April 20, 2010
Vol. II, No. 9
WheelerNotes
Two Good Days: Many thanks to Dr. Jason Horn
and his team for another exceptional edition of
Teaching Matters. The final count of participants
was in the neighborhood of 130 faculty from across
Georgia and several adjoining states. Special thanks
goes to Gordon faculty who presented at the event:
Professors Barnard, Betkowski, Blythe, Boggs,
Borders, Burstein, Hayden, Herndon, Jarrett,
Lee, Mayo, Perry-Stewart, Raynie, Rumfelt and
Schmude.
The Next Big Job: Academic year 2010-2011 will
be the Core Curriculum year for Gordon College. In
this year we will need to identify a learning outcome
for each area of the Core and the new overlays, give
meaning and direction to Area B, and make sure we
have an assessment program in place that will enable
us to improve our efforts. To assist us in the
process, I am asking that Professors Baskin,
Broome, Burstein, Davies, Gahr, and WattsWarren join me on the Core Steering Committee,
and we will begin work immediately. [We have
already named an ad hoc committee chaired by
Professor Peter Higgins to examine Area A1 and we
expect to create additional subcommittees as need
arises.] We will announce the meetings of Steering
Committee as we proceed. We will welcome the
attendance and contributions of others and will
accept contributions even if attendance is not
possible. As work is completed, it will be sent to
APC and Senate for further improvement and
review.
Help for Advisors: A critical component in
advising involves helping students connect their
studies to the world of work. Faculty members are
sometimes ill equipped to help students with this
effort. Heather Brodzik, who has been advising
nursing students and learning support students this
year at Gordon College, has broad experience in
these kinds of conversations, and I have asked her to
share some resources with Gordon advisors. Please
see her article below, BrodzikNotes.
BrodzikNotes
The Student Success Center sponsored a Career
Exploration Workshop in March that utilized the
free online interest inventory service of the Georgia
College Information System (GCIS). The workshop
was well attended and each participant was able to
take the survey and save their results online for
further research. The SSC hopes to offer this
workshop on a regular basis. Exposing students to
their levels of interest in various career areas can be
very insightful for them. It may help them decide on
a major to pursue, or outline some areas that they
wish to avoid. Although an interest inventory
cannot be 100% accurate, it is certainly a good
starting point for undecided/undeclared students.
Here is the web site and the necessary passwords for
the program
Website: www.gcic.peachnet.edu
USERNAME-gordoncollege
PASSWORD-gcis885
Below are some additional online services and
popular books that are available to help your
advisees in making a career decision. Happy
Advising!
Career Information Websites
www.GAcollege411.com
www.onetcenter.org
www.rileyguide.com
www.PrincetonReview.com
Recommended Reading:
“What Color Is Your Parachute?” by Richard Bolles
“Cool Careers for Dummies,” by Marty Nemko
“Now What? The Young Person’s Guide to
Choosing the Perfect Career,” by Nicholas Lore
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Baskin Notes
Dr. Peter Boltz received a Special Merit Award in
the category of "Specific Projects: Special Events"
from the Council for the Advancement and Support
of Education. He also taught a session on conflict
resolution for the Pike County Leadership class and
judged the writing contest at the regional literary
contest, Lamar County High School, in March.
On March 3, Dr. Jason Horn escorted student Kate
Tooley to the Phi Theta Kappa Awards Luncheon in
Atlanta for the ALL_USA Scholarships Awards.
Ms. Tooley was only the second student from
Gordon College to be nominated for an award.
Dr. Rhonda Wilcox has informed me that Studies in
Popular Culture, for which she is editor and Dr.
David Janssen Associate Editor, is now being read
in South Korea. An institution there has begun
subscribing to the journal.
Presenters from the Humanities Division at the
Teaching Matters conference in March:
• “Learning Communities with Learning Support
Classes at Gordon College: Past, Present, and
Future”: Sandra Blythe, Michelle PerryStewart, and Fran Boggs, with Teresa
Betkowski and Diane Hayden from
Math/Natural Sciences.
• Stephen Raynie, “The Role of Technology in the
Student Reading.”
Ms. Nancy Gresham has begun her master's in
Instructional Design and Technology with Walton
University.
