Increasing Student Engagement through Effective Visual Slide Design

Take a look at current research on visual slide design through the lens of World Languages. This
workshop will discuss best practices for creating slides for PPT, Prezi, and other visual media platforms
using techniques that emphasize active student engagement with course content in the target language.
This session is relevant to a variety of disciplines in which classes are characterized by small class
sizes and high levels of student engagement, and can provide insight and best practices for instructors
interested in flipped and professor de-centered classrooms as well.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery

Grant Writing

This session will involve graduate students in a discussion about grant opportunities in the humanities,
resources for grant writing, and strategies for success with grants. Students should bring to the session
an idea for a grant proposal. We will collaborate on the development of thesis statements and outlines
for ideas that you bring.
Date:
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Location:
18th Floor Patterson Office Tower

The Other Side of the Page: Editorship as a Career Option

Since 2008, Dr. McGrath has been the editor of Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs,one of
the foremost publishers of Hispanic literary, linguistic, and cultural studies in the world. Under Dr.
McGrath’s editorial guidance, Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs has published over 50 books
by leading scholars in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and England. In this workshop,
Dr. McGrath will talk about several topics, including his editorial duties and experiences, editorship
as a career option, the personal traits of a successful editor, what publishers do, and how to prepare a
successful manuscript proposal.
Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery

Cuba-U.S. Relations: A Panel Discussion

Panelists: 

Peter Berres, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, who leads an EA program in Cuba
Enrico Mario Santí, the William T. Bryan Professor of Hispanic Studies in A&S
Luciano E. Cruz, Assistant Professor of Foreign Language at the University of Cincinnati
Kathleen Montgomery, Associate Professor in the Patterson School of Diplomacy
 
Moderator: 
Susan Carvalho, Associate Provost for Internationalization, Interim Associate Provost and
Dean of the Graduate School

 

Date:
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Location:
UKAA Auditorium in Young Library

***EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER***6th Annual Appalachian Research Community Symposium and Arts Showcase

***THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. WE WILL RESCHEDULE AND POST UPDATES WHEN PLANS ARE FINALIZED*** The University of Kentucky Graduate Appalachian Research Community presents the 6th Annual UK Appalachian Research Community Symposium and Arts Showcase on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the William T. Young Library.  This year's keynote speaker is Lisa Conley, Ph.D. Her research interests focus on foodways, environmental sustainability, and local food politics in motivating the self-provisioning practices of people in rural and urban Kentucky.  Please, find more information about registration or proposal submition here: https://appalachiancenter.as.uky.edu/annual-research-symposium.  The deadline to submit abstracts is February 15, 2015.  Registration for presenters and non-presenters is free.  Undergraduate and Graduate students are welcome to register.

Date:
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Location:
William T. Young Library

Mothers as Activists: Power, Protests, and the Media in Mexico

 

Mexico is in a historic moment right now in which change appears to be in the hands of citizens who are demanding an end to the corrupt governance that has resulted in decades of human rights abuses. This lecture will explore violence and activism in Juárez, Mexico focusing on how activists and human rights defenders work to counter a state controlled media monopoly that blames victims for their own deaths.

Bio: Alice Driver is the author of "More or Less Dead: Feminicide, Haunting, and the Ethics of Representation in Mexico" (University of Arizona Press 2015). She recently translated "Abecedario de Juárez," a collaboration between journalist Julián Cardona and artist Alice Leora Briggs that explores and maps the new language of violence in Mexico. 

Date:
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Location:
Young Library Alumni Gallery (Rm 1-65)

Third Wave Coffee, Maya Farmers, and the Anthropology of Wellbeing

His talk focuses on specialty coffee markets and Maya farmers in Guatemala. The best coffees these days are selling for astronomical prices and even though farmers are not getting rich, they are benefitting from the market boom and have high hopes for coffee. 

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Location:
Patterson Office Tower 18th floor West End Room
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