[FUN_Mail] FUN Final Friday topics for Spring 2024

[Amy Jo Stavnezer]

Hello FUN colleagues,

We hope this email finds you well and that the spring 2024 semester is off to a great start! The FUN Final Friday planning team has a great set of professional development opportunities planned for you this spring.  We hope to see you often this year!

JANUARY
On Friday, January 26, at 4 pm (ET), Jen Schaefer<https://www.csbsju.edu/biology/faculty/jennifer-schaefer> (College of St Benedict St Johns University) and Audrey Chen Lew<https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/audreychenlew/> (IC Irvine) will join us to continue a discussion on the Core Concepts in Neuroscience.
Core concepts are unifying ideas that build a framework of understanding across subdisciplines of a field. AAAS identified core concepts as a tool to promote student learning; under this approach, students think more deeply about key unifying ideas that aid in scaffolding their learning (AAAS, 2011). We recently published neuroscience core concepts<https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.22-02-0018;%20https:/www.funjournal.org/volume-20-issue-2-winter-2022/chen-et-al-june-202a161-a165/> using a community-derived approach (https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.22-02-0018<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.22-02-0018__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!NqTjA7p4o4VAO8YYVNxswKXL0evAW04OBaDkow-Ug-wxrLs8rSFR3sW3OdqK362_fa6nhPDJ4cJ76vTkumPgXF_ac80w$>; https://www.funjournal.org/volume-20-issue-2-winter-2022/chen-et-al-june-202a161-a165/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.funjournal.org/volume-20-issue-2-winter-2022/chen-et-al-june-202a161-a165/__;!!CzAuKJ42GuquVTTmVmPViYEvSg!NqTjA7p4o4VAO8YYVNxswKXL0evAW04OBaDkow-Ug-wxrLs8rSFR3sW3OdqK362_fa6nhPDJ4cJ76vTkumPgXCs_9dJC$>).
This FUN Final Friday session will present ongoing work by faculty at various institutions toward implementing core concepts in courses and programs. The session will also provide attendees with time to discuss how the neuroscience core concepts may be a helpful tool in their own courses and programs.

Register for Jan 26 here:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcscO2hpjMpHN3vzl3_1QiyztwNsJLMotDU

FEBRUARY

On Friday, February 23, at 4 pm (ET), Jane Lubischer<https://bio.sciences.ncsu.edu/people/jllubisc/> (NC State) will join us to discuss Solving the Rigor Equation.
Academic rigor has long been an aspiration of programs and a hallmark of excellence.  We must, however, reconsider the stock story of rigor.  Join us as Dr. Lubischer encourages us to challenge the traditional narratives on rigor and help students develop positive records of achievement. Here is her recent Inside HigherEd piece<https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/03/transcripts-shouldnt-be-academic-rap-sheets-opinion> on the topic

(https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/03/transcripts-shouldnt-be-academic-rap-sheets-opinion).


Register for Feb 23 here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscuyvqj0jGNKGkFvjAglWKqw63eggDoYs



APRIL

On Friday, April 26, 4 pm (ET), Nestor Matthews<https://denison.edu/people/nestor-matthews> (Denison University) and Grit Herzmann<https://sites.google.com/site/gritherzmann/> (College of Wooster) will join us to discuss How to Work Effectively with Students to Prepare Publication Worthy Manuscripts. Learn about each of their strategies and discuss ways to implement improvements to your own practice.



Register for April 26 here:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudOmqrjkuGdVs7kyPx3ySIeUUziDyIpu7

Looking forward to seeing you soon,
Amy Jo, Shannon, David and Barbara


Amy Jo Stavnezer
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology<https://amyjostavnezer.voices.wooster.edu/>
College of Wooster
Member, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience<https://www.funfaculty.org/>
Editorial Board, Journal for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education <http://www.funjournal.org/>

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