About Siegel Institute's initiatives for KSU faculty
We've set several objectives directly related to the support of KSU faculty that align with our mission and the strategic plan of KSU:

* To provide an educative and scholarly resource to the University community, regional educational institutions, and the local public
* To foster and develop conferences/seminars/workshops internally with faculty and students and externally with community constituents, in practical and professional ethics and leadership
* To establish, support and publicize opportunities for faculty research in practical and professional leadership and/or ethics
* To provide resources to enhance the role of ethics and leadership to the University community
* To assist in the development and promotion of interdisciplinary, ethics-related curricular initiatives

> SEPT. 16
American Association of University Professors Reception

The AAUP is an important organization which advocates for faculty issues and represents faculty in dialogue with the administration. The Social events that AAUP holds provide a relaxed atmosphere for promoting the group. KSU administrators frequently join the group for dialogue with a faculty group in comfortable surroundings. Siegel Institute, House #55 Campus Loop Road. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. More about AAUP

> New Workshop Series!

The Ethics of Teaching: Professional
Dilemmas and Responsibilities
While the AAUP addresses general ethical responsibilities in its 1987 Statement on Professional Ethics and 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, as faculty we face many dilemmas that represent ethical conflicts that are not necessarily explicitly addressed in the AAUP statements. As with any potential ethical dilemma, clear cut answers are not always evident. Using a case study approach, this series of workshops will explore the types of ethical dilemmas faced by faculty and discuss issues and solutions. Led by Dr. Bill Hill, CETL, and Dr. Dorothy Zinsmeister, Siegel Institute.

All workshop meetings will be held at CETL, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Parking at CETL is Limited. Additional parking is available at the West Lot directly across from Lutheran Church.

SEPT. 25 - Workshop A: Classroom Ambiance: Instructor Policies & Student Behavior. Focuses on issues that impact learning and student morale such as the instructors' methods and practices regarding the maintenance of discipline and order, excuse policies for missed classes, making changes in the course after the term is under way, and managing disruptive, difficult, disturbed, and scary students. Register

OCT. 23 - Workshop B: Teaching and Learning in the Classroom. Workshop B focuses on issues related to course content and its presentation such as the effect of an instructors' personal behavior in the classroom, the selection and presentation of course material, the appropriateness of selected in-class learning activities as it relates to protection of student dignity and privacy, pedagogical soundness, and addressing controversial topics. Register

Nov. 20 - Workshop C: Student Assessment: Grading and Student Evaluation. Focuses on issues related to grading and student performances evaluation such as the establishment and enforcement of grading policies, fairness in assigning grades, and performance feedback to students. Register

Jan. 29 - Workshop D: Relationships with Students and Colleagues. Focuses on ethical dilemmas with respect to relationship issues with students (i.e., acting as teachers, advisors, mentors, confidantes and role models to students while maintaining appropriate boundaries) and colleagues. Register

Mar. 19 - Workshop E: Faculty Responsibilities to Students and Colleagues. Focuses on issues related to instructor competency (e.g., psychological/physical impairment, apathy, working outside of expertise, lack of objectivity, or theoretical bias), confidentiality issues (e.g., insider information, student disclosures, students discussing private lives of other students or faculty), academic freedom, and institutional responsibilities. Register

> Faculty/Student Initiative:
LUNCH & A MOVIE OR A BOOK

The Siegel Institute created the "Lunch & a Movie or a Book" series of events to bring faculty and students together from the different disciplines on campus to discuss ethics and leadership in a collaborative fashion, informally over lunch. The Siegel Institute announces the event opportunities to faculty asking for their paricipation, and asks them to invite a student of their choice to participate with them. The first ten faculty respondents and their selected students then become the participants for each event. The Institute provides the faculty member and the student with a complimentary DVD of the movie or copy of the book, and provides a lunch for the entire group on the meeting date.
See the event marquis for this academic year's schedule

The ILEC Faculty Learning Communities Initiative (FLCI) is designed to bring together small groups of faculty who are interested in incorporating ethics into their courses. Previous participants in ILEC Book/Film Club Discussions have expressed interest in having an opportunity to explore a particular topic or idea in more depth. Often these sessions generate some great ideas among the participants, but then the daily demands of teaching get in the way of following through with these ideas or plans. The purpose of the FLCI is to set aside some time to do just that! A call for proposals was initiated in August 2009. Award recipients were notified August 28, 2009.

Visit the FLCI page for complete information.

2009 - 2010 Award Recipients