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Friday, October 13th, 2023
Friday, October 13th
All Day
  • Location: WKU Housing Portal | www.wku.edu/housing/portal
  • Time: All Day

The WKU Apartments offer premiere, fully furnished two-bedroom and one-bedroom options for students with more than 60 credit hours who desire an apartment experience while living on the Hill.

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All Day
  • Location: FAC Corridor Gallery
  • Time: All Day

Varied Community Group Printmaking Exhibition

9:30am - 3:30pm
  • Location: DSU
  • Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

 Keynote: Distracted and Disengaged: A Return to Attention - DSU Auditorium 1071
From 9:30 - 11:00am
Many faculty have voiced concerns about rising levels of student disengagement throughout the pandemic; before the spring of 2020, their concerns were more focused on the distractions caused by our ubiquitous technologies. One remedy for both of these ills can be found in the literature on attention, which reminds us that humans have always struggled with the kind of focus that drives deeper learning. This keynote will draw upon scholarship from history, neuroscience, and education in support of the idea that if we want students to engage fully in their learning, we must create educational experiences that support and cultivate attention. Participants will learn about a variety of potential pathways to developing such experiences for their students.

Workshop 1 from 1:00 - 2:00pm: 
Inclusive Teaching: The Power of High Structure - DSU 3024
In this workshop, participants will be offered additional ideas for creating attention-based classes, and then be invited to work with each other to revise or develop new classroom strategies for their current or future courses. In addition to small group brainstorming, the workshop will offer plenty of time for questions and discussions with colleagues.

Workshop 2 from 2:30 - 3:30pm
Creating and Re-Creating Major Assessments in the Age of AI - DSU 3024

In this workshop, participants will be offered additional ideas for creating attention-based classes, and then be invited to work with each other to revise or develop new assessment strategies for their current or future courses. In addition to small group brainstorming, the workshops will offer plenty of time for questions and discussions with colleagues.

11:30am
  • Location: FAC Colonnades
  • Time: 11:30am

WKU Jazz Band

11:30am - 12:30pm
  • Location: Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Colonnades
  • Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm

Free outdoor concert

2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Location: Rock Garden behind Hardin Planetarium
  • Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Ogden College students are encouraged to join us at the Rock Garden between EBS and Hardin Planetarium on Friday, October 13th to learn about our Science & Engineering student organizations and groups!

Between 2:00pm-4:00pm, grab a punch card, visit at least four student groups to earn punches, and redeem your card for a FREE ice cream from Chaney’s or a FREE shaved ice from Kona Ice! 

4:00pm
  • Location: Gordon Wilson Hall Lab Theatre
  • Time: 4:00pm

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane


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