Kendall Center NewsletterMarch 1, 2022

Upcoming Events


Date	Event
Today 12:30–1:30 p.m.	Teachers Talking: Designing Research Assignments for Information Literacy
May 3 12:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.	New Faculty Orientation Session: The Power of the Liberal Arts
4:30–6 p.m.	Faculty Shop Talk: Martha Ndakalako
May 9 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Faculty Social - Free lunch!
May 11 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.	Faculty Writing Retreat at ASI

Director

Pamela Conners — x6170

Faculty Associates

Dave Stamps, New Faculty Programming — x7439
Martin Lang, Community Engaged Learning — x6899
Maddalena Marinari, Research, Scholarship, and Creativity — x6152
Patricia English-Schneider, Excellence in Teaching — x7372
Dan Moos, Excellence in Teaching — x7448
Esther Wang, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — x7361

Administrative Coordinator

Cathy Blaukat — x6227

Office Hours

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Phone

507-933-6227

Location

The John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning is located in Anderson Hall 303

Sabbatical Leave Deadline

The deadline for sabbatical leave applications for the 2023-2024 academic year is 5pm, Monday, March 7, 2022. Proposal forms and guidelines are available on the Kendall Center website .

Competitive Travel Grants

The Kendall Center for Engaged Learning will offer limited competitive travel grants of up to $1000 to all faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, and those who have continuing instructor status. The most important factors in the committee's consideration will be the importance of the meeting, conference, or workshop within your discipline; a detailed but accessible description of the applicant’s participation; and the applicant’s assessment of the potential significance of the meeting, conference, or workshop to their development as a scholar, artist, and/or teacher. This money will be on top of the normal travel grant allocation available to individual faculty, and will cover any meeting, conference, or workshop that occurs in the period of June 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023. The applications are due March 23 and decisions will be communicated to faculty by April 13. Detailed information, along with the application, can be found on our website.

New Faculty Orientation Session - Honor Code at Gustavus

Join us on Thursday, March 3 for a New Faculty Orientation Session. Topic: Honor code at Gustavus. This discussion provides new faculty with a shared understanding and application of the honor code at Gustavus. We will discuss faculty responsibilities, including providing definitions of what constitutes authorized aid for coursework and specifying the possible course penalties for violations of the Honor Code. An overview of the workings of the Honor Board system will be provided. Free lunch at Marketplace (grab a coupon from David Stamps), then meet in the St Peter Room. 12:30 to 1:20 p.m

Incorporating Standards-Based Grading into Your STEM Course

In response to prior faculty feedback, the HHMI Inclusive Excellence Project is sponsoring a facilitated workshop to help faculty incorporate standards-based grading into their classrooms. Although this workshop is primarily designed for STEM faculty, all are welcome! Please engage with our PRE-workshop materials ahead of time, then join us for the event at the Zoom link below (Thursday, March 3, 3:30-4:20 PM CST). Pre-workshop materials (will be populated by Monday, February 21): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ih9SUmhV_7_EBgkkOrBL_tQUQgpB8Z_W?usp=sharing
Zoom link: https://hellogustavus.zoom.us/j/82930435781?pwd=c2FCZjNBa01iZmNMaDdvelg2WWM4UT09

Faculty Shop Talk - Ursula Lindqvist

Ursula Lindqvist (Associate Professor in Scandinavian Studies) will present at Faculty Shop Talk on Friday, March 4. Her talk “Unsettling Swedish-American Trauma Narratives in Dakota Ancestral Lands” will be presented at 4:30 p.m. in the Interpretive Center. Feel free to arrive any time after 4:15 p.m. The abstract for this and future talks may be viewed on the Kendall Center website.

