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Opportunities 2010-11

Waters Project End-of-the-Year Celebration

Thursday, April 21, 6-8 p.m., Fountain Room - Indianapolis Museum of Art

Join Butler colleagues as we watch the water flow forward from another productive and successful academic year. All faculty are invited, along with their spouse, partner or significant other, to attend this celebration, hosted by the Provost and the Waters Project Committee. The winners of Waters Project awards will be announced, artwork related to the Waters Project will be on display, and JCFA's

Dr. Matthew Pivec will assemble a jazz ensemble to perform music on the theme of the event. Celebratory beverages and light appetizers will be served. Please RSVP to Monica Strigari by clicking here.

Faculty Food for Thought: "Critical Reflection in Experiential Education"

Thursday, April 21, 1-3 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Practitioners of service-learning and other forms of experiential learning have long understood that reflection is essential for converting experience to learning. Yet designing and implementing effective reflection practices is not easy. Please join us for a discussion on critical reflection with Patti Clayton, Ph.D. Dr. Clayton is currently serving as Senior Scholar with the Center for Service and Learning at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). A delicious and nutritious lunch will be served to foster community. Please RSVP by April 18 to Sharon Schuyler by clicking here.

Grant Workshop Series

"Introduction to the External Grant Process at Butler" - Tuesday, April 19, 10-11 a.m., JH048

"Searching for Grants on the SPIN Database" - Wednesday, April 20, 10-11 a.m., JH048

"Writing Grant Proposals" - Thursday, April 21, 3-4 p.m., JH048

"Creating Grant Budgets" - Friday, April 22, 3-4 p.m., JH041

Do you need money to conduct research, develop a course or implement a program? The Butler Institute for Research and Scholarship (BIRS) is offering a workshop series about the best practices for developing proposals for external funding. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend. To reserve a space, please RSVP to Dana Ohren by clicking here and be sure to include which session(s) you wish to attend. Refreshments will be provided at each workshop. For more information about the external grant process, please visit the BIRS website at www.butler.edu/birs.

New Faculty Orientation: "Reflecting and Evaluating the Year"

Wednesday, April 13, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Please join your colleagues for the final New Faculty Orientation session of the year. In addition to reflecting on the year, you'll be asked to provide feedback on new faculty opportunities and suggestions to help next year's group of new faculty have a successful transition. Meet in the University Club (just outside the south doors of The Market Place) - lunch coupons will be available at the south door of The Market Place beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Webinar: "Transformational Learning Through Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance"

Tuesday, April 12, 2:00-3:30 p.m., JH083

Like to learn more about undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative work? We'll be hosting a webinar called "Transformational Learning through Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance," presented by Moses Lee, Professor and Dean of the Natural Sciences at Hope College and sponsored by the Council for Undergraduate Research. Moses will be joined by three other Hope faculty: Michael Seymour, Professor of Chemistry, Lorna Jarvis, Professor of Psychology, and William Pannapacker, Associate Professor of English. Lee and colleagues will discuss the value of undergraduate research and creative performance to promote learning, the resources available to develop and enhance Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance programs through CUR, and the transformation of student learning at Hope through research. This webinar will take placeTuesday, April 12 from 2-3:30 p.m. in JH083. Please come when you can and leave when you must.

Waters Project Event: "Waters of the World - Human Stories of Water"

Tuesday, April 12, 4 p.m., Outside Starbucks (inside Starbucks in case of inclement weather)

Water is a dominant theme in the stories of many cultures across the globe. In this panel discussion, participants from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will share stories of African, Indian, Scottish, Mediterranean, and Nordic peoples, and discuss the importance of water in their storytelling traditions. These stories will encourage those in attendance to consider the role that water plays around the world and throughout human history.

Lunch Conversation Opportunities for Area 2 faculty

Wednesday, April 6, noon-1 p.m., AU201

Faculty teaching in the Natural World, Physical Well Being and Analytic Reasoning are invited to join colleagues for a conversation on teaching in these areas of the Core. Lunch tickets to The Market Place will be provided.

"Designing Novel Antibiotics in Undergraduate Laboratories"

Jeremy Johnson, Chemistry

Wednesday, March 30, noon - 1 p.m., AU111

Since the discovery of penicillin in the 1920's, antibiotics have become the standard treatment for bacterial and fungal infections. The overuse of these antibiotics has however led to the development of antibiotic resistance amongst bacterial populations. The emergence of these new antibiotic resistant bacteria or "superbugs" has created a significant human health hazard. Yet, only three new classes of antibiotics have been developed in the last 40 years. So how do you design a novel antibiotic? In this presentation, Jeremy Johnson, Chemistry, will explain the basics of drug design and describe the construction of novel antibiotics using undergraduate laboratories at Butler.

