Pep up your courses by attending the annual January Teaching Workshop, sponsored by U.Va.’s Teaching Resource Center. The spring semester is just around the corner, and this workshop emphasizes the basics of teaching while exploring new boundaries. Analyzing teaching issues with your colleagues provides a constructive way to get energized. The workshop will be held on Jan. 17 in Ruffner Hall. To reserve a complimentary lunch, pre-register online before Jan. 12 at 5 p.m. Visit the center’s Web site for a schedule of sessions and to access the complete program.

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Since 1998, U.Va.’s Miller Center of Public Affairs has invested in the Presidential Recordings Program, one of its core research programs on the American presidency and national decisionmaking. The program’s objective is to make the formerly secret White House recordings accessible to students, scholars, teachers and the general public. Take a peek into the White House and gain a first-hand glimpse of the Johnson White House, along with recordings from Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon, available on the Miller Center’s Web site. Full story.

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