January 14, 2008
CEC offers workshop on bringing programs, events to campus
Purdue's Department of Continuing Education and Conferences (CEC) is offering a half-day engagement and outreach event for Purdue deans, department heads, faculty, and administrative/professional staff who sponsor or bring non-traditional learning programs and events to campus.
Four sessions will run concurrently and will be offered twice, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 24. Participants may choose to attend two sessions from the following:
* Today's Learner: Building a credit program to reach the modern student
* Reaching Further: Building online programs
* Engagement Made Easy: Bringing your association or research colleagues to Purdue has never been easier
* Event Pre-eminence: how to plan your event to be more memorable
Jay Akridge, interim vice provost for engagement, will be the keynote speaker at the included luncheon.
Registration is free to Purdue faculty and staff, at:
www.conf.purdue.edu/engagement
For more information, please contact Susan Xioufaridou; phone: (765) 496-6205, e-mail:
susanx@purdue.edu.