New Faculty Orientation Session - Best Practices in Advising

Join us on Thursday, March 10 for a New Faculty Orientation Session. Topic: Best Practices in Advising. This discussion provides a foundation for best practices in advising. You will be exposed to a variety of resources that can help you develop into an effective academic advisor in the context of the liberal arts. First-year Gustavus tenure track faculty will also learn about the built-in advisor development opportunities that are coming up in their second year. Free lunch at Marketplace (grab a coupon from David Stamps), then meet in the St Peter Room. 12:30 to 1:20 p.m

Teachers Talking - DEI As the Foundations of your Pedagogy #2

Please join us on Friday, March 11 for Teachers Talking. Topic: DEI As the Foundations of your Pedagogy #2. In the first of these DEI sessions we shared current information about Gustavus students and the access/adaptation requests you're most likely to get. Then we encouraged participants to think about how these common requests could be implemented into their courses, and to try at least one of their ideas. This follow-up session is the time to share how things went, troubleshoot any challenges, and celebrate victories in your pedagogical lives. More a workshop and discussion (and less a lecture), this TT invites participants to share their successes and ask additional questions as they continue making access and inclusion the basis of their pedagogy. Note: you can easily attend this session even if you missed the first one; all are welcomed! Program is at 11:30 am and 12:30pm. Free lunch (Marketplace coupons), then meet in the St Peter Room. For a full list of sessions please visit the Kendall Center webpage under Teachers Talking.

Mark your calendars! KCEL presents the SECOND ever Gustavus Trivia Night!

On Friday, March 11, 4:30, put on your thinking caps and show off your best useless facts as you compete with your fellow faculty for the world's most prestigious prizes: Books! Pens! T-shirts! Bragging rights! Come with a team of up to 5 people, or join one when you arrive. Special questions will feature fun facts about GAC new faculty members, so now's the time to strike up a conversation and dig all the skeletons out of their closets! Trivia will take place in the Interpretive Center and a Zoom option will be available for those who prefer their fun facts as far fetched and far flung as feasible.

Faculty Writing Retreats at Gustavus and ASI

The Kendall Center is hosting monthly Writing Retreats at Gustavus and at American Swedish Institute (ASI). March Writing Retreats will be held on Saturday, March 12 at American Swedish Institute, Mpls ($15 toward lunch) and at Gustavus (Konferensrum). Faculty can participate in a full day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. devoted to writing. We’ll provide lunch. Please visit the Kendall Center website for upcoming dates and info. Please email Cathy Blaukat (cblaukat@gac.edu) to sign up.

Mentoring Community

Please join us on Monday, March 14 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the St Peter Room for a Mentoring Community gathering. The Kendall Center believes that anyone at any stage of their lives and careers can benefit from space and opportunity to share their whole self. The mentoring community also strengthens the Gustavus community, reminding us that we are not alone and we are stronger together. This community hopes to spark further conversations and future collaborations. Regardless of age, background, faculty rank and status, all faculty who are interested in building and strengthening their relationships with others in the Gustavus Community are invited to attend any or all of the three 90 min gatherings throughout the school year. These gatherings will be facilitated with time to reflect and write on specific questions/issues as well as opportunities to practice deep listening and sharing in small groups.

Faculty Social

Please join faculty for a Faculty Social on Tuesday, March 15 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the St Peter Room. No agenda, just come, relax, and enjoy some great conversation and appetizers.

Classroom Management Workshop

Finding more disruptive behaviors in your classroom? Unsure of strategies that may be helpful? Join Megan Rubles, Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Valerie Banschbach, Associate Provost and Dean of Sciences and Education, and Amy Vizenor, Associate Professor in Education for a discussion on effective strategies in difficult classroom management situations. Join faculty for a light breakfast on March 15 from 8 am to 9 am in the St Peter Room and on April19 at noon to 1 pm for lunch in the St Peter Room.

