Application Guidelines • Guidelines for Evaluation • Previous Award Recipients • Application Form-(rtf)
Eligibility:
1. All full-time faculty are eligible. Part-time faculty who have taught for five semesters are also eligible. Persons on terminal contracts are not eligible, nor are faculty who resign their appointments.
2. Faculty members of all ranks from all departments are encouraged to apply.
3. Former recipients may apply. If the committee must choose between two applications of equal merit, it will give preference to the applicant who has not received monies in the recent past.
4. An award cannot be used to complete a degree.
5. If applicants receive funding for the same project from other sources, they must inform the committee. This may result in a reduction in funding. Receipt of SISTAR, COSTAR, or CWIL (Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership) grants for the same period of time will result in the teaching grant being withheld. New Faculty Scholars are not eligible. Faculty members may not apply for both a Faculty Development Research Grant and a Faculty Development Teaching Grant in the same year.
Funding: Up to ten teaching grants of $2,500 each.
Time Frame:
The funds are normally used during the fiscal year immediately following that in which the awards are made.
Deadline:
Grant Deadline is Friday, February 9, 2009. Submissions are due no later than 5:00 p.m. in the Center for Academic Innovation Office, 115 Spes Unica Hall.
Administration and Review:
1. Guidelines and application forms are reviewed annually by the Faculty Affairs Committee in consultation with the Director of the Center for Academic Innovation.
2. The Director of the Center for Academic Innovation shall distribute these guidelines and the application forms, no later than October 31 to the faculty.
3. Grants are awarded by the Faculty Development Grants Committee composed of the members of the Faculty Affairs Committee and the Director of the Center for Academic Innovation. Any member of the Faculty Affairs Committee submitting an application must withdraw from the selection process for that particular grant, and the Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly shall appoint an ad hoc substitute from the appropriate academic area.
4. The award recipients will be announced at the March Faculty Assembly and the President's Dinner.
5. Grants are specifically awarded for purposes described in the proposal and may not be used to support other activities. The grant will be withdrawn if circumstances invalidate the proposed activity.
Proposal:
1. Applicants should complete the form and forward seven (7) copies with appropriate signatures, or electronically in pdf format by email attachment to the Center for Academic Innovation (cfai@saintmarys.edu).
Responsibility of the Recipient upon Completion:
1. Recipients must file a written report with the Vice President and Dean of Faculty, and send a copy to the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee within nine months after the proposed beginning day of the project. This report must specify how the monies were spent and indicate what the recipient accomplished.
2. The Faculty Development Teaching Grant awarded by Saint Mary's College must be acknowledged in any published report, article, exhibit, etc., made possible by the grant.
Guidelines for Evaluating Faculty Development Teaching Grant Proposals
Each proposal is read and evaluated by all members of the Faculty Development Grants Committee. The Committee emphasizes the following points during discussion of a proposal's merit:
1. Specific Aims
a. How well conceived, defined and organized is the proposal itself?
b. Are the project and its objectives clearly stated in language accessible to the non-professional? Are the arguments for the needs and value of the proposed work developed thoroughly? Remember that the members of the committee will not be familiar with the methodology and technical jargon of all the disciplines.
2. Method
a. Is the project methodology solid?
b. Is the project design appropriately scaled for the proposed project duration?
3. Significance of the Project
a. Will the project benefit the applicant's pedagogy?
b. Are the benefits clearly stated in the proposal?
c. How will these benefits manifest themselves so that the outcome of the proposed activity can be evaluated?
4. Previous Work
a. Does the applicant's experience demonstrate a good foundation for the proposed project?
5. Pertinent References
a. Does the bibliography identify the best sources for the proposed project?
b. Is the bibliography up-to-date and clearly pertinent to the proposal?
6. Format
a. Did the applicant adhere to the application guidelines?
7. Recommendations
a. The Committee must receive at least one letter of support for the proposal from someone who can provide an informed judgment of its merits.
b. The applicant's department chair must also sign the proposal, indicating that she/he endorses it.