Click here to see a pdf version of the poster for this presentation.

Faculty Food for Thought: Recruiting Students for National Fellowships and Post-Graduate Awards

Thursday, March 24, noon - 1 p.m. in AU111, 4-5 p.m. in JH109

Harry Truman, George Mitchell, William Fulbright, Morris Udall, David Boren, Jacob Javitz, Barry Goldwater.What do these former U.S. legislators (and one president) have to do with Butler students? Each has had a national scholarship or fellowship program named in his honor for which Butler students are eligible!

All faculty are invited to a special lunch conversation to learn more about post-graduate fellowships and grants and how to identify Butler students for these awards. Each year hundreds of U.S. undergraduates apply for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. Some awards take on mythic proportions and appear to be the exclusive province of students from the most elite U.S. colleges and universities.The reality is that high-achieving Butler students make very competitive candidates for these and the myriad of national scholarships and fellowships available each year. You can play an important role in identifying students for these awards.

Please join colleagues to learn more about identifying and recruiting top Butler students for national scholarships and fellowships; the discussion will be led by CHASE Office Associate Director Mariangela Maguire. Click here to view handouts from this session.

Faculty Coffee Break

Thursday, March 24, 3 - 4-45 p.m., JH109

Please join friends and colleagues from across campus for a coffee break - when you hit that afternoon lull, come over to JH109 - we'll have coffee and tea, a variety of cookies, and good conversation. Come when you can, stay for as long as you'd like. And mark your calendars for our last faculty coffee break of the semester on April 27, as well.

New Faculty Orientation: "When They're Not in Class - Student Life at Butler"

Wednesday, March 23, noon - 1 p.m., AU111

Join Irene Stevens, Dean of Student Life, and Sally Click, Dean of Student Services, to learn more about our students, who they are, what they do outside of their classes, and the programs and support that exist for them. Click here to view handouts from this session.

"What is Transnational Literature?"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation by Ania Spyra, English

Wednesday, March 9, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111) (rescheduled from an earlier date due to weather candellation)

"Transnational" has become the buzzword in literary studies. It often replaces terms such as "comparative," "international," "world," or "global" in describing literature influenced by globalization. But is there really such a thing as transnational literature? If so, how is it different from immigrant or postcolonial literature? While questioning the ubiquity of the term, Ania Spyra will argue that its strength resides in de-centering the nation state as the standard unit of academic inquiry. Used as a way to describe a collection of literary texts, "transnational" transforms the perception of literature as necessarily a national endeavor. Click here to see a pdf version of the poster for this session.

Lunch Conversation Opportunities for Area 2 faculty

Monday, March 7, noon-1 p.m., AU111

Waters Project Event: "An Evening of Water-Inspired Music for Piano"

Friday, March 4, 8 p.m., Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall

The Jordan College of Fine Arts, the Indiana Piano Teachers' Guild, and the Waters Project are pleased to present the final "Piano at Butler" event of the academic year. Australian pianist Simon Docking will perform a solo recital, the program including piano works inspired by a water theme by a variety of composers, including Franz Liszt, Oliver Messiaen, and Benjamin Britten. Visit the Waters Project calendar for more information by clicking here. Click here to view a pdf poster for this event.

Speaking Across the Curriculum Workshop

Friday, March 4, 1-3:30 p.m., JH170

Please join faculty colleagues for a workshop on developing a course that fulfills the speaking across the curriculum expectation of the new Core curriculum. Led by Butler faculty with expertise in the discipline, learn how to create a speaking across the curriculum course, develop assignments and projects, and how to assess or evaluate student work in such a course. The workshop will begin at 1 p.m., with lunch for participants starting at 12:30 p.m., and free-flowing beverages and snacks during the break. To signal your interest in participating, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia by March 1 by clicking here.

"Designed for Failure: America's Alternative Energy Policies"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation by Peter Grossman, Clarence Efroymson Professor of Economics

Monday, February 28, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Why have U.S. government programs to create alternative energy technologies always failed? Because they have been based on the mistaken belief that - like the Apollo moon landing - creating a viable alternative energy technology is only an engineering problem. In fact, substitution of energy technologies involves commercial and social questions that engineering alone cannot solve. Peter Grossman contends that policymakers are confused about the way innovation occurs and how new products succeed in the market. Although the promise of a grand engineering feat has political traction, U.S. energy policy with respect to alternatives has inevitably failed, and current programs will almost surely continue that historical record.

Faculty Coffee Break

Wednesday, February 23, 2-3:30, JH109

Please join friends and colleagues from across campus for a coffee break - when you hit that afternoon lull, come over to JH109 - we'll have coffee and tea, a variety of cookies, and good conversation. Come when you can, stay for as long as you'd like. And mark your calendars for upcoming coffee breaks on March 24 and April 27, as well.

