OAH Holds 2008 Hata
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Registration is now underway for workshops in the second year of the OAH Community College Workshop series. This year’s workshops will be held in Bloomington, Indiana, at Ivy Tech Community College, May 29-31, and in Dallas, Texas, at Mountain View College, June 19-21. The success of last year’s workshop at El Camino College in Torrance, California, has led to many inquiries from historians around the country. To meet this demand, the series will offer two workshops per year in alternating regions. While it is expected that most registrants will come from the local and regional area of the workshop, those from other areas are welcome to apply. This is a funded professional opportunity, with a $200 stipend available for fifty registrants. The workshop series is named in memory of Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata, the pathbreaking leader in establishing community college historians as recognized members of our profession and valued contributors to the OAH. Its aim is to provide professional enhancement opportunities and materials for community college professors and others teaching the U.S. history survey course. It will offer faculty an opportunity to reflect actively on new scholarship, pedagogy, and regional resources, and to establish new collaborative networks with fellow historians at two- and four-year colleges and universities and at public history institutions. These OAH professional enhancement seminars will ultimately impact the quality of U.S. history education received by students attending community colleges. Workshop presenters will be master teachers, community college professors, prominent research historians, and local public history experts. Teaching sessions will also offer roundtable opportunities for historians to contribute their own ideas and experiences, especially regarding online courses, using maps and primary materials, oral history projects, and working with underprepared students. Each workshop will be held over a three-day period: Days one and three will include plenary-style panels and small group breakout sessions focused on seven core subjects related to teaching the U.S. history survey course and three regional issues, as well as hands-on curriculum development, while day two will feature offsite sessions utilizing local history sites and resources. This year, Museum Day in Indiana will include visits to the Eiteljorg Museum and the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. In Dallas, the workshop will visit the Old Red Museum, the Dallas Holocaust Museum, and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza focusing on the JFK assassination. Information on reasonably priced area hotel lodging will be provided for those interested in staying near the college. Our site coordinators are Donn Hall at Ivy Tech Bloomington and Kenneth Alfers at Mountain View College. The OAH is grateful for their participation and for the support of their institutions, administrators, faculty, and staff. By the conclusion of the workshops, historians will have gained an increased knowledge of historical content, pedagogical strategies, and local resources. Additionally, they will receive handouts and access to materials that will allow them to bring what they have learned back to their institutions. They will also be connected to new friends and colleagues in an ongoing history network. Session highlights and materials will be available on the OAH website for future reference and use by all historians. Early registration on the OAH website is off to an excellent start. To learn more information about registering for the workshops and applying for the stipend, please visit the OAH website. Timely registration is encouraged, as only fifty stipends are available for each workshop. Review of applications will begin March 15, 2008. Workshop brochures and programs will be posted soon. For further information, email Juli A. Jones, OAH Community College Coordinator. |
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