PUP Conference Program

Thursday, January 3

8:30-9:00 Breakfast, Registration, and Convocation (Barbara Saperstone), CE Forum

9:00-9:45

Exotic Journeys: Travel and Learn (Daria Amato, Barbara Crain, Don Goral, Sheri David) President’s Dining Room, CE
Engaging Students at Different Levels (Richard Bobys) Seminar Room A, CE
Using Memorials and Historical Buildings to Teach History (Roger Hill) Seminar Room B, CE

9:00-10:45 Double Session

Health, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness: A Combined Approach at NOVA (Will Flagler, Roger Tancreti) CE Forum
That NEW Blackboard Discussion Board! (Terry Doyle) AN Library Computer Lab, CG 3rd floor
Assessing to Achieve the Dream (Edith Kennedy) Seminar Room C, CE
Introduction to Snapfish, Flickr, YouTube, and Movie Maker (Lisa J. Stedge, William “Van” Robertson) Faculty/Staff Resource Center, CG 413
Your College Senate and Our Initiatives for the Last Two Years (Beth Harrison and members of the Senate Steering Committee), CE Gallery

10:00-10:45

Going Far? How About All the Way to India? (Beverly Blois, Meena Nayak) President’s Dining Room, CE
MERLOT Makes History (William Paquette) Seminar Room B, CE

10:00-11:45 Double Session

11:00-11:45

Religion in the Classroom (Beth Harrison) CE Forum - Cancelled
Cooperative Learning in Science Classes (Mary Vander Maten) Seminar Room C
NOVA’s Developing Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Nan Peck) President’s Dining Room
Helping our Students Transfer to Universities (Julia Brown) Seminar Room B
GAA Map, GAA Chart

12:00-12:45 Lunch, CE Forum

1:00-1:45 Keynote Address: Steve Sachs, Understanding the Web 2.0 Generation – A Faculty Survival Guide, CE Forum
This video is available as well at http://www.nvcc.edu/tvcenter/vod/CourseView.aspx?Course=POWER_UP_PEDAGOGY

2:00-3:00

Violence on Campus – Can it Happen Here? (Rick Tittmann) President’s Dining Room
Are You Going Down with the Ship? (Alison Bisson) Seminar Room B
Radical Trust: Power Through the People (Sylvia Rortvedt, Matt Todd) Seminar Room A