New Faculty Orientation: "Understanding and Getting Involved - Faculty Governance"

Wednesday, February 23, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Join Margaret Brabant, Chair of the Faculty Senate, and Doug Spaniol, Vice-Chair of the Faculty Senate, for a conversation about how faculty governance works at Butler. They'll go over committee structure, how faculty decisions get made, how the election or appointment process works, and suggest ways for you to get involved. Meet in the University Club (just outside the south doors of The Market Place). Lunch coupons will be available at the south door of The Market Place in Atherton Union beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Waters Project Event: "¡Viva agua!: The Waters Project in Spain"

Monday, February 21, noon-1 p.m., Modern Language Center (JH387)

In Fall 2010, Dr. Linda Willem led a class of 17 students in Butler University's Semester in Spain program. The students studied at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares and visited various sites throughout Spain, paying attention to the waters at each location. Additionally, Dr. Willem taught a course on Madrid in which she also incorporated the waters theme. Join us for a light lunch and refreshments as Dr. Willem and some of her students recall the waters of Spain and share their experiences.

Assessment Conversation Opportunities for Texts and Ideas and Perspectives in the Creative Arts

Thursday, February 17, noon-1 p.m., AU302 (T&I)

Thursday, February 24, noon-1 p.m., AU302 (PCA)

Faculty teaching in Core areas of Texts and Ideas (February 17) and Perspectives in the Creative Arts (February 24) are invited to join colleagues for a conversation on assessment in these specific areas. Lunch tickets to The Market Place will be provided.

"Beyond Pleasure and Pain: The Motivational Implications of Our Misguided Attempts at Predicting

Future Feelings"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation

by Ali O'Malley, Psychology

Monday, February 14, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

People tend to be quite bad at predicting how they will feel in the aftermath of events. This is unfortunate, for our predictions about our future feelings - known as affective forecasts - play a role in the decisions we make. Although we know that the affective forecasting process is rife with error, we don't know much about the origins of affective forecasts or their impact on motivation and behavior. Alison O'Malley will discuss her work linking affective forecasts to feedback seeking and performance in organizational and classroom contexts.

Writing Discussion Opportunities for Spring 2011

Coffee and lunch tickets will be available for all attendees. Please RSVP to Rocky Colavito (jcolavit@butler.edu), and click here for more detailed descriptions on upcoming workshops.

Faculty Food for Thought: "Student Disability Services/Counseling"

Thursday, January 27, noon-1 p.m. in AU111, and 4-5 p.m. in JH109

Join Michele Atterson, Director of Student Disability Services, and Keith Magnus, Director of the Counseling Center, to talk about how best to work with students with disabilities; what accommodations are appropriate; what documentation is necessary; and ways that faculty can most successfully work with students who have identified disabilities, or have need of counseling.

For the noon session, meet in the University Club (just outside the south doors of The Market Place) - lunch coupons will be available at the south door of The Market Place in Atherton Union beginning at 11:45 a.m. Refreshments will be available in JH109 for the 4 p.m. session. So that we are best prepared, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia by clicking here by January 26^th.

Click the following links to view handouts from this presentation: Butler Faculty and Staff as Helping Resources for Students; Student Voice Mental Health and Couseling Survey

BAC and HAC Internal Grants Workshops
Friday, January 21, 10-11 a.m., JH048 - HAC
Friday, January 28, 10-11 a.m., JH048 - BAC
Monday, January 31, 2-3 p.m., JH048 - HAC
Monday, January 31, 3-4 p.m., JH048 - BAC
Tuesday, February 1, 2-3 p.m., JH048 - BAC
Friday, February 4, 10-11 a.m., JH048 - HAC
Wednesday, February 9, 3-4 p.m., JH048 - HAC
Friday, February 11, 10-11 a.m., JH048 - BAC

These workshops will provide an overview of the two grant programs-eligibility and highlight how they will better support faculty. All faculty members (tenured, tenure track, and non-tenure track) are welcome to attend. The HAC awards grants to eligible faculty working in the sciences and social sciences (quantitative research methods) and the BAC awards grants to eligible faculty working in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences (qualitative research methods). Refreshments will be provided. If you plan to attend one of the sessions, please RSVP to Bob Holm by clicking here. (Please note that each of the four workshops for HAC and BAC respectively will cover the same material, so there is no need to attend more than one workshop).