Faculty Development Teaching Grant Awards
2008 Faculty Development Teaching Grant Awards
Susan Alexander, Sociology 2008 Wolsfeld Faculty Development Teaching Grant
Sociology, Course Development: "Contested Masculinities"
Nancy D'Antuono, Modern Languages
Renaissance and Baroque MasterpiecesStacy Davis, Religious Studies
Redesigning RLST 306: Biblical TheologyNano Farabaugh, Nursing 2008 Kearney Faculty Development Teaching Grant
Integrating choice theory/reality therapy into Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing course Cindy Iavagnilio, Nursing 2008 Kearney Faculty Development Teaching GrantIntegrating a new Simulation Framework into the nursing curriculum
Mary Ann Kanieski, Sociology 2008 Wolsfeld Faculty Development Teaching GrantData Driven: Designing and Preparing Data for an Applied Sociological Statistics Class
Catherine Pittman, PsychologySpes Unica Bound: New Clinical Training Exercises
Inela Selimović, Modern LanguagesMLSP 429: Revisitng Contemporary Latin American Women's Writing
Nancy Turner, EducationNew Course Development in the Special Education Program: Methods for Exceptional Learners
Jennifer Zachman, Modern Languages
Page, Stage and Screen: Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish Literature and Film
2007 Teaching Grant Awards
Linda Berdayes, Communication and Performance Studies
Developing a course in Communicating with New Media: An Exploration into Shifting Sensibilities
Peter Checca, Modern Languages
A course on the Italian Novel of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Ann Clark, Philosophy 2007 Higgins Teaching Development Grant
Introductory Philosophy/World Civilization 103
Mana Derakhshani, Modern Languages
Developing a French Cinema Course
Astrid Henry, English/Women's Studies
2007 Bevington Teaching Development Grant
Transforming "Introduction to Women's Studies" into a "W" Course
Krista Hoefle, Art
Beyond Object--exploring use of microcontrollers and
Adobe/Macromedia Flash (hardware and programmable software used to create interactive installation environments)
Laurie Lowry, Communication and Performance Studie
2007 Kearney Teaching Development Grant
Dance Literacy: Integration in Dance Courses
Edith Miguda, History 2007 Higgins Teaching Development Grant
World Civilizations 103 - Tandem with Philosophy 110
Isabel Sanchez, Chemistry/Physics
2007 Kearney Teaching Development Grant
Teaching Guided - Inquiry Organic Chemistry
Umberto Taccheri , Modern Languages
MLIT 410. Dante, Petrarca e Boccacio
Leslie Wang 2007 Wolsfeld Teaching Development Grant
Asian American Women: Identities and Cultures2006 Teaching Grant Awards
Ted Billy, English
Transforming 'Introduction to Film Studies' into a Course on Film Criticism
Susan Latham, Communicative Disorders 2006 Kearney Teaching Grant
Speech Language Pathology: It's More than "R's, L's and S's" Development of the Evaluation and Intervention Courses
Max Westler, English
Seeing Twentieth Century American Poetry From a Woman's Point-of-View2005 Teaching Grant Awards
Kurt Buhring, Religious Studies
Renewing Faith in Action
Stacy Davis, Religious Studies 2005 Kearney Teaching Grant
RLST 390: Reading and Interpreting Hebrew Bible Prophets
Christopher Dunlap, Chemistry/Physics
Developing a Course in Environmental Chemistry
Mary Ann Kanieski, Sociology 2005 Wolsfeld Teaching Development Grant
The Sociology of Childhood: Designing a New Course
Claude Renshaw, Business Administration and Economics
International Accounting: It's Been a Busy Ten Years!
2004 Teaching Grant Awards
Susan Alexander, Sociology
Consumer Society: New course development
Theodore Billy, English
Reinvigorating Expository Writing
Kitty Green, Education
The Challenge of Diversity and Community: Preparing Teachers to Teach for Understanding and Democracy
Astrid Henry, English
Development of a New Course: "Reading Whiteness"
Renée Kingcaid, Modern Languages
Matriarch: Presenting Simone de Beauvoir to Today's WOST Students
Donald Miller, Mathematics
Stochastic Models
Bill Svelmoe, History 2004 Kearney Teaching Grant
The Development of American Views of Foreign Cultures
Umberto Taccheri, Modern Languages
Italian Cultural Studies
Mary Ann Traxler, Education
Every Teacher a Reading Teacher
Nancy Turner, Education
Improving Literacy Development in Struggling Readers and Writers
Susan Vance, Business Administration and Economics
Incorporating Technology in International Business Law2003 Teaching Grant Awards
Phil Bays, Chemistry/Physics
Times are a Changin': How Shall We Teach Introductory Chemistry to Science Majors?
