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ACA Opportunities
ACA Faculty Newsletter
January 2007
Conferences
1) Just Connections Conference
Faculty Development Opportunities (with details below)*
2) Teaching with ARTstor Training
3) ITA Workshop
4) 2007 Teaching and Learning Institute
5) Center for Hellenic Studies
6) IDEAS
7) GLOBE Trip
8) Open Source Training Workshop
9) DELITE-Training in Library Resources
Announcements and Opportunities for Staff and Students
10) FELR Grant Applications Due
11) Student Award Applications (Ledford, Citizen Scholar, Noyce, Robinson)
12) Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference at WVWC
13) Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference New!
14) Upcoming Events
Conferences
1) Just Connections Conference--Save the Date!
The 3rd Biennial Just Connections Conference will be held June 8-10, 2007 at Ferrum College. The theme for this conference is Connections to the Future: a Search for Just and Sustainable Community Models. The “global economy” and “free trade” have created a bonanza for a small percentage of the population. But while a few grow rich, the cost for most is a breakdown in human relationships that has created a hunger for community. Since 1998, Just Connections has brought together community leaders, activists, students, teachers, and scholars to explore and advocate for democratic community models characterized by development and justice. Our research model, based on an equal partnership between campus and community, admits that the core knowledge about a situation resides in the community itself, and that community members are the most qualified to bring meaning to the application of research skills. Our biennial conference is an effort to draw others into the circle. For more information, contact George Loveland at gloveland@ferrum.edu.
*Faculty Development Opportunities
2) Teaching with ARTstor Workshop
January 10-11, Kentucky Christian University, Grayson KY
ARTstor workshops are appropriate for faculty across the disciplines, including (but not limited to) art, business, communication, education, history, literature, languages, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, theater, in fact, most of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. ARTstor offers approximately 500,000 images to use to promote stronger teaching and learning strategies through the use of visual learning techniques and stronger student engagement both in the classroom and during student study time.
This workshop starts with Dr. Sarah Purcell, Grinnell College, who has been teaching American History with ARTstor for several years. She will model how ARTstor has been interwoven with the teaching and learning systems employed in his/her classroom and coursework. A session follows, presented by an instructional technologist, on Visual Learning that focuses on visual learning styles and student engagement techniques to use in the classroom and for study
outside the classroom. Four sessions presented by an ARTstor Trainer step workshop participants through progressively more advanced technology at the ARTstor site. These sessions will introduce the scope of the collections and the software supporting the use of ARTStor images online, then investigate registered user capabilities, instructor level capabilities, and the use of the Offline Image Viewer.
Following the progression of training sessions on using ARTstor, Dr. Purcell will offer Tips and Techniques: A Voice of Experience, with strategies she uses as she prepares content using ARTstor within a course. This "how to" session brings the more abstract skills into focus with her instructional techniques from a "behind the scenes perspective. The final session of the workshop affords participants an opportunity to begin building instructor files for use in particular courses while the experts are available as an ARTstor Action Plan is developed. For faculty based at the host campus these files will be the base for ongoing work. For faculty visiting from another campus, these files can be transferred to the appropriate campus by the ARTstor Trainer following the workshop.
The workshop covers a great deal of material, and has a strong practical base with the expectation that participants will leave with materials that can be put into use immediately. The tools acquired and work begun at the workshop will provide a good foundation for continued growth in the use of ARTstor.
The workshop begins at 1pm the January 10 and concludes with a box lunch at noon on January 11. There is a short evening session (1-2 hours) following dinner on Wednesday night. Registration and meal costs are covered by grant funds. If you attend a workshop that is not on your home campus, lodging will be provided and you will be reimbursed for your mileage to travel to the workshop.
To register for an ARTstor session, please contact Tony Krug by email, tonyk@acaweb.org. Registration requires your name, campus, discipline, campus phone, and whether you require vegetarian meals. If you are not on the host campus, will you need a non-smoking room? For questions, please email tonyk@acaweb.org or call 865-548-5450.
