The Center for Teaching and Learning

is the topic of the 12th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, February 21-23, 2013 at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Papers and discussions will center around just war, peacemaking, war and peace in the curriculum, and effective pedagogies for teaching about war and peace. For more information, go to http://www.westmont.edu/institute/conversations/2013_program/2013Conversation.html

This AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference will take place November 8-10, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri. Early bird registration closes September 26. For more information, go to http://www.aacu.org/meetings/stem/12/index.cfm.

An AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference, February 28-March 2, 2013 at Boston Park Plaza; Boston, Massachusetts. The presenting issue: “AAC&U hears more and more frequently that no less than a sea change – a radical transformation in general education and its assessment – will suffice to assure that all students progress through college along a plan of study that connects their interests and talents with success in careers and with responsibility in their communities and the global commons.” Visit their website for details about proposals and registration: http://www.aacu.org/meetings/generaleducation/gened2013/index.cfm

The 8th Annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education will take place at Missouri Western State University in Saint Joseph on March 21-23, 2013. According to their website, “Applied Learning focuses on learning that occurs in contexts outside of the traditional classroom setting, such as study abroad programs, independent research experiences, internships or practica, service-learning, or co-curricular programming.” Proposals are due October 15, 2012.

Join a forum on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from May 20-22, 2012 at Grand Valley State in Grand Rapids. This year’s topic is “Collaborative Engagement” – that is, the scholarship of teaching and learning as a way to engage teachers both intellectually and in collaboration with one another. The deadine for proposals is February 20, 2012. For more information, go to http://www.gvsu/stla/.

Calvin College will host a Council for Undergraduate Research workshop from March 23-25, 2012. According to the workshop website, “Faculty and administrators from disciplines throughout the social sciences and humanities will spend the weekend discussing models of undergraduate research, mentorship and collaboration; what ‘research’ and ‘mentorship’ mean in different disciplines in the social sciences and humanities; assessing the value of undergraduate research; and means of augmenting funding for undergraduate
research internally and externally.” For more information, go to http://www.cur.org/institutes/socscihum.html.

This conference will be held Feb 17- in San Antonio. The deadline for early-bird registration is January 24. For more information, go to http://www.sc.edu/fye/annual/.

Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College is hosting a conference on college-level interdisciplinary teaching and learning from May 13-16, 2012, at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan.  Conference themes encompass several aspects of interdisciplinary teaching and learning: the roles of various disciplines and pedagogies; global engagement; assessment; and program administration. For more information and a registration form, go to http://lbc.msu.edu/CITL/index.cfm.