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Dear Engineering Faculty,</div>
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Please review the below opportunity at your convenience. Engineering faculty are welcome to attend NSM workshops. </div>
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<u><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sent on behalf of Donna Pattison, Ph.D., NSM Assistant Dean for Student Success
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">An NSM Faculty Development Workshop is scheduled for
<b style=""><span style="font-weight:bold">Friday, November 12</span></b>, from <b style="">
<span style="font-weight:bold">2:30-3:30 pm</span></b>, in <b style=""><span style="font-weight:bold">Science Teaching Laboratories (STL), Room 202</span></b>. Please note this is an in-person session. A flyer is attached.</span></font></p>
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<b><font size="4" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-weight:bold">Topic: “Cultivating Scientific Communication through Graphic Summary”</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-weight:bold">Presenter:
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Lisa Farmer</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Instructional Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Biochemistry</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The graphic summary is a combination of text and graphics that models a concept or process and presents evidence to support an argument, thus serving as a learning bridge to writing scientifically.
This format can be used to train students in interpreting primary literature, finding and evaluating sources beyond the textbook, and communicating effectively and creatively. To create graphic summaries, students are given a prescribed set of guidelines for
creating a succinct, one-page summary designed around 1-2 figures or experiments within the greater context of a paper of my choosing, but are given creative freedom in their individual constructions. Draft submissions are peer reviewed, the feedback of which
is weighted into their final grade, and students incorporate peer feedback into their final graphic summary submissions. The concise format introduces students to disciplinary conventions for scientific writing and requires students to exercise the same level
of analytical skill as a traditional written summary, but is faster and more interesting to grade. This activity mimics production of scientific research posters, which many students will do at some point in their careers</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black">.
Instructors that are seeking creative new approaches to assess student scientific communication skills without requiring extensive writing assignments will benefit from this workshop.</span></font></p>
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</span>This is an in-person session. Please RSVP as space is limited.</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">I hope you will join us
</span></font><span style="">for the session on November 12<font color="black"><span style="color:black">!</span></font></span><font color="black"><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Donna Pattison</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">____________________________________</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Donna L. Pattison, PhD</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Instructional Professor</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Assistant Chair of Undergraduate Affairs</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Houston</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Biology and Biochemistry</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">713-743-2642</span></font></p>
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<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:dpattiso@Central.UH.EDU">dpattiso@Central.UH.EDU</a>
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