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The EASE Project: Bridging the Gap between the Classroom and Academic Support Services
Anyone who has ever made an honest effort at writing in college knows that the process can be tough. It involves plenty of reading, researching, critical thinking, writing, rewriting, editing…
Flexible Teaching Strategies for Course Continuity
When our classes get cancelled because of inclement weather or emergency situations, good planning and technology tools can be leveraged to maintain continuity of instruction. Planning, communication, and a flexible…
UNG Honors: Leadership & Academic Excellence
Contributor: Stephen M. Smith, PhD. I bet you are familiar with the buzzwords and catchphrases of higher education – engagement, globalization, leadership, community, collaboration, academic excellence. Each gets tossed around periodically…
Using Book Clubs to Foster Student Engagement
At it’s core, traditional teaching and learning involves students gaining meaning from printed and oral language. Raphael and McMahon (1994) suggested that comprehension is achieved through a partnership of students,…
Our Greatest Asset: Student Veterans at UNG
There is no substitute for life experience. The older we professors get, the more we know this statement is true. So it is helpful to remember that walking amongst us…
Pretending to Be A Student Reminds Me How to Teach
Every summer, the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas presents the Intensive Institute on the Study of Science Fiction, a two week seminar…
Finding and Supporting Student Applicants for Nationally Competitive Scholarships
NSF GRFP, Jack Kent Cooke, Udall, NIH, Fulbright, oh my! The world of scholarships is a large one indeed; every time I think I may have a handle on one…
Gender: An Unrecognized Part of Life
For many people, the words “Gender Studies” conjures images of women burning their bras and/or oppressing others under the guise of liberation. If not outright terror and images of pitchforks,…
Midpoint Course Evaluations
by Katherine Kipp, Interim CTLL Faculty Fellow - Oconee So we have officially passed the midpoint of the semester. Hopefully, we finally ironed out all the wrinkles in our courses…
Students With Disabilities Speak About College: In Their Own Words
In the summer of 2014, six students agreed to talk about what it means to be a UNG student with a disability. While most of us know something of obstacles…