One of Mr. Bob Detamore’s etchings was selected
by David W. Kiehl, curator of prints at the Whitney
Museum of American Art in New York, to be
included in the 2010 Delta National Small Prints
Exhibition at Bradbury Gallery at Arkansas State
University. The exhibition was on view from
January 21 - February 21, 2010 with a full color
catalogue which included all works in the exhibition.
In May, Bob’s work will appear in the upcoming
invitational exhibition titled 20/20 Vision - The Art
of Contemporary University Printmaking, hosted by
The Fire House Gallery in Louisville, Georgia, and
will include work from leading university
printmakers from 20 states throughout the South and
Midwest.
Dr. Karen Guffey presented "Creating Your Own
Online Textbook" and presented a paper/headed a
panel entitled "Study Abroad Opportunities" at the
Foreign Language Association of Georgia
conference, March 12-14.
Dr. Stephen Powers has been very busy:
• His poem "Weight” was published in Barely
South Review, and his poem "I'm the New Lover
Helping Her Try on the Unused Oleg Cassini”
was accepted for publication in Rougarou
Visiting Writer at the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee.
• Gave a reading from The Follower's Tale, his
recently published book of poems, and
conducted two master classes for graduate
students on March 15 and 16.
• Presented "Pages versus Screens: The Place of
Literature in the Digital Age" on a panel with
Drs. Mark King, David Janssen, and Darren
Broome at the Southeast Coastal Conference on
Language & Literatures, Georgia Southern
University, April 2.
• Presented "Small Revenge in Words: Settling
Scores with Writing" on the panel Literary
Laughter: Humor in Fiction Writing at the
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
conference in Denver on April 8.
• Gave a reading from The Follower's Tale (with
several other poets published by Salmon Poetry)
at Scruffy Murphy's Irish Pub in Denver, CO, on
April 8.
Burstein Notes
Dr. Frank Winters has an article, “Exaggerating
the Efficacy of Diplomacy: The Marquis of
Lansdowne’s ‘Peace Letter’ of November 1917,” in
the March 2010 issue of the British journal The
International History Review.
Dr. Joe Mayo’s article, “Constructivist Pedagogy:
Advancing Liberal Education in the Undergraduate
Psychology”, will appear in the Spring 2010 issue of
the Psychology Teacher Network
GahrNotes
Dr. Richard Schmude, Jr.,
• Published a paper titled: “ALPO Observations of
the Remote Planets in 2008”. This paper
appeared in the Journal of the Association of
Lunar and Planetary Observers, Vol. 52, No. 2
(Spring) pp. 43-49 (2010).
• Presented, “Improve Student Attendance by
Maintaining a Balanced Teaching Approach” at
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the Eighth Annual Teaching Matters Conference
on March 26, 2010 at Gordon College
• Presented “Comet Lulin at the 87th meeting of
the Georgia Academy of Science at Columbus
State University, Columbus GA on March 27,
2010.
• Presented “Spectroscopy” at the Flint River
Astronomy Club at the UGA campus in
Griffin on April 8, 2010.
Dr. Lynn Rumfelt et.al. Attended Georgia
Gwinnett College and Project Kaleidoscope Science
Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
conference to include Dr. Andy Osborne, Dr.
Richard Tsou, Dr. Greg Hartman, Dr. Cathy Lee,
Dr. Chad Davies, Dr. Don Franklin, and Dr. Alan
Gahr. It was a great meeting where we were able to
network and received lots of information and ideas
to implement to teach our students critical thinking
skills, creative approaches to problem solving, and
collaborative teamwork.
Dr. Linda Hyde, sponsor of EarthWindFire
(Gordon College's science club) took the club on a
weekend field trip during which students visited
Cumberland Island and the Okefenokee Swamp.
Dr. Theresa Stanley also chaperoned the field trip.
Dr. Hyde also attended the annual meeting of the
Association of Southeastern Biologists in Asheville,
NC, and participated in several workshops there.
HigginsNotes
Just a quick Regents’ reminder to faculty as we
continue to advise and unlock students for Fall 2010:
Students enrolled in TR English 1101 classes during
the Fall 2010 semester will be taking their Regents’
Essay Exams during class time; also, these TR
English 1101 students are already enrolled in a
Regents’ Reading Exam, which will take place on
Tuesday, October 26.
