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You’ll find the latest from the Adams Center staff here at the Adams Blog. The content varies, but the subject is always the same: teaching and learning.
From Practice to the Podium: Supporting Student Athletes in the Classroom
Dr. Vic McCracken currently serves as ACU’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR). The FAR serves as a bridge between faculty and athletics and serves as the chair of the Faculty Athletic Committee (FAC). Members of the FAC serve on one of three subcommittees....
ACU Student Athletes Information Sheet
This information sheet from Athletics is a good resource for the most up-to-date info on athletics contacts and best practices. ACU Advising Cheat Sheet for Athletics
Transparency in Class Policies: Student Fellows Session Summary
Our final Student Fellows session focused on the importance of transparency in the classroom and specifically, transparency in class policies. Molly Fortner and Tris Flores summarized the content they shared in this session giving attention to the ways certain...
Student Fellows Session: Engaging Course Content and Looking Toward the Future
Student Fellows Langley Smith and Jackson Calloway facilitated an Adams Center lunch session sharing their observations about ways professors communicate content in engaging ways with an eye toward the students' future careers. Their session slides and summary: Adams...
Knowing Your “Why” When Teaching by Logan Kindred & Britt Garland
Student Fellows Britt Garland and Logan Kindred focused their discussion on intentional practices within the classroom and professors' reasoning for choosing teaching methods. They started with an engaging activity of passing the ball around the room to answer a...
“and keep you:” Faculty-led student retention strategies
Retention. This word has become a focal point for higher education in recent years. At ACU, this has manifested in a laser focus on keeping student enrolled from their first-year fall semester through their second-year fall semester. Many initiatives have taken shape...
Emerging HSI: Navigating Bilingualism in Classroom
Magda Rodriguez and Paul Roggendorff shared from their area of expertise and their own personal experience about the nuance involved in understanding Hispanic/Latino terminology, geographical implications, personal identification, cultural expectations, and so much...
Student AI Over-reliance: What it looks like and thoughts on what to do about it
James Prather and Brent Reeves offered insights into some of the short- and long-term effects of student use of AI and how it may impact self-efficacy. They highlighted three of their studies and provided suggestions for consideration and action in any discipline....
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