Crescendo

A mini-workshop experience for instructors

Crescendo_lg.pngThe Crescendo of EML

Mini-workshop experiences designed to delight and surprise

The science of student attention, the curious power of curiosity, the student perception of value — these are part of what is known as entrepreneurially minded learning (EML). With Crescendo of EML, join national speaker and Kern Family Foundation Program Director Ranen McLanahan for novel, engaging, and transformative mini-sessions for your faculty and staff!


How This Works

Our curated selection of topics offers adaptable ideas to transform the classroom experience with innovative methods you won’t see anywhere else in the world.

  1. Download the Crescendo catalog.
  2. Then contact Ranen McLanahan to schedule in-person or virtual mini-workshops on your campus - complimentary of the Kern Family Foundation.
  3. Mix and match up to 5 topics from our modular 50-minute topical collection.
    • Or dive deeper with more audience co-creation: Schedule any of the sessions for 75-90 minutes.
  4. Invite instructors to participate - and watch them be surprised and delighted by sessions that are 100% unique, engaging, and impactful!

About the Speaker

Ranen_McLanahan.pngDr. A. L. Ranen McLanahan is a program director at the Kern Family Foundation. He started in industry working on a salmon processing operation on a floating factory ship in Alaska. He’s done work in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), micro-electrical mechanical system design (MEMS), and R&D work through a device prototyping center he helped found. He's served as a faculty member of general and mechanical engineering with the UW-Platteville Engineering Partnership and worked as an industrial consultant and research affiliate through his company, Critical Flux LLC.

Ranen has earned multiple educational awards and nominations for his teaching, outreach, and innovations.