The Adams Center hosts Faculty Enrichment Events throughout the school year.  If you were unable to attend or would like to review an event, check out the links below!

2/17/09  A Christian Voice in Secular Media Doug Mendenhall

 

2/19/09  Dialektos Dr. Harland Rall

 

3/17/09  Unveiling Summit Dr. Brady Bryce

 

3/19/09  The Martyr Project Kari Hatfield

Innovate. Focus. Lead.

The Adams Center spurs on opportunities for innovation, focus, and leadership within the community of leaders and emerging leaders among ACU faculty members.  We're located on the main floor of the Brown Library within the new ACU Learning Commons.

Upcoming Opportunities and Events

• Mobile Learning Fellows: The Mobile Learning Leadership Team has made available funds for five Mobile Learning iPhone Fellow positions. Fellows are expected to be researchers who will help to conduct, document, and publish research on mobile learning at a national level. Application now available.
   
• Academic Publishing Workshop, June 1-23 (Mondays and Tuesdays)
  The publishing workshop will create an interactive environment where faculty can tailor their prospectus for two publishers. The workshop will by Mondays and Tuesdays, for four hours each day, during Summer II. $300 stipends will be available for the 10 participants who are chosen. Application now available.
  
  
• New Faculty Orientation, August 13-17
  This is an opportunity to welcome new faculty to our campus and to introduce them to existing faculty and staff.
  

Recent Events

• Mobile Learning Initiative Workshops, May 12-15
  May 12: Clickers in the Clasroom
  May 13: Getting Started with Podcasting
  May 14: Class Blogs for Beginners
  May 15: Friday Showcase
  Please RSVP to rsvp2ac@acu.edu
  

• Undergraduate Research Festival, April 13-17
  ACU's first Undergraduate Research Festival featured speeches, demonstrations, and posters by students from every field. The festival was part of ACU's annual Honors Week.
  
• ConnectEd Summit February 26-27, 2009
  Featuring communal vision sessions and targeted breakout workshops in key areas of theory, infrastructure, and deployment, the ConnectEd Summit is focused around a set of "bring-your-own-work workshops." The goal of this summit is to help faculty, technologists, and administrators make connections with peers at other institutions and to facilitate practical, hands-on solutions for mobile learning.

•  Mobile learning enhances the ACU experience.

During the 2008 Welcome Week, freshmen at ACU were given their choice of an Apple iPhone 3G or an iPod touch. This is a new and exciting opportunity to enhance student learning and interaction by adding a mobile dimension! Students and faculty will have the internet at their fingertips at every moment, allowing such activities as in-class polls, use of readily-available media sources in the classroom, and instant communication. ACU will be using the opportunity to continue research into the world of mobile learning and how it may better prepare students for success in the future.

• The Adams Center has recently partnered with the ACU Green Taskforce to help generate a broader awareness of the university’s efforts to reduce potential negative impact on the environment by living and working sustainably.  Be sure to visit the new ACU Green website for more details.