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Chris Wells, Serie Center, will present “The Multi-disciplinary, Team-taught FYC Initiative: An Opening Discussion” from 12:00-1:00 PM, Friday May 3, in the DeWitt Wallace Library, suite 309. In this Talking about Teaching, Chris Wells will share information about the innovative “round robin” first-year course opportunity that Provost Karine Moe announced in the last faculty meeting. Supported by funding from the new Mellon Making Meaning grant, the goal of this course is to expose first year students to different ways of understanding a common issue or topic from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Three faculty from different divisions will propose a first-year course on the same theme. Over the semester, students will rotate through each faculty member’s section of the course. A course with this format will be offered twice, first in Fall 2020 by one team of faculty, and by another team focused on a different issue or theme in Fall 2021. Please come to learn more about this opportunity and brainstorm ideas for engaging our students--and one another--across disciplines and disciplinary ways of knowing. All faculty are welcome. Lunch will be provided.