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11th National Conference
June 24-27, 2006 Hosted by:
Plenary Speakers
"Undergraduate Research: Adapting an 'Old' Tool to New Purposes" Dr. Fink is a nationally-recognized expert on college teaching and faculty development. He founded the Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma (1979) and served as its director for 26 years. He is now former president of the POD Network (Professional and Organizational Development) in Higher Education (2004-2006), the primary professional organization for faculty developers. He is author of “Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses” (Jossey-Bass, 2003).
“Intellectual Fusion and the New Academy” Patricia Gober received a PhD from the Ohio State University in 1975 and is currently professor of geography at Arizona State University where she served as departmental chair from 1984 to 1991. She is co-Director of the National Science Foundation’s Decision Center for a Desert City which studies water management decisions in the face of growing climatic uncertainty in Greater Phoenix. Gober is especially interested in the use of science and visualization for real-world decision-making. She is a past President of the Association of American Geographers and former member of the Population Reference Bureau’s Board of Trustees, currently serves as the Chair of the College Board’s Advanced Placement Human Geography Committee, and was recently appointed to the National Research Council’s Committee on Geographical Sciences which provides independent advice to society and to government at all levels on scientific, technical, and policy matters related to geography and geographic analysis. Gober’s most recent book, Metropolitan Phoenix: Place Making and Community Building in the Desert, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press appears in November 2005. She holds an honorary doctorate of science from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1998. Plenary Panel:
Partnerships
to Advance Undergraduate Research: Using Organizational
Initiatives to Influence Institutional Agenda
Moderator: Dr. James Gentile, President
of Research Corporation
Panelists: Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges and Universities; George Mehaffy, Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of State Colleges and Universities; Elizabeth Hollander, Executive Director, Campus Compact; and Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director for Post Secondary Research and National Survey of Student Engagement Institute
Many
campuses are engaged in service learning, are responding to calls for
civic engagement and student engagement in learning. Faculty
sometimes see these initiatives as competing for faculty time and
attention. This panel will discuss the various initiatives of
each organization that focus on undergraduate research and
address mechanisms by which these efforts might be used to complement
and support one another.
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Dr. L. Dee Fink 
Dr. Patricia Gober