John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning

The John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning supports faculty in achieving their potential as teachers and scholars. Responsive to the professional needs and interests of each faculty member, the Kendall Center includes support for teaching initiatives and faculty research, scholarship, and creativity, and provides on-campus opportunities for focused conversation on pedagogy, assessment of student learning, and collaboration among colleagues. Through its support of such opportunities, the Kendall Center fosters the pursuit of teaching and scholarly excellence throughout all stages of each faculty member's career and for all Gustavus students. Learn more about Dr. John S. Kendall.  

New Faculty

Assisting new faculty in making the transition to Gustavus is one of the most important responsibilities of the Kendall Center. The New Faculty Orientation Programs provide opportunities to talk with other faculty about teaching strategies and mentoring, as well as how to navigate and connect to the Gustavus community, different College offices and programs. Events also explore ways to develop and sustain a plan of scholarly or creative endeavors as one progresses toward tenure and promotion. New Faculty Information

	Name	Title	Phone	Gustavus Email Address
	Pamela Conners	Director	507-933-7541	pconners@gustavus.edu
	Cathy Blaukat	Administrative Coordinator	507-933-6227	cblaukat@gustavus.edu
	Kate Knutson	Faculty Associate for Teaching and Advising	507-933-6224	knutson@gustavus.edu
	Maddalena Marinari	Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Faculty Associate	507-933-6152	mmarinar@gustavus.edu

Faculty Resources

The Kendall Center gathers and diseminate a wide range of resources to support faculty teaching. Explore Resources.

Faculty Travel Funding: The Faculty Professional Travel Fund supports faculty in their scholarly and creative work. Eligible faculty may use these funds to defray the cost of attending a conference or workshop specific to their discipline or an interdisciplinary area(s) related to their teaching and/or scholarship. Chairing a session is considered attending, not presenting. Or to defray the cost for presenting a scholarly paper or creative work, serving as a panelist, or responding to a panel at a professional conference in their discipline or interdisciplinary area(s). Learn more about faculty travel.

Grants for Faculty: There are several internal grant programs to support the work of faculty. Learn more about faculty grants.

Events

The Kendall Center sponsors many events during the year to support and celebrate faculty work.

• Shop Talks: These 20-30 minute presentations allow Gustavus scholars to share their original research/art and enthusiasm.
• Summer Workshops: In May and August a series of faculty development opportunities are offered.
• Teachers Talking: The Kendall Center has a long tradition of sponsoring the Teachers Talking program featuring lunchtime presentations around topics of interest to faculty. With all the curricular changes underway and, in particular, the change to the scheduling grid, we are experimenting with a new model this year. Our goal with this experiment is to foster deeper connections between faculty while providing opportunities for intentional and personalized pedagogical development. Ultimately, we hope to facilitate teachers talking to each other in order to draw upon the wealth of expertise we have here on campus.
• Weekend Day Retreats: The Kendall Center conference room (Anderson, Room 303) is available throughout the week for you to come and write, come and go as you please. Help yourself to coffee, tea, and goodies.
• Saturday and Sunday Retreats in Minneapolis: Space at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis is reserved from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but feel free to come and go as needed.