All other students who are eligible to take the
Regents’ Exam (that is, who do not have Learning
Support requirements in Reading or English) must
register for the exam.
The Regents’ Test is listed as an English class:
English 2990. Please remind students to pick the
appropriate section (Both Parts, Reading Only,
Essay Only, ESL, and so on).
Please remind students that they are also picking a
time (afternoon or evening) and a day (Monday,
October 25; Wednesday, October 27; or Thursday,
October 28) when they register for the exam. They
are expected to show up for that exam and will not
be allowed access to early registration if they miss
their Regents’ Exam.
Dr. John George, Mathematics professor, is coauthoring a book entitled “Introductory
Combinatorics.” It is now in final reviews and due
to be released in September.
Also, a quick Success Center note: it seems as
though the Success Center opened only yesterday,
but earlier this month we recorded our 20,000th
student log-in and logged our 5,000th tutoring
session. Thanks to the faculty members who trust us
enough to send their students over for help and
thanks to all the staff who support us.
Drs. Cristina Fermin-Ennis, Susan Glenn, Cathy
Lee, and Richard Tsou presented at the
International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference
in Orlando FL on March 1st.
Milewicz Notes
Dr. Fermin-Ennis discussed techniques for
understanding, reinforcing and retaining
mathematical concepts through Chemistry.
Dr. Glenn presented her approaches to teaching
computer programming skills online. Dr. Lee
discussed connecting one-dimensional bone marking
pictures to three-dimensional skeletons as an
effective and enhanced way of learning Anatomy.
Dr. Tsou’s presentation described a hands-on
approach in teaching the Scientific Method.
Additionally, the Conference presented the team
with the International Award for Scientific Research.
Honors Program Updates
This has been a very busy and exciting academic
year for the Honors Program. The new Honors
House will be ready for student use this fall. It will
have a study lounge/reading room, a small computer
lab, a seminar room for honors courses and other
meetings, as well as additional faculty office space.
We are very fortunate to have this resource for our
students and I am very appreciative of the support
we have received.
The last honors application deadline for spring 2010
is May 1st. I hope you will continue to consider
mentioning the program to your advanced students
and advisees.
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We have 3 honors sections for fall 2010:
1. COLQ 2992-H Feminism and Fantasy
(Dr. Wilcox)
2. HIST 1122-H Western Civ. II
(Dr. Aiello)
3. ECON 2106-H Microeconomics
(Dr. Joshi)
Since students may not self-enroll in these sections,
please have them contact me for placement. We
welcome honors and non-honors students in honors
classes.
Honors Council (2010-2011) nominations will occur
in May. I will be in contact with the chairs of each
division soon regarding those nominations. Faculty
who are interested in serving should contact their
chair.
As always, all Honors Program information,
including an interactive online application, is
available at: http://www.gdn.edu/honors
An ongoing list of honors events and happenings can
be accessed at: http://honorsevents.gdn.edu/
O’Sullivan Notes
The Education Division would like to invite
everyone to our Book and Bell Ceremony for the
2010 baccalaureate graduates in Early Childhood
Education. That ceremony is immediately following
graduation on May 15 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
Everyone is welcome!
Also, the Education Division has had several reasons
to celebrate lately. Education faculty members Drs.
Mike Borders, John Barnard and Lydia Herndon
all made presentations at the excellent Teaching
Matters Conference. Dr. Borders also presented
recently at the Georgia Future Teachers of America
state conference. Congratulations to all!
Whitelock Notes
Learning Community and GFYE 0097 notes of
interest to advisors, particularly during Summer and
Fall NSOs:
• We have changed the Learning Support
Learning Community offering for Fall 2010.
The pairing of READ 0099 and PSYC 1101 has
been replaced by a pairing of READ 0099
(CRN 366) with SOCI 1101 (CRN 835). This
is a unique opportunity for students with
compromised reading skills but good potential to
strengthen those skills within the motivating
context of core curriculum-level work. As you
work with students during our NSOs, please
direct promising candidates to this pairing.
• Please remember as well our pairing of MATH
1001A (CRN 429) and BIOL 1111C (CRN
669). Students nervous about their strengths in
math or science should benefit greatly from the
close association between these two classes.
