Six research teams have received a Community-Based Research Fellowship for projects to be carried out during the summer of 2012. Brief summaries of the projects are below.

2010–11 Awards

2011 Dinkelspiel Awards for Outstanding Service to Undergraduate Education

• Suzanne Abel, Senior Advisor, Haas Center
• Charlie Syms ’11

Donald A. Strauss Scholarship

Activities & Articles

The following resources are designed for ASB participants to explore the themes and issues related to ethical and effective service.  ASB leaders are encouraged to consider how they will include these topics in their winter, utlizing these resources or other activities and articles. 

CDC Business & Entrepreneurship Newsletter

Purpose:

To request a new classroom listing in the Facility ID field found in PeopleSoft. The 'Facility ID' field is used to house classroom information for course offerings (found under the 'Meetings' tab in the Update Class and/or Facility webform process).

Visiting Researcher Resources

Visiting Researcher University Liasion: Susan Maher, Office of the University Registrar

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: 650.725.3619

Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures, Visiting Researchers section.

Selected Observations from the Open-ended Responses

More than 300 respondents also included some additional comments in response to the question, “What did you like about the classroom you taught in this quarter and what could be improved?” The following represent some common issues that were mentioned and how the Registrar’s office is responding to these comments

Inspired by research being conducted by Dr. Karin Forssell, we asked faculty where they learned to use the tools they employ in the classroom.  The resources offered as choices were:

To gain a more nuanced understanding of how instructors perceive the features and characteristics of the classrooms they teach in, we employed a validated set of scales developed by our colleagues at the University of Minnesota.[1] These scales are comprised of items designed to assess instructors ‘perceptions of the degree to which the classroom promotes faculty and student engagement, e