Welcome to Campus Connections Day

Campus Connections Day – Brantford Campus

Purpose and Objectives An opportunity for staff and faculty to network To share and receive university and campus updates To engage in professional development

Campus AdministrationAntonio Araujo

Changes in Campus Administration:• Rebranding• Relocating

Health and Safety Contact for Brantford Campus: • Dave Weber

Campus Administration Updates:• Laurier Brantford YMCA Athletic Complex• Beryl Angus Childcare Centre• Conestoga College Partnership• Retail Space Bookings• Digital Library and Learning Commons

Student AffairsAdam Lawrence

Student Affairs Fall Study Days Student Communication (TechShare) Chaplains & Prayer Space LB Off-Campus Program The Change Project Sponsorship Opportunities for Students Food Services

Central Academic UnitKathryn CarterLauren Eisler

Learning ServicesJenna Olender

Two managers for Brantford:• Jenna Olender: Writing & Study Skills Services (Brantford)

• Writing/Study Skills individual consultations• Drop-in hours & on-line support• Facilitated Study Groups (CC400, CO244, suggestions for one

more?)• Campus workshops: Writing Well, Enhance Your Writing Style,

Student Success & Well-being• In-class workshops at faculty request

• Tina Balfour: Mathematics Assistance Centre (Waterloo)• Drop-in hours for math support in Brantford

Writing & Study Skills Services – Our approach:• Holistically interconnected peer learning

• Blended consultations possible

• Process (not product) focused• Takes time for students to develop skills; build on strengths• “Our job is to produce better writers, not better writing” –

Stephen North• We want to empower students to find academic & personal

success through metacognition

Contemporary StudiesRebecca Godderis

CT is no longer CT (well…sort-of)

SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT (SCE)

(1) Social Structures(2) Culture and Representation(3) Environment and Sustainability

The exception: CT Course Code

Journalism . . . Sue Ferguson

. . . Digital Media and Journalism

Digital media production skills. . . Contemporary Media Artist (Conestoga)

Story telling and research/reporting skills. . . Common spine of LB courses

Three New ConcentrationsJournalismPublic RelationsDigital and Social Media

And New/Revised OptionsMedia StudiesIssue Advocacy

Snack/Networking Break

Coffee provided courtesy of Special

Constables