Last few days to nominate for Teaching Excellence Awards
April 10th, 2025
Dawson College has a teaching staff of dedicated faculty members. Each year, students and peers are asked to nominate those faculty members who exemplify the qualities of the Teaching Excellence Awards, teachers who embody teaching excellence through their outstanding teaching performance in the classroom, lab and/or fieldwork, but also those who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of their students and their colleagues.
All staff can nominate an outstanding faculty member for a Teaching Excellence Award. The nomination period began on Monday, March 24 and runs until April 13 at 11 PM To nominate: log onto Omnivox, go to Academic Services and then click on Teaching Excellence Awards.
January 29th, 2025
Much work has been done over the past several months to improve communications to Dawson students, including the launch of a new student bulletin on Jan. 10. During the Strategic Planning process, the topic of student communications arose with some frequency. For some time now, student communications have been decentralized, uncoordinated, duplicative, and spread over…
Invitation to Dawson Town Hall Nov. 13
November 7th, 2024
Director General Diane Gauvin invites all Dawson employees to join her in 5B.16 on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 10 AM to 11:15 AM for a Town Hall meeting.
Diane will be providing information about the hiring freeze and will be available to take your questions.
One more day for Teaching Excellence Award nominations
November 6th, 2024
Nominations are open until Friday, Nov. 8 for the Teaching Excellence Awards for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Anyone can nominate an outstanding teacher. Employees can find the nomination link in Omnivox under Academic Services and students can find the link in Omnivox under My College Services.
October 10th, 2024
How would you describe your teaching philosophy? I am most interested in the cultural and emotional environment design of a classroom, holding space for the diverse ways of existing in the world, and cultivating a sense of belonging for all. I believe that every student has a rich body of knowledge from their own lived…
October 10th, 2024
How would you describe your teaching philosophy? Teaching depends less on how well a teacher presents but depends more on how well the students understand. If a student already knows everything, s/he need not come to class. The reason why s/he comes to class is because s/he wants to learn something. Not only am I…
October 10th, 2024
How would you describe your teaching philosophy? In the blur of the semester, teaching feels too elusive and too organic for a stable, well-considered philosophy. Ideally, each class is as spontaneous as a conversation. Most of the time I feel like an underslept vaudevillian trying to get students to hear the sound of their own…
October 10th, 2024
How would you describe your teaching philosophy? I haven’t really thought about this. If there is one thing I feel is most important, then it’s caring for our students. I realize they are going through life, just as we are. They have highs and lows, goals and struggles. Our courses are but a small stepping…
October 10th, 2024
How would you describe your teaching philosophy? My course is about building an open and safe environment where students feel comfortable asking questions and saying how they really think and feel while creating bonds with their classmates. I have developed a particular method that I like students to discover naturally as the semester unfolds. I…
September 26th, 2024
Starting October 1, 2024, all support staff, professionals and managers can use up to four hours of work time every month for well-being and building community. This is part of the College’s commitment to our core value of well-being for all. Faculty members are, of course, welcome to participate in any activity that takes place…
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