3) Instructional Technology Assistants Workshop
The next Instructional Technology Assistants (ITA) workshop will be held on February 9, 10 and 11 in Abingdon, Virginia. The ITA program is the ACA's much-requested program that pairs a faculty member with a student of their selection for a three day workshop on a variety of topics related to technology and instruction. The faculty and student teams learn together such topics as Digital Video Editing, Google for Academics, and Digital Image Manipulation. Following the workshop, students work for their faculty mentor to prepare various technology based projects for use in teaching. Faculty members get much-needed help developing new teaching tools. Students are eligible to receive a stipend for their work. For more information, see the ACA web site at http://www.acaweb.org/content.aspx?sid=2&pid=44 or contact Martin Ramsay at martinr@acaweb.org. Registration is limited to the first 25 teams who register.
4) Teaching and Learning Institute 2007
The Appalachian College Association’s 2007 Teaching & Learning Institute will be held June 11-16 at Brevard College. This highly interactive and hands-on week provides experts in critical thinking, classroom assessment techniques, development of significant learning experiences, and the connections between the curriculum and the co-curriculum. Additionally, time exists for networking with campus colleagues and with inter-institutional colleagues in your discipline. The deans of the ACA support this endeavor as one of the best professional development opportunities for ACA faculty. Space is limited to the first 100 participants recommended by their deans. For answers to your questions about the week or about registering, please contact Alan Belcher (abelcher@ucwv.edu) or Karen Merriman (kmerriman@ucwv.edu).
5) Classics Across the Curriculum Course Development Workshops
In June 2007, the Appalachian College Association in collaboration with the Center for Hellenic Studies and with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will offer three workshops to develop course materials for the study of the ancient Greek world. Work will focus on creating teaching materials on “Exercising the Mind,” which includes an exploration of philosophy as a way of conceptualizing human existence and the way Athenian youths prepared to assume their roles in society, and “Structures of Political Organization,” which will examine how Athenians organized and participated in their civic institutions.
In addition to the overall goal of creating materials for the study of ancient Greece, the project also aims to forge collaborative, inter-disciplinary, and inter-institutional ties among scholars of the ACA based on mutual interests and curricular objectives and develop models of teaching, scholarly interaction, and publication that reflect and respond to evolving technologies and student expectations. The work undertaken during the seminars next summer will build on the efforts of those who contributed to the three earlier seminars on “The Daily Life of Athenians,” “Athenian Art and Architecture,” and “The Religious Festivals of the Greeks.”
All Classics Across the Curriculum Course Development workshops will take place at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC. Funding for this project will cover the costs of transportation to and from Washington, D.C., accommodations during the workshop, and breakfast and lunch. Participants will be on their own for dinner in the evenings.
Participants in the “Exercising the Mind” workshop will arrive Tuesday, June 12 and depart Sunday, June 17.
Participants in the “Structures of Political Organization” will arrive on Saturday, June 16 and will depart on Thursday, June 21.
A third workshop will be open to all faculty members who have worked on modules over the three years of the project. For three days, beginning on Thursday, June 21, participants will have access to the library as well as the consultants and staff of the Hellenic Center, so they can continue developing their materials. Participants will depart on Sunday, June 24.
Contact Kenny Morrell (morrell@rhodes.edu or 901-843-3821) for more information or for an application. Faculty members may apply to participate in one, two, or all three workshops. Applications are due April 4, 2007.
6) Appalachian IDEAS Network
The Appalachian IDEAS Network is recruiting faculty from across the region to develop teams of students to participate in a 2007 competition, April 13-14, 2007 in Lexington, KY. The Appalachian IDEAS Network is a regional, multi-university program focused on social entrepreneurship education and community development. Teams of students from across the region develop an innovative, entrepreneurial solution to an Appalachian community issue, present a 10-minute business pitch before a group of judges, and compete at the Social Venture Showcase for grants to help implement their concept.
The IDEAS Network is about more than the social entrepreneur showcase. It’s an excellent opportunity for students, educators, and community leaders working to address issues in Appalachia to network and share information through experiential learning.
Contact Audra Cryder (859-257-8265 or acryd2@uky.edu) if you need more information or are interested in developing teams of students. Detailed guidelines and teaching materials will be available in November if you want to incorporate them into your spring curriculum.
