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Academic Newsletter
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The header logo for the Fall 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter

Articles in the Fall 2017 Academic Newsletter:

  • From Laurel’s Desk – Fall 2017

    Laurel Schollen, Vice-President Academic, introduces the Fall 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter.

  • Meet the Teaching & Learning Team

    The Teaching & Learning Centre offers access to expertise in teaching methods, active learning strategies, course design, learning technologies and multiple ways of assessing learning to enrich the student learning and faculty teaching experience at Seneca.

  • The Teaching & Learning Centre at the Services Marketplace

    Thank you to everyone who chatted with us at the Services Marketplace after the All-Employees Meeting on August 29.

  • Upcoming Teaching & Learning Workshops

    Current and upcoming workshops offered by the Teaching & Learning Centre.

  • From the Registrar

    Welcome to the start of another exciting year. To date, there are over 23,000 students enrolled and ready to start the 2017 Fall term.

  • What’s Happening with Student Mental Health at Seneca

    There are many individuals, groups, and programs at Seneca working hard to respond to the mental health needs of our students. Counselling and Accessibility Services does not work in isolation, and partners with many others who have an interest in the field.

  • The Work-Integrated Learning Department (WILD)

    The department formerly known as the Co-operative Education Department has a new name. We are now called the Work-Integrated Learning department, or WILD for short.

  • Working Together to Support Graduate Career Success

    The impact of technology and globalization on the employment environment has been significant. In Career Services, our goal is to set up our students with career management strategies for a lifetime of career success.

  • Academic College Council Update from the Past Chair

    With its comprehensive review of Academic Policy now complete, Academic College Council has set the groundwork for the next phase of its task to convert policies from our existing Academic Policy document to the College’s new policy template.

  • Academic College Council Update from the VPA

    This brief update builds on the update provided by the Academic College Council Chair, as well as information I provided at the Welcome Back meetings.

  • Changes to Your My.Seneca Default Course Menu

    Last semester, an ETAC subcommittee was formed to review the My.Seneca default course menu. The subcommittee’s goal was to research and recommend updates that would improve student access to support services and key course information.

  • Future Watch – Augmenting the Classroom

    Every so often, a new technology debuts which transforms how we do things, and educators have found it necessary to adapt and innovate to integrate these technological advances into the classroom. Augmented reality (AR) may be next on this list.

  • Teaching & Learning: Curriculum Day 2017

    Join Teaching & Learning for Teaching & Learning: Curriculum Day at Markham Campus on Monday, October 23, 2017.

  • Faculty Development Program

    At Academic Forum (May 2017), we honoured the recent graduates of the Faculty Development Program.

  • Applied Research – What’s in it for me?

    Here is the Seneca ARI Top Ten List of Why Faculty Should Get Involved in Applied Research, in no particular order…

  • Student Experience Fund

    Seneca’s Student Experience Fund, part of the Alumni Affinity Program, supports faculty-led learning opportunities involving a student group participating in activities outside of the classroom.

  • Faculty Reflections

    The Fall 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter contains three faculty reflections from China.

  • Quantitative Literacy Puzzle

    The Quantitative Literacy Puzzle from the Fall 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter.

  • From the Previous Issue… Acronyms Quiz Solution

    Thanks to everyone for playing! The winner of last issue’s Acronyms Quiz is…

Our Next Issue

The next issue of the Academic Newsletter will be published in November 2017; submissions are due by Friday, November 3, 2017.

We need your contributions.

Please submit your article ideas to Ashley.Ribbel@senecacollege.ca.