University of North Florida | Academic Affairs | Undergraduate Studies
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The Undergraduate Studies Newsletter
Spring 2009
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HappeningsA Whole New Mind is Chosen as UNF Reads! Book Selection |
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Introducing Dr. Mark Falbo, Director of Center for Community-Based LearningIn February 2009, Dr. Mark Fablo joined the University of North Florida as the Director of the newly-created Center for Community-Based Learning. Prior to coming to UNF he served as an Assistant Professor at the College of Mt. St. Joseph, in Cincinnati, OH. In this position he incorporated community-based learning pedagogies into the courses that he taught in the religious and pastoral studies department. In 1992 he became the founding director of John Carroll University’s Center for Community Service in Cleveland, OH. Most recently he was the Program Director for an association of 14 non-profit social service organizations in Cleveland, OH. He has worked both inside higher education and in the non-profit community, especially in domestic and international neighborhoods struggling to meet basic human needs, and overcome natural and human-made disasters. More...
Undergraduate Academic Enrichment Program Merges with Honors Program |
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TLO Spotlights
Students Conduct Poll of America's YouthIn Fall 2009, students across the university had the opportunity to participate in Dr. Paul Harwood's TLO
TLO Grants Assist Students Traveling to ConferencesThis year, several outstanding students have been invited to present their research, participate in, or be recognized at various conferences. The Office of Undergraduate Studies has awarded TLO grants to several of them in order to assist them in taking advantage of these transformational learning opportunities. More...
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American Democracy Project Spring EventsUpcoming Spring events:
Children Read Across the UNF Green for Read Across America Day On March 2, 2009 UNF held it's first Read Across America event on the UNF Green. The National Education Association's Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2, the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss. At UNF students had the opportunity to volunteer to read to children who came to campus from local schools and early learning centers. More...
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Undergraduate Studies Council UpdateThe mission of the Undergraduate Studies Council is to advance the goals of the university as they pertain to excellence in undergraduate education, undergraduate student learning, and undergraduate student development and academic services. The Council has three working sub-committees: Faculty Advising, Retention, and the First-Year Experience. More... |
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The Transformational Learning Opportunities (TLO) Program, impacts students' intellectual and professional development, while giving them a potentially life-changing experience. Below are a few spotlights from the TLO Program. Each Fall semester, faculty and staff are invited to apply for funds to support creative and potentially transformative experiences for students. For more information about the program please visit the 
"Campaign 2008: The Political Engagement of America's Youth." The goal of this TLO was to teach students the importance of political and civic engagement. First, students enrolled in the course Political
and Civic Engagement: Polling the Public solicited questions from the UNF student body, which became the basis for the survey that the students developed. The data were
collected at the Public Opinion Research Laboratory by students from a variety of classes across campus, making this TLO a campus wide learning experience. The analysis of the data was done in the Polling the Public class and several of the
courses which helped to collect the data. Also, each student completed an individual research paper on civic engagement. 