7) GLOBE trip to Eastern and Western Europe
Global Leadership for Organizations, Business and Education (GLOBE) announces a comprehensive and innovative program of international business studies and corporate visits in Europe for summer of 2007. This academically based program features six and a half weeks of study, travel, corporate visits and service in the context of the historical, cultural, and political landscape of both Eastern and Western Europe. Program participants will travel to Rome, Florence, Paris, Brussels, London, Siena, and Pisa.
Student and faculty participants will be recruited primarily from the Appalachian College Association in an effort to expose students from the region to the dynamics of European economic, political, social, and cultural life as well as the importance of European Union and the impact of international business as it impacts today’s global society. (Note that this is not an ACA funded program.)
For more information on this opportunity, contact Ray Smith of Bryan College (423 634 2057 or ray.smith@bryan.edu).
8) Open Source Initiative Workshop
For the third year in a row, the ACA will be partnering with IBM's Academic Initiative to continue bringing the Open Source Initiative to ACA faculty. This year's week-long workshop will be hosted by Lincoln Memorial University May 21 through 25. The workshop will be taught by Willy Farrell of IBM. The overall goal of the Open Source Initiative is to equip faculty, both with pedagogical methodologies and free software, to prepare graduates for the increasing number of information technology jobs. The workshop is open to ACA faculty who teach subjects related to computer science and management information systems. For more information, see the ACA web site at http://www.acaweb.org/content.aspx?sid=2&pid=195. To register for the workshop or to find out more information, contact Martin Ramsay at martinr@acaweb.org.
9) DELITE - Deans Encouraging Librarycentric Instructional Techniques
The Bowen Central Library of Appalachia (formerly ACA Central Library) currently is reporting to campus presidents, deans, and library directors on a study of campus usage data for ACA provided library resources. For campus academic departments that aspire to increase usage of those resources, travel funds can be provided to bring a faculty member from another ACA campus in the same discipline where those resources are used more heavily to a departmental meeting to discuss effective strategies for greater use of library resources in coursework and the general reading, research and reflection process. To make arrangements, please contact your campus dean or Tony Krug, tonyk@acaweb.org, 865-548-5450.
Announcements and Opportunities for Staff and Students
10) FELR (Faculty Enrichment in Library Resources) Applications Due
New!
FELR Grants provide funding up to $500 per library per year primarily for materials, supplies and refreshments to host sessions to bring faculty into a better awareness of current library resources with a goal of a positive student learning impact. Applications for summer activities are due February 1, 2007.
The proposal application from the library director (email to Tony is fine) should specify activities and costs related to those activities, with a rationale of how those activities will be effective to accomplish the goals set forth, and an evaluative process. The Committee will review the applications and recommend awards. For more information, please see http://www.acaweb.org/content.aspx?sid=2&pid=133 or contact Tony Krug, tonyk@acaweb.org, or 865-548-5450.
11) Student Award Applications Now Available
Applications and additional information for several ACA student stipends and scholarships are now available on the ACA website, http://www.acaweb.org/content.aspx?sid=2&pid=33. All applications are due in the ACA office on March 12, 2007.
Citizen Scholar Program-This program provides stipends to students participating in a service learning project in their home or college community over the summer.
Ledford Research Program-This program provides stipends to students conducting research with a faculty mentor over the summer.
Barbara Paul Robinson Scholarship-This scholarship ($2,500) is given to a graduating senior who is enrolling in an accredited law program.
Robert Noyce Scholarship-A limited number of scholarships ($7500 each) are available to pre-service math and science teachers.
12) Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference
Call for Papers and Presentations! The 4th annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference will be March 16-17, 2007 at West Virginia Wesleyan College. This conference is open to students in all academic disciplines and submissions need not be traditional research papers. Submissions for presentation at the conference should reflect the level of excellence typical of upper level seminar classes and should not exceed 20 minutes presentation time. A faculty member whose area of expertise covers the thematic of the submission should write a brief note of endorsement supporting the submission (email OK). Papers need not be fully complete at time of submission. The deadline is February 14th but conference slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Last year all slots were filled by February1st. $750 in prize money will be shared by conferees responsible for the finest submissions. Registration is free for WVWC students and $25 for all off-campus participants. To make a presentation at the conference, send a title and abstract of your paper or presentation along with faculty endorsement to Dr. Robert Hull Box 28 WVWC Buckhannon, WV 26201 or email to hull@wvwc.edu. For more information email Dr. Hull at hull@wvwc.edu.
