Paul Rusesabagina, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, will speak at Northrop Auditorium on Monday, November 3rd from 7:30-8:30 p.m.
You are invited to participate in a Book Blog to discuss "An Ordinary Man" and related issues and topics. Comments are welcomed from students, the University community, and the public.
Members of the University community and the public are also invited to attend the October 28th Book Gathering to discuss "An Ordinary man".
Resources and information about Rwanda and genocide are available for further inquiry.
Several scholarships are available to current PsTL students and to incoming PsTL students.
As a child from a lower income, single-mother family, Na’im Madyun
says he was always strong academically but not tops among his peers.
Today he has a doctorate in school psychology from the College and an
assistant professorship in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and
Learning.
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The positive effects of a college diploma are many—from increased
income, professional mobility, and improved quality of life, to good
health. Yet for students whose parents’ highest level of education is
high school or less, finishing college is a challenge.
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What does it mean to buy “local”? How does a food product become “organic”? PsTL First Year Inquiry students visit local farmer markets to explore food concepts.
Murray Jensen helps students learn Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in his Principles of Biology class (PsTL 1131).
PSTL offers a two-semester curriculum focused on the social, academic, and institutional needs of first-year students. This program builds intentional pathways to majors in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) by introducing students to the ways of creating knowledge in different disciplines, while also encouraging students to build knowledge across disciplines. The first-year curriculum includes a First Year Inquiry course and Learning Communities.
FYI is an innovative, team-taught class that engages first-year students in meaningful learning and scholarship by linking faculty members from different disciplines.
Learning Communities are classes from different disciplines that have been intentionally integrated around a theme, teaching approach, shared goal, or final project.
Spring 2009 Learning Communities
Freshman seminars allow you to work closely with a faculty member in a small class environment around a particular area of expertise. You engage in a close study of topics ranging from evolution and genetics to public art and public health. Freshman seminars also fulfill graduation requirements and may be linked to career development courses.