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Hello to Everyone,
	This Preparing Future Faculty initiative may be changing a lot of
things for a lot of us over the next few years, students and faculty
alike.  At the very least, this all-day symposium looks like a good bet
for picking up some literature (and a little free food!).
		Your Lead Graduate Teacher,		Valerie


Dear Graduate Teacher,

Feb 16 is a VERY important day this year--please be sure to mark it on
your calendars. On Feb 16 the Graduate Teacher Program is sponsoring an
all-day forum on the Reshaping of Graduate Education in which we will be
hearing, among others, from President Buechner, Chancellor Byyny, Carol
Stern (Dean of the Graduate School), and Phil DiStefano (Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs). This forum marks the public inauguration of our
participation in the Preparing Future Faculty project and represents a
quantum step forward in the reshaping of graduate education.

The Preparing Future Faculty project is a national initiative aimed at
reforming the way graduate students are trained to become college
professors--the underlying rationale being to provide the requisite
training BEFORE completing one's doctorate, rather than on the
job as a professor as is now generally the case. We have been fortunate to
have been selected as one of 17 programs to participate in this
prestigious initiative, which in our case will build on the very solid
foundation already established by the Graduate Teacher Program under Laura
Border's guidance. In fact, the GTP has been described as "the best of its
kind in the nation" and "a model other PFF sites might wish to consider
and follow" by the on-site visitor from the national PFF office.

This is an exciting moment, as we are in the midst of a major paradigm
shift regarding graduate education and our program here at CU is on the
cutting edge of this shift. The participation and support of our top
administrators is a real plus, and we urge you to come hear them and also
to participate in any of the other sessions scheduled. An Agenda of the
day's events follows. Please call us at 492-4902 if you have any
questions. 

We look forward to seeing you on Feb 16.

Toby Terrell
Lead GT Coordinator
Graduate Teacher Program
University of Colorado - Boulder

Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network Forum

University of Colorado at Boulder
Monday, February 16, 1998
Glenn Miller Ballroom, UMC

Agenda

08:30 - 08:55 a.m.      Continental Breakfast

08:55 - 09:00   Introduction & Welcome
        Laura L. B. Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program, CU-Boulder
	and Colorado Preparing Future Faculty Network

09:00 - 09:15   Changing the Paradigm of Graduate Education
        Carol B. Lynch, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and
        Dean of the Graduate School, CU-Boulder

09:15 - 09:30   Building Faculty Ties Across Disciplines through the
		Colorado PFF Network
        Phil DiStefano, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, CU-Boulder

09:30 - 10:00   The Total Learning Environment & The Colorado PFF Network
        John Buechner, President, CU System

10:00 - 10:15   Break

10:15 - 11:45   Concurrent Sessions

A.      President Buechner's CAO private meeting regarding state-wide
collaboration. Location: Glenn Miller Lounge

B.      Colorado PFF Network Committee Breakout Sessions

Group 1 Deans (Group Leader: Carol B. Lynch)

Group 2 Faculty, including chairs, mentors, and graduate directors (Group
Leader: Chris Braider)

Group 3 Campus Coordinators (Group Leader: Laura Border)

Group 4 PFF Fellows (Group Leader: Hoag Holmgren)

11:45 - 12:00           Introduction of Fellows (and Mentors)

01:00 - 02:15           Campus culture presentations by faculty from
                        Colorado PFF Network.

Invited Participants:   The Colorado College, Colorado School of Mines,
Colorado State University, Community College of Denver, Regis University,
United States Air Force Academy, CU-Colorado Springs, CU-Denver

02:15 - 03:15           Reports on Colorado PFF Network Morning Group
                        Sessions

03:15 - 03:30           Break

03:30 - 04:15           Teaching and Technology

		Chancellor Richard Byyny, CU Boulder

04:15 - 04:30           Closing Remarks: Faulty Development Begins in
			Graduate School
        	Laura Border, Director, Graduate Teacher Program, CU Boulder, 
		and Colorado PFF Network