Mary Southern

This will be an opportunity for chairs of the various curriculum committees to discuss procedure and any issues that are anticipated for the coming year.

Intended Audience: Chairs for the University and School- and Division-based Curriculum Committees as well as committees performing curricular work that report to the University Curriculum Committee as well as any interested committee members.

Members of the university community working in support of living and learning at Elon - the Residential Campus Initiative - will meet to discuss strategic goals for the 2017-18 academic year. Neighborhood associations will have breakout sessions during the meeting to review neighborhood plans, meet the faculty and residential staff working in the neighborhood, and to share the common calendar for the fall semester.

Intended Audience: Residential neighborhood community directors and faculty directors, linked course faculty, living learning community (LLC) advisors, faculty affiliates, faculty-in-residence, and neighborhood association members.

This workshop will kick-off our chair development opportunities for 2017-18. This session will include time with the task force on department chairs, training on the new curriculum management system, and work defining goals for this academic year. 

Lunch provided: Email Rachel Rogers (rrogers@elon.edu) to RSVP

Intended Audience: This workshop is for all new and continuing department chairs, including associate chairs and individuals who will be interim chairs during the 2017-18 academic year.

After a brief overview of some best practices in writing instruction (with special focus on scaffolding and peer-response) participants will be invited to ask questions and get feedback on their writing assignments. The goal of this session is to provide concrete ideas, strategies, and feedback so that you can feel more confident that your writing assignments will maximize student learning and minimize your grading time. Whether you have a complete writing assignment drafted or are at the brainstorming stage, all are welcome to attend this session. Please bring any drafts you may have and also your laptop, as this will be a working session. We will also share the different ways that the Center for Writing Excellence (including the Writing Across the University program and the Writing Center) support not only faculty writing pedagogy, but faculty writing as well.

Lunch will be served, so please rsvp here for The Center for Writing Excellence: Best Practices in Writing Instruction by Aug. 17.

Intended Audience: Chairs of departments beginning their WEI work this year and faculty selected to tak leadership roles within the department

Intended Audience: Open to all members of the committees listed above

Faculty and staff members who belong to Phi Beta Kappa are encouraged to attend this session to plan Elon's PBK activities for the coming year.

Intended Audience: Open to all PBK members at Elon University

This meeting is for all faculty and staff interested in learning about the Periclean Scholars program in general and in particular about the role of the Class Mentor. There will be a short presentation about the history of the program with a special focus on how various faculty have uniquely embraced the personal and professional challenges involved in mentoring a class of Periclean Scholars. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

Intended Audience: Open to all faculty and staff interested in learning more about the Periclean Scholars Program

Intended Audience: Open to all members of standing committees listed above.

This is an opportunity for staff who have been at Elon for less than one year to learn more about Elon University. Requires pre-registration through the Office of Leadership & Professional Develpment. Please click here to pre-register on the calendar tab of the Office of Leadership and Professional Development website.

Intended Audience: New Elon staff

Intended Audience: Open to all members of committees listed above.