LFS Today Oct 14, 2021

Baby News

Congratulations to Crystal Karakochuk on the birth of her baby boy, Austin David, on Oct 5, 2021 at 12:19 am — a 7 lb 13 oz bundle of joy! Baby Austin and Crystal are doing well.

LFS in the News

Alexandra Protopopova is featured in an article about how climate change will affect the way that humans take care of their companion animals. On changing climate and its affect on diseases, Alexandra says: “Because animals, such as dogs, are hosts to several zoonotic agents, any changes in the home ranges of viruses or parasites due to the changing climate will also have health outcomes for not only those animals — but perhaps also for people.” Salon

Lunch & Learn Series: Mid-Course Feedback

This session will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021 at noon. Adrian Granchelli of LFS Learning Centre will lead the discussion this week.

This week, we will look into effective ways to collect student input in the form of Mid-Course Feedback. Mid-course feedback is a great way to get insights on how the course is progressing and if students need a different approach to help them learn better. LFS has now made it mandatory for all courses to collect Mid-Course Feedback and The Learning Centre has made two forms you can adopt for your course. We encourage instructors to bring their stories and experiences of how mid-course feedback has helped them in the past and how they plan on using it this year.

**The Lunch & Learn Sessions can now also be attended in-person on Fridays at MCML 350**

Join us this Friday, virtually or in-person, with your experiences in collecting and implementing mid-course feedback. To register for this session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1
 
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2022 UBC Farm Practicum Program Accepting Applications

The UBC Farm Practicum can be taken as either a six-month (April – October), or as a four-month (April – August), experiential-learning program. The program is part-time (20 hours per week), and is designed for aspiring farmers, urban gardeners, environmental educators, and students with an interest in applying their learning about sustainable agriculture and food systems.  
 
Application deadline: Monday, November 1  
 
Interested in finding out more? Join the Practicum Open House (virtual) on Wednesday, October 20th, 3:30 – 5:00 pm.  We will provide a forum to ask questions and provide a virtual tour of the site from the perspective of the program. Registration is required.   
 
Please note: To enroll in the Practicum program, you do NOT have to be a UBC student or post-secondary student; however, 6-9 academic credits are available for interested university students.
 
Learn more: http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/community/practicum-in-sustainable-agriculture 

Teaching Theory Thursday

Mid-Course Feedback

“When teachers get rating results after the course has concluded, the students who gave the feedback don’t see any follow-up. In some cases, they see teachers who they (and many other students) have evaluated poorly continue to teach as they always have. These students then conclude that the feedback they provided wasn’t taken seriously by the teacher or the institution. When a teacher talks about evaluation results with students, it’s a visible demonstration their feedback has value and that can motivate students to offer more specific feedback.”

 – Weimer, M. (2016) Benefits of Talking with Students about Mid-Course Evaluations. Faculty Focus. Retrieved from: https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/faculty-development/benefits-talking-students-mid-course-evaluations/

Brought to you from the Learning Centre

Academic Integrity Week: October 18 – 22

 
Highlights:

• Keynote by Sarah Elaine Eaton (12:30 – 2:00 pm, Oct 19)
• Deepening the relational ecology of academic integrity (Oct 15)
• BC Academic Integrity Day (Oct 15)
• International Day of Action Against Contract Cheating (Oct 20)
• AMS Academic Integrity Day Booth (Oct 20)
• Contract cheating legislation in Canada (Oct 29)

 For more information: https://academicintegrity.ubc.ca/

2022/23 Northern Scientific Training Program – Call for Applications

The 2022/23 Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) is now open for applications. The NSTP supports student research in the North by supplying supplementary funds to offset the additional costs of Northern research.

Before completing the application, students and professors must read the Program Manual. Answers to common questions can also be found in the “Frequently Asked Questions” document.

The sponsor deadline for submitting Applications on the NSTP portal is Wednesday, November 10, 2021 (also email PDF copy to Yvonne.Ng@ors.ubc.ca)