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Call for Proposals
Engaging the Spirit: Tools for Student Success
Monday, August 20, 2007
Proposals due March 30, 2007
This annual conference sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs offers an excellent forum for college faculty, staff and administrators to examine topics related to advancing student learning through student engagement. Presentations and showcase exhibits provide conference participants the opportunity to discuss the scholarship of teaching and learning and to share innovative instructional techniques and technologies.
This year's conference addresses tools for student success. The opening plenary session will feature a national speaker addressing critical thinking as a learning tool. The conference will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 20. Presentation sessions of 60 minutes will be available as well as showcase exhibits during lunch.
Suggestions for Session Topics
Tools for Student Success: Using Critical Thinking
Tools for Student Success: Using Technology
Tools for Student Success in Student Life
Tools for Student Success: Using Service Learning
Tools for Student Success: Global Experiences
Tools for Student Success in Graduate Education
Tools for Student Success in Student Research and Creative Activities
Tools for Student Success in Assessment
Tools for Student Success: Political Engagement and/or Community Engagement
Tools for Student Success: Diversity Experiences
Tools for Student Success: Other
Proposals must be submitted online. The online submission form is available at http://www.wku.edu/teaching/db/conferences/aa/
This is a new proposal submission system requiring that you first create an account and then log into that account to submit your proposal.
Acceptance notification will be by e-mail by April 20, 2007.
Note: This date has been changed to April 25. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Steps to Submitting a Proposal
Visit http://www.wku.edu/teaching/db/conferences/aa/
- Select “Engaging the Spirit Conference” from the drop down menu.
- Click on “Register for Proposal Sessions”
- Complete the form for the primary presenter and click “submit”
- Click on “Submit New Proposal”
- Complete the proposal process.
Note: Given the time limit on keeping a proposal form open, we strongly advise you to write out your proposal in a word processing document and then to copy and paste the appropriate sections into the form. It is also possible to submit the proposal partially complete, then return through the Edit Your Proposal feature and work some more. Do "Submit" your proposal every 15 minutes to avoid losing your work.
The session proposal must include:
- Session Title (up to 10 words)
- Session Abstract (up to 100 words)
- Session Description (up to 500 words, not including references list)
Comments or questions about the conference can be directed to Dawn Bolton (dawn.bolton@wku.edu) or Alecea Davis Jones (alecea.davis@wku.edu). |
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