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GTFs to attend workshop The University Graduate School will sponsor an all-day workshop designed to help University graduate teaching fellows become I Hitter teachers Saturday in the EMU Dining Room from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The GTF workshop, the first such event at the University in several years, will focus primarily on the issue of why teachers teach, says Barbara Mossherg, associate dean of the Graduate School. The theme, which is fashioned after an old folk saying, is “You can lead a horse to waters but you can’t make him drink." “The emphasis isn’t how to teach, but the-context of why we teach,” Mossherg says. Mossberg says this workshop will encompass issues of impor tance for GTFs with • varied/' teaching backgrounds. 'it is for the experienced as/ weH as the first year GTF,'” she . says.. “The °mot« you leach, the more perspective you have." Many other feducatioi^il in . stitutions schedule educational • events for their GTFs' on a •• regular- basis and'this weekend's workshop may . signal the beginning of a similar program here.. Mossberg says / • Sat urdayworkshop schedule’is: ' . ' • •Registration •8-8:30 aim.-.• . • •Introductions Richard- Hill, „ provost and vice-president for ° Academic .Affairs;; Shirley MenaKer.j dean bfthe.Graduate - *- Schtioj: Stan.Wingafe.'Graduate . Teaching ■ F^llp.ws Federation president 8:30 a hi . ’ • -•Address V ’’Trying4j0 Get the ", . Horse'to Prink: Why We lk».it?":' ’ /.Barbara* Mossberg. • associate: • dean pf the * Graduate School, '.. co-dirik.tor of the American • Studies Department, .recipient of Krsted Aw’jtrd and Mortar • Board Award for Teaching. 8:45 '„'; a.m. ■ • Presentations -’’Help . Around the Waterhole: Student Slip port Services,’’ Shirley . 0 Wilson,- dean -or students; • . ."When the Hor$e this ad Ac-” cent,” Tom Mills, director'of In-. ternational Services. 9:45 a.m., •Keynote lecture — "Gan We55 Teach Thirst? -*■ Ways to, Have • the Student l .earn," Susan ; . Glaser, associate professed of spwjch. Ersted Award-Winner and consultant, on ‘ effective communication. il a m . •Videotapes; on. teaching *7*. "How to Give a Lecture, '/Gpr don Graig. professor of history,' Stanford University; “dose En counters of the Successful Kind:. xnxrxxxx LIVE * \r EVERY U * * MONDAY R J NIGHT/ j< V *r. Edison's hoitt professional come dtansi Many have appealed on Late Night with David lettetman. Saturday Night live, the Imptov. the Comedy Store. Pan favorites include Dr. Goneo. Paul Pound stone. Chris Alpine, and lmo PhWpsI AOMtssiorr « oo Ccn&lauqkwttb' HniMetocmecty r At the A ED'S) FACTORY Restaurant \}yr y 4740 MainS*. Springfield iiiinirr How to Reduce Office-Hour Anxiety," David Mubin, direc tor of the University learning Resources Center. Lunchbreak. •Addresses for workshops on the why and how of teaching methods — "Evaluating Stu dent Work," Paul Holbo. viee provost for academic affairs; "Discussion and Assignments: For Discussion's Sake? For an Assignment's Sake?" John Gage, associate professor of English. 1 p.m. • Discussion groups by disciplines — presentations and discussion by outstanding GTFs in the discipline: foreign language, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, math and problem-solving sciences and business. 1:45 p.m. • Reception — EMU Courtyard. 4 p.m. Minority council helps students over problems By Frale d• Gusman Of Ik* InaraM Many minority students new to the area have a tough time adjusting to the demands of University life, but the Council for Minority Education provides assistance and enables the students to overcome many of their problems. Although the council offers many academic programs, its first priority is to recruit and retain minority students to the University through activities such as the Minority Recruitment Day. says Jan Oliver, assistant director of the CME. Minority students from Oregon high schools attend workshops dealing with entry into the University as well as listen to lectures from guest speakers such as Barbara Matt, a KVAL-TV news reporter, about the struggles minorities face in the working world. But the problems faced by minority students on campus cannot always be solved by the CME staff members alone, Oliver says. "This office cannot solva all the problems of every stu dent of color on campus." Oliver says. Apart from the recruitment of minority students to the University, CME also offers courses in writing, math, word processing and sculpture. Minority students are given preference when registering for these classes, which usually contain only 15 students. The small class size allows instructors to interact with students on an individual basis but is no different from other University courses. Oliver says. "The CME class in writing is not minority writing, it's writing, and the class in math is not student of color math, it's math." she says. "If anything, the classes we offer are more challenging to the students." The personal attention given to students gives them a better grasp of the material, says James Paulino, a finance major. "The one on one basis between student and teacher makes you feel a lot more comfortable," Paulino says. The CME office also provides academic advising and tutorial referrals to students as well as a computer laboratory for students to use when working on term papers or projects for their computer classes. The council also interacts with the different student unions, handies problems of racial discrimination occurring on campus and disseminates information about workshops and seminars. 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