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Welcome to Campus Connections Day. Campus Connections Day – Brantford Campus Purpose and Objectives An opportunity for staff and faculty to network To share and receive university and campus updates To engage in professional development . Campus Administration Antonio Araujo. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome to Campus Connections Day
Campus Connections Day – Brantford Campus
Purpose and Objectives An opportunity for staff and faculty to network To share and receive university and campus updates To engage in professional development
Campus AdministrationAntonio Araujo
Changes in Campus Administration:• Rebranding• Relocating
Health and Safety Contact for Brantford Campus: • Dave Weber
Campus Administration Updates:• Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletic Complex• Beryl Angus Childcare Centre• Conestoga College Partnership• Retail Space Bookings• Digital Library and Learning Commons
Student AffairsAdam Lawrence
Student Affairs Fall Study Days Student Communication (TechShare) Chaplains & Prayer Space LB Off-Campus Program The Change Project Sponsorship Opportunities for Students Food Services
Central Academic UnitKathryn CarterLauren Eisler
Learning ServicesJenna Olender
Two managers for Brantford:• Jenna Olender: Writing & Study Skills Services (Brantford)
• Writing/Study Skills individual consultations• Drop-in hours & on-line support• Facilitated Study Groups (CC400, CO244, suggestions for one
more?)• Campus workshops: Writing Well, Enhance Your Writing Style,
Student Success & Well-being• In-class workshops at faculty request
• Tina Balfour: Mathematics Assistance Centre (Waterloo)• Drop-in hours for math support in Brantford
Writing & Study Skills Services – Our approach:• Holistically interconnected peer learning
• Blended consultations possible• Process (not product) focused
• Takes time for students to develop skills; build on strengths• “Our job is to produce better writers, not better writing” –
Stephen North• We want to empower students to find academic & personal
success through metacognition
Contemporary StudiesRebecca Godderis
CT is no longer CT (well…sort-of)
SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT (SCE)
(1) Social Structures(2) Culture and Representation(3) Environment and Sustainability
The exception: CT Course Code
Journalism . . . Sue Ferguson
. . . Digital Media and Journalism
Digital media production skills. . . Contemporary Media Artist (Conestoga)
Story telling and research/reporting skills. . . Common spine of LB courses
Three New ConcentrationsJournalismPublic RelationsDigital and Social Media
And New/Revised OptionsMedia StudiesIssue Advocacy
Snack/Networking Break
Coffee provided courtesy of Special
Constables