Month: November 2024

Fall 2024 UConn ECE Sociology Workshop

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On Friday, November 1st, UConn Early College Experience hosted a professional development experience for all certified ECE Sociology teachers, in collaboration with Dr. Ingrid Semaan, our ECE Faculty Coordinator for Sociology. Instructors connected virtually via Webex, and began the day with conversations surrounding their individual classroom experiences. The main event was a panel of three UConn faculty, who discussed their research in the realm of sociology. 

Thanks to all who joined us for an enriching experience!

Contributors:

1) Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs – “New Data Sources for Immigration Resources”

2) Dr. Simon Yamawaki Shachter – Analyzing “how the interrelationships between civil society and the state perpetuate and/or alleviate inequality”

3) Dr. Beatriz Aldana Marquez – “Her research currently focuses on Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and challenges the frameworks of power that significantly and disproportionally affect Latin American immigrants. Additionally, she investigates the immigration law and courts.”

UConn Sociology Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2024 UConn ECE SPSS Workshop

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On Tuesday, October 29th, UConn Early College Experience Sustainable Plant & Soil Systems (SPSS) Instructors were treated to a unique professional development experience, in the form of the 12th biennial Symposium for the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG). CIPWG is an organization committed to mitigating the negative environmental impact of invasive plant species, through educating themselves and others on identification and management of invasive plants, as well as replacement of invasive with native species. The topic of the most recent symposium was Real Talk: Making an Impact in Invasive Plant Management, and attendees were treated to a variety of discussions emphasizing the critical role of education in conservation, and rooting the discussion of eradicating invasive plant species in local case studies. Many thanks to ECE’s own SPSS faculty coordinator, Julia Kuzovkina, Ph.D., for her efforts in organizing such an enriching experience for our instructors.

Be sure to check out UConn’s student newspaper, the Daily Campus, for an illuminating article on this event. Linked HERE!

 

UConn SPSS Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2024 UConn ECE Physics Workshop

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On Wednesday, October 30th, UConn Early College Experience hosted a professional development experience for all certified ECE Physics teachers, in collaboration with Dr. David Perry, our ECE Faculty Coordinator for Physics. Wednesday’s event was twofold, with instructors first given the opportunity to commune with one another and discuss the ever-important topic of exam design and performance. Then, they were treated to one of the first shows hosted in the newly renovated UConn planetarium. Our instructors left excited to potentially bring students back to the facility in the spring, once it opens up for regular displays. Many thanks to the UConn Physics faculty and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for opening up their space to us for this event.

Thanks to all who joined us for an enriching experience!

 

UConn Physics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2024 UConn ECE English Workshop

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Friday, November 1st marked the annual UConn ECE English conference, organized in collaboration with Professor Scott Campbell, our ECE Faculty Coordinator for English. This year’s conference theme was Collaborative Circulation: A Recursive Roadmap, and attendees engaged in a variety of small group discussion sections on several topics (listed below):

  1. Circulation for Brainstorming and Ideation
  2. Circulation of Feedback
  3. Circulation as a Rhetorical Device/Context
  4. Interconnected Circulation: an Activity

The day ended with a panel discussion led by several representatives from the UConn English department.

Thanks to all who joined us for an enriching experience!

UConn English courses offered through Early College Experience.