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Welcome to Campus Connections Day

Welcome to Campus Connections Day. Campus Connections Day – Brantford Campus Purpose and Objectives An opportunity for staff and faculty to network To share and receive university and campus updates To engage in professional development . Campus Administration Antonio Araujo.

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Welcome to Campus Connections Day

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  1. Welcome to Campus Connections Day

  2. Campus Connections Day – Brantford Campus • Purpose and Objectives • An opportunity for staff and faculty to network • To share and receive university and campus updates • To engage in professional development

  3. Campus Administration • Antonio Araujo

  4. Changes in Campus Administration: • Rebranding • Relocating • Health and Safety Contact for Brantford Campus: • Dave Weber

  5. Campus Administration Updates: • Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletic Complex • Beryl Angus Childcare Centre • Conestoga College Partnership • Retail Space Bookings • Digital Library and Learning Commons

  6. Student Affairs • Adam Lawrence

  7. Student Affairs • Fall Study Days  • Student Communication (TechShare) • Chaplains & Prayer Space • LB Off-Campus Program • The Change Project • Sponsorship Opportunities for Students • Food Services 

  8. Central Academic Unit • Kathryn Carter • Lauren Eisler

  9. Learning Services • Jenna Olender

  10. Two managers for Brantford: • Jenna Olender: Writing & Study Skills Services (Brantford) • Writing/Study Skills individual consultations • Drop-in hours & on-line support • Facilitated Study Groups (CC400, CO244, suggestions for one more?) • Campus workshops: Writing Well, Enhance Your Writing Style, Student Success & Well-being • In-class workshops at faculty request • Tina Balfour: Mathematics Assistance Centre (Waterloo) • Drop-in hours for math support in Brantford

  11. Writing & Study Skills Services – Our approach: • Holistically interconnected peer learning • Blended consultations possible • Process (not product) focused • Takes time for students to develop skills; build on strengths • “Our job is to produce better writers, not better writing” – Stephen North • We want to empower students to find academic & personal success through metacognition

  12. Contemporary Studies • Rebecca Godderis

  13. CT is no longer CT (well…sort-of) • SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT (SCE) • (1) Social Structures • (2) Culture and Representation • (3) Environment and Sustainability • The exception: CT Course Code

  14. Journalism . . . • Sue Ferguson

  15. . . . Digital Media and Journalism • Digital media production skills • . . . Contemporary Media Artist (Conestoga) • Story telling and research/reporting skills • . . . Common spine of LB courses

  16. Three New Concentrations • Journalism • Public Relations • Digital and Social Media • And New/Revised Options • Media Studies • Issue Advocacy

  17. Snack/Networking Break • Coffee provided courtesy of Special Constables

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