by Amy Boone | Nov 30, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It
Dr. Trey Shirley provided information about applying for and developing an Honors Colloquium. These slides detail the new tracks for the Honors College and the process for creating a colloquium. For the 2024-2025 school year, applications are due January 12, 2024. In...
by Amy Boone | Oct 11, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
Today the Adams Center hosted part 2 of the series on supporting students in college-level reading. The activities and ideas shared were directly from Dr. Jenae Cohn’s book Skim, Dive, Surface. Slides with these activities are on the second half of this slide...
by Amy Boone | Sep 15, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
Faculty regularly express concern about the struggles many students encounter when reading and engaging with course reading materials. This weakness, combined with an unwillingness to read class materials, makes it even more difficult for students to engage your...
by Amy Boone | Sep 1, 2023 | Adams Blog, In Case You Missed It
A topic of frequent conversation at the Adams Center includes policies and classroom practices about attendance, participation, and engagement. Faculty often find themselves trying something new each semester or implementing a new, promising plan only to have it go...
by Amy Boone | Dec 13, 2019 | In Case You Missed It
Dr. Cole Bennett recently shared tips and best practice regarding writing assignments. What is a professor looking for when he or she assigns a writing prompt? A response appropriate to the prompt Sophisticated writing including correct grammar, approximation...
by Jennifer Shewmaker | May 2, 2016 | In Case You Missed It
As we prepare to submit the final draft of ACU’s Self Report Document to the NCAA, ACU’s NCAA Steering Committee requests faculty feedback on the Self Report as it currently stands. Please note that the formatting of the report is not complete, so we are...