2013 May Symposium Proposals

7th Annual May Symposium - May 6-10, 2013

The Center for Faculty Innovation welcomes proposals for sessions and guest speakers for the 7th Annual May Symposium. May Symposium offers professional development opportunities for JMU faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and career development. Over the past few years, the Center for Faculty Innovation has worked collaboratively with campus organizations and faculty to offer a rich array of workshops, institutes, and guest speakers. The number and quality of May Symposium offerings has increased over the past few years, reflecting creative input from many areas of the JMU community. This year's open proposal format will hopefully broaden and enrich the offerings available--making May Symposium sessions more inclusive and reflective of faculty needs and ideas.

The Center for Faculty Innovation wants to help your ideas, innovations, and insights become part of the May Symposium tradition. Please consider submitting a proposal for a May Symposium session. The May Symposium planning committee will vet proposals and the CFI will work with successful submissions to ensure session goals achieve desired outcomes. Submissions for guest speakers, plenary speakers, or workshop facilitators are also welcome. Simply follow the steps outlined below:

1. Select a programming area

• Teaching - sessions designed to promote excellence in the delivery of instruction, assessment of student learning, classroom pedagogies, and other forms of teaching in higher education.
• Scholarship - sessions designed to promote excellence in scholarly projects, productivity, undergraduate research, research design, data analysis and other scholarly activities.
• Career Development - sessions designed to promote excellence in service roles, leadership opportunities, work-life balance, and programs for niche groups such as Part-Time Faculty, Early Career Faculty, etc.

2. Select a programming genre (see May Symposium Programming Guide for detailed descriptions)

• Workshops
• Institutes
• Roundtables
• FIGs (Faculty Interest Groups)
• Lockdowns
• Information Sessions

3. Provide goals & objectives

In addition to the programming genre outcomes (listed in the May Symposium Programming Guide), please provide 3-4 additional outcomes for your session.

4. Provide relevant scheduling details