Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as last minute registrations!
Even if you're on winter break, you can still register for the 3^rd
Annual Forum on Higher Education Learning Issues: Don't Leave Learning
to Chance: Understanding Learning Diversity.
You have until *_January 11, 2009_* to join your peers from all over
North America for this unique conference.
_To make this conference as accessible and affordable as possible, we
continue to offer one-day registrations as well as a graduate student
rate._
*For more information or to register for the conference, visit
http://www.letmelearn.org/he2009/*
As a courtesy, we have included the conference schedule of presentations:
*3rd** **Annual Forum on Higher Education Learning Issues*
*"Don't Leave Learning to Chance: Understanding Learning Diversity"*
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*Thursday, January 15, 2009*
7:30-8:30 *Registration*
8:00-8:30 *Coffee and Danish*
8:30-9:45 *Welcome and Keynote Address*
Doris "Dori" Helms, Ph.D., Provost & Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Clemson University
9:45-10:00 *Break*
10:00-12:00 *Workshops*
/I: Don't Leave Learning to Chance: Developing Purposeful Learners with
the Let Me Learn ProcessŪ/
/II: Team Based Learning Using the Let Me Learn ProcessŪ/
12:15-1:15 *Lunch*
1:15-2:15 *Concurrent Session I*
/The Recruitment and Training of Candidates from a Non-Educational
Field: Practices that Work/
Daniel Ybarra and Carmen Caceres, Ph.D., The University of Texas at
Brownsville
/Assessing the Effectiveness of a Learning Community Approach to Writing
Instruction/
Sanford Tweedie, Ph.D. and Roberta Harvey, Ph.D., Rowan University
2:15-2:30 *Break*
2:30-3:30 *Concurrent Session II*
/Mastering Forms of Mathematical Expression/
Robert Brown, Crafton Hills College
/A First Year Seminar Program: Challenges, Changes, and Chance/
Susan Magun-Jackson, Ph.D. and Pat Murphy Stevens, Ph.D., University of
Memphis
3:30-3:45 *Break*
3:45-4:45 *Concurrent Session III*
/Enhancing Medical Student Diversity/
Tom Waldrep and Andre Eaddy, Medical University of South Carolina
/The Role of the Learning Connections Inventory and Nontraditional
Variables in Predicting Freshmen Academic Success/
Cheryl O. Lane, Ph.D., Francis Marion University
5:00-6:00 *Wine and Cheese Reception*
* *
*Dinner on your own*
* *
*Schedule of Events*
*Friday, January 16, 2009*
8:00-8:30 *Coffee and Danish*
8:30-9:30 *Concurrent Session IV*
/Fostering Creativity in Educational Leadership Preparation: Pushing
Beyond Traditional Learning Boundaries/
Joy Phillips, Ph.D. and Lynn Bradshaw, East Carolina University
/The Benefits and Pedagogical Rationale for Teaching Summary Writing
Skills to Post-Secondary Second Language Learners and Non-Traditional
Students/
Sybil R. Ishman, Ph.D. and Maureen Barry, Rochester Institute of Technology
9:30-9:45 *Break*
9:45-10:45 *Concurrent Session V*
/Using the Brain Dominance Theory to Design Learner-Centered Education/
Mary West, Ph.D. and Lois Smith, Guilford Technical Community College
/ /
/Factors Affecting Persistence in First-Year Undergraduates/
Arthur Manjarrez, Ph.D. and Shanda Self, Central Washington University
10:45-11:00 *Break*
11:00-12:00 *Concurrent Session VI*
/PROJECT SEEDS: Supporting Excellent Education for Diverse Students/
Dr. April Haulman, UCO SEEDS Director and Gina Lopez, UCO SEEDS
Coordinator, University of Central Oklahoma
/ /
/Assessing the Impact of Organizational Structure and Co-Curricula
Activities on Student Learning and Retention during the First Year/
Simone Rodriguez-Dorestant, Ph.D., Prof. Lystra Huggins-Anderson, and
Prof. Kareen Odate, Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York
12:00-1:30 *Lunch and Featured Speaker*
Christine Clark, Ph.D., Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, UNLV
1:30-1:45 *Break*
1:45-2:45 *Panel Discussion*
/UNLV Ed. Leadership Graduate Students Discuss How They Use the Learning
Connections Inventory in Their Educational Work Settings/
2:45-3:00 *Break*
3:00-4:00 *Closing Forum*
*Schedule of Events (continued)*
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