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Preface is an invitation to faculty to participate actively in the 1787 Orientation Week experience for new students. Groups of students from residence halls meet with instructional faculty to get a preview of what a college classroom will be like during OWeek. We ask the students to read a selected text and come prepared to engage with faculty on the themes discovered in the readings. Preface facilitators host a group of students for 90 minutes on the Thursday before classes start. This year's reading selection explores the theme, Ways of Knowing and are available from the libraries here: www.lib.jmu.edu/preface. These CFI sessions will assist faculty to prepare to facilitate a Preface session.
The goals of the Preface Program are to: help new students understand how preparing for a university classroom differs from high school, to encourage our newest student's to be open-minded to new ideas, and to introduce them to academic culture at JMU.
Sign up to be a Preface Facilitator on the Orientation Office Website, here:
http://www.jmu.edu/orientation/faculty
Campus professionals who regularly teach to include instructional classroom faculty, A&P and Library faculty.
Thursday, February 23rd
8:00-9:30am
East Campus Library 5211
Friday, February 24th
12:30-2:00pm
Carrier Library 301
Thursday, April 26th
12:30-2:00pm
East Campus Library 3311
Friday, April 27th
8:00-9:30am
Carrier Library 301