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HILLgroup to Meet with New Faculty

Intro to Coordinated Instructional Support

August 1, 2003  HILLgroup Liaisons and Oral Communication experts will meet with incoming faculty on Tuesday, August 26th from 10 am to noon, as part of New Faculty Orientation. Librarians, Technology Support Specialists, and Oral Communication experts will introduce faculty to our model of coordinated course support. More ...

Using GIS in the Social Sciences: A Sophomore Seminar Example

HILLgroup Discussion: Focus on GIS

April 30, 2003  Come to a discussion on Tuesday, May 13 in the Remote Collaboration Facility at 4:10pm on how GIS was used in Soph 265 (Social Movements: The Environment) to investigate questions of environmental justice. This demonstration will be of special interest to faculty in the social sciences wondering what could be done with desktop GIS software and how it could fit into any research and teaching which already involves the use of demographic data. More ...

HILLgroup Discussion Series

Focus On: The Multimedia Presentation Center (MPC)

April 2, 2003  The fourth in a series of HILLgroup Discussions will be held on Tuesday, April 8th, at 4pm in the Christian Johnson Browsing Room. Jesse Thomas, Multimedia Specialist, Krista Siniscarco, Multimedia Assistant, and the Reference Librarians will facilitate the discussion on how to incorporate the services offered by the MPC into your courses and professional activities. More ...

HILLgroup Members Presented Model of Proactive Interdepartmental Academic Support

HILLgroup Presents at NorthEastern Conference

April 8, 2004  At Hamilton College, like other liberal arts schools, there is an emphasis on interdisciplinary programs and student demonstration of knowledge through public presentations. Recently, the faculty instituted a curricular change that placed an even greater emphasis on interdisciplinary course programs and public presentations as cumulative demonstrations of knowledge. This new curriculum, the Sophomore Seminar Program, required increased support for students and faculty from the Library, the Instructional Technology Support team, and the Oral Communication Center. In anticipation of the increased demand, these three separately managed campus departments collaborated to offer support to faculty in advance of the full launch of the program. Faculty were introduced to the advantages of pre-planned, coordinated support that is tightly integrated with their course goals. More ...

HILLgroup Discussion Series: Focus on Copyright

Tuesday, March 11 in the CJ Browsing Room

March 7, 2003  Sharon Britton, Library Director of Public Services and Digital Millenium Copyright Officer for the College, and Jim Helmer, Oral Communications Lab Coordinator and Lecturer in Oral Communication, using your questions and our own, will facilitate an open discussion of copyright issues, in both teaching and professional activities. More ...

HILLgroup Discussion Series, Feb. 11

How can HILLgroup and Oral Communication work with you to achieve your academic support needs?

February 10, 2003  The second in a series of HILLgroup Discussions for Faculty and Academic Development Partners will be held on Tuesday, February 11th, at 4pm in the Christian Johnson Browsing Room. We want to hear from you! HILLgroup discussions are informal. Refreshments will be provided. Please plan on joining us. More ...

HILLgroup Discussion Series to Start January 28

A monthly discussion series for Faculty and Academic Development Partners

January 15, 2003  The HILLgroup will be sponsoring monthly discussion groups on topics related to learning, instructional technology, and the use of information resources in college courses. The first HILLgroup Discussion Series event, Focus On What We Have Learned About Coordinated Academic Support, is Tuesday, January 28th, at 4pm in the Christian Johnson Browsing Room. More ...

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