Michael Schoop
Samuel M. Savin
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It is my privilege to invite the entire Arts and Sciences community to
the third annual Samuel M. Savin SAGES Lecture, to be held on Monday,
April 7, 4:00 p.m., in Amasa Stone Chapel.
This year's lecture, "Teaching Imagination in the Age of Digital Experience,"
will be delivered by Michael Schoop, president of
Cuyahoga Community College's Metropolitan Campus, who has taught an
interdisciplinary SAGES seminar on the history and development of
cities.
The College created the Savin lecture to honor Sam's visionary
leadership in developing SAGES (the Seminar Approach to General
Education and Scholarship). It was during Sam's tenure as dean, in
September 2001, that faculty members in the College first proposed an
innovative reform of the general education curriculum, and his support
was a decisive factor when our faculty approved the SAGES pilot in
2002. The Savin lecture pays tribute to his essential role in
inventing what is now a flourishing and nationally distinctive program.
We are very fortunate to have Michael Schoop as this year's Savin
lecturer. Dr. Schoop has been president of Cuyahoga Community
College's Metropolitan Campus since May 2006. He came to Cleveland
from the City Colleges of Chicago, where he served as Vice President
of Academic and Student Affairs and chief academic officer at both
Harry S. Truman and Olive-Harvey College. Prior to becoming Vice
President, Schoop spent five years as Dean of Instruction at Truman
College and six years as a writing instructor at the University of
Maryland.
Dr. Schoop received his baccalaureate degree from the University of
Chicago and both his master's and doctorate from the University of
Maryland. He has taught numerous undergraduate courses in writing and
composition and has given presentations at regional and national
conferences on rhetorical theory, the future of higher education, and
the design of learning spaces.
Dr. Schoop continues to teach at both the graduate and undergraduate
level. In his most recent courses, he has focused on the intersection
between innovation, economic development, and the growth of community
colleges and other learning organizations.
I am delighted to announce that Sam Savin, who is now provost and vice
president for academic affairs at New College of Florida, will be in
attendance on April 7. Please join us to celebrate Sam's contributions
to Case Western Reserve University and to hear Dr. Schoop's
reflections on the future of higher education.
Cyrus C. Taylor
Dean and Albert A. Michelson Professor in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
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