Introduction

  • This election is for Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching CAS Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
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The nominees for Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching CAS Representative are:

Randall Cream
Lisa Naomi Konigsberg
Janneken Smucker

Nominations close Apr 14, 2015.
Regular Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election


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Randall Cream


Department: English

CELT is an amazing committee that provides much needed support for the work of teaching we do here at WCU. I've been lucky to work on CELT as an ad hoc member this academic year, after having interloped at meetings, workshops and open forums. CELT provides important space for Teaching and Learning based Scholarship at WCU, investing in the open exchange of ideas by supporting a community of practitioners. I look forward to continuing that work going forward.


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Lisa Naomi Konigsberg


Department: English

Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching CAS Representative -- I have over 15 years of classroom teaching experience at the College and Secondary levels. I have also worked in the corporate sector as an editor and manager. While working at the Secondary Education level, I chaired a committee to establish methods for meeting Middle States Accreditation goals and requirements. As a Tenure-track Instructor at West Chester University in the English department, among courses I have taught, my activities and lessons in the composition courses in the General Education track have been culled from my research and presentations that focus on finding effective pedagogies for use across the curriculum. I would like to become an integral part of the department that serves the students and the University by upholding the University’s mission. I believe that by working to bring programs, research, and entities to the University that will make manifest those goals and ideals we are connecting instructional goals to broader goals outside of the classroom.


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Janneken Smucker


Department: History

I would like the opportunity to help lead WCU’s community of teachers in advancing our craft. As a teacher, I push myself to take risks and try techniques that seem out of my comfort zone. Sometimes I fail, but I--and hopefully my students--usually learn from the experiment. And more often, we succeed together. WCU recently honored me as a co-recipient of its 2015 E. Riley Holman Award for demonstrating innovative teaching techniques that foster student creativity. In addition, this year four of my students won Student Research and Creativity Awards for their work in creating a course website focused on digital storytelling: “Goin’ North: Stories from the First Great Migration to Philadelphia.” I look forward to the chance to push us collectively as faculty to take risks and innovate in our teaching.


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