Higher Education Symposium Call for Papers Ending Soon

MHS will be partnering with Georgetown University to host a unique event this fall: the first ever Higher Education Symposium on Emotional Intelligence. Registration is now open on the EI Symposium site, where you will also find more information about the event. If you would like to join the Symposium as a presenter, please be sure to submit your presentation before the paper submission deadline of April 10th, 2008.

Announcing the First Ever Higher Education Symposium on Emotional Intelligence

Higher Education Symposium on Emotional Intelligence
October 2–3, 2008 – Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Conference Site

We are proud to announce that MHS, in partnership with Georgetown University, will be hosting a unique event on the Washington, DC campus of Georgetown University this fall—a symposium designed specifically to explore the role of Emotional Intelligence in higher education. Faculty, staff, administrators and students will share best practices, success stories, learn from one another, and demonstrate ways in which Emotional Intelligence can have a substantial impact on student success and development.

Keynote addresses will be delivered by Dr. Peter Salovey, Dean of Yale College, Yale University and by Dr. Cary Cherniss, Co-Director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence at Rutgers University. A plethora of interactive lectures and poster sessions across the two-day symposium will offer participants a forum for

- Exploring the impact of EI on student, program, and institutional outcomes,

- Learning practical EI strategies and activities from model programs for incorporating into the curriculum,

- Understanding the role of EI assessment with students, faculty, and staff within both undergraduate and graduate settings, and

- Discovering the latest research in higher education on the subject of EI.

A call for presentations and posters is now available on the Call for Papers site. We encourage those of you involved in EI applications or research  within a college or university setting, to please plan to submit a presentation or poster. Should you have any questions regarding the Symposium, please feel free to forward inquiries to eisymposium@mhs.com.  We look forward to seeing you in D.C.!

First Faculty Development Day Well Received at Laurier

Teaching Support Services, in collaboration with Learning Services and Human Resources at Wilfrid Laurier University, hosted a day-long event to discuss the impact of Emotional Intelligence on teaching and learning. The event was held on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 on the Waterloo campus in the Bricker Academic Building. Several well-known speakers in the field of Emotional Intelligence served as guest lecturers, including Dr. Steven Stein, author of The EQ Edge; Dr. James Parker, Canada Research Chair in Emotion and Health; and Dr. Catherine Andersen, Interim Dean of Enrollment Management and General Studies at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. More than 120 faculty, staff and students representing eight institutions from across western Ontario participated.

The event provided a framework for educators to begin infusing EI strategies into curriculum and programming. “Many of our faculty and staff have since shared how much the event made them reflect and think about how EI can be incorporated into their own practice” reported Jeanette McDonald, Manager: Educational Development at Laurier. Teaching Support Services is setting up an EI advisory group to continue exploring how EI can support Laurier faculty, staff and students. The day enabled educators from various departments to explore the role of social and emotional competency in achieving student, program and institutional outcomes.

For the full agenda as well as links to PowerPoint presentations shared during the forum, please feel free to visit the Wilfrid Laurier site. If you wish to consider an EI faculty development initiative on your campus, feel free to contact Jon Duffy at jon.duffy@mhs.com.

Wilfrid Laurier University to Host EI Faculty Development Day

The Office of Teaching Support Services at Wilfrid Laurier University is sponsoring a campus-wide Faculty Development Day devoted to Emotional Intelligence on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 on the Waterloo (ON) campus. The event will bring together students, faculty, and administration to explore the role of Emotional Intelligence within teaching and learning strategies. Guest speakers for the day, all internationally recognized for their work in EI, include Dr. Catherine Andersen, Interim Dean at Gallaudet University; Dr. Steve Stein, CEO at Multi-Health Systems; and Dr. Jim Parker, Associate Vice President at Trent University. “We are very pleased to have three renowned EI speakers coming to our event” noted Sandy Hughes, Laurier’s Director of Teaching Support Services.

The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. in the Bricker Academic Building and will address the following three questions:

• What is Emotional Intelligence and how is it related to personal and academic success?
• How can EI strategies be infused into curriculum and programming to affect student outcomes?
• A Business Case for EI: What are the EI competencies organizations are looking for in today’s graduates?

Following a lecture from each presenter, participants will choose from one of three break-out sessions for further interactive exchange on the relevance of EI to teaching and learning. For further details of the workshop, please contact the Office of Teaching Support Services at Wilfred Laurier University at 519-884-0710 ext. 4104 or download the agenda.