The Mantle Archives


May 2008, Volume 1, Number 6

  • Student Engagement: A Key to Effective Teaching; an interview with outgoing Provost, Dr. Carolyn Ellis Staton
  • A Student Record Primer

April 2008, Volume 1, Number 5

  • Travis Montgomery: Student and Teacher; an interview with the winner of the 2007 Lawrence "Shaky" Yates Award for Outstanding Teaching in Freshman Composition
  • Devising and Using Learning Objectives

January/February 2008, Volume 1, Number 4

  • Real Applications Inspire Students; an interview with Waheed Uddin, the first recipient of the Epps/Dart Award for Teaching Excellence of the Deep South Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) from a User's Perspective

November 2007, Volume 1, Number 3

  • From Piqued Curiosity to Teaching Award Winner; an interview with Jeffrey R. Watt, winner of the 2007 Mississippi Humanities Teaching Award
  • Teaching Tips: Student Advice from Psychologists
  • Book Review: Filene, P. (2006). The Joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

September 2007, Volume 1, Number 2

  • Sheri Rieth: Hard Work Will Become Your Work Ethic; an interview with the 2007 Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher of the Year
  • Building Teaching Commons at the University of Mississippi
  • Teaching Tips: Examples of Evidence-Based Education

August 2007, Volume 1, Number 1

  • Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Debuts!
  • David Willson: CEO of the Classroom and the Pride of The South Band; an interview with the 2007 winner of the 2007 Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher Award