Past Events

Focus on Teaching

Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University, gave an untitled talk on the role of teaching in a land-grant university October 5, 2000

Thomas A. Angelo, Associate Professor and founding director of the School for New Learning's Assessment Center at DePaul University, "Teaching as if Learning Matters Most: Guidelines from Research and Best Practice", September 27, 1999

Karen Symms Gallagher, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Kansas, "Adjusting the Focus: The Teaching-Learning Parallax", October 20, 1998

Stephen C. Ehrman, American Association of Higher Education, "Teaching, Learning, and Technology: What Works, What Doesn't and Why", March 3, 1998

C. Peter Magrath, President of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, "The Universities of the 21st Century: Reform and Renewal", September 25, 1997

Patricia Albjerg Graham, President of the Spencer Foundation and Professor of American Education at Harvard University, "Why Accountability Now?", March 5, 1997

Barbara Solomon, Vice Provost for Faculty and Minority Affairs and Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California, "Rewarding Faculty Commitment to Institutional Goals: A Strategy for Reforming the Academy", October 22, 1996

Russell G. Hamilton, Jr., Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University, "Defining Diversity in the Context of the Academy", March 21, 1996

David K. Scott, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, "Learning to Change", October 18, 1995

Lee S. Shulman, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, "Scholarship of Teaching in Higher Education", January 26, 1995

Peter Seldin, Distinguished Professor of Management at Pace University, "The Teaching Portfolio: New Lessons Learned", September 20, 1994

Ernest Boyer, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, "Redefining Excellence in Teaching", November 3, 1993

Conversations About Teaching

Deborah Taub, Associate professor of Educational Studies, "Who Are Our Students and Does It Matter?", March 28, 2006

Robert Bringle, Director IUPUI Center for Service and Learning, "Institutionalizing and Assessing Service-Learning", March 22, 2006

Richard S. Rand, Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, "Teachers in Film", November 14, 2005

Steven Bathe, Chancellor Ivy Tech, "Teaching and Learning in the Community College", April 21, 2005

Student Panel, "What is Good Teaching - the Student's Perspective", March 23, 2005

Stephen Green, Basil S. Turner Professor of Management, Joe La Lopa, Associate Professor Hospitality and Tourism Management, "Promotion and Tenure – How Does Teaching Fit In?", January 25, 2005

Andy Gillespie, Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources, "Study Abroad Courses - Learning While Abroad", November 18, 2004

Christian Oseto, Director University Honors Program, "Our University Honors Program", October 20, 2004

Marne Helgesen, Director Center for Instructional Excellence, John Graveel, Professor of Agronomy, "Purdue's New Exam Proctor Pool - How It Can Help You", September 15, 2004

Joe La Lopa, Associate Professor Hospitality and Tourism Management, "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning", March 23, 2004

William C. Oakes, Assistant Professor of Engineering, "Service Learning", February 26, 2004

John Campbell, Associate Vice President Instructional Services, "Pedagogy: From Paper to Pixels", January 22, 2004

Rosalee Clawson, Associate Professor of Political Science, "Discussion in the Classroom", November 18, 2003

David Meyer, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Practical Realities of Outcome Assessment", October 23, 2003

George Bodner, Professor of Chemistry, "Eternal Verities: How the Results in Learning Can Improve the Way We Teach", September 23, 2003

Michael A. Morrison, Associate Professor of History, "Incorporating Writing Intensive Assignments Across the Curriculum", Tuesday, March 25, 2003

James L. Mohler, Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology, "Digitally-based Q&A", Tuesday, February 18, 2003

F. Bartow Culp, Chemistry Librarian/Associate Professor of Library Science, "Avoiding the Trojan Skunk: How to Create Effective Library Assignments in the Internet Age", Tuesday, January 23, 2003

Allan W. Gray, Professor of Agricultural Economics, "Designing and Communicating Course Structure for Online Delivery", Thursday, November 21, 2002

Dennis J. Minchella, Professor of Biological Sciences, Cher W. Yazavac, Academic Counselor School of Science, Rex. A. Fodrea, Director of Counseling Biological Sciences, "Freshman Seminars: First Aid in the First Year", Wednesday, October 23, 2002

