Institute for Student Success

Schedule of Events

August 20, 2013

Time Morning sessions will be held in the Kate Buchanan Room on the HSU Campus. Room locations for afternoon workshops will be provided on the day of the event.
8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:00-11:00 am

This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyKeynote Workshop with Dr. Eric Mazur

Confessions of a Converted Lecturer

11:00-11:30 am

Learning & Teaching Poster Showcase

11:30 – 1:00

Lunch, Raffles

12:45 – 2:45 pm

This workshop will be of interest to faculty.Special Session with Eric Mazur

Making Peer Instruction Work for You

1:15 – 2:45 pm

Workshop Breakout Session I (Choose 1)

Everyone is welcome to participate in any workshop.


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"F" logo, indicating Facultyindicates workshops that will be of special interest to faculty.


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This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyNobody Taught Me That: Hidden Rules of the University and How They Impact Our Students

Anna Villagomez (Office of the Registrar), David Sleeth-Keppler (Business) & Jennifer Eichstedt (Sociology)

This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyServing Our Transgender and Gender-Variant Students: Building Knowledge into Practice

Loren Cannon (Philosophy) & Mira Friedman (Student Health Center)

This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyEarly Alert: Supporting Student Success
from the Outset

Melinda Haynes Swank (ITS Project Office)

This workshop will be of interest to faculty.Seven Principles: Implementing Active Learning & Student Engagement in the Classroom

Geoff Cain (College of eLearning and Extended Education)

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Workshop Breakout Session II (Choose 1)

Everyone is welcome to participate in any workshop.


"S" Logo for staffindicates workshops that will be of special interest to staff.


"F" logo, indicating Facultyindicates workshops that will be of special interest to faculty.


"S" and "F" logo indicate workshops will be of interest to both staff and faculty.Workshops with both icons will be of interest to both staff and faculty

"S" logo indicating that this workshop will be of special interest to staff members.But I Don’t Work in a Classroom! Applying Mazur’s Keynote Concepts to My Role as a Staff Member

Gilly Black (CNRS), Mary Hackett (President’s Office), & Val Arizzi (Psychology)

This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyA RAMP to Success: Supporting Students in Their First Year

Tracy Smith (RAMP) & RAMP Lead Mentors

This workshop will be of interest to faculty.If You Build It, They Will Blog: Creating Class Blogs and New Learning Environments

Tatiana Piatanova (College of eLearning and Extended Education)

This workshop will be of interest to both Staff & FacultyData 101: Using Institutional Data to Improve Your Program

Gay Hylton & Michael Le (Institutional Research and Planning)

This workshop will be of interest to faculty.Promoting Critical Thinking and Problem Solving through Quantitative Literacy

Dale Oliver (Math), Josh Meisel (Sociology) & Mahesh Rao (Forestry)

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Happy Hour & Social Mixer