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Past Events

Spring 2008

Date:
March 28-29, 2008
Event:

2008 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
Enhancing Faculty Impact Through Engagement and Renewal

Photos:
Photo gallery

Fall 2007

Date:
October 22, 2007
Event:

2007 Fall Teaching Workshop:
Effective Uses of Classroom Response Systems
Dr. Derek Bruff
Center for Teaching
Vanderbilt University
Sponsored by The UGA Teaching Academy and the Center for Teaching & Learning

Date:
November 7, 2007
Event:

New Member Reception and Dinner - Class of 2007
Program
New Members

Photos:
Photo gallery

Spring 2007

Date:
March 30-31, 2007
Event:

2007 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience through Discovery, Engagement and Transformation and Reflection

Photos:
Photo gallery
Date:
January 25, 2007
Event:

Founder's Day Lecture
The China Challenge: Outlook for the 21st Century

Photos:
Photo gallery

Fall 2006

Date:
November 7 , 2006
Event:

Fall Workshop
The Role of Faculty Learning Communities In Higher Education

Photos:
Photo gallery
Date:
October 24 , 2006
Event:

New Member Reception and Dinner - Class of 2006

Speaker: Dr. Del Dunn

Photos:
Photo gallery

 

Spring 2006

Date:
April 14-15 , 2006
Event:

2006 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium

Achieving Academic Excellence Through Rigor, Relevance and Reflection

Photos:
Photo gallery
Date:
January 27, 2006
Event:

Founders' Day Lecture 2006

"
Justice, Truth and the Place of Universities”
Bernard P. Dauenhauer- Emeritus Professor

Photos:
Photo gallery

Fall 2005

Date:
September 8, 2005
Event:

New Member Reception and Dinner

Confab for Part-time Faculty
Student Learning Center
Topics
Response

 

Resources:
Part-time Faculty Guide

Spring 2005

Date:
April 29, 2005
Event:

Teaching Academy Workshop and Business Meeting
Student Learning Center


Date:
April 8-9, 2005
Event:

Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
Emerald Point Resort


Date:
January 27, 2005
Event:

Founders' Day Lecture 2005

"
Dramatic Moments in the Pursuit of Justice”
Ronald L. Carlson - Emeritus Professor


Response to "Dramatic Moments in the Pursuit of Justice"
Susette M. Talarico

Photos:
Photo gallery

Date:
January 27, 2005
Event:

2005 Annual Public Service and Outreach Conference: "Service-Learning: Linking Academic Study, Civic Engagement, and Scholarship"

Fall 2004

Date:
October 26, 2004
Event:

UGA Teaching Academy Five-Year Anniversary Celebration
Meigs Hall
3:00 p.m. - Reception


Fall Semester Dinner
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
6:00 p.m. - Reception
6:30 p.m. - Dinner

Keynote speaker
Ron Simpson, Professor Emeritus


Date:
September 9, 2004
Event:

Confab for Part time Faculty
The UGA Teaching Academy was invited to join OISD and the Vice President for Instruction in sponsoring the first-ever Confab for Part time Faculty. Members of the UGA Teaching Academy were invited to attend the reception and to lead roundtable discussions. These discussions focused on good practices, challenges and opportunities of part-time teachers and how the university community can better serve the professional concerns of part-time instructors.

Resources:

"Part-time Faculty Issues"
Karen Thompson, Rutgers University

Part-time Faculty Guide
Web Resource for part-time faculty sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, the Office of Instructional Support and Development, and the UGA Teaching Academy.

Spring 2004

Date:
April 23, 2004
Event:

Teaching Academy Forum on the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement



Date:
January 27, 2004
Event:

2004 Founders Day Lecture

Speaker:

"Diversity Dissected; Human Commonalities and Cultural Differences"
Dr. Genelle Morain
, Emeriti Scholar

Responses:
Dr. Robert A. Pratt - Full Text
Dr. Daniel Del Portal - Full Text
Photos:
Photo gallery of lecture and reception

Fall 2003

Date:
November 25, 2003
Event:

New Member Initiation
Words of Wisdom from Class of 2003

Speaker:

Dr. Wyatt Anderson
Dean, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences

Photos:
Photo gallery of induction and reception

Spring 2003

Date:
April 8, 2003
Event:
Teaching Academy Workshop and Business Meeting

Date:
March 7-8, 2003
Event:

2003 Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
" The Future of Teaching at the University of Georgia: The Role of the Faculty in the Learning Environment"

Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium
Unicoi State Park and Conference Center

Documents:
View 2003 Symposium articles and documents 

Date:
Friday, February 7, 2003
Event:
"Cultural Diversity at UGA in the 21st Century"
A Symposium sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts

Date:
January 27, 2003
Event:
"A Search for the Complete Education: Balancing the Needs for Survival and Fulfillment"
Speaker:
Dr. Ron Simpson
Teaching Academy Emeriti Scholar
 
Photos:
Photo gallery of lecture and reception

Fall 2002

Date:
October 29, 2002
Event:
"Principles of Good Practice: Supporting
Early-Career Faculty"
Speaker:
Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Associate Provost for Faculty Development
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Photos:
Photo gallery of reception and Mary Deane Sorcinelli lecture

Fall 2001

Event:
"Making the Most of College"
Speaker:
Richard Light
Professor, Graduate School of Education & John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Spring 2001

Date:
March 22, 2001
Event:
"Education By All Means"
Speaker:
James Muyskens
Chief Executive Officer and Dean of Faculty, Gwinnett University Center
Photos:
Photo gallery of James Muysken lecture

Fall 2000

Date:
November 16, 2000
Event:
"Connecting the Bookends of the Undergraduate Experience: The First-Year Experience and the Senior-Year Experience"
Speaker:
John Gardner
Senior Fellow, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Student in Transition