Call for Proposals for 20th Annual AURCO Conference

The 20th annual conference for the Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio (AURCO) is being hosted at UC Clermont College April 4-5. The theme of this year’s conference is “Celebrating the 20th Annual Conference.” An opening reception at the Holiday Inn Eastgate banquet hall will feature entertainment by local band “No Consolation” the evening of Friday, April 4. The conference is Saturday, April 5.

Faculty are invited to submit proposals for concurrent sessions and afternoon panels. The proposal submission deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 1.

Individual Proposals:

Proposals should be for standard, 15-20 minute presentations during concurrent sessions or 30-60 minute workshops/short courses. We are especially interested in multidisciplinary topics related to the scholarship of teaching and learning, innovative teaching techniques and classroom activities, as well as the application of technology in both face-to-face and online instruction. Proposals can be made for a group (up to three co-presenters) or for individual presentations.

Panel Discussion Proposals:

Please contact the panel organizer for more information:

•  Student’s Engagement in Teaching Web-Based and Blended Courses (contact Om Ahuja, oahuja@kent.edu)
•  Panel of Librarians (contact Betsy Blankenship, blankenship.5@osu.edu)
•  Making and Breaking Conventions: The Politics and Poetics of Television Narrative (contact Matthew Wanat, wanat@ohio.edu)
•  Promoting Student Faculty Diversity (contact Jerry Obiekwe, obiekwe@uakron.edu)
•  AURCO and AAUP: Regional Campus Faculty in the Forefront (contact Marty Kish, martinkich@gmail.com) 

*If you are submitting a proposal for one of the afternoon panels, please indicate the name of the panel in the proposal.

Proposals are being accepted electronically at the following link: http://www.aurco.org/conference/cfp

For more information, visit the conference website at: http://www.aurco.org/conference

Questions or inquiries about the conference should be directed to Patricia Goedl at patricia.goedl@uc.edu