New Faculty Orientation: "Advising Students: What Works, What Doesn't, and How to Get Involved"

Wednesday, January 19, noon-1 p.m., AU111

Please join us for the first ongoing orientation of the new semester - the focus will be on advising students. Jennifer Griggs, Learning Resource Center, and Mary Ramsbottom, Associate Provost of Student Academic Affairs, and Shelly Furuness, College of Education, will share strategies on how to be an effective advisor, and ways you can be involved in early registration of incoming students.

"Tending a Difficult Hope"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation by Leah Gauthier, Art

Monday, December 6, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

The time to act is NOW. I mean RIGHT NOW. This earth we live on has changed beyond manageable repair, and there is not another moment to spare to prepare us for the uncertainties that lie ahead. In this Brown Bag session, Leah Gauthier will discuss how we the people have become a nation largely dependent on industry to care for our needs.

"Tending a Difficult Hope" is an artistic journey towards self-sufficiency. Throughout the duration of this work, Leah is learning self-sustaining skills, and teaching them to others through gallery installations, performances and workshops. Her hope is that if we can learn together to live "lightly, carefully, gracefully", maybe, just maybe, we'll gather through what may come, and learn a second chance to make things right.

The Brown Bag Series provides an opportunity for Butler faculty to present their original research, scholarship, and creative work, aimed to speak to both departmental colleagues and those in completely different disciplines.

Click here to see a pdf version of the poster for this presentation.

"Turning Water into Beer and other Small Miracles"

Friday, December 3, 3 p.m., Johnson Room, Robertson Hall

Join faculty home brewers for a discussion and demonstration on the art and science of beer making. Drs. Hege, Hess, Swenson, and Watts have brewed two batches of a cream ale using the same recipe but different water sources to highlight the role water plays in the brewing process. A tasting of the experimental beers and four other beers (a Northwestern IPA, a Colonial-style big-bad brown ale, a Belgian Tripel, and a Spiced Christmas ale) will be presented for interested parties aged 21 and over. All are invited to participate in the discussion.

Write on Site

Friday, December 3, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., JH242

Working on finishing a conference paper/article/chapter? Wondering what it might be like to have a supportive writing community? The Brown Bag committee invites Butler faculty to a Write on Site Friday, December 3. Refreshments will be provided.

Write on Sites are opportunities for faculty to spend structured time working on writing projects in community rather than isolation. No exchange of writing expected - just show up and write!

Faculty Food for Thought - Planning for a University Teaching and Learning Center

Thursday, December 2, noon-1 p.m., JH109

Teaching and learning centers emerged at colleges and universities more than 15 years ago and brought together much of the high-quality faculty development work that was happening in multiple areas on campuses. At Butler, faculty development efforts currently come out of each of the colleges and the Provost's Office. As new initiatives are added, and as the needs of faculty continue to evolve, it is time to develop a faculty-driven teaching and learning center, as the strategic plan articulates. A center will provide the leadership, resources, and communication network needed for responsive and responsible faculty development at the University. A center will provide programming that changes and develops according to the focus and interests of the faculty, the needs of students, and the issues confronting us as an institution of higher education.

All faculty are invited to attend in order to share ideas about what a teaching and learning center should be at Butler University. Lunch will be provided. So that we are best prepared, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia by December 1 by clicking here.

If you are unable to attend this session but would like to share your ideas, please send them to Rebecca DeGrazia by clicking here. Click here for more information.
Look for all faculty comments on the easels in the hallway outside JH109 starting December 6. We'll have blank forms available so that you can add additional comments as well.

New Faculty Orientation: Faculty Activity Reports, Monday, November 29, noon-1 p.m., UClub (AU111) **Please note the change in location**

Learn how to complete the Faculty Activity Report. Meet in the University Club (just outside the south doors of The Market Place) - lunch coupons will be available at the south door of The Market Place in the Atherton Union beginning at 11:45 a.m.

Waters Project Event

"Local Waters = Local Brews", Thursday, November 18, 5 p.m., Krannert Room (Clowes)

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Writing Workshops

"Collaborative Activities" - Monday, November 15, 10 a.m., JH031

or Thursday, November 18, 1 p.m., JH031

"Discussion Boards and/in the Writing Class" - Wednesday, November 17, 10 a.m., JH031

or Thursday, November 18, 2:30 p.m., JH031

"Developing (or Tweaking) Your W Course" - Monday, November 29, 10 a.m., JH031

or Tuesday, November 30, 1 p.m., JH083

"On-line Support for W Course Faculty" - Wednesday, December 1, 10 a.m. Location TBA

or Thursday, December 2, 1 p.m., Location TBA

Click here for more information on these writing workshops

Open Sessions for Faculty to Begin Planning for a University Teaching and Learning Center

Teaching and Learning Centers emerged at colleges and universities more than 15 years ago and brought together much of the high-quality faculty development work that was happening in multiple areas on campuses. Such centers allow institutions the ability to be responsive to the needs and interests of faculty and provide administrative support to faculty development initiatives. They aid in recruitment and retention of faculty, and indirectly in the recruitment and retention of students.

