Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning: The CIRTL Approach to Improving
| January 28, 2009 | ||
| 4:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
STEM EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF FUTURE FACULTY
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall
Sponsored by CIRTL Vanderbilt and presented by Bob Mathieu, Chair, Dept of Astronomy, Univ of Wisconsin- Madison
The seminar will be followed by a reception and poster presentations by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who participated in Teaching-as-Research projects Fall ‘08
Keynote/Candlelight Vigil for Martin Luther King Jr Day
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
6:00 p.m., keynote/candlelight vigil, Benton Chapel
5:00 p.m., reception, Tillett Lounge
“Votes, Voices, and Victory: How far have we come?”
Charles McDew, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 1961—1964
Introduction by The Reverend James Lawson
Charles McDew was one of the founders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and led
the group from 1961 to1964. He has devoted his life to issues of social and political change, to the empowerment and development of local black leadership, to civil and human rights, and to the fight against racism.
An activist as well as a theoretician, he led his first demonstration in the eighth grade, protesting violations
of the religious freedom of Amish students in his hometown of Massillon, Ohio.
MLK Jr. Day Candlelight Vigil
A candlelight vigil in memory of MLK and in honor of the many activists past and present who are still fighting for the ideals and values that he represented will follow the lecture. Performances by Vanderbilt’s Jeremiah Generation Praise Team, VU Spoken Word, and Nu Image – a Nashville a cappella
group.
This event is co-sponsored by Peabody College of Education and Human Development.
Making Progress Happen for People with Disabilities–Past, Present, and Future
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 4:10 pm | to | 6:10 pm |
4:10 p.m., Room 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy
Center/MRL Bldg, Peabody Campus
“Making Progress Happen for People with Disabilities—Past, Present, and Future”
Robert Silverstein, J.D., Director, Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy; Principal,
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, P.C. The latest installment in the Kennedy Center’s series “Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities,” followed by a reception
Public Health System in Botswana: Successes and Challenges
| January 19, 2009 | ||
| 2:00 am |
Monday, January 19, 2009
Noon,
Room 208, Light Hall, VUMC
“The Public Health System in Botswana: Successes and Challenges”
Honorable Lesego Motsumi, Minister of Health, Republic of Botswana
Presentation followed by a reception in Minister Motsumi’s honor.
Courtesy of Institute of Global Health
