INFORMS
Doctoral Colloquium

November 1 - 3, 1996
Atlanta, Georgia

AGENDA

Friday November 1, 1996

7:00 p.m.    Reception - Atlanta Suite
7:30 p.m.    Welcome/Icebreaker
                   STUDENT CHAPTERS - Don Gross

Saturday November 2, 1996

8:00 a.m.    Breakfast
8:30 a.m.    TEACHING - Karl Smith

• "Cooperative Learning: Effective Teamwork for Engineering Classrooms"
• "Cooperation in the College Classroom"
• "Getting Students Involved Using Cooperative Learning Principles, Strategies, and Problem-Solving"
• "Formal Cooperative Learning Groups"
• "Controversy"
• "Cooperative Learning: Advice for Starting Out"
• "Four books on active learning and modeling"

9:30 a.m.    RESEARCH/P&T - Evan Porteus "Reflections on Tenure"
10:30 a.m.  Break
11:00 a.m.  SNOWFLAKES - Donna Llewellyn
12:00 p.m.  Lunch - 165 Courtland
1:00 p.m.    NEW FACULTY MEMBER - Harriet Black Nembhard
                   A Ph.D. Is Necessary But Not Sufficient: Launching a Career in the Engineering Academy"
2:00 p.m.    ACADEMIA: OR/MS - Margaret Brandeau
                  "So, You Think You Want to Teach in an OR/MS Department?"
3:00 p.m.    Break
3:15 p.m.    ACADEMIA: BUSINESS SCHOOL - Susan Sanchez
                  "Life in a Business School" (pdf file) (rtf file) (ps file)
4:15 p.m.    LONGEVITY IN ACADEMICS - Tom Magnanti
7:00 p.m.    Dinner - Mick's at Underground

Sunday November 3, 1996

8:00 a.m.    Breakfast
8:30 a.m.    FUNDING - Bruce Kramer "A User's Guide to the NSF" (self-extracting .ppt file)
9:30 a.m.    INDUSTRY - Linda Whitaker "The Real World"
10:30 a.m.  Break
11:00 a.m.  LONGEVITY IN INDUSTRY - Eric Wolman
12:00 p.m.  Lunch - 165 Courtland

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