All faculty are invited to attend one of several sessions in order to share ideas about what a teaching and learning center should be at Butler University. Please drop by JH109 to share your ideas during one of these sessions (refreshments will be available at each session):

Thursday, November 18, 11-noon and noon-1 p.m.

Monday, November 22, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Thursday, December 2, noon-1 p.m.

If you are unable to attend a session but would like to share your ideas, please send them to Laura Behling by clicking here.

Information Session - "Helping Students Go Global"

Wednesday, November 17, 1 p.m., PB106

Butler faculty and staff play crucial roles in stimulating student interest in study abroad, providing academic advising and, in some cases, developing and leading study-abroad programs. With the goal of helping you to help students go global, Center for Global Education staff will provide an overview of Butler's wide range or study-abroad opportunities as well as basic policies and procedures. They will leave ample time to address any questions regarding study abroad at Butler. Light refreshments will be served.

Faculty Food for Thought: Transforming Teaching through Technology Presentations

Thursday, November 11, noon - 1 p.m., AU302

Join colleagues, Shelly Furuness (Education) and James McGrath (Philosophy and Religion), who participated in the summer "Transforming Teaching through Technology" workshop, present on how they are incorporating technology into their classes. Furuness will present on "digital make-overs" that are helping students articulate and show their thinking process online. McGrath will talk about how he is using electronic texts in his course, "The Bible," and how he is exploring what electronic texts offer us that printed texts cannot.

Lunch from Papa John's will be provided. So that we are best prepared, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia by November 10^th by clicking here.

Waters Project Event, "Rivers of India: Population, Pollution and Piety," by David Haberman

Monday, November 8, 6 p.m., JH141

Dr. David Haberman, Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, and Dr. Kelly Alley, Professor of Anthropology at Auburn University, will give a lecture on the rivers of India (in conjunction with the Global and Historical Studies).

New Faculty Orientation: Grant Opportunities

Monday, November 8, noon-1 p.m., JH225

Come learn about the myriad of grant opportunities for your discipline, as well as the internal research, scholarship and creative work grants awarded by Butler.

Open Sessions for Faculty to Begin Planning for a University Teaching and Learning Center

Wednesday, November 3, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

Monday, November 8, 4-5 p.m.

Thursday, November 18, 11-noon and noon-1 p.m.

Monday, November 22, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Thursday, December 2, noon-1 p.m.

If you are unable to attend a session but would like to share your ideas, please send them to Laura Behling by clicking here. Click here for more information.

"More than a Writing Group: Notes from an Active Research Group"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation, by Terri Carney, and guests from IUPUI

Monday, November 1, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Do you want to increase your scholarly output? Perhaps you would like to develop a more concrete, organized plan to work towards promotion and tenure? This session is for any faculty member who would like to approach their research production in a more organized and supported fashion. In this short session we will address:

- Individuals' typical research trajectories
- Tools to our success; testimonies of "failures"
- Resources for forming your own research group
- The importance of peer mentoring
- Accountability systems to ensure continued production

Click here to view a pdf version of the poster for this session.

Waters Project Event, "Moravian Music," by Sarah Eyerly

Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 p.m., Edison-Duckwall Recital Hall

Throughout history, blood has been described as the "water of life" [aqua vitae], and it is through this lens that the improvised singing of the Moravians can be viewed. Like many religious communities throughout history, members of the eighteenth-century utopias of the Moravian church crafted rituals of self-transformation that arrested participants through the senses. Moravian believers longed to be caressed and cradled inside Christ's body, pierced and gashed by thorns and nails, their mouths overflowing with blood.

They sang together softly, prostrate upon the floor, meditating upon graphic representations of the suffering Christ. In the ecstasy of these communal rituals, worshippers improvised hymns. Improvisation was a religious practice, and demonstrated a commitment of body, mind, and soul to the community. Improvised singing cast an aural boundary around the community. Through this improvised communal singing, Moravians connected the inward (physical) and outward (spiritual) realm into one harmonious creation. In the words of one hymn, "Their mouths were filled with blood, and they sang together in joyful union with the heavenly spheres."

The concert will begin with a 30-minute lecture on the musical practices of the Moravian church. Then, audience members will witness an actual improvised service, called a Singstunde [singing hour]. The participants in the Singstunde will be Dr. Sarah Eyerly, 16 student singers, and an organist. During the service, graphic 18th-century artworks created by Moravians to accompany their singing will be projected on the back of the stage. These artworks depict the blood and suffering of Christ in intensely personal ways: little wound bees burrowing into Christ's wounds, cups, tables, and chairs portrayed inside Christ's side wound, stages of the decaying body of Christ, and worshippers bathing in the blood of Christ. The audience will also be encouraged to sing at certain points in the concert.

