Spring 2023 Lounges

Blue Sky Lab’s Spring 2023 focus is on innovative practices: how can we take a visionary approach to how we live, learn, research, and teach? Please join one or all of our spring lounges, which offer an informal space for conversation and inspiration.

o Living Learning Communities (January 25, 3:30-4:30 pm, HCRS 1060)

What’s the latest thinking about LLCs and how they support student learning and development? This session will focus on the residential-academic interface and innovative ways to approach and leverage it. With Associate Director of Residential Academic Initiatives, Dr. Bryan Austin.

o Innovative Learning Spaces (February 22, 3:30-4:30 pm, HCRS 1060)

In what sorts of settings do students learn best? We want to hear about the ways you’ve used nontraditional spaces—or used traditional spaces in innovative ways. With special guest stars Drs. Liz Brite and Katie Jarriel.

o Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research (March 6, 4:00-5:00 pm, HCRS 1060)

What are ways you’ve motivated undergraduate research in or outside of coursework? This session offers the opportunity to share innovative methods and to hear from Jordan Meyer and Dr. Chaonan Liu about their own research on John Martinson Honors College scholarly projects and research motivation.

o Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (April 10, 3:30-4:30, HCRS 1060)

What is culturally responsive pedagogy, and how can it be used to develop more inclusive classroom, research, and residential spaces? This session offers tools for supporting student identity and increasing belonging. With special guests from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Kelly Collins and Zhuldyz Amankulova.