Digital Measures (DM) is the Web-based data repository into which annual activity data for the University’s academic faculty is entered and maintained. The data is subsequently used for dual purposes, the generation of faculty annual evaluations and the compilation of faculty productivity reports that the Board of Regents requires. Reports can be saved in several […]
By: Bill Oberding
As we age, we notice that our physiology begins to change. For us men the afternoon basketball games, touch football, tennis or even golf has its consequences of aches and pains after these sometimes intense sessions.
At this point it is apparent that our fitness needs have changed. As middle age creeps up on us, […]
By: Barbara Millis
Try to end your classes with routines that help students know what to take from the experience. Finishing on a positive note will reinforce your students’ motivation to learn. Consider using one or more of these techniques to wind up your class meetings:
Assignments: Save several minutes to discuss expectations and questions about assignments.
Q&A: […]
NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S PERMANENT LABOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
An application concerning the employment of an alien worker for the following permanent position will be filed with the Department of Labor. This Notice of Filing will be posted for 10 consecutive business days, ending between 30 and 180 days before […]
The grand opening of the Joe Crowley Student Union is encouraging extended programming on campus, including an increasing number of family-friendly activities. The Work and Family Taskforce (WFT) will launch Story Time, an hour-long reading program for children ages 4 to 7 and their parents or care providers. The monthly program will host its first […]
By: Barbara Millis
Try to end your classes with routines that help students know what to take from the experience. You can best use the last few minutes to consolidate ideas and set the stage for the next meeting. Squeezing in additional information isn’t as effective in ensuring retention as reinforcing, summarizing, and reconnecting students to the important […]
By: Barbara Millis
Your students can engage in active problem-solving even before they master theories or equations. “Teaching backwards” is a worthwhile technique to introduce them to complex and realistic problems.
There is a broad range of inductive teaching methods available to you. They include:
Inquiry- (or Problem-) based learning: Have your class do a student-driven, inquiry-based […]
The University Study Abroad Consortium (USAC) is seeking University faculty for its 2009-2010 visiting professor program.
Faculty can participate in summer or semester programs in Chile, China, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and Spain.
The program aims to ‘internationalize the campus,” said Kelly Corrigan, USAC director of marketing and […]
Stephan Wilson, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Health and Human Sciences, received the Jan Trost Award of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) International Section for lifetime contributions to cross-cultural and cross-national family study. Wilson received his award in November at the NCFR annual meeting in Pittsburg.
“Receiving this award […]
By: Jan Jones
Getchell Library officially begins its move to the new Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2008. During the move, a portion of Getchell Library will remain open to provide ongoing library and computing services.
Books and journals from Getchell Library will be available by request, either
Through the library’s online catalog at http://innopac.library.unr.edu/ or
In […]
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