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Program: 
Forms of Knowledge and Pedagogy and 
The Future of Liberal Arts at SSU

Teaching and Research Practices for the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Chair: Nelson Kellogg (Hutchins)

1. David Stokes (ENSP).

2. Nathan Rank (Biology)

3. Kim Hester-Williams (English)

4. Elaine McDonald (Mathematics)

A Question of Coherence: Knowledge from the University for the University (The Consilience Debate)

Copies of reviews of E. O. Wilson's Consilience:  The Unity of Knowledge will be available at the Faculty Convocation on Monday and are available now in the Academic Senate Office.

 Chairs: Deborah Hammond (Hutchins) and Helmut Wautischer (Philosophy)

Table Leaders: (1) Andy Botterell (Philosophy), (2) Mary Halavais (History), (3) Sam Brannen(Mathematics) (4)Edith Mendez (Mathematics), (5) Birch Moonwomon (English),(6) Linda Nowak (Business) (7) Mary Gomes and Geri Olson (Psychology), (8) Steve Estes (History), (9) Jennifer Shaw (Art)

Structures of Knowledge and Structures of the University

Chair: Richard Senghas (Anthropology)

1. Richard Wikaus (Biology), The Role of Graduate Education at SSU

2. Sasha Van Mier (ENSP), Facilitating and Transmitting the Spirit of Knowing

3. John D. Wingard (Anthropology), The Paradox of the Small Liberal Arts & Sciences University: Between Teaching and Publishing

1:15 to 2:30   Working and Task Groups

A. Community-Based Liberal Arts and Sciences

 Discussion Leaders: Tim Wandling (English) Art Warmoth (Psychology)

B. General Education: Integration or Smorgasboard

 Discussion Leaders: Paul Draper (Theater Arts) and Andy Wallace (Philosophy)

C. Freshman Year Experience

 Discussion Leaders: Suzanne Toczyski & Christine Renaudin (Modern Languages)

D. New Demands for SSU as a Residential Campus

 Discussion Leaders: Leslie Deming (Analytical Studies & Planning), Susan McKillop (Art), Paula  Hammett (Library)

E.  How can we maintain excellence in the light of the budget crisis

 Discussion Leaders: Andy Merrifield (Political Science), Rick Luttmann, (Mathematics), Steve Orlick (ENSP)

F. Planning for the Future: Developing Planning Criteria and Priorities

 Discussion Leaders: Susan Moulton (Art) Robert Coleman-Senghor (English) Barbara Brooks (Extended Education)

G. Unifying the Liberal Arts and Sciences Through Writing and Critical Thinking

 Discussion Leaders: Scott Miller(Writing Center), Roger Bell (Philosophy), Julia Allen (English)

 

Shaping Arguments for SSU as California’s Designated Liberal Arts Campus

Presenters/Discussants

1. Robert Coleman-Senghor (English), On COPLAC and Designated Liberal Art Campuses

2. Elaine Sundberg (Academic Programs), Toward a Liberal Arts Identity: Living Up to the Image

3. Rose Bruce (Analytical Studies & Planning), Comparisons

4. Rick Luttmann (Mathematics), The Meaning of Designation

5. Art Warmoth (Psychology), The Process & Politics of Designation