Tom Bonnell, English Kearney Teaching Grant
Revamping of ENWR 319 Classical
Kitty Green, Education Kearney Teaching Grant
Making the Good Better: Strengthening the Secondary Education Program at Saint Mary's College
Carla Johnson, Writing Kearney Teaching Grant
Program Addressing a Widely-Perceived Problem: ENWR 201W
Linn Vacca, English
Low-Vision Modifications of Current Courses
Mary Wcisel, Nursing
Merging Informatics and Nursing Education: Preparing Graduates for the 21st Century
Max Westler, English Kearney Teaching Grant
Establishing an Introductory Course for Students Interested in Professional Writing2002 Teaching Grant Awards
Ted Billy, English
Establishing a Foundational Course in Film Studies at Saint Mary's College
John Fotopoulos, Religious Studies
RLST 290: Special Topic: Introduction to the New Testament
Anita Houck, Religious Studies
Tricksters and Tellers of Strange Tales: Myth in a Tandem Course in Religious Studies and English
Annette Johnson, Nursing
Palliative Care Nursing
Patrick Pierce, Political Science
Developing the Comprehensive Seminar in Political Science
Julie Storme, Modern Languages
Creating and Maintaining Computer Assisted Reading Materials for French and Italian
Jennifer Zachman, Modern Languages
Spanish Women Writers2001 Teaching Grant Awards
Karen Chambers, Psychology
Advanced SPSS
Insook Chung, Education
Implementing Constructivist Instructional Method in Mathematics Education Classes
Indi Dieckgrafe, Dance
Activate: 20th Century Dance History and Aesthetics
Joyce Lucas Hicks, Business Administration and Economics
From Ho-Hum to Hubba-Hubba: Renovating the Marketing Research Course
Anita Houck, Religious Studies
Heaven and Hell: Developing an Interdisciplinary Elective in Religious Studies
David Richmond, Sociology
World Populations2000 Teaching Grant Awards
Ted Billy, English
From Fiction to Film: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Art of Adaptation
Nano Farabaugh, Nursing
Integration of Liberal and Fine Arts into the Nursing
Laurie Lowry, Dance
Stott Pilates Conditioning
Donald Miller, Mathematics
Stochastic Models
Susan Vance, Business Administration and Economics
Reality Bites: Legal Literacy for Professional and Personal Success1999 Teaching Grant Awards
Marc Belanger, Political Science
Teaching Gender and Politics
Joseph Bellina, Chemistry/Physics
Using Computer Models of Real World Situations to Encourage the Reconstruction Of Students' Personal World-views in Introductory Physics
Vicente & Linda Berdayes, Communication Dance and Theatre
Developing a Multimedia Component For COMM 210
Ted Billy, English and Karen Chambers, Psychology
Inner Space: Perception, Memory, and the Irrational
Phyllis Kaminski, Religious Studies
Ways of Doing Theology New and Old: A Course Design for Student Learning and Assessment
Jerry McElroy, Business Administration and Economics
From ECON 251 (3cr) to ECON 251W (4cr): Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics Into a Writing-Intensive First-Year Experience
Peter Smith, Mathematics
Preparing a New Course (CPSC 308) Electronic Communications
Katie Sullivan, Communication
Oral Interpretation: Creating a Class for the Inter-Dance and Theatre Disciplinary Department1998 Teaching Grant Awards
J. Philip Bays, Chemistry
Collaborative Learning in Organic ChemistryTheodore Billy, English
Developing a Biographical and Critical Context for a 400-Level Course on Henry James and Edith Wharton
Karen Chambers, Psychology
Understanding Cognitive Psychology Through Community Service
Joseph Incandela, Religious Studies
The Evaluation and Use of Web Conferencing Software for Religious Studies Core Courses
Donald Miller and Mary Porter, Mathematics
Foundations of Higher Mathematics
Nancy Nekvasil, Biology
Problem-Based Methodology in Pathophysiology
Marcia Rickard, Art
Southeast Asia Field Study for Art 293, Asian Art Survey
David Sever, Biology
Integrating the Teaching of Human Anatomy with Resources available through the Internet: New Ways to Teach an Old Subject
Julie Storme, Modern Languages
Integrating the Internet into French Courses1997 Teaching Grant Awards
Jeffrey Jacob, Music
Survey of Non-Traditional Teaching Methods and Materials for All Levels of Studio Piano
Patrick Pierce, Political Science
Developing the Survey Course in Political Theory
Mary Porter, Mathematics
Numerical Analysis: A New Course in Mathematics
Isis Quinteros, Modern Languages
Latin American Women Writers
Julie Storme, Modern Languages
