Center for Teaching and Learning (Briggs Hall 138)
Contact: Julie Haurykiewicz, Director, ext. 7022
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) supports students academically through peer tutoring and workshops in most courses offered at Lawrence University. Writing tutors are available on a walk-in basis; other types of tutoring and academic skills counseling are available via scheduled group sessions or by appointment. The CTL also supports faculty in their teaching. Any faculty member can request a tutor to be assigned to his/her course(s) to assist with student learning. Consultations on various concerns related to Lawrence University’s writing, quantitative, and speaking general education requirements are likewise available through the CTL and CTD (Committee on Teaching Development). A speaking studio and a quantitative computer lab, both of which may be reserved by faculty for use with courses, are housed within the CTL. Additionally, the CTL maintains a resource library including texts and paper files on topics such as: scholarly research on teaching, assisting students with disabilities, using discussion to develop students’ critical thinking skills, and writing improvement. Please go to CTL website for more information, including an online calendar of workshops and other events.
Committee on Teaching Development
Contact: Karen Leigh-Post, Chair
The Committee on Teaching Development serves as the primary agency of the Faculty in promoting and supporting the development of teaching at Lawrence. The committee identifies priorities for improving teaching, seeks sources of funding, plans initiatives and events, and coordinates participation in external workshops. For more information, see the CTD website or the CTD Blog . If you have ideas for speakers, workshops, lunches, etc., please contact the committee chair.
The CTD promotes informal faculty conversations about teaching by sponsoring Teaching Development lunches on specific topics and by coordinating Teaching Circles, small groups who meet regularly to discuss pedagogical issues, share ideas about classroom practice, and address concerns particular to teaching at Lawrence. Information about current Teaching Circles is available in the CTL and on the Teaching Circles webpage.
Office of Instructional Technology (Seeley G. Mudd Library)
Contact: David Berk, Director, ext. 6756
The Office of Instructional Technology assists faculty with integrating technology into teaching and learning. We listen to your pedagogical goals and objectives and will help you plan a project to make the most effective use of technology.
Provost and Dean of the Faculty Office (Sampson House)
Contact: Nancy Wall, Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of Biology, ext. 6742
The Provost and Dean of the Faculty Office offers support in the following areas: curricular development grants, travel grants, sabbaticals, ACM grants, faculty mentoring, and external grants. You may consult the Provost and Dean of Faculty Office website which includes more useful information for faculty.
Seeley G. Mudd Library
Contact: Pete Gilbert, Director, ext. 7353
The library supports teaching in a number of ways. Through instruction sessions, librarians work with faculty to develop students' skills in research, critical thinking, and resource evaluation related to particular courses and assignments. Guides for recent instruction sessions can be found on the library's website at http://www.lawrence.edu/library/guides/. Librarians help faculty identify resources for students and classes, and help locate, acquire, or determine the availability of those resources (for example, finding primary source material or data sets in our collections or in remote repositories). The librarians will assist faculty who want to explore the professional literature on education, including topics like the scholarship of teaching and learning, writings on best practices, educational statistics, and more. Librarians also provide information on Lawrence students' research skills and advice on assignment design in light of those skills. Please see the Library Services for Faculty and Staff webpage for more information.
Humanities Computing Lab/Moodle (Lawrence's web-based course management system) (Main Hall 108A)
Contact: Arno Damerow, Instructional Technologist, ext. 6710
The Humanities Computer Lab, located in Main Hall, is open to all students and faculty who wish to work on technology projects related to LU courses. As an extension of the Office of Instructional Technology, the lab works to support Moodle, electronic portfolios and other initiatives on campus. Instructors can reserve the lab, which houses special software, for use with their classes. In addition, the lab is open in the evenings, when it is staffed with a student monitor who can assist users with various computer and software questions. More information on the Humanities Computer Lab can be found at: http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/it/humlab/index.shtml
Office of the Dean of the Conservatory
Contact: Jeffrey Stannard, Associate Dean of the Conservatory, ext. 6614
The Office of the Dean of the Conservatory provides consultation and referral services. Although the conservatory provides no resources independent of those that are available to all faculty at Lawrence, the associate dean can assist conservatory faculty in determining what campus resources can best meet their needs and refer faculty to the appropriate offices/people to make use of those resources.
