THE TANNER CONFERENCE It is our privilege to invite your participation in the 2013 Tanner Conference. Established through the generosity of trustee emerita Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57, the Tanner Conference explores the relationship between the liberal arts classroom and student participation in an increasingly diverse and interdependent world. The conference is premised on the belief that a greater understanding of the learning that takes place off campus—combined with critical inquiry into the purpose, value, and
effect of such learning—has the potential to move liberal education in new directions. Encompassing the diversity of student experiences and interests, the Tanner Conference takes as its subject internships and service learning, international study, experiential learning in courses, research conducted away from Wellesley, and fellowships. The conference provides a venue for faculty, staff, and students to discuss the challenges to teaching and learning presented by new definitions of
what constitutes the classroom. It also invites alumnae to return to campus to discuss how their decisions to participate in these experiences as Wellesley students later proved to be ones of consequence. We wish to thank all those presenting in the Tanner Conference for their roles in helping us to better understand Wellesley’s place in the world. We invite you to join the conversation that they are seeking to foster.
The 2013 Tanner Conference Committee
Dora Carrico-Moniz Department of Chemistry
Irene Mata Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Karen Z. Pabon Slater International Center
Lee Cuba Department of Sociology
Martha J. McNamara Department of Art
Shruti Sitaram Class of 2016
Camylle Fleming Class of 2014
Elaine Mehalakes Davis Museum and Cultural Center
Jill A. Syverson-Stork Department of Spanish
Ted Hufstader Center for Work and Service
S. Joanne Murray ’81 Center for Work and Service
Jennifer Thomas-Starck Office of International Study
Pinar Keskin Department of Economics
Salwa Nur Muhammad ’06 Center for Work and Service
Franklyn A. Turbak Department of Computer Science
Peggy Levitt Department of Sociology
Kimberly O’Donnell Department of Biological Sciences
Winifred J. Wood Writing Program
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