Thursday, October 4, 2012
What If You Could Start from Scratch--Building Interdisciplinary Curricula on a New Campus, By Claudia Neuhauser, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for the University of Minnesota, Rochester
Description:
Claudia Neuhauser, a Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for the University of Minnesota, Rochester (UMR), is a biomathematician who has led the effort to develop new, interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate curricula that span the life and computational sciences. In her presentation, Claudia will share her experience of building interdisciplinary academic programs at UMR in a rapidly changing environment where public education is under financial strain and pressure is mounting to become more efficient and effective. She will emphasize the opportunities and challenges, and how to transfer the model to established institutions.
{Will appear in FYI on Sep 4, 2012
Start Time:
3:00 PM
End Time:
4:30 PM
Room:
0112 (Marker room)
Common Location Name:
Chemistry
Web Address:
http://cmns-tlc.umd.edu/teachingandlearningcenter/fall2012seminar
Other Contact Information:
Gili Ad-Marbach
+1 301 405 2075
gilim@umd.edu
http://cmns-tlc.umd.edu/teachingandlearningcenter
