Good Morning- This week at DCAL we have the following sessions: The Students of Our Future, 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Monday, May 18, 2015 As faculty members, instructional designers, and administrative staff, you interact with students on a daily basis. What qualities do you most value in them? What kinds of admissions materials can help measure these often intangible traits--and how exactly? Admissions Office and CAFA (Council on Admissions and Financial Aid) are asking for your input to broaden and fine-tune Dartmouth's existing process. The workshop will focus on the reading and discussion of a specific case study to start a sustained conversation. Register for this discussion: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=945761 The Art & Science of Student Home Stays: Examining the LSA & FSP Experience, 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Join Guarini Institute staff and faculty directors in an examination of the student home stay experience as viewed by students, faculty directors, home stay coordinators, and host families. Institute staff will discuss recently collected survey data, share insights gleaned from the Institute's first-ever conference involving several Dartmouth home stay providers, and suggest ways the experience can be enhanced to bolster student learning, mutual respect, and understanding about local hosts and their communities. Register for this presentation: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=942293 New Faculty Luncheon: Writing recommendation letters, 12:30pm - 1:30pm, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Need some guidance about writing those recommendation letters students ask for? Come hear helpful tips from faculty and staff who read and write these letters routinely. Bring your questions, learn from your colleagues, and have lunch on DCAL! Register for this workshop: http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event.php?id=942161 Enjoy your week! 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