Information for Participants

Seventh Annual Minnesota State University System
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING CONFERENCE

"Integrating Theory and Practice in College Teaching: Walking the Talk"

Transportation
Arrangements for transportation to the conference, and costs of transportations and meals en route, are the responsibility of your university. Many universities arrange for car pools and university vans; you may want to check with your Bush Grant coordinator for more information.

Hotel Arrangements and Meals
The conference hotel is the Northland Inn and Executive Centre, located at the intersection of I94 and Bonne Avenue North in Brooklyn Park. In addition to excellent conference facilities and spacious guest rooms, the Northland Inn also offers a swimming pool, excercise room, and game room for your use. Accommodations will be single suites for most people, but some doubles will be necessary. If you are willing to share a double suite, please indicate your roommate preference on the attached form. If you are from Metro, we are assuming you will commute. If you are not from Metro, we have reserved accomodations for you. (You will not receive a room confirmation notice prior to the conference, however.) No provisions have been made for guests or spouses.

Conference Schedule
The conference will begin Thursday with lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., followed by concurrent sessions featuring your colleagues in the Minnesota State University System. Since the conference is offered in conjunction with the faculty development greant awarded to the MSUS by the Bush Foundation, many of the presentations will focus on one or more of the three key issues identified in the Bush project-- general education, critical thinking, and cultural diversity. Keynote speaker is Dr. Julie Klien, professor of humanities at Wayne State University and one of the nations's foremost interdisciplinarians. Klein has published widely on interdisciplinary research and education. In addition to helping develop and evaluate interdisciplinary education programs, she assisted in the design of interdisciplinary research teams at the Free University of Brussels and played an instrumental role in recent reviews of interdisciplinary research and education at Ohio State University. See the enclosed tentative schedule for more information. The conference will conclude at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 28.

IMPORTANT: The conference is designed to be both active and interactive, encouraging interchange among faculty on innovative and effective teaching techniques. You are expected to attend the entire conference and participate fully in it. If your schedule does not allow to commit yourself to attending for both days as scheduled, please notify us immediately so that we can assign your slot to another faculty member. If we do not hear from you, we will assume you are definitely planning to attend to the conference and will confirm the suite already reserved in your name. If you have questions about these arrangements or will not be able to attend, please call or send a DG message at once. In past years we had to pay for several hotel rooms because people not inform us that they would not be attending the conference. Also, call us immediately (OR return the attached form to Micheal Field at Bemidji State University) if one of the following applies to you:

NAME________________UNIVERSITY________________

PHONE_______________

[ ] I am willing to share a double wuite with______________
Would you prefer a single if available? Yes No

[ ] I will commute to the conference and will not need a hotel room. I will, however, attend the entire conference.

[ ] My plans have changed and I will not be able to attend the conference at all.

[ ] Other:_________________________________________

PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS?
Call Michael Field at (218) 755-3984 or Keri Mohror at (218) 755-2821.

DG: Micheal Field: BEM FAX#: (218) 755-2822

                         Center for Professtional Development
                                    Bemidji State Uinversity
                                    1500 Birchmont Drive NE
                                    Bemidji, MN 56601-2699

SEVENTH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING CONFERENCE "Integrating Theory and Practice in College Teaching: Walking the Talk" October 27-28, 1994

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 27, 1994

11:45a.m.-1:00p.m.--------> Lunch (America's Harvest)
1:00p.m.-2:00p.m.-------------> Concurrent Sesstion I (see sesstion 
	description)