Following the concert Lovefeast buns (traditional buns served by Moravians during Singstunden) and coffee will be served.

Developing Budgets for Grant Proposals Workshop

Tuesday, October 26, 3-4 p.m., JH048

or Friday, October 29, 10-11 a.m., JH048

Are you planning on writing a grant proposal? If so, you will need to create a budget. Dana Ohren will be offering two workshops on developing budgets for grant proposals. Please RSVP to Dana Ohren by clicking here and be sure to indicate which session you would like to attend.

This event is sponsored by the Butler Institute for Research and Scholarship (BIRS). For more information about the Institute, including its calendar of events and deadlines, please visit our website at www.butler.edu/birs.

New Faculty Orientation: Fitting the Curricular Pieces Together

Monday, October 25, noon-1 p.m., JH225

Majors and minors, concentrations and the Core. Mindy Welch (College of Education) will join us for a conversation on how the curriculum works at Butler, particularly during this advising time.

Lunch from Jimmy Johns will be provided.

Faculty Sherry Hour

Thursday, October 21, 4 p.m., University Club, AU111

Wednesday, November 17, 4 p.m., University Club, AU111

President Fong invites you to Faculty Sherry Hour - an occasion for faculty to gather across programs and colleges for conviviality and conversation. Reminders will come by email from the President's office about two weeks in advance. Please contact Ellen Clark (eclark@butler.edu) with any questions.

"Banging your Head Against Buildings: Differences in Window Strikes Between Downtown and Suburban Birds and Prospects for Saving our Fine Feathered Friends."

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation, by Chris Hess

Wednesday, October 20, noon-1 p.m., University Club (AU111)

Just days after arriving on campus, Chris Hess started to notice a high frequency of birds dying from window collisions on campus and started collecting data on when, where and what species were most at risk. Hess will discuss the results of these studies as well as compare them to data gathered by the Amos Butler Audubon Society for buildings in downtown Indianapolis. He will end with a discussion of options aimed at decreasing the frequency of window strikes and a possible experiment that will begin at Butler over the next year.

Click here to view a pdf version of the poster for this session.

Waters Project Event, "Maiden Voyage," by Matt Pivec and the Faculty Jazz Combo and Guests

Tuesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. (pre-concert lecture @ 7:00 pm), Edison-Duckwall Recital Hall

Matt Pivec (JCFA) and the Faculty Jazz Combo, along with guest musicians, will perform the songs from Maiden Voyage, an album by the famed jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. The five tone poems that comprise this album have become standards in the jazz repertoire. Furthermore, the album as a whole is considered a "must listen" for jazz musicians and aficionados.

Each of Hancock's five pieces depicts a particular aspect of a sea voyage. In Hancock's own words from the original album cover:

The sea has often stirred the imagination of creative minds involved in all spheres of art. There still exists an element of mystery which surrounds the sea and living aquatic creations which provide it with its vital essence. Atlantis, the Sargasso Sea, giant serpents, and mermaids are only a few of the many folkloric mysteries which have evolved through man's experience with the sea.

This music attempts to capture its vastness and majesty, the splendor of a sea-going vessel on its maiden voyage, the graceful beauty of the playful dolphins, the constant struggle for survival of even the tiniest sea creatures, and the awesome destructive power of the hurricane, nemesis of seamen.

Each of the five pieces is frequently performed individually. However, they are rarely performed as a complete unit. The Butler Faculty Jazz Combo will perform the pieces from Maiden Voyage in the order they were presented on the original album. Prior to the formal performance, Dr. Pivec will present a brief pre-concert lecture. The purpose of the lecture is to provide the audience with background knowledge through which to better understand the performance. In particular, he will discuss the specific musical devices and themes that Hancock uses to depict his vision of a vessel's maiden voyage.

"Intellectual Property Rights: Research, Copyrights, Publications, and Patents"

Tuesday, October 19, 3-4 p.m. Johnson Room, Robertson Hall

Homer Faucett III, an associate in Ice Miller's Intellectual Property Practice Group, will be presenting on intellectual property rights, with special attention paid to how they apply to research and scholarship. Come learn about how intellectual property rights relate to your work, and have some coffee too. Please RSVP to Dana Ohren by October 11 clicking here.

This event is sponsored by the Butler Institute for Research and Scholarship. For more information about the Institute, including its calendar of events and deadlines, please visit our website at www.butler.edu/birs.

