Show 1 FACULTY GATHERS FOR ANNUAL CONVENTION By Press Release All full time and adjunct faculty at Salt Lake Community College are assembling for their 2nd Annual Faculty Convention on April and This years year's con convention v e n t ion tit titled led Education A Career That Matters will be greatly expanded expand expand- ed from the first convention held one year ago Three Distinguished Faculty Lecturers will present their work Wednesday afternoon April on the Redwood Campus The rest of the convention convenes the following day at the Larry H. H Miller Campus in Sandy Activities on the second day include vendors dozens of breakout sessions dinner and a keynote speaker for all convention convention convention conven conven- tion attendees and their partners Its vitally important for us to come together and acknowledge the value of what we do as educators educators edu- edu says Randal Chase President of the Faculty Organization Theres a general sense of frustration among faculty faculty faculty ty over the lack of even of cost-of- living raises for the third straight year and the continual cutbacks fn ip funding I ng from th the l legislature g s a e. e i iJ If we dont don't support each ach other inthis in inthis inthis this way there will be no support at all Im I'm hopeful that all ourI our I faculty full and part time will make time for this important event All of the events events including including including ing the dinner are free to all fulland full fulland fulland and part time faculty and their partners This years year's convention will welcome as special guests the faculty leaders from all of the theother theother theother other Utah colleges and ties They are attending the convention convention convention con con- to investigate the possibility possibility possibility of turning it into a statewide convention for all higher education faculty has been a leader in this effort having launched the idea of a faculty convention last year One unique feature of this years year's convention is the awarding awarding award award- awarding ing of Faculty Teaching Excellence Awards during the evening dinner These awards have been given during Commencement exercises in previous years This year they will be part of the convention Also faculty leaders have included the Distinguished Faculty Lectures as part of the convention this year In past years only one lecturer has been recognized This year there will willbe willbe be three Due to the lack of funding we have had to ask vendors for financial n i l. l support si support p r f for tese ese awards says Chase In past years weve we've had as many as seven recipients This year we were told we would have none That simply was not acceptable to us so weve we've sought private funding to augment what the F Foundation can do We Weare Weare Weare are deeply appreciative of the support weve we've received Vendors who have given substantial substantial substantial sub sub- cash contributions to help the faculty be recognized include the Salt Lake Community College Foundation Colleges and Pearson Custom Publishing More than 21 breakout sessions this year run the full spectrum of helpful information for faculty R Running nning from to PM P.M. some of them every hour the sessions feature topics on technology technology tech tech- technology learning communities writing across the curriculum service learning enhancing pedagogy pedagogy pedagogy ped ped- through a variety of techniques techniques techniques tech tech- panel discussions with students and much more A full list of the available sessions and times is available on the A full list of the available vendors vendors vendors ven ven- dors breakout session topics award recipients and the schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule of events can be seen on the Internet at http fc All faculty are encouraged to RSVP immediately by going to to the J j rJ h iliff f fhe e Faculty Organization offices at C |