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TCC Student Ahton Williams presents poster at CCRUI
We would like to
thank
TCC President
Dr. Leigh Goodson
for for her presentation
at our
2014 Stayonference.
Research Initiative (CCURI) Advisory Board.
We shared ideas and gleaned direction from
Ellen Hause (Program Director of Advanced
Technology Education for OACC), Celeste Carter (NSF Program Director for the Department
of Undergraduate Education), and Beth Ambos
(Executive Officer on the Council of Undergraduate Research), among many esteemed leaders.
The NSF Community College Undergraduate
Research Initiative (CCURI) funded our trip and
much of the development of our work in biotechnology research at TCC. They have assisted in
the formation of our summer research course and
our embedded research. They have provided
multiple professional development workshops
and venues for networking for many professors
across the nation and at TCC. They understand
and work for the value of students sharing their
scientific results in a professional setting. They
allowed us to host forty community college
faculty members from Connecticut to Oregon
during our Molecular Lab Methods workshop
this May. The grant leadership and activity has
transformed lives.
Oh! We did have fun! There were moments with the human statue in front of the
Smithsonian Natural History Museum. There
were some less-than-relevant, dramatic speech
poses when we found an open Senate committee hearing room. And there was sitting on
Einstein’s lap in the statue garden. We also got
slap-happy silly at the end of the day with relief
of the tension and the responsibility.
We wanted to serve our discipline, our school,
and our state well. I was incredibly proud of my
student traveler colleagues. We are grateful for
all persons at TCC and CCURI who helped make
the trip possible. I am fortunate to be surrounded by intelligent, passionate educators and students.
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Volume 1, Issue 1
November 2014
What is a Stayonference?
Tulsa Community
College
Inside this issue:
Reflections
2
Opportunity
2
Future Topics
2
Book Buzz
3
Without Technology
4
Hijacking Students’
Mobile Devices
5
Stayonference 2015
6
What is stayonference and
where did the name originate? Stayonference offers
faculty across TCC the opportunity to meet and learn
from each other. The name
is a play on staycation. For
several years, TCC faculty
have had limited opportunities for travel to professional conferences for renewal and learning.
Stayonference 2012 was
held in November at NEC
as a way to offer faculty
development at home. Thirty-two people attended and
had an opportunity to connect with faculty from
across the College as they
spent the day learning. In
2013, Stayonference grew
into twenty sessions with
seventy-four participants
from across the College,
both full– and part-time
faculty.
pants discovered ideas they
could implement immediately in their classes.
Stayonference 2014 consisted of 25 sessions and 30
presenters, both full– and
part-time faculty from all
TCC campuses.
Not only did participants
find useful ideas to incorporate into their classes, they
also connected with one
another.
The sessions ranged from
those using technology to
those eschewing technology—offering ideas for consideration and use in all
disciplines.
The collaboration across
the College marks the true
nature of working together
to achieve the goal of better
teaching and learning for
TCC students.
In the sessions, partici-
Stayonference 2014 provided the opportunity for
learning, renewal, and connection among colleagues
from every campus.
Stayonference 2015 will
continue that tradition.
Special points of interest:
Full– and part-time faculty from across TCC
25 Sessions from which
to choose
Photo tweeted from
@larrystraining
Connecting with colleagues
24 October 2014
Learning and sharing
with colleagues
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