Stress, Wellness, and Contemplative Practice in Health Care and Higher Education

Sponsored in Collaboration with The TCU Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
and The TCU Department of Religion

Friday, April 12, 2013, 2:30-5:00pm
BLUU/The Chambers, 3rd Floor

Whether in school, hospital, or at work, sick or well, we feel the effects of stress, feeling rushed, lacking centered attention, and obligated to multitask. How can we manage our health and environment better to maximize wellness? What are some leaders in this field doing to help us cultivate physical, mental, and emotional balance today?   We are fortunate to have two such trailblazers join us. Elissa Epel, professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco and Alejandro Chaoul, professor in the Integrative Medicine Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston will share about their work, and then discuss some of the methodological issues, both in humanities and science, that they see their work raising.   Elissa Epel UC San Francisco Alejandro Chaoul MD Anderson Cancer Center   Following their presentation, there will be two sessions, beginning at 4pm, for further discussion. One will be led by Suzy Lockwood, professor of Nursing at TCU, on the topic of Integrative Health Sciences: What are the opportunities for programing and studies at TCU?; the other, led by Andrew Fort, professor of Religion at TCU, will be on the current status of and future possibilities for the emerging field of contemplative studies in the Metroplex.   View Elissa Epel's April 12 speaking events at TCU.

Teacher-Scholar Writing Workshop:
Balancing the Roles of the Teacher-Scholar

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:30am-11:30am
Kelly Center, Cox C

The Koehler Center for Teaching Excellence and the TCU Center for Writing are proud to offer a TCU teacher-scholar writing workshop. Balancing the roles of the teacher-scholar is often hard to do, especially during the academic year. Come spend a morning with your colleagues and hear tips, tricks, stories, and strategies for balancing academic scholarship and teaching excellence.   We’ll begin with morning with a short panel conversation, during which time Sarah Robbins (Lorraine Sherley Chair in Literature), Dennis Cheek (Abell-Hanger Professor of Gerontological Nursing), and Lindy Crawford (Ann Jones Endowed Chair in Special Education) will discuss the on-going balancing act of teaching, scholarship, and service. After the panel, Steve Sherwood and Cynthia Shearer of the TCU Center for Writing will administer a short writing self-assessment to help participants develop a greater understanding of their writing process and map writing and research plans for the regular academic semesters.   Sarah Robbins, Lorraine Sherley Chair in Literature, will discuss juggling scholarly publishing pieces at different stages of development and linking them, as much as possible, to teaching and to other kinds of scholarship.   Dennis Cheek, Abell-Hanger Professor of Gerontological Nursing, will share stories and strategies for manuscript development during the academic year. Lindy Crawford, Ann Jones Endowed Chair in Special Education, will talk about the grant proposal writing process and teaching.

Integrate The New York Times into your Curriculum

Thursday, April 18, 2013, 12:30pm-2:00pm

Beck & Geren, Brown-Lupton University Union
Lunch Provided

 

The New York Times would like to invite you to join Tamra Hassen, Education Manager with The New York Times, to a complimentary faculty workshop and luncheon at Texas Christian University.

 

The workshop will demonstrate specific instructional strategies on how to integrate The New York Times newspaper into the curriculum.  She will also introduce you to the wealth of resources The New York Times in College has available to faculty. Additionally, it will highlight our extensive digital resources available at www.nytimes.com.

 

Over 2,000 college educators across the country have incorporatedThe New York Times into their courses. Those who include The Times in their course syllabus receive a complimentary subscription for the duration of their course.  To learn more visit www.nytimes.com/edu.

Target Knows If You're Pregnant: How Data Leads To Personalized Learning

Thursday, May 2, 2013, 11am-1:30pm

Kelly Center, Cox C
Lunch Provided

 

Data analytics means a lot of things to a lot of people, but data must be used within specific contexts to ask the right questions, visualize appropriately, and become actionable by the right persons. Learning Analytics are specific elements of data, typically tied to behaviors and measures (such as outcomes) that can produce a teaching & learning environment that produces tremendous results for both the student and the instructor.

Therefore, mapping our courses meaningfully to outcomes, while still showcasing creativity, critical thinking, and authentic assessment are as relevant as ever before. Join Dr. Mark Sarver (President of EduKan) and Dr. Jeff Borden (VP of Instruction & Academic Strategy with Pearson) as they tell, show, do, review, and ask with regard to course outcomes leading to better learning.

This presentation will include mutli-modal / multi-nodal learning opportunities for participants. The session leaders will present relevant, practical examples, supported by both education theory and business theory, that can be implemented immediately by participants. Not only will the presentation include video, simulation, gamification, and other examples, it will help faculty to create a platform by which real learning is both presented and measured effectively.

Dr. Jeff Borden VP of Instruction & Academic Strategy, Pearson

Dr. Mark Sarver President, EduKan