Welcome
May Symposium institutes and workshops are designed to support your ongoing
professional development as a teacher, scholar, and/or leader. The exciting weeklong
events of May Symposium are facilitated by a variety of JMU organizations and offices.
This collaborative effort provides full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and academic unit
leaders with opportunities to focus on teaching, scholarship, service, and/or leadership.
Invited Speakers
Plenary Address - Deep Learning: What does it mean and how can students achieve it?
-Ken Bain, historian and bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do
Critical Thinking Institute - Process Guided Inquiry Learning & Jeopardy Quizzes
-Tom Gilbert, Department of Chemistry & Biology, Northeastern University
Teaching Gateway Courses Institute - Increasing Achievement and Retention in STEM Courses (Without
lowering standards)
-Craig Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Indiana University
Writing Successful Grant Proposals
-Tillie Harris, Grant Training Center, Arlington, VA
Academic Unit Head Institute - Evaluating Teaching: Moving Beyond Course Evaluations
-Mick LaLopa, Associate Professor of Hospitality & Tourism, Purdue University
Faculty Interest Group - The Changing Role of the Professoriate
Academic Unit Head Institute - Scholarship Reconsidered
-R. Eugene Rice, Senior Scholar, AACU
Facilitators
Members of the JMU community as well as invited guest experts facilitate May Symposium events.
Events are sponsored by:
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