On Saturday, March 21, 2009, MCC will host its first "Scholars’ Day". MCC's Scholars’ Day will highlight your accomplished scholarly work and the research you do with students in the classroom. Scholars’ Day will give you an opportunity to present and celebrate academic excellence. The work can be made up of presentations, panel discussions, performances as well as poster sessions from departments and disciplines across the college. There are many in classroom assignments and/or projects you already assign students that would be a perfect fit with MCC's Scholars’ Day event.
We would like to invite faculty and staff to submit themselves or strongly encourage students to submit to the Call for Participation as well as to mentor participating students as they prepare to experience what is likely to be their first academic conference. In addition, we strongly encourage faculty and staff to present their own scholarly projects, participate in a panel discussion, or to co-present with a student.
Our Call for Participation and Call for Abstracts can be accessed by our website: <www.monroecc.edu/go/scholarsday>. We will accept online and hardcopy submissions through the end of November, 2008. Any submissions received after this deadline cannot be guaranteed.
For the inaugural year we are pleased to announce the Scholar in Residence, MIT physicist Mr. Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dreams, a New York Times best seller. Einstein’s Dream has become one of the most widely read books on college campuses. Following, Mr. Lightman’s presentation on March 21, there will be an adaptation of the original stage production of Einstein's Dreams produced by MCC's own student/faculty collaborative drama initiative, The Sixth Act.
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please contact Matthew Hachee (Honors) at extension 3351, or Jodi Oriel (Campus Center) at extension 2533. Or send and email to <mailto:scholarsday@monroecc.edu>
We hope to have representatives from all departments, divisions, and offices, and we would especially appreciate your willingness to participate in our efforts to celebrate scholarship.
The Scholars’ Day Committee
Matthew Fox - Transitional Studies
Matthew Hachee - Honors Institute
Jeffrey Kiggins - Biology
Michael Ofsowitz - Psychology
Jodi Oriel - Campus Center
Scott Rudd - English/Philosophy
Christine Schwartzott - Visual and Performing Arts
Matthew Hachee
Honors Studies
11/20/2008 |