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Graduate Student Learning and Teaching Spring Symposium: Dynamic (Re)Design: Creating Adaptable Resources

06/12/2020 - 1:00pm
Graduate Student Learning and Teaching Spring Symposium: Dynamic (Re)Design: Creating Adaptable ... Resources This panel session showcases the work of four Graduate Teaching Fellows who have developed ... projects addressing learning challenges or professional development gaps in their departments. The ...
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Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Spring Symposium: Shifting Departmental Cultures & Conversations with Teaching Committees

06/09/2020 - 3:00pm
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Spring Symposium: Shifting Departmental Cultures & ... small-scale to large-scale efforts that impact professional development of graduate students via discussions ... of shifting departmental cultures around teaching and learning. Graduate Teaching Fellow panelists: ...
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Implementing Active Learning in STEM Courses

04/22/2020 - 2:00pm
tools for engaging and motivating students while improving learning outcomes. In this workshop, we will ... group work among students and how to apply active learning teaching techniques to specific learning ... facilitators: Alexandra Tamerius is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry and current Graduate Teaching ...
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Teaching in Non-Traditional Classroom Contexts

02/19/2020 - 1:30pm
Tamerius is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry and current Graduate Teaching Fellow. Alexandra is ... active learning strategies and evidence-based teaching to foster positive student engagement with ... science. Katherine Simeon is a PhD candidate in Communication Sciences & Disorders. Her research ...
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What's the Takeaway?: Lesson Planning around Student-Centered Goals

11/19/2018 - 12:00pm
mind. Facilitators: Sasha Klyachkina Sasha is a Ph.D. Candidate in the political science department ... Political Science Teaching Committee. Chris Brue Chris is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry ... What's the Takeaway?: Lesson Planning around Student-Centered Goals Instructors often plan ...
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Spring Quarter Kickoff Event for Social Science TAs & Grad Student Instructors

04/04/2023 - 10:00am
Sciences." Searle Center staff will also provide a brief overview of campus resources to support graduate ... Spring Quarter Kickoff Event for Social Science TAs & Grad Student Instructors Are you ... a graduate student or postdoc teaching or TAing for the first time at Northwestern this spring quarter? Then ...
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TEACHxperts: Learning Strategies to Support Equitable Student Engagement

04/05/2023 - 12:00pm
learning environments. She also teaches in a program for MIT graduate students and postdocs on ... TEACHxperts: Learning Strategies to Support Equitable Student Engagement How can we ignite student ... engagement in learning and inquiry in our classrooms? How can we go beyond the students most eager to ...
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HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study 2020-2021

09/02/2020 - 11:00pm
fellowship will be awarded to both an eligible graduate student engaged in PhD dissertation research and ... Students in their second or third year of a PhD program (NOT dual degree program) in Biomedical and Life ... advisor-student pairs who are eligible to apply for the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study.  This ...
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Transforming the Traditional Lecture into an Engaged Teaching Tool

04/28/2021 - 10:00am
approach to learning that does not allow students to wrestle with concepts, synthesize and apply ideas, and ... a passion for boosting the accessibility of science. He now seeks to use graduate research as an active ... lectures view the technique as an efficient way to transmit information to students and a tried-and-true ...
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Campus Deadline!!! - Google PhD Fellowship - Campus Deadline!!!

11/14/2016 - 12:00pm
recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines, or ... • Full-time graduate students pursuing a PhD in the research areas represented by the fellowships. • Must ... promising research areas. Fellowship students are given funding to support them in their graduate studies. ...
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Searle Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium: Searle Teaching as Research Projects (Session 2)

06/16/2021 - 3:30pm
Searle Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium: Searle Teaching as Research Projects (Session ... 2) About this Event: During the 20-21 academic year, eight PhD students and one postdoc worked with ... research. This is a great opportunity to explore questions being asked about student learning at ...
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Building Communities of Belonging: Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms

05/24/2022 - 1:00pm
resources for building community and fostering student belonging in their own classrooms. About the ... Facilitators:  Owen Brown is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University and a part-time ... of knowing and learning. Carter Moulton is a Graduate Teaching Consultant at the Searle Center for ...
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Incorporating Classroom Assessment Techniques into Course Design

11/13/2019 - 3:00pm
practices. About the Facilitators: Chris Mizzi is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science and ... specific learning objectives, and apply them to different teaching contexts. Attendees will explore how ... low-stakes in-class activities can help gauge students’ comfort with material and the efficacy of teaching ...
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Inclusive STEM Teaching Practices

11/18/2021 - 2:00pm
session. About the Facililator:  Nancy Ruggeri, PhD, directs Graduate and Postdoctoral Learning at Searle. ... assessing student learning, inclusive practices must be planned well in advance. This is of particular ... importance in the context of STEM courses, where we continue to see underrepresentation of women and students ...
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CIRTL at NU: Feedback and Grading in STEM

11/03/2016 - 2:00pm
students and postdoctoral fellows to improve undergraduate learning in STEM. Get Started Across Campus ... 2:00pm- 3:30pm Searle Center Library Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching 627 Dartmouth Place ... Evanston, IL REGISTER NOW Workshop Description: TBA Workshop Facilitators: Sara Clifton is a fifth year PhD ...
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Grad and Postdoc Workshop: Promoting Active Learning in STEM: Strategies for Labs & Lectures

