Tag archives for Scholarly Activity
Finding Time as an Academic Writer
It’s challenging to create a writing routine that is sustainable and adaptable to the new demands of each year and the new schedule of each semester. Drawing on the work…
Join the Write Now Academy
The Write Now Academy is a writing group designed for faculty and staff who are writing academic articles. The Director is Dr. Michael Rifenburg. Apply now for the Write Now…
Finding Time for Research
In any given week, University of North Georgia (UNG) faculty will attend meetings on such a range of topics that our neural cortex becomes a bit like pudding. By Friday…
What Scientific Inquiry Should Be…
During the 2017 ACE Annual Meeting, MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito gave a wonderful keynote about the importance of not losing the joy of discovery. Ito provides a thought-provoking…
Write@UNG
The Write@UNG is a new multifaceted faculty development program that stretches across five campuses and enriches scholarly productivity through a focus on research and writing skills. Workshops are facilitated by…
Finding Government Information
This article is the fourth part of a series by UNG Libraries covering some of the newest and most exciting additions to our GALILEO Database collections. A new post will…
Advancing Civic and Intellectual Life through Boyer’s Model of Scholarship
"Colleges and universities are one of the greatest hopes for intellectual and civic progress.…I am convinced that for this hope to be fulfilled, the academy must become a more vigorous…
GALILEO Database: Artstor
By Angela Megaw This article is the third part of a series by UNG Libraries covering some of the newest and most exciting additions to our GALILEO Database collections. A new…
Space to Teach: The Teaching Professor Technology Conference
In 2013, the English Learning Support department at UNG was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of the "Adaptive Learning Market Acceleration Program" (ALMAP)…
What it Means to be Connected
October was Connected Educator Month. Started by the Department of Education in 2012, CEM has gone global and in 2013 reached 14 million educators through twitter alone. As a college…