleges and universities can effectively reclaim their vital role as educators of individuals and citizens who are knowledgeable, civically engaged, and morally and socially responsible for others - in the community and across the world. The Faculty Resource Network at New York University is pleased to announce the 2010 National Symposium on Engaging Students in the Community and in the World. The symposium will be held on November 19-20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

We invite proposals on the topics listed in the form of:
• Individual papers for panel presentations. [Panels organized on the topics listed below will run 60 minutes and will feature 3-4 papers allowing 15-20 minutes for each presentation followed by 20 minutes for Q&A.]
• Breakout session discussions organized by a group of 2-4 individuals. [Breakout sessions will run 60 minutes. The organizers will offer a 40-minute conversation followed by 20 minutes devoted to audience participation and discussion.]
• Poster session

To learn more, see our web site at: http://www.nyu.edu/frn/programs.events/national.symposium/2010.national.symp.callproposals.html
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Faculty Focus: Interested but Noncompliant Students: Annoyance or Opportunity?


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DU 2010 UR&CW Competition Library Announement

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DU 2010 Guidelines Ur&Cw Competition Presentation Format

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Extend Deadline: DU 2010 Undergraduate Research & Creative Work Competition

Thursday, April 8, 2010 - Dent Hall Gymnasium


Student Researchers and Faculty Mentors:

Because of spring break, the deadline for entering the 2010 Undergraduate Research & Creative Work Competition has been extended to Monday, April 5, 2010. Students are asked to follow the lead of their faculty mentors in meeting this deadline.
Building on strategies that led to student success in previous years, the attached document explains guidelines and presentation format for this year’s event. Please familiarize yourselves with this guide as it offers students and faculty mentors useful information on the program, poster design and presentation.

Schedule
• Set-Up of student displays will be from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 8 in Dent Hall Gymnasium.
• The program will begin immediately at 8:30 a.m.
• Judging will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and conclude by 12:30 p.m.
• Social Mixer and Award Presentations - 2:30 p.m.
Faculty wishing to attend the program with their classes are most welcome. Feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Lynn Strong
Director Undergraduate Research
Dillard University
Rosenwald Hall, Rm. 203
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122
T) 504-816-4446
F) 504-816-4144
lstrong@dillard.edu
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Innovative Educators Free Workshops and Resources!



Free Workshops
- Free 30 day trial of StudentLingo http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/400.htm
- Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence: April 15th http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/833.htm
- Free Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers: Free & Available On-Demand http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/768.htm

Free Training
- Student Workshop - Maximizing Your College Experience http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/400.htm
- Violence Goes to College: Detecting and Preventing Avenger Violence: April 15th http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/833.htm
- Free Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers http://www.innovativeeducators.org/retention_p/768.htm

Free Websites, Articles and Guides
- Increasing Student Engagement through Faculty Development: A Practice Brief Based on BEAMS Project Outcomes http://www.ihep.org/assets/files/publications/a-f/BEAMS_Increasing_Student_Engagement_Faculty_Development.pdf
- Retention Matters http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/11/02/matthews
- College Student Retention http://www.answers.com/topic/college-student-retention
- Success 4 Teachers http://www.success4teachers.com/index.html
- Achieving the Dream http://www.achievingthedream.com/aboutatd/default.tp

Books
- At-Risk Students: Reaching and Teaching Them http://www.eyeoneducation.com/prodinfo.asp?number=671-3
- Promoting Success With At-Risk Students: Emerging Perspectives and Practical Approaches http://www.amazon.com/Promoting-Success-At-Risk-Students-Perspectives/dp/0866569227

Free Videos - Weekly Innovations http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/
- How to Involve Faculty in Student Retention http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weeklyinnovations.org%2Fvideo%2Fhow-to-involve-faculty-in-1
- A Quick Look at Financial Literacy http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weeklyinnovations.org%2Fvideo%2Fa-quick-look-at-financial
- StudentZen.com Student Success in the Community College http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weeklyinnovations.org%2Fvideo%2Fstudentzencom-student-success
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Innovative Education Webinar: Including Faculty Training as an Integral Part of your Student Success Plan

Tuesday, April 27th ~ 1:00-3:00pm EDT
Webinar Description

This will highlight the collaborative efforts of faculty members, student services staff, and administrators of Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, NC, in the development, implementation, and assessment of a faculty training series which serves as an integral part of a college-wide effort to improve the retention and success of at-risk students (defined as those placing into one or more developmental reading or English courses). This project, funded in large part through a Dept. of Education Title III Improving Institutions grant, resulted in significant increases in student success and retention for this student population.

The Student Success Faculty Training Series developed at CPCC included funding for part time faculty to attend (part timers from the developmental reading and English areas were required to attend at some point during the five-year grant period), which was imperative to address and resulted in significant changes to the delivery of instruction in developmental classrooms. Significant attention will be paid not only to the design and delivery of the training, but also to the research-based reasons for the design of the training series.
Additionally, an explanation of the unique assessment method used to determine the effectiveness of the faculty training program, which was the focus of Dr. McElroy's dissertation research for his Ph.D. program. In a treatment versus control assessment, students were asked to identify teaching methods used by their instructors. Both design and results of the assessment project will be covered in detail.

Objectives
Participants will:
• discover how faculty, student services staff, and administrators can collaborate to improve the retention and success of at-risk students
• learn how to develop and implement a faculty training series
• expand understanding of how to better assess the effectiveness of faculty training programs
• develop knowledge of how to implement assessment programs relating to development activities for faculty
• explore non-traditional roles of student services professional and faculty members in helping students, and particularly at-risk students, to be successful in college

Who Should Attend?
• Faculty
• Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs
• Vice Presidents of Student Affairs
• VP for Enrollment Management
• Dean/Director of Admissions
• Deans of Academic and Student Affairs
• Student Success Staff
• Retention Specialists
• Student Development Retention Coordinators
• Academic Advisors
• Directors of Enrollment Services
• Directors of Student Development Services

Who is the Speaker?
Clint McElroy, Ph.D., is Dean for Retention Services at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, NC. He earned his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Urban Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He chairs CPCC's Retention Committee, a cross-functional group which focuses on improving student retention, and also its cross-functional Student Intake Steering Committee, which focuses on improving student intake processes. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Activity Director for a federal Title III Improving Institutions grant project focusing on improving retention of students entering the College who placed into two or more developmental courses. The success of the CPCC Title III activity in positively influencing student retention has resulted in teams from several colleges from across the United States visiting CPCC to learn about the implementation of the project and how it might be duplicated on their own campuses. The organization of the CPCC Title III activity was highly cross-functional, requiring substantial interaction among the College's Instructional, Student Services, and Information Technology Services units.
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