Graduate Student Colloquium (March 31, 2011)

The content of the email below was forwarded on behalf of Deborah Rifenbary to UNM faculty> I encourage you all to attend. You present as a panel of teacher practitioners, sharing where you are at this juncture in your practitioner research. Being able to articulate and share what you have been doing and what you have been thinking about, helps clarify things and brings new insight and awareness. As Donald Normans said: "The stories we tell not only explain things to others, they explain them to ourselves."

>>> Deborah Rifenbary 11/29/2010 12:43 PM >>>

The 14th annual Graduate Student Colloquium will be held on Thursday, March 31st, 2011. The colloquium is a series of concurrent, break-out sessions (including individual paper presentations, group presentations, panels, roundtables and poster sessions) followed by a buffet dinner and keynote speaker. This year the keynote speaker is Dr. Nel Noddings, the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita at Stanford University and well known for her work in the ethics of caring.

As in the past, I would ask you to encourage your graduate students, both master's and doctoral to participate as a presenter, attendee or both. This is a wonderful opportunity to support and engage students in research activities. Faculty have supported this event in a variety of ways including incorporating a presentation as part of a class assignment, taking classes to the colloquium during class time or requiring students to attend and write a short paper about their experience.

Faculty are being asked to be involved again this year. Once the schedule is finalized, faculty will be needed to chair individual sessions. Sessions are scheduled from 1:00 to 6:00 in hour long blocks. In addition to chairing, you are invited to present your research and facilitate a round table discussion from 12:00 to 1:00 prior to the student presentations. More information regarding the format will be forthcoming but I wanted you to begin thinking about your and your graduate students' involvement as you prepare for the spring semester.

On a final note, Dr. David Scott is expanding the focus on the IMPACT website to showcase the exemplary research of graduate students. Faculty will be invited to recommend colloquium participants to be considered for inclusion on the website. More information will also be forthcoming.

Your participation is most welcome. Thank you for your consideration.

Deb

Deborah Rifenbary
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development
Office of the Dean
College of Education
University of New Mexico
505-277-8933
riffer@unm.edu