Freshman Studies Program (Main Hall 102)
Contact: Tim Spurgin, Director, ext. 6696
Freshman Studies (FRST) is a two term introduction to liberal learning required of all Lawrence freshmen. The director plans and coordinates a variety of programs and activities designed to help instructors meet the challenges of teaching in the course. Those activities include the annual Freshman Studies symposium, FRST lectures, luncheons, the collection and distribution of materials related to various aspects of the course, and consultation with individual FRST instructors. The director also assembles and chairs the FRST Works Committee, the FRST Reading Group, and coordinates opportunities for review of the FRST divisional works lists. Additional information may be found on the Freshman Studies webpage.
Student Academic Services (Briggs Hall 117)
Contact: Marti Hemwall, Dean, ext. 6530
Geoff Gajewski, Associate Dean, ext. 6530
Julie Haurykiewicz, Coordinator, Center for Teaching and Learning, ext. 7022
Student Academic Services can assist faculty who have questions, or need information, about students’ academic performance or skills. We will work with your students or advisees through individual advising and through the Center for Teaching and Learning (see earlier description for CTL services). We coordinate the accommodation system for students with disabilities and are prepared to answer questions or to address concerns you have about working with students with disabilities.
In addition, Student Academic Services tracks students at risk in classes or for leaving the university. We respond to academic performance reports and other alerts by contacting students directly, by notifying and working with other offices when appropriate (for example, the Dean of Students Office, Financial Aid, Athletic Department, Business Office, Health and Counseling Services), by talking with instructors and advisors, and by arranging for course and skills tutoring.
We also will provide faculty with resources and support in teaching and pedagogy. Our resource library and files contain ideas and “best practice” information in a number of areas. We will talk through initiatives with faculty members and help address problems or concerns about classes or difficult classroom situations. Finally, we serve as advisors to the Honor Council and can answer questions you have about the honor system at Lawrence.
Feel free to call our office with questions or concerns about any of these issues.
Counseling Services (Landis-Peabody 112)
Contact: Kathleen Fuchs, Director, ext. 6574
If you are unsure about how to proceed in responding to a student in distress, we encourage you to consult with a Counseling Services staff member by phone. A brief conversation may help you sort out the relevant issues, explore ways to approach the student, and determine the most appropriate way to facilitate the referral of a particular student. We are available to speak with you hypothetically without compromising a student’s confidentiality with you or us.
Counseling Services staff members (Kathleen Fuchs, Jerri Kahl, and Paul Valencic) are available to consult with faculty about students whose distress may be interfering with academic performance. With a student's permission, we often coordinate our services with those of Student Academic Services. Counseling staff members can provide faculty with written and web-based handouts and brochures about student development, mental health, and substance abuse topics. We would also be happy to visit your class by prior arrangement to discuss those topics with your students. We encourage you to visit the Counseling Center's faculty web page.
Senior Year Experience
Contact: Michael Kim, Faculty Associate to the President for the Senior Experience and Professor of Music, ext. 6628
Fellows Committee (Sampson House)
Contact: Peter Glick, Director, ext. 6910 or ext. 6707 or Tracy Wise, ext. 6533
The Fellows Committee oversees the Lawrence Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, a post-doctoral fellows program that brings recent PhDs to campus on 2-year appointments. A central aim of the Fellows Program is to train the professoriate of the future by giving recent PhDs a chance to teach and do research in a liberal arts setting.
The Fellows Committee has created a mentoring and development program for fellows that can benefit Lawrence faculty members. A description of the program and a set of developmental tools (which faculty members are encouraged to use) are available at the Fellows Program website.