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From Dean Blevins,
Religion …
I
attended the North American Professors or Christian Education (NAPCE) Annual
Conference October 21-23 in
The
presentation was well received and resulted in an offer to publish a version in
the Christian Education Journal, a juried journal of the association that is
one of the top two publications in Christian Education. The article has since
been approved and will see publication this spring (which will also raise TNU
visibility since it includes my title). The actual writing and presentation
helped to sharpen my own work on a Wesleyan theology of education and received
strong, positive, feedback by both Wesleyan and Evangelical educators attending
the conference. That work will continue in a scheduled book project to be
completed next year.
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From Julia Simmons,
Education…
Conference attended: Structures for Thinking Skills with Dr. Spencer Kagan in
Benefits:
Thinking Skills directly applies to the courses I teach both at the
undergraduate and graduate level. Thinking skills enhances Instructional
Methods, Language and Literacy,
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From Jeff Frame,
Theatre…
Name of conference: Popular Culture
Association of the South (
Reason for attending: Participation on a
Kubrick panel and the presentation of a paper entitled “Nonlinear Noir:
Kubrick’s Killing.” The paper is a brief slice of my doctoral
dissertation work which applies Harold Bloom’s theory “the anxiety of
influence” to the evolution of nonlinear narrative structures in film.
Benefits to teaching and/or professional practice here at
Trevecca: The research material was presented at the faculty symposium last
semester and will be used to help teach film narratology in my course COM 3700
Film Theory and Criticism this semester. The entire dissertation, of
which the paper is a small segment, will be edited and submitted for
publication
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From Jamen McGranahan,
Library…
On April
20, I will be attending a 1-day conference at
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From Esther Swink,
Education…
I Attended a conference in
As a
licensed facilitator for The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, I wanted
my training to extend to the 8th habit.
The
content of this curriculum will be useful in the doctoral courses that we
offer. Specifically, we plan to use the content in the third leadership
course.
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From Joy Wells,
Sociology…
Because
of the faculty development mini-grant, I was able to attend the first annual Counsel
Works conference. This is a new organization for professional Christian
counselors and therapists. I attended workshops on the subject of marriage and
found resources that I am currently using in Courtship and Marriage class. In
addition, I attended the following workshops on ethics: Minimizing Your Legal
Liability and Ethical Integrity in Clinical Relationships. These were very
helpful in that the state of Tennessee requires three hours of continuing
education in the area of ethics and I was able to meet that requirement within
a Christian as well as professional context. I hope to attend future
conferences of this new organization as it provides a much needed professional
component to the field of Christian counseling.
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From Henry
Spaulding, Religion…
I
received a $300.00 mini-grant in order to partially pay for my attendance at
the Wesleyan Theological Society meeting in
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From Fred Mund,
Music…
I attended the ASSOCIATION FOR
TECHNOLOGY IN MUSIC INSTRUCTION annual meeting in
The reason for attendance was to
represent my division at this meeting to be made aware of new technologies and
programs as they affect music teaching.
The benefits are many--I had
opportunity to speak to other instructors who run music labs and compare their
labs to ours, I had opportunity to see other programs and to compare them to
what we use, (in some cases, I recommended new purchases for our division), I
attended sessions which presented new technology and methods for implementing
them in the teaching of music, and I was able to browse through publishers
booths to see what was being published with the possibility of acquiring them
for the division. Always a highlight is
talking to the representative from FINALE to get information on how better to
use this program with our students.
This meeting is the "cutting
edge' for technology in music instruction.
I use as text book for the "Technology for Music Majors" class
one authored by two of the officers of the Association.
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From Ruth Cox,
Education …
Esther
Swink and I attended The 8th Habit in
The rationale for attending the 8th
Habit was to continue to expand our knowledge and understanding of the
work that Dr. Covey has done. We will be integrating this information
into the doctoral program in the course entitled, Leadership III. We have
found the information to be a compilation of his previous work as the
foundation and then taking personal and organizational effectiveness to the
next level. We believe that we will be able to also use this information
within our
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From Ed Anthony,
Technology (TICIT)…
NaATEC 18.1 Network and System Professionals
Association Conference in
As would be expected, participation by a faculty member in
the discipline can help to provide future opportunities and
growth. It also demonstrates the commitment of the institution in
the area of research and development. The conference not only provided an
opportunity for Trevecca to play a role but allowed me to grow
professionally by attending conference sessions and developing new contacts in
the IT industry.
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From Prilla Speer,
Library …
Min-grant
monies covered my airfare to
The conference theme,
"Navigating the Rivers of Change", illustrated how academic
libraries and Librarians can sail the diverse waters of change that we
encounter as a result of technology, society, user needs, economic impact, the
global community.
I attended a 4 hour hands-on workshop about integrating
drama into library instruction; listened to debate on the threat of
Googlization, emerging disruptive technologies; panel discussions about
collaborating with student services groups; the library as community and how to
create community on your campus. I had opportunity to talk vendors about
new online products and services; get marketing ideas; sign up for door
prizes....that I never won; saw demonstrations of products we are interested in
such as Proquest's Digital Commons.
The conference was very stimulating; rich with new ideas
and crammed with practical 'how to do it better' strategies and many
opportunities for networking. I learned about RSS, the meaning of Googlization,
what the 'gamers' or 'gaming generation' are looking for on a library Web site
and services and what we are doing right! I have already shared handouts
and initiated discussion amongst librarians about the new ideas and services
and will continue to do this during the summer. If you are interested in
the future of information take 8 minutes of your time and view the
provocative video at http://www.robinsloan.com/epic . Thank you for
the opportunity!
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From Jeff Swink,
Academic Support…
I attended
the National Association for Developmental Education in