The first faculty teaching seminar for the 2006 spring semester will feature three of the four 2005 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award winners. The seminar will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Gressette Room of Harper College.

Claudia Benitez-Nelson, an assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and the undergraduate director of the Marine Science Program, will discuss how to use demonstrations and class participation to motivate and involve students in learning scientific topics. She currently teaches Introduction to Oceanography, a freshman level course that focuses on topics such as plate tectronics, waves, and currents, seawater composition, and biological production and diversity.

Greg Forter's presentation will focus on the challenges of fostering informed political debate in the humanities classroom. Forter is an associate professor in the Department of English. His courses have focused on such topics as the portrayal of gender in American literature, literature and war, psychoanalysis and liberation, and the links between 20th-century literature and radical political movements.

Greg Carbone will discuss challenges to making weather and climate relevant and interesting to non-majors. Carbone is an associate professor in the Department of Geography. His courses include introductory meteorology, climate and society, and climate variability and change.

To make a reservation, call the Provost's Office at 7-2808 or send an e-mail to Provost@gwm.sc.edu.

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