Some Mini-grant recipient comments and reports for the 05-06 academic year.

 

Regarding the Faculty Development grant that I received:

 

  • I attended the 63rd Annual International Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). 
  • I attended due to my involvement with the graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy (MMFT) at Trevecca and my desire for the program to stay in step with national developments in the field.  Changes in the Tennessee licensure requirements and the results of a national assessment regarding “teaching competencies” and program cohesion both suggested the need for a little scrutiny.  Based on my own assessment of the MMFT training program, I had planned to make some curriculum changes but wanted to see if these changes were “in sinc” with what was occurring nationally.  So, the conference was both for acquisition of information and confirmation.
  • Content was helpful and confirming.  As a result of attending the conference, adjustments in the MMFT program were made in the spring and are being implemented this fall.  So, it was a productive time.

 

Don Harvey

Professor of Graduate Psychology

 

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The meeting I am going to is the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society in Austin, Texas. As Chairman of the Testing Committee I must report on the development of the National Exam which is in progress at Trevecca Nazarene University.

 

Chris Farrell

Professor of Biology

 

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March 30-April 3, I attended the international conference of ASCD, Chicago. In addition to the general sessions, I attended ticket sessions on diversity and school leadership, relevant to my assignment at TNU.

 

Porter King

Professor of Education

 

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NAME OF CONFERENCE:  Association for Technology in Music Instruction

 

REASON FOR ATTENDING:  To be made aware of the latest technology developed for teaching all areas of music in college classes

 

BENEFITS TO TEACHING:  I brought back several new programs to purchase which will assist in the area of technology development class (MUS 2000) and a review of the latest in computer development (for the Mac Lab).  The discussions with follow technology teachers were quite valuable.

 

Fred Mund

Professor of Music

 

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Ruth Kinnersley and Judy Bivens presented at the Tennessee and South Eastern Library Association Meeting, April 6, 2006, in Memphis.  Our topic was Student Assistants in the Library.  Attendance at our session was exceptional with close to 50 attendees crowding the room.  Our presentation focused on team building, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, leadership styles, and personality styles. We were careful to align this with our mission statement at Trevecca to prepare for service and leadership. We included many snapshots of events here at Waggoner Library involving our students.  There was lively discussion among the participants regarding issues with student workers in a variety of library settings.  Sharing of ideas and strategies among participants resulted in a collective catalog of ideas for better training and leading student workers in the library setting.  This presentation and the concepts generated from the discussion will be included in our MLIS classes as we teach management and leadership strategies for library information specialists. 

 

Ruth Kinnersley / Judy Bivens

Library faculty

 

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