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Welcome to the 6th Annual May Symposium Website

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.

Facilitators
Members of the JMU community as well as invited guest experts facilitate May Symposium events. Click here for a full list of facilitators.

 

Invited Speakers

Plenary Address - Leadership in Shakespeare: “For He’s a Spirit of Persuasion”

-Ralph Cohen, Director of Mission & Co-Founder of the American Shakespeare Center

 

Motivation as a Means to Two Ends: Retention and Learning in STEM Courses &

Engaging Minds through Engaging Questions: Reimaging STEM Education

-Michael Palmer, Assistant Director of the University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center

 

Writing Successful Grant Proposals 

-Tillie Harris, Grant Training Center, Arlington, VA

May Symposium Program Collaborators:

Center for Assessment & Research Studies Center for Faculty Innovation Center for Instructional Technology Community Service Learning Office of Diversity & Diversity Councils Faculty Research Council Forbes Center for the Performing Arts General Education Program Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World JMU Libraries & Educational Technologies

JMU Learning Centers Madison Art Collection Office of Judicial Affairs Office of Research & Public Service Office of Sponsored Programs Office of International Programs Office of Outreach and Engagement Student Success Programs University Studies Quality Enhancement Plan Committee

May Symposium Financial Sponsors:

Center for Faculty Innovation Center for Instructional Technology Bridging the Valley Grant The Graduate School

Honors Program The Office of the Provost Office of Research & Public Service

 

Special thanks to the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts for hosting the

Noftsinger Celebration of Madison Scholarship.