Faculty/Staff Edition - March 13, 2017
Campus Community
From the Provost: Thank you
Thank you: two simple words we often don’t say enough to each other. I want to spend this column letting each and every one of you know how much I appreciate you, your talents and what you bring to this university.
FCQ redesign: Initial pilot results and upcoming changes
In fall 2016 the Faculty Course Questionnaire (FCQ) Redesign Project began the process of reevaluating the current FCQ, exploring different questions and administration instruments.
In Focus
Assistant Professor Thora Brylowe brought an innovative approach to her English course last fall, pledging to "depart from the lecture/discussion format" and emphasize hands-on project-based learning.
When unstable technology is a good thing
Life is messy, and mostly we use technology to keep it tidy. But is there a place for technology that embraces messiness and unpredictability? Yes, and it's in the ATLAS Institute.
The odds of picking a perfect NCAA bracket, explained by a mathematician
The odds of filling out a perfect NCAA men’s basketball tournament are beyond impossible, according to applied mathematics professor Mark Ablowitz.
Events & Exhibits
Hess to offer public dialogue on education reform March 16
On Thursday, March 16, the School of Education will host a public dialogue with Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, related to education reform.
Visiting scholar to lecture on French paintings of the 19th, 20th century
On March 22, Margaret Werth, associate professor of art history at the University of Delaware, will give a lecture on 19th- and 20th-century FrenchÌýart and visual culture as part of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder's Visiting Scholar Program.
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