Join the Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center for an informal conversation about teaching with the February Cordes Chairperson, Fran Hagstrom. This event takes place from noon to 1 p.m. today, Feb. 21, at the Student Success Center, room 349.

The topic of discussion will be Runaway Chicken, Rotten Herring and Kabob Pizza: Reflections about how small bites and second helpings feed teaching and learning internationally and at home.

Hagstrom writes, "It is not what we teach, but how we engage learners that feeds the soul of the instructor and contributes to a world made better by our students. I call this 'engaged learning,' a term that applies to both as teachers learn from students in the process of teaching, and students - as their mindsets move from other, to joint, to self-regulated learning - become their own teachers. Tales of unexpected experiences shared in this session will focus on reflection, both that of the learner and teacher, as the active ingredient that scaffolds human development in the context of formal education. Let's envision possible futures as we share food for thought."

Hagstrom is the associate professor of communication sciences and disorders and currently interim associate dean for international education. All faculty are welcome.

This will be a brown bag lunch event. Bring your own lunch and we will provide cookies for dessert and bottled water to drink. If you would like to, join us remotely on Zoom.