New Faculty Orientation Session - Committee Roles

Join us on Thursday, March 17 for a New Faculty Orientation Session. Topic: Committee Roles. This discussion focuses on one’s role in service capacities, specifically as a committee member. It also will highlight good committee choices for junior faculty, what might be expected of you on these committees, and how you might constructively contribute to committees in general. Free lunch at Marketplace (grab a coupon from David Stamps), then meet in the St Peter Room. 12:30 to 1:20 p.m

2 Day Faculty Writing Retreat in March at Mt Olivet

The Kendall Center is sponsoring a Writing Retreat for faculty on Friday, March 18, 2022 and Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Mount Olivet Conference and Retreat Center in Farmington, MN. This is a great opportunity to focus on your writing. The retreat is open to all faculty. The Kendall Center covers the cost of the retreat. Please RSVP to Cathy Blaukat to sign up.

Faculty Shop Talk - Betsy Byers

Betsy Byers (Associate Professor, Art and Art History ) will present at Faculty Shop Talk on Friday, March 18. Her talk “Scaffold: Time, adaptation and response to climate change through the lens of an abstract painter” will be presented at 4:30 p.m. in the Interpretive Center. Feel free to arrive any time after 4:15 p.m. The abstract for this and future talks may be viewed on the Kendall Center website.

Hiking at the Arb on Monday

Bundle up and join Kathy Lund Dean at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 28 and Friday, April 22 outside the Interpretive Center for a walk hike around the Arb. Show up or RSVP to Cathy Blaukat (cblaukat@gustavus.edu).

Hiking at the Arb on Tuesdays

Partake in what many Scandinavians call friluftsliv or open-air living. Spending time outside, no matter the conditions, enhances our wellbeing. Bundle up and join Pamela Kittelson at 4:30 on March 1, March 29 and April 26 outside the Interpretive Center for a walk, snowshoe or ski in the cold. The type of transportation will depend on conditions, interest, and will be updated on the Kendall Center website and via email. See this article for more information about the value of friluftsliv. RSVP to Cathy Blaukat (cblaukat@gustavus.edu).

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grants (SoTL)

The Kendall Center's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grants support faculty in projects examining teaching and learning practices in their discipline(s) in a systematic way by using systematic research methods and by making the results known to the campus community. This initiative provides support for eligible faculty to develop, implement and assess a pedagogical approach intended to address a specific challenge to student learning encountered in a semester-long course offered on a regular basis. The grant application and information is on the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning website, under Grants. Deadline to apply is April 1, 2022.

Curriculum Development and Revitalization Grants

The John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning is offering support for faculty designing a new semester-long course, or substantially re-designing an existing semester-long course, to reflect a global, multicultural, or interdisciplinary curriculum. Funds for these grants are limited; thus, grants are competitive. Priority will be given to applications submitted by tenured, tenure-track, and continuing instructor faculty because of the long-term benefit their initiatives afford the Gustavus curriculum. Please see grant guidelines and timeline on the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning website under Grants. Deadline to apply is April 1, 2022.

Congratulations!

Please join the Kendall Center in congratulating Henry MacCarthy for the Innovative Teaching Award at the Curricular Level, and Colleen Stockmann for the Innovative Teaching Award for Innovative Assignments!

Chili and Dessert Off

Congratul;ations to the winners!! Annalise Rivas, MLLC (Chili winner) and Anna DeGraff, Music (dessert winner).

Respectful Conversations Protocol Workshop

Would you like to make class, field, laboratory, and studio experiences more welcoming to ALL students? Please register for the Respectful Conversations Protocol workshop with creator and facilitator, Amy Anderson (Executive Director of Center for Youth Voice). This protocol offers an opportunity to increase quieter and minoritized voices, a powerful way to deepen faculty and students' connection to each other and the topic, and a tool to talk about divisive and diverse issues. If you are interested about and incorporating this protocol in your work with students, please sign up for the sessions below. Space is limited. Sessions are April 7: 6-8pm Nobel 1412; April 8: 9-11:30am AND 214; April 8: 2:30-4:30pm Nobel 1412. Sign up here. This opportunity is made possible by the HHMI grant and Lind Endowed Professor funds. For more information, contact Bri Miller (Education Department), brimiller@gustavus.edu or Margaret Bloch Qazi (Biology Department), mqazi@gustavus.edu, co-chairs of the Community/Classroom thread of the HHMI grant leadership team.