Catch a glimpse into the life of a Winthrop Student by attending this event you will
be able to take a class, meet with an admissions counselor and current students followed
by a virtual campus tour.
Visit class list below for link to join your class!
Department: College of Business Administration Class Title: Top 10 lessons for 21st Century Leaders Faculty: Dr. Tracy Griggs Description: Get excited about your career! Virtually every job in every organization, from the
smallest non-profit, to the largest Fortune 100, is being influenced by these top
ten trends. Come find out how think like a 21st Century organizational leader. All
majors welcome!
Department: College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences
Class:Among Us: Using Student Interests & Pop Culture to Promote Positive and Collaborative
Classroom Communities Faculty: Dr. April Mustian
Description: Whether reaching your students in a P12 setting or all learners in alternative learning
situations, considering the audience is important. Come learn more about creating
learning environments that engage a variety of participants.
Class: Reaching Each and Every Learner Faculty: Dr. Stacy Martin and Dr. Dave Vawter Description: Our goal is to prepare teacher candidates with teaching and learning strategies as
diverse, varied, and lively as students themselves. Please join us for an interactive
inquiry-based lesson, one of the many instructional methods we teach in the teacher
education program at Winthrop.
Class:Teach Me How to Make a PB&J Sandwich: What's Technical Communication? Faculty: Dr. Chen Chen Description: By engaging in interactive activities, students will learn the basics of how to write
instructions as an introduction to the field of technical communication.
Department: Chemistry, Physics, Geology and the Environment; Interdisciplinary Studies/Environmental
Science
Class:Polar Bears, Drunken Forests, and the Changing Subarctic Faculty: Scott Werts
Description: The high latitudes are changing faster than any place on the planet. Disruptions
to ecosystems and the need for rapid adaptation are difficult to manage. Winthrop
students can take a course in Subarctic Landscapes and do field work to investigate
these changes for themselves by staying over a week in the polar bear capital of the
world. We will talk about some of the issues at hand and what is on the horizon.
Zoom link: https://winthrop-edu.zoom.us/j/86757772193 Department: Mass Communications Class: Viral Videos and Making Money as a Viral Content Producer Faculty: Dr. Joseph Kasko Description: This course reviews the history and evolution of viral videos, the ways content creators
can earn money and strategies for producing viral content.
Department: College of Arts and Science - Sociology/Anthropology
Class: Sacred Places in the Maya World Faculty: Dr. Brent Woodfill
Description: To explore several of these places, covering their histories from the rise of Maya
civilization around 1000 BC through the spread of transnational corporations in the
early 21st century, and show how these places have continuously served as battlefields
between foreign conquerors and local struggles for autonomy.