John T. Kirby, Professor of Classics, "Teaching the Humanities at the Turn of the Millenium", Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Nick Popovich, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, "The Scholarship of Teaching", Wednesday, March 28, 2001

John Graveel, Professor of Agronomy, "Team Teaching and In-Class Exercises", Tuesday, February 27, 2001

J. J. Price, Professor of Mathematics, "Confessions of a Curmudgeon", Tuesday, January 30, 2001

C. Douglas Sutton, Professor of Civil Engineering, "Teaching Civil Engineering at Purdue: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", Tuesday, November 28, 2000

David Schoorman, Professor of Management, "Teaching at a Distance: Some Observations about Learning in the Virtual Classroom", Wednesday, October 18, 2000

Joseph La Lopa, Associate Professor of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management, "Preparing Students for Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Courses", Tuesday, September 12, 2000

Robert Sovinski, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, "Motivating Creative Thinkers", Tuesday, March 28, 2000

Robert Herrick, Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology, "Exploiting Teaching Technology", Wednesday, Feb 23, 2000

Joan Jurich, Professor of Child Development & Family Studies, "A Team Approach to TA Training", Wednesday, Jan 26, 2000

Joseph Palmer, Professor of English, "Diversifying Each Class: Texts, Discussion, Co-Texts", Tuesday, Nov 16, 1999

Sandra Abell, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, "Digging beneath the surface: How do we know if our students are learning?", Tuesday, Oct 26, 1999

James Jones, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, "A Good Old Tent Revival on: COOPERATIVE LEARNING", Wednesday, Sept 22,1999

Jay Akridge, Professor of Agricultural Economics, "Case Studies: Bringing Relevance to the Classroom", March 24, 1999

David Moore, Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics, "Multimedia Technology for Teaching: Lessons for Teachers, Questions for Developers", February 17, 1999

Nicholas Rauh, Associate Professor of History, "Ancient Studies for the Modern Undergraduate", January 20, 1999

Fred Lytle, Professor of Chemistry, "Students Will Match Your Expectations", November 24, 1998

Gerald Krockover, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science Education, "Developing Action Based Research Teams to Improve Teaching", October 6, 1998

Charlene Sullivan, Associate Professor of Management, "Involve Me and I will Learn", September 9, 1998

Olivia Bennett Wood, Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition, "Is Multidisciplinary Education Alive and Well at Purdue", March 24, 1998

Robert J. Joly, Professor of Horticulture, "Learning in an Inquiry-Driven Plant Physiology Laboratory", February 20, 1998

Dennis J. Weidenaar, Dean of the School of Management and the Krannert, Graduate School of Management, "Learning How to Help Others to Learn -- From Lecturing to a Multi-Pedagogical Approach", January 20, 1998

James E. Goldman, Associate Professor of Computer Technology, "Process Oriented Teaching: From Philosophical to Practical", October 15, 1997

Elizabeth Grauerholz, Associate Professor of Sociology, "Violating Students' Boundaries: Is It Appropriate?", September 17, 1997

Robert L. Ringel, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, "An Emphasis on Learning and Teaching", March 19, 1997

Laurie E. Iten, Associate Professor of Biology, "How We Play Brain Tennis in Biology", February 19, 1997

G. Marc Loudon, Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy, and Gustav Cwalina, Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, November 13, 1996

Cynthia Stohl, Professor of Communication, October 23, 1996

Donald Molnar, Professor of Landscape Architecture, September 18, 1996

George E. Van Scoyoc, Professor of Agronomy, Associate Executive Vice, President for Academic Affairs, March 12, 1996

H. E. (Buster) Dunsmore, Associate Professor of Computer Science, February 13, 1996

Gerald J. Lynch, Associate Professor of Economics, January 16,1996

George M. Bodner, Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, December 5, 1995

Margaret M. Rowe, Professor of English, November 14, 1995

Charles J. Stewart, Professor of Communication, October 24, 1995

Robert K. Chalmers, William S. and Edith C. Bucke Professor of Pharmacy Practice, September 12, 1995