New Faculty Orientation: Working with Diverse Learners and Learning Styles

Monday, October 11, noon - 1 p.m., JH225

How can faculty best work with the variety of students who come into classes who may have different knowledge levels and skills? What are ways to best capitalize on and support the diverse experiences students bring to class? How might assignments be structured to allow students to do their best work, or how can class time be managed, particularly when differences of opinion or experience surface?

Click here to view documents related to this discussion.

Wednesday, October 6: Understanding Your IDEA Center Course Evaluations

In spring 2010, most Butler faculty administered the IDEA Center course evaluation forms for the first time. Join experts from the IDEA Center to help you understand how best to use the Summary Reports of your scores and how best to fine-tune (if necessary) the Objectives on the Faculty Information Form; they'll also be able to answer questions you might have about how scores are calculated.

To better accommodate schedules, we'll offer multiple sessions:

9-10:30 a.m. - an open session for all faculty in the Ford Salon, Robertson Hall

Noon-1 p.m. - a targeted session for department chairs and program directors, as well as for any faculty member, in the Ford Salon, Robertson Hall

2:30-4 p.m. - an open session for all faculty (repeat of the 9 a.m. session) in PB204

All faculty may attend any session. We will have light refreshments available at all three sessions; please feel free to bring your lunch if attending the noon session. So that we can best prepare, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia by clicking here, indicating which session you plan on attending.

Please plan to bring your Summary Reports with you as references; if you are new to the University, we will have a sample Summary Report for you to use.

Information on IDEA Center course evaluations is available online at www.theideacenter.org, including "Notes on Instruction," "Interpretive Guide on IDEA Diagnostic Form Report," and "Interpreting Adjusted Ratings of Outcomes."

Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation from this session.

Faculty Food for Thought: How to Incorporate the Collegiate Newspaper Readership Program into Your Classes

Thursday, September 23, 11 a.m.-noon AND noon-1 p.m., JH183

Consider incorporating The New York Times, USA Today, or The Indianapolis Star into your courses as a learning resource and living text - the newspapers are delivered to campus on weekdays. The papers engage students every day by letting them make connections between what they study in their coursework and the events, issues and trends playing out across the pages of the newspaper. Faculty who require The New York Times as part of a course can receive their own complimentary copy Monday through Friday for the duration of the course. To receive your complimentary Monday through Friday subscription, send Kandace Rusnak (kandace.rusnak@pcfcorp.com) of The New York Times a copy of your syllabus including The Times, along with your delivery address and phone number.

Join representatives of readership programs to learn how faculty are using the newspapers to enhance their students' classroom experiences. To better accommodate schedules, we'll offer two sessions: 11 a.m. to noon, or noon to 1 p.m. in AU326. Lunch provided. So that we are best prepared, please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia (rdegrazi@butler.edu) by September 22.

"Perspectives on Microfinance: Evolution and Revolution"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentation

by Larry Lad and Sheryl Ann Stephen

Wednesday, September 22, noon-1 p.m., University Club, AU111

A revolution is catching on. Even during the current global financial turmoil, microfinance and micro-lending has drawn increased attention in both popular business press and academic research. This Brown Bag session will trace the evolution of microcredit, and offer a range of perspectives on its potential and practice including both international and local examples. Where possible, we intend to engage the group in an interdisciplinary discussion about how we can move from "third person" observers to "first person" doers in this movement. Click here to view a poster for this session.

Please mark your calendar for the next Brown Bag Lunch session on October 4.

Faculty Sherry Hour

Wednesday, September 15, 4 p.m., University Club, AU111

Thursday, October 21, 4 p.m., University Club, AU111

Wednesday, November 17, 4 p.m., University Club, AU111

Introduction to the Grant Process Workshop

Tuesday, September 14, 3-4 p.m., JH048

Or Friday, September 17, 10-11 a.m., JH048.

Do you need money to conduct research, develop a course or implement a program? The Butler Institute for Research and Scholarship (BIRS) is offering a workshop series about the best practices for developing proposals for external funding. The first workshop, Introduction to the Grant Process, will be offered twice: September 14 and September 17. Refreshments will be provided. To reserve a seat, please RSVP to Dana Ohren at dohren@butler.edu, indicating which session you plan to attend in your email. For a complete list of BIRS events, please visit /birs.

New Faculty Orientation: Guiding Class Discussions

Monday, September 13, noon-1 p.m., location pending

New faculty academic-year orientation session on guiding class discussions, engaging students in classes, and employing active learning techniques for your classes. Lunch will be provided.

Click here to view handouts from this session.

Writing Pedagogy Workshops for September 2010

Coffee and lunch tickets will be available for all attendees. Enrollment is limited to 10 for each workshop. Please RSVP to Rocky Colavito (rcolavit@butler.edu) for any of the workshops you wish to attend.