02/08/2017 - 1:00pm
a center of diversity in Borneo. Katherine is a PhD candidate in Communication Sciences and Disorders, ... listening environments. *STEM Workshops are part of CIRTL at Northwestern  which serves graduate students ... Grad and Postdoc Workshop: Promoting Active Learning in STEM: Strategies for Labs & Lectures ...
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Empowering communities through computer science

Gerber and Easterday have been joined by computer science and learning sciences professor Eleanor ... O’Rourke and computer science professor Haoqi Zhang. Within The Delta Lab, faculty, graduate and ... computer science and helped to excel. To make that vision a reality, she turned to four female students in ...
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CIRTL at NU Workshop: Evidence-Based Strategies for Implementing Group Work in STEM

03/07/2017 - 2:00pm
Northwestern which serves graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to improve undergraduate learning in STEM. ... Workshop Facilitators: Sara is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Engineering Sciences and Applied ... Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching 627 Dartmouth Place Evanston, IL REGISTER NOW Workshop ...
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Knight-Hennessey Scholars Program Information Session

04/01/2019 - 5:00pm
graduate programs at Stanford- from PhDs in earth sciences, education, engineering, and humanities and ... sciences to professional degrees like JD, MBA, MD, or MFA. The application will open May 1, 2019 for ... Center--- 1800 Sheridan Road Register Here The Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program is a graduate ...
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Making Evaluations Valuable: Building Formative Feedback in Our Teaching

01/22/2020 - 10:00am
Chris Mizzi is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering and a current Graduate ... identifying ways to use evaluations to enhance student learning, create more comfortable learning ... PhD candidate in Screen Cultures and a current Graduate Teaching Fellow. Prior to working as a TA at ...
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Grad and Postdoc Workshop: Evaluating Your Teaching: Measuring Teaching Effectiveness in the Classroom

01/05/2017 - 1:00pm
serves graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to improve undergraduate learning in STEM. Get Started ... PhD candidate in the Political Science department. Her research focuses on the distinction between ... 1, 1:00pm- 2:30pm Searle Center Library Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching 627 ...
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Giving Effective Advice: Targeting Feedback Toward Student Growth

03/03/2021 - 3:00pm
helpful student feedback is a core component of the learning process. This workshop will explore the ... a passion for boosting the accessibility of science. He now seeks to use graduate research as an active ... Giving Effective Advice: Targeting Feedback Toward Student Growth About this workshop:  Providing ...
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Inclusive Teaching Strategies: From Design to Assessment

02/12/2019 - 1:00pm
students in STEM. Sasha Klyachkina is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science department ... forms- student background, content knowledge, learning style and more. In this workshop, we will focus on ... a particular focus on assessments that both meet course learning objectives and ensure students can demonstrate ...
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The Digital Age and Active Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities

10/18/2016 - 12:00pm
The Digital Age and Active Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities The Digital Age and ... Active Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities Tuesday, October 18, 12:00 pm- 1:30 pm Searle ... television comedy. Sidra Hamidi is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Political Science department. Her ...
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Five honored with University Teaching Awards

Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in learning sciences at ... and the department of psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in ... Teaching Professor (Associate Professor of Instruction) in Computer Science. She earned her Ph.D. in ...
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Pam Daniels

Special Offer for Northwestern Students, Instructors & Staff

Special Offer for Northwestern Students, Instructors & Staff Earn a MOOC Certificate for free ... Key Concepts:  Students, instructors, and staff can take a Northwestern MOOC on Coursera and earn the ... cost. Learn more on the Office of the Provost’s website. Northwestern was one of the first universities ...
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2021-22 Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium

06/16/2022 - 10:00am
2021-22 Graduate Student Teaching Spring Symposium 10AM-11AM: Searle Teaching-as-Research (STAR) ... Project Presentations  During the 21-22 academic year, three Ph.D. students and two postdocs worked to do ... projects on learning and teaching. “Teaching as Research” encourages students to investigate teaching using ...
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Northwestern hosts first computer science and learning sciences symposium

first-of-its-kind undergraduate program in learning sciences admitted its first students. That same year, at the ... graduate level, Northwestern began the first joint computer science and learning sciences doctoral program. ... Northwestern hosts first computer science and learning sciences symposium Explore the challenges ...
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Northwestern Provost Jonathan Holloway presenting

#LTAF5 Debrief

gauge student learning, assessing graduate work, and exploring cultural relevance and immersion. In his ... Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Forum “Sharing Insights into Student Learning.” This is a collaboration ... University’s Assessment/Accreditation Council. Approximately 140 faculty, graduate students, post-docs, ...
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Faculty recognized for diversity, inclusion efforts

underrepresented groups to Northwestern to learn about graduate education in psychology. Students who attend the ... worsley.jpg Marcelo Worsley, Learning Sciences, School of Education and Social Policy; and Computer Science ... students.”   Bodenhausen.jpg Galen Bodenhausen, Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Bodenhausen ...
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