Fall Conferences/Events

Fall Professional Development "Bus Trips" - We (Linda Meccouri and Luanna Saunders) will send a group registration through the Academic Affairs Office and arrange for STCC vans for transportation from STCC to the conference. The bus trip provides a great opportunity for collegiality and connections. Please consider the NEFDC conferencededicated to Academic Excellence and Student Success as you plan for your Fall Professional Development. To register please use the linked form or email/call Luanna or Linda.

"NEFDC Fall Conference “Accessing Academic Excellence:What Colleges Can Do to Promote Student Success"
Friday, November 14, 2008 DCU Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Register Here for the NEFDC conference by October 10 and we will send in a group registration.

Other Local Conferences/Events that may be of interest - register on your own and/or through your department/school. See the PDC Calendar and click on the event for more details.

September 25, 2008 3:30 pm
Alice Rossi: Politics, Science and Feminism
2nd annual Alice S, and Peter H. Rossi Lecture
Amherst Room, University of Massachusetts Campus Center 10th floor, public reception to follow.

October 3, 2008
"Nanotechnology and Society: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges"
Umass Amherst (this conference is free but space is limited.

October 4, 2008
Reaching All StudentsThrough Reflection and Inquiry: Best Practices in teaching Writing
Umass Bartlet Hall - this conference is geared toward K-12 teachers.

Lecture:“Opt Out or Pushed Out: The Real Deal Re Women and Work” UMASS
Thu, Oct 30, 7pm – 9pm
UMASS, Amherst, ma (map)
Joan C. Williams Distinguished Professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law “Opt Out or Pushed Out: The Real Deal Re Women and Work” Campus Center Reading Room Free and Open to All

November 1, 2008
Re-Envisioning Writing Assessment: Relevance, Diversity, and Achievement
A Conference of Teachers, pre-K through College
14 Mechanic St, Southbridge, MA 01550 (Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center)
http://www.umass.edu/reenvision/about.html

Professional Development Center

Fall Conferences/Events

Other Local Conferences/Events that may be of interest - register on your own and/or through your department/school. See the PDC Calendar and click on the event for more details.

Any questions, please contact Linda Meccouri. lmeccouri@stcc.edu or 5149