Ed-Tech List Members,
It was exciting to see the $1,000,000 gift given to UM's excellent Ethics Program recently. I know nothing about how the money will be used, other than announcements such as that provided below. The ethical preparation of our outstanding students is one of those tasks that cannot be relegated to a single course, program, or instructor. Like critical thinking and communication skills, ethics develops slowly. It requires integration into every learning activity. We all serve as role models and mentors. Each topic that we cover and assignment that we give is an opportunity to touch on this thought-provoking concept and allow our wonderful students to grapple with the challenging and personal issues related to it.
If you have already integrated the ethical development of our students into your teaching, please participate in the planning activity below. Bring your valuable experience to the table so that the planned debate program, speaker series, and research projects will build upon the exciting successes we have already achieved. If ethical development of the students has not been part of your responsibility in the past, please attend as an observer in order to think about how you might integrate these vital activities into your classes and become more involved in this overarching learning outcome, the awesome responsibility for which we all share.
RSVP to ethics@miami.edu by noon on Tuesday if you can attend...
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Coral Gables campus - 9 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, Whitten Center, Flamingo Ballroom A (continental breakfast provided)
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Medical campus - 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 10, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Room 1301 (lunch provided)
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Marine campus - TBD
Bill Vilberg
Assoc. Dir. of Instructional Advancement
305-284-3944
Dear Colleagues,
UM's Ethics Programs have a 15-year history of contributing to education, research and community service on all three campuses. As perhaps you've heard, we've just received an extraordinary gift of $1 million from Adrienne Arsht, a community leader and philanthropist.
The gift is dedicated to three efforts: an undergraduate ethics debate program, a distinguished speaker series and faculty-student research projects.
To make the most of these, we're holding a series of meetings to introduce faculty to the projects and to solicit advice and recommendations. Faculty with a serious interest in contributing to ethics education and research will be invited to be Ethics Program Associates. All faculty will be eligible to apply for research support under the terms of the gift.
The first meetings have been set as follows. Any faculty member may attend any session on any campus. More meetings will be scheduled in the fall.
(These meetings will take the place of the regular monthly faculty meeting.)
+ Coral Gables campus - 9 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, Whitten Center,
Flamingo Ballroom A (continental breakfast provided)
+ Medical campus - 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, May 10,
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Room 1301 (lunch provided)
+ Marine campus - TBD
If you are interested in attending one of these sessions and thus participating in this exciting initiative, please send email to ethics@miami.edu by noon on Tuesday the 9th. Please email either of us with questions. We look forward to working with you!
Anita Cava Ken Goodman
acava@miami.edu kgoodman@miami.edu
(Aplogizies for any cross postings.)
University of Miami Ethics Programs
P.O. Box 016960 (M-825)
Miami, FL 33101
Voice: 305 243 5723
Fax: 305 243 6416
Email: ethics@miami.edu
WWW: http://www.miami.edu/ethics/
