WORKSHOPS

Workshops are non-credit programs offered by the University to enhance the Summer options of students, teachers, business individuals and other professionals. Some offer college credits beyond the program and costs of the workshop themselves, while others offer professional credits (such as Professional Development Credits for Teachers). See each workshop's description for more detailed information. The workshops available in the Summer Session 2009 will be posted as information becomes available.

Details on the workshops are listed below.

34th ANNUAL ARTIST TEACHER INSTITUTE
Co-Sponsored by the NJ State Council on the Arts and Arts Horizons with support from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, the Victoria Foundation and the Rutgers Community Partnership Mission.
July 27 to August 7, 2009, M-F 9:00am-3:00pm

A summer arts immersion program for classroom teachers, arts teachers, administrators, student teachers, and artists. Hands-on studio workshops in various media offer participants opportunities to:

  • Study with master artists in a hands-on, interactive learning environment.
  • Extend individual artistic abilities and develop teaching techniques.
  • Integrate the art form into the classroom for creative teaching and learning.
  • Emerge refreshed, renewed, energized and inspired with fresh perspectives.
Participants may earn up to 60 hours of NJ Professional Development credit. Workshops meet Monday through Friday for two weeks. The morning session, 9am-noon focuses on the participants' major area of interest, while the afternoon session 1pm-3pm encourages participants to explore another area. Breakfast and lunch are provided on campus. Graduate credit and continuing education credit are available for an additional fee.

Workshops for 2009 are:

Master Class: Glass Painting: Learn this medieval art form with master artist J. Kenneth Leap.

Advanced and Beginning Poetry: composing and work-shopping poetry, including tools of how to pass on poetry skills. Instructor: Peter Murphy, poet and teacher.

Poetry Out Loud: Based on the popular Poetry Out Loud program in U.S. high schools, locate meaningful published poems, learn them by heart and give them life through performance.

Storytelling: Caught by the Tale: develop storytelling skills and learn the oral tradition. Instructor: Queen Nur, professional storyteller.

Book Arts: explores printmaking, bookbinding, and the relationship between image, text, and structure. Instructor: Mary Phelan from the University of the Arts.

Memoir: Writing with Heart and Craft: writing from life, honing the writing craft, issues with writing about living people. Instructor: Anndee Hochman, freelance journalist and author.

Creative Movement: basic elements of movement and theater play - expressing concepts through body movement. Instructor: Christine Bodwitch from Rhombus Dance.

The Art of Collage: experience world art traditions in a variety of media. Instructor: Barbara Bullock, artist and teacher.

Instrument Making: composing and notating music, including creation of unique musical instruments. Instructor: Tina Davidson, composer.

Registration Fees: include tuition, professional development credits, breakfast and lunch:
School Administrators: $625
Teachers: $625
Artists: $375
Student Teachers: $375
(Please provide proof of enrollment to qualify)
School/District Group Rate (3 or more): $575 each.
A limited number of scholarships are available for New Jersey residents. Please submit the registration form along with a letter stating why you want to attend ATI and a letter of recommendation. A $50 non-refundable fee is payable upon our notification of your scholarship award.

Graduate credit is available through Rutgers-Camden Liberal Studies program. The student must register for the course Fine Arts Theory and Practice I (Cr.3), course number 56:606:607:Sec.J1, using the normal student registration form (to the left) in addition to filling out the ATI registration form below. Tuition for the credits is above and beyond the costs for ATI, and must be paid by the normal course deadlines to receive credit. For more information regarding requirements for graduate credit, contact Dr. Venables.

TO REGISTER: online through the Arts Horizon website. For more information, email Jenifer Simon at Arts Horizons or call 1-201-567-1766 extension 102.

PINELANDS PRESERVATION ALLIANCE:
Life Science Field Training Institute
for Science Educators
Running June 23 to June 27, 8:30am-4:30pm

at the Pinelands Research Station in New Lisbon, NJ (for directions see website at http://marine.rutgers.edu/pinelands).

This field based program will introduce participants to a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, where various topics in the biological and environmental sciences will be explored, including general ecology, population dynamics, community interactions, field sampling techniques, endangered species conservation, biodiversity, water pollution, resource use and biostatistics. Participating science educators will be better prepared to incorporate student collected data sets and investigations into the lab and lecture components of their curricula.

The course will be run by PPA staff, but graduate credits will be offered for those who enroll through Rutgers and complete additional assignments to mere participation in the course. Contact the Summer Session Office for information on Graduate Credit at 856-225-6098. Workshop cost will be $350.00.

For more details contact Mike Hunninghake at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (609) 859-8860 x24.

GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION TEST PREPARATORY WORKSHOPS
This intensive workshop series run by Dr. Anthony Poplawski (senior associate at the Rohrer Center) helps you learn how to better manage the test, budget your time and reduce your anxiety. Learn how the test questions are designed. This makes finding the correct answer among the multiple choices easier. Once your anxiety is reduced, you will be prepared to succeed. We will cover guessing techniques and time management. We’ll also analyze incorrect answers.

GMAT Prep Course Goals

  • To reduce test anxiety.
  • You will familiarize yourself with the tasks you must perform; and you will develop and master an attack plan specific to each question type.
  • To learn the character of the question types.
  • You will rehearse the logic, rhetoric, and math employed in a multiple choice form.
  • To learn effective management; and to reduce anxiety by elevating your score in practice testing.
Thus, you will become familiar with the structure of the test; you will develop an attack plan specific to each psychometric question type on the test, and you will review logical, rhetorical and mathematical problem-solving techniques

Workshop fee of $295 includes instructional materials and parking fees.

See the website for dates, registration and application:
http://camden-sbc.rutgers.edu/ProspectiveStudent/GMATprep.htm

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING/MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH TRIP TO FRANCE
Running June 6 - June 15

Introduction to the concepts, framework and issues of global business and how they influence management decisions: multinational firms, international trade, and the cultural, political, institutional, social and economic environment of the global marketplace.

The School of Business-Camden (SBC) offers a study program on doing business in France. The program highlight is a 10-day study trip (June 6 - June 15) to France, where we visit businesses and government institutions to learn more about management and marketing practices in this region. The course is open to MBA and undergraduate business students.

Students will earn their choice of three marketing or management credits. In addition to tuition, the cost of the trip will be approximately $1,950. Students must also have valid passport. Please contact Cal Maradonna cal.maradonna@camden.rutgers.edu for additional details. Course information for registering for credit may be found on the summer course listing pages for undergraduate business and the MBA programs to the left.