13) The 14th Annual Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference
Call for Papers and Presentations for The Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference (BRURC). The 14th Annual BRURC will be held on March 30, 2007, at Tusculum College in Greeneville, TN. Faculty and students of colleges and universities in the Southern Appalachian Region are invited to attend and participate. All disciplines are invited to participate. The BRURC is designed to encourage undergraduate students to conduct research projects by providing a high quality, low pressure forum for presentations.
The registration deadline is March 10, 2007, and registration may be accomplished by downloading forms from the BRURC/Tusculum College website at www.tusculum.edu/brurc.
A $25 registration fee is due at the time of registration. On-line registration and payment is available.
Students have the option of presenting their research in the interdisciplinary sessions (oral presentations with Power-Point support) or in the poster session. Oral presentations are 15 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes for questions and answers. The research presented should be underway (not just planned). History or criticism projects should have bibliographies completed. Scientific projects should have most of the data collected.
Abstracts are to be provided electronically and are due March 10, 2007. The abstracts should be 150 to 250 words and include title, author(s), faculty advisor, and college/university.
For more information, please contact Dr. Brian Pope (bpope@tusculum.edu) or Ms. Bette Dowd (bdowd@tusculum.edu) at 423-636-7300.
14) Upcoming Events * indicates ACA sponsored events.
January 10, 2007 *Teaching with ARTstor Training at Kentucky Christian University. Contact Tony Krug, tonyk@acaweb.org for more information.
February 1, 2007 *FELR Grant Applications are due. Contact Tony Krug, tonyk@acaweb.org for more information.
February 9-11, 2007 *ITA Workshop Contact Martin Ramsay (martinr@acaweb.org) for more information.
March 10, 2007 Abstracts due for the Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference. Contact Dr. Brian Pope (bpope@tusculum.edu) or Ms. Bette Dowd (bdowd@tusculum.edu) at 423-636-7300 for additional information.
March 12, 2007 *Applications for Citizen Scholar, Ledford Research, Robinson, and Noyce programs are due. Contact Kathryn Bowles, kathrynb@acaweb, for more information.
March 16-17, 2007 Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Research Conference at WVWC. For more information, contact Robert Hull at hull@wvwc.edu.
April 13-14, 2007 Appalachian IDEAS Network Contact Contact Audra Cryder (859-257-8265 or acryd2@uky.edu for more information.
May 21-25, 2007 * Open Source Initiative Workshop at Lincoln Memorial Univesrity. For more information, contact Martin Ramsay at martinr@acaweb.org.
March 30, 2007 Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference at Tusculum College. Contact Dr. Brian Pope (bpope@tusculum.edu) or Ms. Bette Dowd (bdowd@tusculum.edu) at 423-636-7300 for additional information.
June 8-10, 2007 Just Connections Conference at Ferrum College. For more information, contact George Loveland at gloveland@ferrum.edu.
June 11-16, 2007 *Teaching and Learning Institute at Brevard College. Contact Alan Belcher (abelcher@ucwv.edu) or Karen Merriman (kmerriman@ucwv.edu) for more information.
June 12-17, 2007 *Classics Across the Curriculum “Exercising the Mind” Workshop at the Hellenic Center in Washington, DC. Contact Kenny Morrell (morrell@rhodes.edu) for more information.
June 16-21, 2007 *Classics Across the Curriculum “Structures of Political Organization” Workshop at the Hellenic Center in Washington, DC. Contact Kenny Morrell (morrell@rhodes.edu) for more information.
June 21-24, 2007 *Classics Across the Curriculum Material Development Workshop at the Hellenic Center in Washington, DC. Contact Kenny Morrell (morrell@rhodes.edu) for more information.
October 18, 19, and 20, 2007 *ACA Summit X Abingdon, Virginia
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