The next step in the Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) process is training for the leadership teams of each group. That is scheduled to occur next week. After that, each group will gather to discuss its goals and outcomes. We will be creating a webpage for each FLC on the CT+LE main site. It will include the leadership and membership of each FLC as well as ongoing activities, meetings, and other relevant information. If you have not joined a FLC but would like to do so, the opportunity is still open. Simply contact the CT+LE and we will make sure you are included. The four FLC for Academic Year 2011-12 are Active Research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Creating an Online Course of Substance, High School to College Transition, and Sustainability Across the Curriculum. RosEvaluation Conference 2012 has released their call for proposals. This year's conference, Assessment for Program and Institutional Accreditation, will be held April 1-3, 2012 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The conference emphasizes concrete, effective and efficient solutions to assessment and evaluation challenges. There is still time to register for the free webinar being offered by the University of North Texas, Effective Teaching-How to Know it When You See it! The webinar will start at 1:00 PM on Friday, October 14. Now that we are in the seventh week of classes at LU, have you taken the time to gauge the climate of your classroom? Most scientists would recommend you use the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI) developed by R, H. Moos. You can learn more about it from a terrific article from the Journal of College Student Development, volume 35. It is not available online but the MJGL does have the hard copy of the journal. While you are there, come on up to the sixth floor of MJGL and visit us in CT+LE. The word of the week is polymath and here is the word used in a sentence. Our faculty at LU is made up of many polymaths, working in all kinds of creative and scientific fields.