Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

As an institution, interdisciplinarity is something we strive for, and as a reflection of this, it was a theme for discussion in a recent Senate. However, with teaching resources and budgets tight, there are challenges to conduct genuinely interdisciplinary teaching between and across our existing structures of colleges, schools, deaneries, and centres.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

This past weekend, on Saturday, there was an international Food Fair where international students were making foods from their home country. Unfortunately, I was not be able to able to attend, so I will talk about what Czech cuisine looks like. All my not-Czech friends who tried Czech cuisine, they either really liked it or do not eat at all. The meal is usually very heavy and includes a meat and some type of sauce.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Web Teams are very good at ‘managing’ their online presence, but organisations aren’t too great at ‘governing’ it. We examine.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 1, 2017

Teaching Matters is the University of Edinburgh’s website for debate about learning and teaching, for sharing ideas and approaches to teaching, and for showcasing our successes, including academic colleagues who are leading the way in delivering brilliant teaching. Every month Teaching Matters takes a theme and explores it through a number of blog contributions over the month.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

We sometimes like to describe academia as an ‘Ivory Tower’ – an analogy that suggests that universities are inaccessible strongholds where students and Profs are locked away from the rest of society. But the goal of many of us in the university setting is to break down these barriers taking knowledge outside of the university walls, inviting the public in and building bridges between students, university staff and the public.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

Even though it is the start of a Spring, Prague, the capital city of the my home country, the Czech Republic, has something spectacular. In every bigger city in the Czech Republic there is a Christmas market. There are always very Christmasy, relaxing, and romantic, but the Prague Christmas Market is in the league itself. It was ranked as the number 1 Christmas Market in the world by CNN.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

On February 20, Dr. Arthur Brooks gave a lecture called “ Let’s Work Together: Restoring Optimism, Unity, and Opportunity. ” The goal of the lecture was sharing of what he thinks are three secrets to successful entrepreneurship. Dr. Arthur Brooks is well respected social scientist and musician, who is currently the president of the American Enterprise Institute or as other people would call, a conservative think tank.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

For the past three or four weeks, I have been a member of the Global Ambassador Program for the international center at Hope. Our goal is to raise awareness and interest in studying abroad. In the case you are interested in this program, you have to study abroad, which is a requirement. Currently, we have about 14 members who has studied abroad as well.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

As in every year since the early 2000s, Hope College has had a men’s ice hockey team. Last year, we finished with a great record of 20-5, but unfortunately we lost against the Central Michigan University and did not make it to Nationals. This year has been different. Our record has been 20-9-1, which is by 4 slightly worse than last year, but we have had some big games that we did not have last year.

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Hope College Network

MARCH 2, 2017

On February 7, a lecture by a former Hope College student took place in the in Mass about the Immigration Law and current political situation regarding immigrants. The lecture was divided into three sections, Immigration Law , Refugee and Asylum Law , and How do we protect refugees? I found the first part the most fascinating and interesting to me. She started to talk about the border openness 100 years ago in United States.

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