Winter Institute Archive

Coming of Age – Learning Support Centers in Higher Education: Serving Students, Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Surrounding Communities

January 3-7, 2000, Tucson, Arizona

Welcome to The Winter Institute. This week-long retreat is designed as an intensive collegial experience for professionals in the field of learning assistance. The Winter Institute is a continuation of the annual institute originated by Martha Maxwell at UC Berkeley and continued by Frank Christ at Cal State Long Beach. WI 2000 will mark the 21st Institute in the series.

The emphasis in this year’s theme is the role of learning assistance professionals as it relates to Coming of Age – Learning Support Centers in Higher education: Serving Students, Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Surrounding Communities.

Registration for WI 2000 opens July 15, 1999. Please note that we have added the power of WebBoard to the Winter Institutes. As you register for WI 2000, you will automatically be subscribed to the special WI 2000 WebBoard that has been set up for all WI participants so that you can carry on a collegial dialog with other participants including WI presenters, mentors, and administrators.

WI 2000 presentations will focus on:

Opportunities for learning support center administrators.
Programs and services for learning support centers.
Program data collection, analysis and recording.
Learning support centers and outreach to community programs.
The Institute culminates with participants identifying their “Next Steps” to meet information challenges to their Learning Support Center and/or their Developmental Education program.

WI Mentors are integral to the success of the institute. These individuals, each a recognized leader in their field of learning support, not only provide individual and group mentoring and consultation , but also participate as active leaders throughout the institute. Mentors begin each day’s program with a breakfast meeting with their group, continue with daily informal meetings, and conclude each day’s activities with a feedback session.

Explore this web site to learn more about institute philosophy, history, published proceedings, mentors and the mentoring tradition, the opportunity for collegiality and networking, and what past winter institute participants have said about their “WI Experience”

Since attendance is limited to 60 participants: write, call, FAX, or email your request for a registration form.

Contact: Sylvia Mioduski

University Learning Center
PO Box 210021 — Old Main 202
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0021
voice: (520) 621-9363
FAX: (520) 621-5015
email: miodusks@u.arizona.edu



Don’t forget to bookmark this web site’s Home Page and return often to find updates and needed LAC information, as well as, updates on next year’s program.

WI 2000 Program & Schedule Highlights [Not available]

WI 2000 Registration Form [Not available]

Below are some links to information on last year’s Winter Institute 1999

WI ’99 Participant Evaluations (Coming Soon)– Summary of participant comments .

WI ’99 Next Steps (Coming Soon)- A listing by participants and mentors of the next steps they plan to take to implement some new ideas upon returning to their institutions.

WI ’99 Mentors/Presenters – A listing with links to photo and description. [Included on the full WI Mentors/Presenters page.]