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Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET)
University of Missouri-Kansas City

The Mission of FaCET

The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) is faculty defined and operated with a focus on promoting academic excellence by facilitating student-centered pedagogies and practices. The Center sponsors forums for the discussion, assessment, development, and documentation of teaching practices with demonstrated verifiable benefits for students. The Center is a hub for existing UMKC programs that emphasize student learning and it is a gathering-place for faculty who are committed to the improvement of their own teaching as well as for faculty who are committed to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Click here for FaCET "Teaching Enhancement Grants" Information.
Deadline: April 11, 2008

Please join us on MAY 2, 2008 at Diastole, 11a.m. � 6p.m. for
The FaCET SYMPOSIUM

Academic Freedom

and Inclusion

Lunch, afternoon refreshments, and evening cocktails provided.

Come and go when you can,

but please Reply, by April 30th, if you will be present for:

1. Lunch

2. Afternoon Snacks

3. The Evening Reception

(See below for detailed schedule)

FaCET SYMPOSIUM ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND INCLUSION
DIASTOLE, 2501 HOLMES STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008
11:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M.

START TIME	END TIME		EVENT	PRESENTERS	LOCATION
11:00 AM	12:00 PM	Gathering - Registration - Lunch			Kitchen and Omar Room
12:00 PM	12:10 PM	Greetings: Remarks:		Stephen Dilks, FaCET Director Provost Gail Hackett	KIVA
12:10 PM	1:15 PM	Statement on Academic Freedom: A Presentation and Conversation		Daniel Hopkins Hali Fieldman Stuart McAninch	KIVA
1:15 PM	1:30 PM	BREAK - And Move to Breakout Sessions
1:30 PM	2:45 PM	BREAKOUT SESSIONS
		1.	Improving Learning through Accreditation and Assessment	Linda Breytspraak Larry Bunce Ron MacQuarrie Max Skidmore Michael Strait	Omar Room
		2.	Masculinities in the Classroom	Beth Berkshire	Captain's Room
		3.	Teaching With Technology: How I Use Blackboard	Cindy Amyot Kim Bray	KIVA
2:45 PM	3:00 PM	BREAK - And Move to Breakout Sessions
3:00 PM	4:15 PM	BREAKOUT SESSIONS
		1.	Difficult Conversations in the Classroom	Grace Hernandez Pamela Shane-Dillard	Omar Room
		2.	Evolution and Creation: Teaching the (False) Dichotomy	Mike Ferrari Gerry Wyckoff Lee Likins	Captain's Room
		3.	Teaching With Technology: Using Tegrity/Podcasting in the Classroom	Jennifer Lundgren Vishal Kurup	KIVA
		4.	Making Learning Experiential: Volunteerism, Service-Learning and Internships	Julie Warm Alexis Nicolle Petri	Sun Room
4:30 PM	5:30 PM	Conversation about A & S plans to revise the General Education Requirements		Thomas Stroik	KIVA
5:30 PM	6:30 PM	Cocktails and Refreshments			Bar and Sun Room

Faculty Director
Stephen Dilks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
English Language and Literature
dilkss@umkc.edu

Coordinator
Bob Schubert
schubertr@umkc.edu
(816) 235-5362

Mailing Address: FaCET, MNL 122, 800 East 51st Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Physical Location: Miller Nichols Library, Room 122 (northeast corner of the main floor)

Web Site Address: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/initiatives/FaCET/index.asp

Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) University of Missouri-Kansas City

Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET)
University of Missouri-Kansas City