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Summer Institute 2004

Tentative Schedule:

Tuesday, June 15
8:00 am Continental Breakfast and Institute Check In
8:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Creating Positive Contexts for Learning: Discussing Sensitive Issues With Your Students - Bill Bukis
   or
Motivating First-Year Seminar Students: Dynamite Ideas!- Constance Staley
12:30 pm
- 1:15 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm
- 5:30 pm

Effective Uses of Instructional Technologies in the First-Year Classroom - Jean M. Henscheid
   or
Time Management + Notetaking Strategies + Textbook Reading + Test Preparation + Test Taking = COLLEGE SUCCESS - Rhonda Atkinson and Debbie Longman
   or
Motivating First-Year Seminar Students: Dynamite Ideas! - Constance Staley
6:30 pm Opening Reception
   
Wednesday, June 16
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
- 12:30 pm
So Many Possibilities, So Many Things to Try: Models, Methods, and Materials for Successful First-Year Courses and Seminars - Tom Carskadon
   or
Creating Positive Contexts for Learning: Discussing Sensitive Issues With Your Students - Bill Bukist
   or
Connecting Through Creativity: Inspiring Freshman with Your FYE Course - Cynthia Jenkins
12:30 pm
- 1:15 pm
Lunch
Afternoon and evening on your own in Charleston SC
   
Thursday, June 17th
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Connecting Through Creativity: Inspiring Freshman with Your FYE Course - Cynthia Jenkins
   or
Effective Uses of Instructional Technologies in the First-Year Classroom - Jean M. Henscheid
   or
Time Management + Notetaking Strategies + Textbook Reading + Test Preparation + Test Taking = COLLEGE SUCCESS - Rhonda Atkinson and Debbie Longman
12:30 pm
- 1:15 pm
Closing Lunch

Hotel and Workshop Location information

Hotel Information:
DoubleTree Guest Suites - Historic Charleston
181 Church Street
Charleston SC 29401
843.577.2644
Institute sessions will take place at this hotel.

Hotel Reservations:
Room rate $139.00 single or double
To receive the special room rate, make your reservations by May 14, 2004 and specify Wadsworth Publishing Company when you call.

Registration Fee:
Wadsworth College Success Textbook Adopters $225. If you are currently using (in the last academic year) a Wadsworth College Success Textbook you are qualified for this reduced registration fee.
Non-adopters $300. Registration fee if you are not currently adopting a Wadsworth College Success Textbook. If you bring a team of 6 or more from your institution, you can pay the $225 registration fee.

A limit of 50 participants will be allowed to attend this event. Further information including session descriptions and registration forms are available by contacting Ilana Sims, Workshop Manager at ilana.sims@contractor.thomson.com