A New Course in French Studies: French Colonization: History, Interpretation and Aftermath
Susan Vance, Business Administration and Economics
Rethinking the Business Law I Course1996 Faculty Teaching Awards
Vicente Berdayes, Communication, Dance and Theatre
Intercultural Communication
Joyce Lucas Hicks, Business Administration and Economics
Buyer Behavior
Renée Kingcaid, Modern Languages
French 111-112: Deja Vu All Over Again
Zae Munn, Music
Participate in College Music Society’s Center for Professional Development in Art of Teaching Music in Higher Education
Kathy Ornish, Art
An Art Class for an Art Class
Jane Perry Philips, Nursing
Bereavement — How Do We Cope with Loss
Nancy Turner, Education
Strategies for Inclusive Environment Middle School/Secondary Classroom1995 Faculty Teaching Awards
Jeffrey Breese, Sociology
New Course: Applied Sociology
Mary Connolly, Mathematics
C++ The Language of Choice in the First Computer Course
Zae Munn, Music
Teaching Tonal Theory at End of the 20th Century
Frank Notturno, Business Administration and Economics
Marketing Trends in Retailing, Sports Marketing and Services
Thomas Platt, Biology
Biology and Human Values - A Cooperative Approach1994 Faculty Teaching Awards
Susan Alexander, Sociology
Social Problems and Play Analyses
Mana Derakhshani, Modern Languages
The Culture of Business in the French Speaking World
Philip Hicks, Humanistic Studies
High Society
Richard Jensen, Biology
BIOSTAT: A Package of Statistical Programs
Ann Loux, English
EnLt 404: Southern Women Writers
Catherine Pittman, Psychology
Theories of Personality: Integrating a Multicultural Perspective
Billy Ray Sandusky, Art
New Course Development: Book Arts/Artists’ Books
Sara Sawtelle, Chemistry
Development of a Consumer Chemistry Laboratory Manual
Rebecca Stoddart, Psychology
Etic and Emic "Truths" in Social Psychology: a course revision
Katherine Sullivan, Communication, Dance and Theatre
An Interdisciplinary Tandem: Play Analysis and Social Problems1993 Faculty Teaching Awards
Peter Checca, Modern Languages
Twenty Years of Italian Cinema 1945-1965: from "Roma città aperta" to "Uccellacci uccellini"
Indi Dieckgrafe, Communication, Dance and Theatre
Incorporating Improvisation into the Dance Curriculum
Renée Kingcaid, Modern Languages
Curriculum Reform through CALL
Deborah McCarthy, Chemistry
Development of a Thoughtful Approach to Data Acquisition and Data Treatment in Chem Lab
Donald Miller, Mathematics
Statistical Applications for the Business Majors
Zae Munn, Music
Incorporating Women’s Compositions into Music Analysis and Composition Courses
Tom Parisi, Psychology
Reversing "Historical Roots of Modern Psychology"
Patricia Pilger, Social Work & Annette Peacock-Johnson, Nursing
Understanding the Older Adult: a Holistic Approach
Janis Stewart, Nursing
Information Technology in Nursing
Mary Wood, Psychology
Structure Activities in Psychological Research Methods1992 Faculty Teaching Grant Awards
Joe Incandela, Religious Studies
Treasures of a Tradition: Incorporating Medieval Theology into Religious Studies Curriculum
Kevin McDonnell, Philosophy
The Philosophy of More Science: Additional Scientific Issues for a Philosophy of Science Course
Jerome McElroy, Business Administration and Economics
Computer Simulation in Intermediate Macroeconomics (Econ 351)
Donald Miller, Mathematics
Undergraduate Mathematical Programming with Optimization Applications
John Pauley, Communication, Dance and Theatre
Women’s Voices: Women in Public Address
Marcia Rickard, Art
Flying to Indonesia is Easier than Swimming to Cambodia:
A Far Eastern Component for Survey I and II (Art 241-242)1990 Faculty Teaching Grant Awards
Theodore Billy and Laura Haigwood, English
Transatlantic Romanticisn
Nancy Nekvasil, Biology
Chemical Dependency and the Biology of Addiction
Thomas Parisi, Psychology
Science, Self and World
Annette Peacock-Johnson, Nursing
Curriculum Development: Fundamentals of Nursing Care
Ann Plamondon, Communication, Dance and Theatre
Arts and Entertainment Law
Thomas Platt, Biology
Writing in the Biological Sciences for the Non-Major
Bill Sandusky, Art
The Book as Art
Lauren Strach, Business Administration and Economics
Gender and Race Issued in Management
Mary Ann Traxler, Education
Developmental Reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Comes Before Short /a/
Jill Vihtelic, Business Administration and Economics
Financial Modeling: Using the Personal Computer in Financial Analysis
Karilee Watson, Education
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