Faculty & Staff

The Commencement Office is seeking dependable Case Western Reserve employees to help make commencement 2012 a special and memorable day for graduates. Time off within the work week will be given with advance approval from a direct supervisor. For more information and to download the volunteer…

The Cleveland Orchestra is offering faculty and staff $15 tickets for a performance by Mitsuko Uchida April 6 at 2 p.m. Uchida’s collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra was recognized with a 2011 Grammy Award. This Friday, she returns to perform and record live two of Mozart’s most magnificent…

Universities are often assumed to be bastions of progressiveness and inclusion. But even if they are more welcoming and tolerant of differences than society at large, research shows that one-third of undergraduate students across the country have experienced anti-LGBT harassment in the past year…

Elina Gertsman, assistant professor of medieval art, will present “Breaking Flesh: Performance, Anatomy, Memory” as part of the Faculty Work in Progress series. Her talk will be held April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall 206. A reception will begin at 4:15 p.m. In his Christmas sermon Puer natus est…

University Hospitals’ Connor Integrative Medicine Network offers yoga classes to Case Western Reserve University employees at a discounted rate of $40 per four-week series. Two floor yoga series are available: Tuesdays, April 3-24, from 6 to 7 p.m. in University Hospitals Case Medical Center…

A faculty workshop, “Polishing Your Curriculum Vitae,” will be presented Thursday, April 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Spartan Room at Thwing Center. Learn tips on keeping a CV updated, what to include in a P&T package, what to say about teaching and research, how to most effectively…

There will be a special meeting of ACT III, a drop-in group for women of retirement age, April 5, 4-5:30 p.m., in Thwing Center’s Spartan Room. During the Act III meeting, attendees will view and discuss the classic documentary The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, produced and directed by…

Women staff members are invited to attend an informational meeting April 12 to find out more about the Women Staff Leadership Development Initiative (WSLDI). WSLDI aims to provide a university-based resource and support system for women professional staff members seeking to further their…

The perennial problem that confronts almost all teachers is how to engage students who may not have any intrinsic interest in the material. So how does one teach students material they dislike? That’s the topic of this week’s UCITE seminar, to be held March 29 from noon to 1 p.m. This problem…

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