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Teaching & Scholarship Committee

2013-2014 Butine Recipients

FrederkingMarch10The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined the award recipients of the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund spring cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. Due to the large number of proposals received and the limited amount of funds available ($17,730), the committee was unable to fund all qualified proposals. This spring’s Butine Award recipients are:

  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology: Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) Annual Meeting, $842
  • Barbara Braband, nursing: Association of Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE), $1,500
  • Hannah Callender, mathematics: Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, $1,500
  • Andrea Castanette, international languages and cultures: Nicaragua Service-Learning Immersion Program, $1,500
  • Sr. Carol Dempsey, theology: Catholic Biblical Association of America International Conference, $759
  • Alice Gates, social work: Annual Meeting, Assoc. Of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD), $1,012
  • Cara Hersh, English: International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, $995
  • Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry: National American Chemical Society Meeting, $1,500
  • Rev. Tom Hosinski, C.S.C., theology: Special Divine Action 2014 Ian Ramsey Center Conference, $1,500
  • Kevin Jones, social work: The 31st Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, $1,422
  • James Jurinski, business administration: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual National Conference, $800
  • Katie O’Reilly, biology: Pacific Seabird Group 41st Annual Meeting, $1,500
  • Jacqueline Waggonner, education: American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, $1,400
  • Rev. Ron Wasowkski, C.S.C., environmental studies: A Roman, Jewish, and Christian Necropolis in Pollentia, Mallorca, $1,500.

For more information contact Frederking at tas@up.edu.

Faculty Development Day Schedule

Based on proposals received, the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship has put together the following schedule for the Faculty Development Day to be held on Tuesday, May 7, according to committee chair Aziz Inan:

  • Part I (9-10:15 a.m.) Plenary Session, Nostrum Commune Futurum, Buckley Auditorium
  • Part II (10:30-11:10 a.m.) Five parallel sessions: II-A: CISCO, Franz 214; II-B: Student Writing at UP, Franz 231; II-C: Media for the Flipped Classroom, Franz 34; II-D: Using Scholarly Data Online Tool, Shiley 101; II-E: Comparison of Physical Activity Assess­ment Tools, Shiley 123
  • Part III (11:20-noon) Four parallel sessions: III-A: Curricular Content on Latin America, Franz 34; III-B: Handling Diversity: Connections between Students and Professors around Race, Gender, and Sexuality, Shiley 301; III-C: Practical Application of Screen Capture Software, Franz 231; III-D: Citation Tracking, Franz 330
  • Lunch Break (noon-1 p.m.)
  • Part IV (1-1:40 p.m.) Four parallel sessions: IV-A: Faculty Welfare Committee, Shiley 301; IV-B: Exploring the Idea of Teaching Circles, Shiley 101; IV-C: Research Simplified with Ref Works, Franz 330; IV-D: TIAA CREF, Shiley 124
  • Part V (1:50-3:15 p.m.) One session: V-A: Rank and Tenure Committee, Shiley 319.

More details about some of these sessions will be posted on the Teaching and Scholarship Committee website at https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/. Please contact Inan at 7429 or ainan@up.edu or any other member of the committee for additional information or questions.