The Big Day is Finally Here!
For the past two and a half months our staff here at the ExCollege has been eagerly anticipating today. Why, you might ask? Today is the deadline for visiting lecturer proposal applications! It’s the day when we get to see what exciting topics various people have come up with to teach to our Tufts undergrads. [...]
An Inside Look at the Perspectives Program
For our first blog post about the Perspectives program we have a two for one special: insights from co-leaders Bill Cotter and Travis Grodkiewicz! As the deadline to apply to teach in this program quickly approaches check out their reflections on what it was like to be a part of Perspectives this year! Bill’s Perspective: [...]
Exploring the Explorations Program
The Explorations program, run through the ExCollege, is one of the many exciting opportunities on the Tufts campus that allows you to share your interests and contribute to the active learning initiatives that are so strongly stressed in our greater educational goals. The program brings a pair of upperclassmen together to teach a classroom full [...]
Ho Ho Ho
We’re wrapping up Fall semester here at the ExCollege and getting ready for Spring semester! The preliminary course list is on our website (http://excollege.tufts.edu/coursesUpcoming.asp), and we’re hoping to post times, descriptions, and instructor bios soon. The ExCollege offices will be closed starting on Friday, December 23rd and will re-open on Tuesday, January 3rd. That’s 2012, [...]
What are we offering for Spring?
The ExCollege selects its courses on a different schedule from the traditional departments. The ExCollege Board will be meeting all day on Tuesday, December 13th to make course selections and will notify applicants as soon as possible thereafter. We’ll post a preliminary list of spring courses on our website during final exam period. Registration for [...]
Spring course selection underway
Subcommittees of one faculty member and two students have been working hard to interview almost 100 candidates to teach through the ExCollege this spring. Interviews will continue through next week, and then the ExCollege Board takes over, combing through course proposals, reference letters, reviews by faculty members, and comments from the interview groups. Final selections [...]
Still Looking for a Class?
ExCollege course registration continues on SIS through next Tuesday, September 20th. Check out these courses that still have spaces: EXP5F: Arthuriana Through the Ages EXP34F: Religion and New Immigrants in America EXP40F: Human-Animal Relations EXP47F: Gender and Culture in War and Peace-Building EXP77F: The Right to Marry
Details, details…
So we finally got the course descriptions and instructor bios posted on our website. Check ‘em out at the upcoming courses link.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Changes to the ExCollege staff, changes to our course listing, changes in the weather…we’re just full of changes over here. First, our Program Assistant for the last two years, Alison Mehlsak, finished up her time with us this past Friday. We’ll miss her a great deal, but we’re excited to announce the new Program Assistant, [...]