FACULTY DAY 2003 - A New Century, A New State
- Wednesday, August 20, 2003
- 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Titan Pavilion
Agenda
| 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast, Titan Student Union (TSU)
Pavilion AB |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks
- Milton A. Gordon, President
- Ephraim Smith, Vice President Academic Affairs |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Keynote Address: Mr. Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee
- “A New Century, A New State” |
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
TSU Gabrielino Room: Department Chairs and Program
Coordinators are invited to an informal discussion with Keynote
Speaker Dan Walters
Focus on Creative Activity
Walking Tour of Campus Sculptures:
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Description: Cal State Fullerton’s sculptures
have received major media attention. Dean of Arts Jerry Samuelson
will lead a tour of our installations, from the “Fallen
David” to “Lemonade.”
Library Art Galleries
- Atrium Gallery East: Folk Art of Mexico
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Description: This exhibit includes both papier-mâché
and the fantastic wood carvings known as alebrijes from Oaxaca.
- Atrium Gallery West: The Art of Science
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Description: Working with molecular scientist, Prof.
Katherine Kantardjieff, curator Veronica Chiang presents an exhibit
focused on new proteins from the Protein Data Bank and images from
the CSUF Center of Molecular Structure that will surprise you.
Focus on Science
Tour of the Biological Science Greenhouse
Complex
Room: Greenhouse, west of McCarthy Hall, behind the cooler
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 & 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Description: Tour of the Biological Science Greenhouse Complex.
Leo C. Song, Jr.. curator. (Tour limited to 15 persons each)
Light and Electron Microscope Laboratory
Room: McCarthy Hall 13
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Description: Biologist Bob Koch will demonstrate
ultra-high resolution images using the electron microscope.
Tour of the W.M. Keck Foundation
Center for Molecular Structure
Room: McCarthy Hall basement (look for the yellow
XRAYS near the west elevator)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Description: The W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Molecular
Structure (CMolS) is the first comprehensive x-ray crystallographic
and computational facility located at a predominantly undergraduate
institution. CMolS is truly a ‘collaboratory’, where faculty
and student investigators across the nation are brought together via
Internet to access necessary technology and methodology for determination
and critical analysis of molecular structure. Chemist Katherine Kantardjieff
will conduct a tour of the CMolS.
Focus on Technology
Skills for Teaching and Learning
- Faculty Development
Center: Decision Support Center
Complying with
508 Standards and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Julian Laverde
Room: Pollak Library South 44 F
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Description: The university must comply with new regulations
that require all Web pages to be in compliance with "Section
508 Accessibility Standards.” Learn how to make your sites assessable
to all, and in compliance with the law.
Plagiarism Detection with Turnitin.com:
Patrick Crispen
Room: Pollak Library South 44F
Time: 10:30 - 11:00
Description: The CSU has a site license for a new software
product that can detect plagiarism by comparing your students’
papers with a data base containing millions of documents. Learn how
to use this valuable tool.
Creating Web Sites: Julian Laverde & Patrick Crispen
Room: Pollak Library South 44F
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Description: Have you created your own home page yet? Learn
how you can host it on our Faculty Development Server and take advantage
of the Macromedia and FrontPage workshops.
Designing and Implementing Effective
Library Assignments: Rachael Clemens
Room: Pollak Library 103
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Description: Reference & Instruction Librarian Rachael
Clemens will present a workshop designed to provide you with
concrete examples, best practices and a hands-on approach to creating
an appropriate and effective library assignment.
Overview of the faculty and student
portals: Amir Dabirian
Room: Pollak Library 420
Time: 10:00 - 10:45
Description: Changes to the portal mean that students can
now enroll in Blackboard using their student portals, and faculty
can communicate with students even before classes begin. Learn how!
Smart Classroom Training: Pat Ames/staff
person
Room: UH 336
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Description: This is the training you must take before you
get a key to the computer closet in your classroom. If you haven’t
already taken this training, now is the time!
Geographic Information Systems
Room: Humanities 422 (Geographic Learning Center)
Time: 10:00 -10:30 & 11:00 -11:30.
Description: Geographer John Carroll will demonstrate how
GIS can be used in both teaching and research.
Focus on Research
Creating your data base profile
Room: Pollak Library 103
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Description: Erika Blossom from the Office of Grants
and Contracts will help you enter your information into our data base
that matches you up with potential funding agencies and show you how
to use the data base.
Learning Styles, Computer Attitudes
and Instructional Effectiveness
Room: UH 336
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Description: Pat Ames will discuss her dissertation research
that demonstrates a surprising gender difference in computer-averse
attitudes.
Poster Session Showcasing Faculty
Research and Creative Activity
Room: Pavilion C
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Description: Dr. Rhonda Allen, FDC Research/Creative Activity
Coordinator will host this session.
Focus on Public Affairs
Public Affairs: Two Sessions
Room: Alvarado A-B (40 person room)
Time: 10:00 - 10:50 & 11:00 - 11:30
Description: Paula Selleck, Public Affairs:
Faculty Members as Newsmakers, Public Affairs as a Resource. Paula
Selleck, News Director of Public Affairs, will explain how University
public relations publicizes faculty activities and how faculty
members can use their expertise to assist in community building.
Lunch
Room: TSU Pavilion AB
Time: Noon - 1:00
Luncheon speaker
Time: 1:00 - 2:00
Description: Dr. David Spence, Executive Vice Chancellor
and Chief Academic Officer, California State University will present
"CSU (System) Priorities During the Current Budget Crisis"
followed by Questions and Answers.
Keynote Speaker
Columnist Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee
Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 40 years, spending
all but a few of those years working for California newspapers.
Mr. Walters began writing the state’s only daily newspaper
column devoted to California political, economic and social events
and in 1984, he and the column moved to The Sacramento Bee. He has
written more than 6,000 columns about California and its politics
and his column now appears in more than 50 California newspapers.
Mr. Walters has written about California and its politics for a
number of other publications, including The Wall Street Journal
, the Christian Science Monitor and the on-line magazine Intellectual
Capital. In 1986, his book, “The New California: Facing the
21st Century,” was published in its first edition. The book
has since undergone revisions and has become a widely used college
textbook about socioeconomic and political trends in the state.
He is also the founding editor of the “California Political
Almanac,” the co-author of a new book on lobbying entitled
“The Third House: Lobbyists, Money and Power in Sacramento,”
and is a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting
on California politics.
Click Here to RSVP online
or contact Leticia Stotler at extension
2841 or at lstotler@fullerton.edu
by Friday, August 8.
NOTE:
If you already RSVP and you would like to
add a new session click
here. If you want to change your itinerary click
here.
|
