Anita Cava, a professor in the School of Business Administration, Department of Business Law will receive the award this year, and I hope that you will all share in the joy of the recognition of teaching as a valued activity here at UM. President Donna E. Shalala and Faculty Senate members will be there. It would be exciting to fill the hall with people who value and are excited about teaching and learning.
See you there!
Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement
Last opportunity to participate in a great GIS Mapping Workshop in Florida
until 2010. Don't wait any longer and get registered for next week's
workshops.
Mapping Florida Communities: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis
Jacksonville: April 1st , 2009
New Horizons Computer Learning Center- 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy STE 180
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Tallahassee: April 1st, 2009*
Tallahassee Community College - 444 Appleyard Drive, EWD Building #38, Lab
217 Tallahassee, FL 32304
Miami: April 3rd, 2009*
Location to be determined.
*These are one-day workshops (8:30am - 4:30pm). Participants choose which
day to attend.
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community.
Focus: This workshop is customized for each location.
This hands-on workshop focuses on teaching the fundamentals of using a
Geographic Information System (GIS) for community analysis. Participants
will learn to create thematic maps with Census data, Geocoding (Address
mapping) and Spatial Queries. Other features of the workshop are learning to
extract Census data and good map layout and design.
For more information about the Florida workshop, please visit
www.urban-research.info
Gina Clemmer
New Urban Research, Inc.
877.241.6576 | www.urban-research.info
We're trying to get the word out to the Florida Educational Technologies
Community regarding a couple of upcoming mapping workshops in Florida. The
workshops are geared toward beginners who would like to map demographic
information for Florida communities.
Mapping Florida Communities: An Introduction to GIS & Community Analysis
Jacksonville: April 1st , 2009
New Horizons Computer Learning Center- 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy STE 180
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Tallahassee: April 1st, 2009*
Tallahassee Community College - 444 Appleyard Drive, EWD Building #38, Lab
217 Tallahassee, FL 32304
Orlando: April 3rd, 2009*
Valencia Enterprises of Orlando 2411 Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL, 32809
Miami: April 3rd, 2009*
Location to be determined.
*These are one-day workshops (8:30am - 4:30pm). Participants choose which
day to attend.
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community.
Focus: This workshop is customized for each location.
This hands-on workshop focuses on teaching the fundamentals of using a
Geographic Information System (GIS) for community analysis. Participants
will learn to create thematic maps with Census data, Geocoding (Address
mapping) and Spatial Queries. Other features of the workshop are learning to
extract Census data and good map layout and design.
For more information about the Florida workshop, please visit
www.urban-research.info
Gina Clemmer
New Urban Research, Inc.
877.241.6576 | www.urban-research.info
I believe we should take every opportunity we have to celebrate teaching. Please join together as Anita Cava receives the 2009 Faculty Senate Outstanding Teacher Award and we celebrate the quality teaching that you all provide at UM. The award ceremony will be on Monday, March 30, at 4:00 PM, in Storer Auditorium in the School of Business Administration. A reception will follow. Please RSVP at 305-284-3721 or with facsen@miami.edu.
Faculty Senate announces Outstanding Teacher Award
The Faculty Senate is proud to announce that the recipient of the 2009 Faculty Senate Outstanding Teacher Award is Anita Cava, a professor in the School of Business Administration, Department of Business Law. Join in congratulating Professor Cava on this most prestigious award by attending the award ceremony with President Donna E. Shalala and Faculty Senate members on Monday, March 30 at 4 p.m. in the Storer Auditorium at the School of Business Administration. To RSVP, call 305-284-3721 or e-mail facsen@miami.edu.
Bill Vilberg
This month we will be looking at a site with Great Speeches of the 20th Century, a site that creates "word clouds" from those speeches or any other text, and a site that creates movies from a word or phrase. Nothing difficult, just fun and interesting.
This is the first time that we will NOT be providing lunch. Please feel free to bring your own and eat it during the presentation.
To make sure we have enough room, be sure to register by going to http://www.miami.edu/iac and clicking on the "Events" link.
Since Mahoney-Pearson is just beyond the Lowe Art Museum, you might want to take a few moments before or after the Fun Friday presentation to stop by and see the new glass pavilion. Remember, the Lowe is free to faculty, staff, and students.
Hope to see you at Fun Friday this month,
Bill Vilberg