And Learning Support students can benefit from
our continued pairing of ENGL 0099F (CRN
313) and READ 0099G (CRN 367).
• We are also offering two majors-specific
learning community clusters. Advisors of PreNursing majors should be sure their advisees are
aware signing up for any Biology course will
qualify them to register for Dr. Powers’ ENGL
1101R3 (CRN 417) which will feature readings
and assignments related to the field of Nursing.
Advisors of Pre-Pharmacy or other Science
majors should let their advisees know that
enrollment in Chemistry 1211, 1212, 2401, or
2402 will qualify them to register for Dr.
Boltz’s COMM 1110A (CRN 696) which will
focus on communicating in the Sciences.
• Finally, please remember that students seeking
full-time enrollment who enter Gordon College
with 3 Learning Support requirements must be
registered into one of our 8 sections of GFYE
0097, our 1-credit Introduction to College
course. Students who enroll in Gordon with 2
Learning Support requirements who need an
additional credit for full-time enrollment status
may also be directed to this course.
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Dates & Deadlines
Summer/Fall 2010 Early Registration
for Continuing Students
April 19-23 Summer/Fall 2010 Early Registration
for Readmitted Students
Open Registration for Continuing &
Apr 20 –
Readmitted Students
Aug 3
Summer 2010 Open Registration for
Apr 26 –
Continuing &Readmitted Students
May 27
Fall 2010 Open Registration for
Apr 26 Continuing & Readmitted Students
Aug 2
Regents’ Test Results Available
Apr 27
Faculty Meeting
Apr 28
Wednesday 2:00 PM Russell 211
Last Day of Classes
May 3
Final Exams - Book Buy Back
May 4-7
Summer 2010 New Student Orientation
May 13
– Alumni Memorial Hall Group
Advising & Registration
Graduation
May 15
Furlough Day
May 21
Early Registration Payment Deadline
May 27
for 1st Session & Full Session Classes –
4:00 PM
Memorial Day Holiday
May 31
Open Registration
June 1
Last day to withdraw & receive full
tuition refund for 1st & Full Session
Classes
1st Summer Session & Full Session
June 2
Classes Begin
Drop/Add &Late Registration 8 am - 6
June 2-3
pm
Last Day to Register for Regents’ Test
June 3
Midterm for 1st Session Classes (6/2June 14
6/25)
Withdrawals after June 14 will be an
automatic WF except in cases of
hardship documented & approved by a
student petition.
NSO – Alumni Memorial Hall
June 16
Group Advising & Registration (Fall
Semester)
Regents’ Testing Program
June 17
Georgia History & US Constitution
June 23
Exam
Mid-term for Associate Degree Nursing
Classes
June 23-30 Drop/Add and Open/Late Registration
2nd Session Classes
April 5-23
Dates & Deadlines cont’d
June 25
June 28
June 29
June 30
July 5
July 8
July 12
July 22
July 23
July 26
July 27
August 9
August 16
Midterm for Full Session Classes 6/27/23) and all evening classes.
Withdrawals after June 25 will be an
automatic WF except in cases of
hardship documented & approved by a
student petition.
Last Day of classes for 1st Session.
Final Exams for 1st Session Classes
(6/2-6/25)
Last day to withdraw & receive a full
refund for 2nd Session Classes
2nd Session Classes begin (6/29-7/23)
Last day to get a refund for reduction of
hours for 2nd Session Classes
Final Payment Deadline for 2nd Session
at 4 PM
Independence Day Holiday
NSO – Alumni Memorial Hall
Group Advising & Registration (Fall
Semester)
Midterm for 2nd Session Classes (6/29–
7/23)
Withdrawals after July 12 will be an
automatic WF except in cases of
hardship documented & approved by a
student petition.
NSO
Group Advising & Registration (Fall
Semester)
Last Day for 2nd Session Classes
Final Exams for all M, W evening
classes
(6/2-7/21), 2nd Session Day Classes
(6/29–7/23) & Full Session Day
classes ((6/2–7/23)
Final exams for all T, R, evening
classes
(6/3–7/22) End of summer semester
Joint Faculty Staff Meeting - Fine Arts
Auditor
New Faculty Orientation (more at later
date)
2010 Fall Semester Classes Begin
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