The Common Hour The Common Hour is dedicated to fostering inquiry and conversation across the campus community about pressing issues and big questions. Common Hour for Fall 2024 will be held concurrently with plenary sessions for Wilson’s FYS 100 First-Year Seminar course. One of the hallmarks of Wilson’s FYS course is the student work on their WISER projects—projects researching and exploring ideas of great interest to them. Each student’s WISER project culminates in a speech on their subjects. To help model both the end product of FYS and the passion and dedication to research and learning that is so integral to Wilson, Common Hour will be bringing faculty scholars, and our Orr Forum scholar, to FYS this year.The rest of the community is invited to join our first-year students, either in person in the Brooks Auditorium, or via Zoom.ZOOM LINKhttps://wilson.zoom.us/s/97438407004In Spring 2025, Common Hour returns to its roots, focusing on faculty research presentations in more intimate settings allowing for plenty of time for questions, conversation, and consideration. Fall 2024Monday Sept 16 11:00 (Brooks Science Center Auditorium)“WISER” Faculty on the ClassroomDaniela DiGregorio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education—TESOL"How Can Teachers Improve the Mental Health of College Students?"Janet Foor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education“How Can We Implement AI with Integrity for Student Use in the College Classroom? Being Proactive and Keeping the End in Mind.”Monday Oct 28 11:00 (Brooks Science Center Auditorium)“WISER” Faculty on Word and SongMelanie Gregg, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities“Advancing Communication Equity: The Case for Neuroqueer Crip Techno Heteroglossia in AI Development and Beyond”Dillon Beede, Director of Choral Activities and Chair in Music“The (Trans)formational Choir: Insights into Identity, Pedagogy, and Policy from a Trans and Gender Expansive Choir”Monday, Nov 11 (Brooks Science Center Auditorium): Orr ForumSpeaker and topic TBD Spring 2025Tuesday, Feb 11 11:00 (Lenfest Commons in JSM Library)“‘I Can Always Just Google It Later:’ Is Digital Amnesia a Credible Threat to Learning and Memory?”Brittany Harman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology Tuesday, Mar 11 11:00 (Lenfest Commons in JSM Library)Dispatches from Earthwatch: Exploring the World as a Citizen ScientistChris Mayer, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies“Discovering Ancient Societies in Portugal”Erin Roszkowiak ‘25“Following Forest Owls in Western U.S.—Utah”Zeke Changuris, MA HUM ‘24“Unearthing Ancient History in Tuscany”Tuesday, April 8 11:00 (Lenfest Commons in JSM Library)Common Hour Celebrates the ARTS!Join Common Hour as it celebrates ArtsFest! Speakers and topics TBD. Image October Common Hour: Reimagining Communication as an Inclusive Space On October 28, Wilson College held the second Common Hour of the 2024-25 academic year in the Harr Read more Image September Common Hour - Academic Resources Help Students Succeed On September 16, the first Common Hour of the 2024-25 academic year took place in the Harry R. Read more More news. ➜ For more information about the Common Hour please follow the Common Hour on Facebook or contact Michael Cornelius at mcornelius@wilson.edu
Image October Common Hour: Reimagining Communication as an Inclusive Space On October 28, Wilson College held the second Common Hour of the 2024-25 academic year in the Harr Read more
Image September Common Hour - Academic Resources Help Students Succeed On September 16, the first Common Hour of the 2024-25 academic year took place in the Harry R. Read more
