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09/02/2017

CSCA 2018 Convention - Community College Interest Group Call for Submissions Reminder

Dear Community College Interest Group,

I sincerely hope you're semester is off to a great start!  With the start of the fall semester brings the opportunity to start putting together your panels and proposals for CSCA. You'll see the deadline for the 2018 Call is early October.  In the event that people accidentally miss the unit call, PLEASE reach out to others and each other to collaborate.

Here's a recap of our Interest Group business meeting from CSCA last spring:

DIFFERENCE Brainstorming ideas – 
·         Difficult conversations w/in the Community College (David Bodary)
o   Students
o   HLC/colleges/faculty/financial/deans
·         Community Colleges then & now (difference) Kendra B
o   Time capsules, EX: meat cutting degree
·         Making a DIFFERENCE – Tammie Wiebers 
o   Criminal Justice students (w/in institutions)
o   We go to business
o   Veterans
o   Dual credit
o   Non-traditional
·         Linguistic ideas (generational differences)  - Kendra B
·        Socio-economic divisions, etc – rather than what divides us, what is the difference that brings us together Bridging Differences. (Julie Weishar)
·        GIFT style theme – Privileged idea & everyone in this panel shares their experience of what happened b/c of this idea. (David Bodary & David Wendt)
·         Select a topic that makes a DIFFERENCE (Tammie Wiebars)
o   Kendra (A topic; B topic; C topic) 
o   Julie (Existence of God in 5 minutes)
o   Ashley Vasquez (All topics are acceptable per legal)
·         Different teaching styles and different learning styles (Kendra)
·         Difference is teaching styles – modes of delivers (Ed Schwarz)
o   Hybrid in the format and how you cover it
o   Wrong students signing up for the on-line class – most apprehensive (David from Omaha)
·         Difference in the future – 
o   Online classes
o   Options of coming to campus to deliver classes
·         Perception of the teaching profession 
o   Students who question the textbooko   Fake news
o   Dismissing years of work 
o   Adjuncts (Ashley Vasquez wants to be on this panel)
·         Teaching Critical thinking 
o   What strategies are we using?
This is a great starting out place.  If you're interested in a panel and aren't sure of the contact person, please feel free to reach out to me and I'll help make the connection. You may email me at abeltramini@waubonsee.edu.  Additionally, I'll also be looking for reviewers once the proposals filter in.
Thanks in advance for your time and dedication to our group!
Be well,
Allison

Allison Beltramini Associate Professor, Communication

Waubonsee Community College
Bodie Hall - 202
Rt. 47 @ Waubonsee Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554

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