December 22, 2015Privilege and Study Abroadby Amanda Sturgill One of my most profound global learning moments came quite close to home. I was attending the WISE conference at Wake Forest. I was talking to a gentleman who provides international service-learning experiences in South America about…
December 8, 2015Global Learning and the University Experienceby Amanda Sturgill What does it mean to learn globally? The seminar had a presence at the AAC&U Conference on Global Learning in College: Defining, Developing and Assessing Institutional Roadmaps conference in October 2015. Co-leader Neal Sobania was part of a…
November 10, 2015Impact of Academic-Residential Partnerships on Student LearningIn July 2015, Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning hosted a three-day think tank on residential learning communities that brought together a dozen scholars and practitioners. To learn more about the think tank, our participants, and their recommendations about academic-residential partnerships,…
October 15, 2015Key Characteristics of Effective Academic-Residential PartnershipsIn July 2015, Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning hosted a three-day think tank on residential learning communities that brought together a dozen scholars and practitioners. To learn more about the think tank, our participants, and their recommendations about academic-residential partnerships,…
October 8, 2015Call for Proposals – Mentoring Undergraduate ResearchThe Center for Engaged Learning is pleased to announce the Conference on Excellent Practices in Mentoring Undergraduate Research, which will take place July 24-25, 2016, at Elon University, in Elon, North Carolina. The conference will feature a keynote address by George…
September 29, 2015Recommendations for practitioners and advocates of residential learning communities (part 1 of 2)by Peter Felten, Jessie L. Moore, and Jon Dooley In July 2015, Elon’s Center for Engaged Learning hosted a three-day think tank on residential learning communities that brought together a dozen scholars and practitioners. To learn more about the think…
September 22, 2015Mentoring Relationships in Undergraduate Researchby Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Caroline KetchamIn the second summer of the CEL seminar on Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research (UR), participants worked to identify the key characteristics of mentoring relationships in the context of student, faculty and institutional development. We identified factors that contribute to…
September 15, 2015Special Issue of PURM on Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Professional DisciplinesThe importance of undergraduate research has been embraced by virtually every disciplinary corner of the academy; however, misconceptions still exist regarding undergraduate research in the more “applied” practices of professional schools, one of the fastest growing areas for undergraduate research…
August 25, 2015Students' Tips for Future Undergraduate Researchersby Jessie L. Moore A growing number of publications offer tips for faculty, undergraduate research programs, and institutions about how to support undergraduate research (UR). The Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research, for example, identifies core features…
August 18, 2015Freedom of Expression: A Stepping Stone into Larger Cultural Lessonsby Amanda Sturgill When I was fortunate enough to be an exchange professor in Thailand, I had to learn about some customs, traditions and laws that were new to me. Things like not showing the bottom of your feet to…
