Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - Faculty Workshop - Paul Cahill (Romance Languages and Literature Department, Ludwig Chincarini, Economics Department, and EJ Crane, Chemistry Department - Share their ideas for using PowerPoint effectively in classroom presentations. The Blue Room, 12:10 pm, doors open at 11:30 am. Presented by the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - Faculty Workshop - Kathleen Fitzpatrick - "Teaching with the Flu." The Blue Room, 12:10 pm, doors open at 11:30 am. Presented by The Teaching and Learning Committee and Co-sponsored by the Dean of College, and Dean of Students.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - Faculty Workshop- Kerry Walk - Transforming Your Students' Writing, The Hart Room, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 4:15 - 6:00 pm.  Presented by College Writing and Co-Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - Faculty Open House. Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:15 - 6:00 p.m.

Spring 2009

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - Faculty Wine and Cheese - Year End. Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee, Smith Campus Center, Room 212.

Monday, April 27, 2009 - Faculty Luncheon - Understanding Student Evaluations -The Hart Room, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Sponsored by The Teaching and Learning Committee.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - Wig Curriculum Development Grant Proposals Meeting, The Teaching and Learning Center, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. - The Teaching and Committee.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009- Informal Talk with Heloisa Pait, Co-Sponsored with the Department of Sociology, The Teaching and Learning Center, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. - The Teaching and Learning Committee

Monday, April 13, 2009 -Faculty Wine and Cheese - Discussion on Grade Compression/Inflation - For Junior Faculty - The Teaching and Learning Center, Room 212, 4:15 - 6:30 p.m.  Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - Faculty Wine and Cheese Reception - The Teaching and Learning Center, Room 212, 4:15 - 6:30 p.m.  Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - Discussion - Interfacing Biology and Physics in the Classroom/Laboratory, Guest Speaker: Professor Rob Philips, Caltech, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.  Sponsored by The Biology and Physics Departments along with the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Monday, February 2, 2009- Grades - Pomona Students - Open Discussion - We need your input on Grades and Grading. On what they mean, on how they affect your choices, and on whether you're getting the grades you deserve. Smith Campus Center, Room 208, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Fall 2008

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - Wine and Cheese Reception to celebrate the end of the Fall Semester, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:15 - 6:30 p.m.  Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Happy Holidays!

Monday, November 24, 2008 - First Year Advisor Workshop for faculty advisors of first-year students. This will serve as an (almost!) mid -year check in, to problem solve and discuss concerns about the advising process. Pomona Faculty, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Co-Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee and The Office of the Vice President and Dean of Students.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - Jason Brown, Multimedia Specialist, will discuss a new ITS service at http://research.pomona.edu Pomona Faculty A Lunchtime Session at 12:15 p.m., in the ITS Conference Room. Co-sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee and Information Technology Services.

Monday, November 3, 2008 - Library Tools To Help Manage your Research: Gale Burrow, Coordinator of Instruction/Learning & Outreach Librarian at Honnold/Mudd Library, will demonstrate library services, RefWorks, RefShare and RefAware. Pomona Faculty, A  Lunchtime Session, 12:15 p.m., ITS Conference Room. Co-sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee and Information Technology Services.

Thursday, October 23, 2008 - Wine and Cheese Reception - Demystifying the Third Year Review Panel, Faculty Panel: Bob Gaines, (Geology Department) Nina Karnovsky, (Biology Department) Meg Worley, (English Department) and Arthur Horowitz, (Theatre/Dance Department).  Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Pomona Faculty. Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:30 - 6:15 p.m.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 - Wine and Cheese Reception - To Honor the 2008 Wig Award Winners: Professors: Deborah M. Burke, Karl G. Johnson, Fernando A. Lozano, Daniel J. O'Leary, Shahriar Shahriari, Michael D. Steinberger and Helena Wall, Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Pomona Faculty, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:30 - 6:15 p.m.

Spring 2008
                                                                                                               Thursday, April 24, 2008 - Wine and Cheese - Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Pomona Faculty, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Workshop - "Team Teaching of Interdisciplinary Courses," Michael Green, Department of Philosophy, Eleanor Brown, Department of Economics, Ann Davis, Department of Philosophy and Laura Hoopes, Department of Biology and Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee team taught interdisciplinary courses last fall. They would love to talk with you if you’ve tried this and have good ideas, and are willing to share their experiences and current insights with anyone who would like to try this and hasn’t done so already. Pomona Faculty, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Monday, April 14, 2008 - Blue Room Luncheon - Eric Mazur, Physics Department at Harvard will be giving a talk on, "The Scientific Approach to Teaching: Research as a Basis for Course Design." Discussions of teaching -- even some publications -- abound with anecdotal evidence. Our intuition often supplants a systematic, scientific approach to finding out what works and what doesn't work. Yet, research is increasingly demonstrating that our gut feelings about teaching are often wrong. In this talk I will discuss some research my group has done on gender issues in science courses and on the effectiveness of classroom demonstrations. Frank Blue Room, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 3, 2008 - Wine and Cheese - Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Committee. Pomona Faculty, Smith Campus Center, Room 212, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 6, 2008 - Jerry Irish Remarks, "The Art of Leading Discussion, Smith Campus Center, Room 201, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.