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Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Butine Proposal Submissions Now Done Through Moodle

FrederkingDec2The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/.

Submissions for post-Butine reports, new Butine submissions, and all supporting letters are now done through Moodle. The deadline for submission through Moodle and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans is no later than noon on Friday, October 3, 2014. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship will host two workshops to review the Butine application process: Monday, September 8, 9-10 a.m., and Monday, September 8, 3-4 p.m., both in the Clark Library conference room.

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to Teaching and Scholarship through Moodle, as well as the appropriate dean, no later than Friday, September 26. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above. Please contact Lauretta Frederking (tas@up.edu) for further information.

New Podcast From Award-Winning Teacher

Staff and faculty portraitsAll faculty and staff who wanted to attend the recent afternoon Teaching and Scholarship presentation by Lars Erik Larson but had previous commitments can see his talk, “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” as a 22-minute podcast at this link: http://tinyurl.com/o57qdd4. Larsen’s talk is featured on the new Garaventa Center series Solloquia Tempestiva, the center’ first podcast from their mobile studio. All are invited to see a great sample of the caliber of teaching we have here at UP, and sending it viral wouldn’t hurt either.

Faculty Development Proposals

FrederkingMarch10The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is soliciting proposals from faculty and staff to host workshops, roundtables, and presentations during Faculty Development Day, to be held on Tuesday, May 6, according to Lauretta Frederking, committee chair.  The theme of Faculty Development Day will be “From PHL 220 to Graduation: Infusing Ethics throughout the Curriculum.”  The committee will host Jim Baillie as keynote speaker and many breakout sessions will reinforce what is taught in PHL 220 in classes across all disciplines.  Proposals related in some way to the theme of ethics, but also the promotion of teaching or professional development are encouraged. Please contact Frederking at 8076 or tas@up.edu with proposals, questions, or requests for additional information. Committee members include Eric Anctil, Genevieve Brassard, Lauretta Frederking, Aziz Inan, Angela Hoffman, Kathleen McManus, Laurie McLary, Mark Meckler, Stephanie Salomone.

Teaching & Scholarship Faculty Award Winner Presentations, March 4

kolmesbutkusThe Teaching and Scholarship Committee invites all faculty and staff to presentations offered by the University’s 2013 teaching and scholarship faculty award winners. Lars Larson, winner of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, will present “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” and Russ Butkus and Steve Kolmes (pictured), winners of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, will present “Children in Jeopardy: Anthropogenic Toxins and Childhood Exposure.” The presentations will take place on Tuesday, March 4, at 4:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Coffee and cookies will be served. For more information contact Teaching and Scholarship Committee chair Lauretta Frederking at frederki@up.edu.

 

Spring Butine Proposals Due by Feb. 7

FrederkingJan20The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials and review selection criteria by visiting https://www.up.edu/academic-senate/tas/. Applications are due to 1) the Chair of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Lauretta Frederking (by e-mail to tas@up.edu); 2) the applications’ respective department chairs (if CAS); and 3) the applicants’ deans no later than noon on Friday, February 7, 2014. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration. It is imperative that the proposals must be fully completed, otherwise they will be automatically disqualified from consideration.

For more information, contact Frederking at 8076 or tas@up.edu.

Teaching & Scholarship Awards

massonCulligan copyThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2013-2014 Teaching Award and Scholarship awards, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking. The awards are an opportunity for the University community to celebrate publicly two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, January 31, by e-mail to tas@up.edu. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 21. Visit the Teaching and Scholar­ship website for information regarding the nomination process and materials that will be needed (www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/). Contact Frederking at tas@up.edu for more information.

Fall 2013 Butine Awards

FrederkingDec2The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund fall cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. This fall’s Butine award recipients are:

  • Amy Beadles-Bohling, biology: “Design and development of an upper division Neurobiology Lab and Manual,” $3,000
  • Jeffrey Cooper, theology: “Faith and the Experience of God: An International Congress on Mysticism,” $1,500
  • Valerie Francisco, sociology: “Together But Apart: Care Work in Filipino Transnational Families,” $5,000
  • Alice Gates, social work: “Dilemmas and opportunities: Perspectives on empowerment with undocumented immigrants,” $4,094
  • Rich Gritta, business: Air Transportation Research (ATRS) Conference in Bordeaux, France in July 2014, $2,500
  • Christin Hancock, history: “Connecting Local Women’s Stories to American Food History in the Post-World War II Era,” $3,000
  • Alexandra Hill, international languages & cultures: “Remembering the GDR: Gender and the Museumification of the Every Day,” $4,605
  • Julie Shalhope-Kalnin, education: “Collaborating to Integrate Formative Assessment in Lesson Reflections,” $4,875
  • Mark Kennedy, engineering: Support of Publication, $1,000
  • Jeff Kerssen Griep, communication studies, National Communication Association Scholarship, $1,342
  • Kenneth Kleszynski, performing and fine arts: “The Choral Music of George Lloyd,” $517
  • Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies: “International News on Television during a Decade of International Conflict,” $3,000
  • Tara Maginnis, biology, Invited Symposium Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, $1,357
  • Martin Monto, sociology: Conference Travel: the Western Society of Criminology Meetings to Present Paper on Prostitution in Southeast Asia, $1,266
  • Deborah Munro, engineering: “Bone Fusion Measurements,” $1,000
  • Meike Niederhausen, mathematics: Biostat­istics Professional Development, $5,000
  • Anne Santiago, political science: “Assessing State Capacity and State-Society Relations in Uganda’s Land Policies,” $3,000
  • Maximilian Schlosshauer, physics: “Realistic Models for Quantum Darwinism,” $3,000
  • Zachary Simmons, psychology: “Of mates and men: hormonal responses to brief social interactions,” $4,475
  • Jacquie Van Hoomissen, biology: “Physical Activity and Public Health,” $3,752
  • Sarah Weigar, English: “Thoreau’s Natural History Journals: Archival Research and Publica­tion,” $4,500
  • Blair Woodard, history: “Intimate Enemies: U.S. and Cuban Visual Diplomacy, 1945-2010,” $3,000.

For more information, contact Frederking at 8076 or tas@up.edu.

Submit Butine Proposals

1afrederkingThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting here. Applications are due to the chair of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (Lauretta Frederking, political science, tas@up.edu), and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans no later than noon on Friday, October 4. Please note that applicants must discuss proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to the chair of Teaching and Scholarship no later than Friday, September 27. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above.

Please contact Frederking at tas@up.edu for further information.

Submit Butine Proposals

1frederking150The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/. Applications are due to the chair of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (Lauretta Frederking, political science, at tas@up.edu), and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans no later than noon on Friday, October 4, 2013. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship will host two workshops to review the Butine application process: Monday, September 9, 1:30-2:30 p.m. and Tuesday, September 10, 11-noon, both in the library conference room.

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to the chair of Teaching and Scholarship no later than Friday, September 27. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above.

Please contact Frederking at tas@up.edu for further information.

Faculty Development Proposals

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is soliciting proposals from faculty and staff to host workshops, roundtables, and presentations during Faculty Development Day, to be held on Tuesday, May 7, according to Aziz Inan, committee chair. Proposals related in some way to the promotion of teaching, scholarship, or professional development are encouraged. Please contact Inan at 7429 or ainan@up.edu or any other member of the committee with proposals, questions, or requests for additional information. Committee members include Ray Bard, Susan Hinken, Shannon Mayer, Mark Meckler, Eric Anctil, Lauretta Frederking, Elayne Shapiro (for Renee Heath 2012-13), and Chris Hallstrom (for Stephanie Salomone spring 2013).