The Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship provides a foundation for Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) undergraduates in critical thinking, written and oral communication, the use of information, quantitative reasoning, engagement with ethical issues and diversity, and exposure to experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding human culture and behavior, scientific knowledge, and methods of research.
SAGES Fellow Lisa Nielson wins Bloom Award
The Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award was established to honor distinguished teaching in the SAGES program, part of Case Western Reserve’s core undergraduate curriculum. Each year, students are invited to nominate their instructors who go above and beyond both in and out of the classroom. The 2021 recipient is Lisa...
SAGES Fellow Gabrielle Parkin receives 2021 Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring
Interim director of the Writing Resource Center, and SAGES Fellow Dr Gabrielle Parkin has been awarded the 2021 Jackson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring. At the height of the pandemic, Parkin helped ensure the welfare of the community by coordinating the “Free Little Food Pantry” in an effort...
SAGES Fellow Anthony Wexler receives Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
This year's Wittke Award has been given to SAGES Fellow Dr. Anthony Wexler, who teaches the course The Landscape of Memory, which examines how and why we preserve the memory of collective traumas through literature, monuments, memorials, museums, new technologies and social media. The course uses the Holocaust and...
Gabrielle Parkin named as COVID-19 Champion honoree
Dr. Gabrielle Parkin, SAGES Fellow and interim Director of the Writing Resource Center, has been named as one of the Runners-up for Covid-19 Champion, an award set up to honor those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to ensure the welfare of students and the...
Scholar Strike
We support #ScholarStrike, a national effort by academics to focus attention on police violence, mass incarceration, and other manifestations of racism - especially against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. On Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9, 2020, we encourage all members of the CWRU community to reflect...
Hamilton and the Bibliographical Revolution in the Classroom
SAGES Fellow Caitlin Kelly has an article in Age of Revolutions charting the way the students in her SAGES course Hamilton and American Identity (FSSY185M) use resources such as bibliographies to direct their own learning.