Spring 2014
February 18. Academic Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts Foundation. Paul Schadewald, Associate Director, Civic Engagement Center, Macalester College
Maximizing Student Learning Abroad: Reports from 2014 Interim Program Leaders. Dana Gross (Psychology 223), DeAne Lagerquist (Religion 272), Jonathan O'Conner (Spanish 322)
How can Faculty work with the Board of Regents to achieve the St. Olaf Mission? Rick Goedde (Economics - Faculty Observer to the Board of Regents), Mary Wakczak (Chemistry - Faculty Observer- Elect to the Board of Regents)
March 13. Provost’s Sabbatical Series Luncheon. Kathryn Ananda-Owens (Associate Professor of Music), Anna Kuxhausen (Associate Professor of History)
March 18. Diversifying Diversity: Perspectives on Mixed Race. Professor Jennifer Kwon Dobbs (English, Race and Ethnic Studies), Britt Letcher (co-founder and president of Hybrid Vigor)
April 15. Design Thinking, Sustainability, and Spanish: Applying Design Thinking in an Interim Course. Maggie Broner (Romance Language-Spanish)
April 22. Troublesome Teaching Situations? Moving Past Panic toward Constructive Action. Karen Cherewatuk (English), Connie Ford (Student Accessibility Services)
Fall 2013
September 25. Connecting Students with the Global Commons through Teaching and Research: Visions of Internationalization. Dana Gross, Psychology, and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary and General Studies; Tim Howe, History
October 1. Digital Scholarship for Teaching and Research: New Models, New York, New Lives. Karen Achberger, German; Will Bridges, Asian Studies-Japanese; Mary Titus, English
October 9. The Innovative Classroom - unleashing the creativity in our students and ourselves. Irve Dell, Art and Art History; Sian Muir, Management Studies
October 17. Provost’s Sabbatical Series Luncheon. Anantanand Rambachan, Religion; Doug Casson, Political Science
October 22. Exploring Class and Classism. Sharon Lane-Getaz, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
November 6. Identity and Diversity: Lutheran Tradition and St. Olaf's Future. Darrell Jodock, Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy
November 14. What's Left of Affirmative Action Admissions? Devon W. Carbado, Hon. Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
November 19. Teaching Calculus Online: A Liberal Arts Approach. Tina Garrett, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science