On Thursday, November 13th, 30 of our ECE Music instructors gathered for a virtual professional development workshop. Attendees were joined by Justin McManus, the Director of Athletic Bands at the University of California, Los Angeles, for a guest lecture and Q & A session. Many thanks to faculty coordinator Shannon McAllister for her continued support for our ECE instructors and community! We look forward to the next workshop.
UConn Music Courses available through Early College Experience.
On Thursday of last week, ECE hosted our Library Media Specialists for their semiannual training, thanks to the organization and efforts of Anna Twiddy, Student Success & Engagement Librarian. As always, we were joined by a number of librarians from the UConn Library who shared their expertise in four unique sessions. Details are below!
| Session | Contributor |
| Student Search Success Tips: Demystifying the Library Website | Ery Caswell, Student Success & Engagement Librarian |
| Helping Students Transition to College Writing Expectations | John Rendeiro, Student Success & Engagement Librarian |
| Finding Primary Sources | Laura Smith, Archivist |
| Leveraging the Library’s AI Literacy Basics Modules in HuskyCT | Erica Charis-Molling, Instructional Design & Learning Librarian |
Thank you to all of our contributors, and for those of you who were able to attend!
To access information from the training, as well as a number of other helpful resources, please visit the ECE LibGuide (linked here: https://guides.lib.uconn.edu/ECE)
We will see you in March 2026 for another virtual training event!
On Friday, November 7th, our ECE Sociology Instructors convened on the UConn Hartford Campus for their annual professional development conference. Instructors were given the opportunity to engage in a lively discussion of current successes and challenges in their classroom, followed by a presentation of exemplar assignments by instructors Mike Barile and Karen Prager, and faculty coordinator Ingrid Semaan. We extend our thanks to our contributors, and to Ingrid for her continued efforts to support our ECE instructors and community!
Sociology (SOCI) courses available through UConn Early College Experience.
This past week, ECE took a field trip with our Environmental Sciences Instructors to the UConn Middlesex County Extension Center in Haddam, CT. Instructors were given lots of time to share resources and build connections with one another, as well as engaging in a keynote address entitled Building Connections to Urban Forests: Your Teacher’s Toolkit.
We extend our thanks to faculty coordinator Morty Ortega, as well as Dr. Mayra Rodriguez, the UConn Extension Center’s Assistant Extension Educator in Urban and Community Forestry for their efforts in creating a meaningful professional development experience for our instructors!
Environmental Sciences (NRE) courses available through UConn Early College Experience.
