Greetings! We have several events coming up next week at DCAL, including the first session of the Faculty Voice Group series: Helping Students Thrive, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 This interactive and experiential session, led by Robert MacPhee, will focus on supporting faculty and staff and sharing ideas that can be passed along to students. Topics will include understanding Dartmouth students' deepest concerns, ideas for communicating most effectively with students, encouraging students to experience activities beyond academics, creating deep trusting relationships with students, innovative ways to make a real difference in student's lives and what students really want from the faculty and staff work closely with. Robert MacPhee is the former Director of Training for Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Success Principles...), the author of the book "Manifesting for Non-Gurus” and a Founding Member of the Transformational Leadership Council. Sponsored by The Tucker Foundation and DCAL. Register for this session: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=798995 The Writing Conference: Micro-Teaching, Macro-Effect, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Thursday, October 2, 2014 Writing conferences have been at the heart of first-year writing instruction for decades. They are generally rich, time-intensive, and complex. Are they equally effective for all students, and if so, how? What works best in a conference? This session, led by Christiane Donahue, will emphasize the importance of conferencing and explore ways to maximize a writing conference’s effects, to employ them within and outside of classes, and to imagine adaptable configurations for them in different class structures. Sponsored by the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. Register for this session: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=799953 Faculty Voice Group, Thursdays 4:15-6pm, beginning October 2nd The Faculty Voice Group has been helping faculty, new and old, to improve their speaking voice and presence in the classroom, for lecturing and for leading discussions effectively. Relaxation, vocal expressiveness and strength, confidence, and finding the enjoyment in speaking are just some of the areas explored. James Rice (Theater) leads this group; you may contact Professor Rice for additional information. Sessions meet weekly through November. Register for this series: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=796042 We hope to see you soon! Elaine Elaine Livingston Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) 102 Baker-Berry Library Hanover, NH 03755 p. 603-646-2655 f. 603-646-6906 e. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> w. www.dartmouth.edu/~dcal<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dcal> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the DCAL-GROUP-LIST list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=DCAL-GROUP-LIST