MURFREESBORO — To
help kick-start the upcoming MTSU Alumni Spring Weekend, the colleges of
Liberal Arts and Basic and Applied Sciences are inviting people to attend classes,
labs and lectures at no cost.
During the week of April 18-22, alumni, retirees and community
members are welcome to register for topics such as genetics, professional
pilot, evolution, exploring the universe and additional offerings from the
College of Basic and Applied Sciences; or attend an English class specific to
Harry Potter, visit a course on set design for the upcoming “West Side Story”
production, join an art class for art teachers, attend a modern dance class and
more from the College of Liberal Arts.
Deans Bud Fischer in Basic and Applied Sciences and Mark
Byrnes in Liberal Arts want university alumni and friends to sample what things
are like in a college classroom or laboratory through a new Open Classroom
Initiative.
Space is limited. Participants must register in advance and
be 18 years old. They also are being asked to respect the professor’s classroom
rules. To learn more, visit http://www.mtalumni.com/openclasses.
Guests may obtain a free parking passes from The Alumni
House, 2259 Middle Tennessee Blvd. The passes will allow them to park in any
parking spot except handicapped and also at meters. Campus maps will be
provided, but a searchable campus
parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
The Open Classroom Initiative “will give members of the
community a chance to see the fantastic teaching and learning that goes on in
our courses,” Byrnes said. “We are offering seats in a wide range of
interesting classes. We encourage anyone who is interested to come see the
academic side of campus at work.”
Fischer
said MTSU has “a lot of exciting pedagogies going on in our classrooms and labs,
and I want to invite the alumni and community to come to campus and fully
immerse themselves in our classrooms and labs to experience the learning
environment our students get to be a part of every day.”
Attendees are welcome to register for one or more
science-related classes, all liberal arts classes or, if times do not conflict,
they can take classes from both colleges.
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