Click here for a more detailed description on all workshops listed.

Monday, the 13^th, 10-11 a.m. or Tuesday, the 14^th, 2-3 p.m. (JH083): Information Literacy in W Courses

Wednesday, the 15^th, 10-11 a.m. or Thursday, the 16^th, 2-3 p.m. (JH083): Sneaky Ways to Embed Writing Instruction

Monday, the 20^th, 10-11 a.m. or Tuesday, the 21^st, 2-3 p.m. (JH031): Ways to Streamline Grading

Wednesday, the 22^nd, 10-11 a.m. or Thursday, the 23^rd, 2-3 p.m. (JH031): Writing in Service Learning Courses

Monday, the 27^th, 10-11 a.m. or Tuesday, the 28^th, 2-3 p.m. (JH083): Wrestling the Grammar Beast

Wednesday, the 29^th, 10-11 a.m. or Thursday, the 30^th, 2-3 p.m. (JH083): Alternatives to the Research Paper

"Explaining Nature, Explaining History"

Brown Bag Lunch - Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work Presentations

Stuart Glennan, Philosophy

Wednesday, September 8, noon-1 p.m., AU302

What if anything is the connection between the explanatory methods of historians and natural scientists? Some philosophers have argued that the nature of the subject matter in history and the "human sciences" demands a special methodology, while others claim that historical explanations, if they are to really explain things, must emulate the explanatory techniques of the natural sciences. Stuart Glennan (Philosophy) will argue that the explanations in the natural sciences (especially biology) have more in common with explanations in history than is commonly supposed. Biologists (especially evolutionary biologists) are concerned with historical questions, and like historians their explanations often utilize narrative. Certain problems that have been raised about the legitimacy of narrative explanation in both history and the natural sciences can be solved if we understand narratives as descriptions of something Stuart calls an "ephemeral mechanism."

Please mark your calendar for upcoming Brown Bag Lunch session on September 22 and October 4

New Faculty Academic-Year Orientation Session

Wednesday, September 1, noon-1 p.m., AU302

All new faculty are invited to this first academic-year orientation session - this is a time to reconnect, look at the semester ahead, and ask and get answers to questions that may have arisen from the start of classes. The conversation will be held in AU302 from noon to 1 p.m. - lunch coupons for the Market Place will be available outside of AU302 beginning at 11:45 a.m.

FYS Summer Workshop

August 9-11, 2010

This Summer Workshop is designed to help FYS faculty develop strategies for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking to first year students, cultivate their own abilities as readers, writers, and scholars, and foster community with their FYS colleagues. Participants will also have opportunities to revise and refine their syllabi.

Our aim is that participants will come away from the Summer Workshop with a renewed sense of excitement about and commitment to the teaching of the First Year Seminar, a firmer grasp of the processes of reading, writing, and thinking, as well as the pedagogies that support their development in first year students.

Attendees will receive either a stipend or course development funds for their participation in the workshop.

Please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia at rdegrazi@butler.edu by August 4 if you are interested in attending.

Transforming Teaching with Technology

August 2-4, 2010

In collaboration with the Office of Instructional Technology, the Faculty Development Program invites faculty to participate this summer in a workshop designed to help you transform your teaching through technology. During this workshop, you will:

- Explore the relationship between pedagogy and technology
- Consider how we think about teaching and learning when partnered with 21^st-century students
- Develop course materials using technology
- Collaborate with colleagues about appropriate uses of technology in courses

Faculty will have the opportunity during the workshop to enhance or develop a specific course in which technology is best utilized, and engage in substantive conversation with colleagues from across the University. Participants will receive a stipend or allowance for a technology purchase for use in courses. For additional information, including the application (deadline is April 8), please click here.

Writing in Indianapolis Community Requirement and Service-Learning Courses, Summer Writing Workshop

Tuesday, July 27 and Wednesday, July 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., JH301

With new guidelines in place regarding the Indianapolis Community Requirement and Service-Learning courses for students, faculty now find available a new way to engage students with both the community and the ways in which writing can be put to work in practical, community-based service projects. Come and share ideas about how to use writing in tandem with service work, consider how to evaluate such work, and develop new activities that can encourage students to write as part of service projects. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Rocky Colavito by clicking here.

Information Literacy and Writing Intensive Courses, Summer Writing Workshop

Wednesday, July 21 and Thursday, July 22, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., JH083

Assignments requiring research activities are prevalent in many W courses; come and learn from your colleagues about the different options available to you beyond (but not forgetting) the traditional scholarly research paper. We will discuss library support for your classes, alternatives to the traditional research paper, collaborative activities that include research, and general guidelines for promoting information literacy in your classes. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Rocky Colavito by clicking here.