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The spring 2007 semester is off to a busy start. This issue of Transitions includes recent news and important updates about student, faculty, and staff funding opportunities.
New Foundation Funds Support College Diversity Initiatives
The University Foundation received a $30,000 donation from Irene Reed, a teacher education alum who enjoyed a lifelong career as a teacher. This donation will create an endowed fund to assist with diversity initiatives for education majors. The Williams/Rhoades Fund has been redirected to assist with diversity initiatives for faculty and students in all departments in the College. Interest from these two funds will provide over $2,000 annually to be used for diversity initiatives, in addition to the current College of Education and Human Sciences Diversity Fund that was created earlier this year. The COEHS Diversity Fund has supported nine students since it was created in fall 2006.
Illusion Theater Performs March 8 in Gantner Hall, Haas Fine Arts-Bring students!
Illusion Theater, which presented to faculty and staff at the January retreat, is coming again to UW-Eau Claire for a presentation targeted to students. The group gives voice to artists who reflect a variety of cultural perspectives. The production will be from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Gantner Hall, Haas Fine Arts. Faculty are invited to bring their students to this powerful event. More information is available from Jill Pinkney Pastrana, foundations of education or at http://www.illusiontheater.org/about/
Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship
In response to one of our strategic plan implementation priorities, the College will hold its first Celebration of Teaching and Scholarship, an informal event that will include lunch at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 4, on the 2nd floor of Mc Intyre Library in the breezeway adjacent to 2023 A/B. A call for presentations with a brief return form was recently circulated—
http://www.uwec.edu/grayca/webpgs2/InviteS07.htm.
Please return the form to Cynthia Gray, foundations of education, grayca@uwec.edu by April 16 or contact her if you have questions.
Graduate Student and Faculty Member Receive Awards
Professor Linda Carpenter, communication sciences and disorders, recently received the highest honor awarded by the Wisconsin Speech-Language and Audiology Association at its annual convention in February in Madison. The award recognizes excellence in at least three of the following areas: education, clinical service, research, service to the professions of audiology and/or other speed-language pathology, leadership, enhancing public and/or political awareness regarding the impact speech language and/or other hearing problems, or how the nominee serves as a mentor.
Laura Ann Hurd, graduate in communication sciences and disorders, was awarded first place in UW-Eau Claire’s Distinguished Master’s Thesis Competition for her thesis entitled A Comparison of Language Production, Language Comprehension, and Cognitive Functioning in Identical Twins with Williams Syndrome. Congratulations to Laura and Kris Retherford, chair of communication sciences and disorders, who served as her thesis adviser.
Addition to Faculty/Student Research Collaboration Grants
Robert Hollon, curriculum and instruction, is working with undergraduate student Nancy Dohr on Community Case Studies in Collaborative Leadership Series. This grant was missing from the list of funded grants provided to the College and therefore did not appear in the previous edition of Transitions.
Extramural Grant Received
Karen Horan, retired member of the art and design department, received a $65,000 U.S. Department of Education grant to work with teachers in high-need schools in northern Wisconsin to teach language arts across the curriculum. Tamara Lindsey, curriculum and instruction, also participates in this grant.
Differential Tuition Grants Awarded for 2007-08
Congratulations to the kinesiology, foundations of education, and social work departments for receiving 2007-08 Differential Tuition awards totaling $27,460 for the following projects:
- “Student Internships in the UWEC Community Fitness Program” - Don Bredle & Jeff Janot, KINS
- “FED 385 Travel/Service Learning Excursion” - Mark Clark & Jill Pastrana, FED
- “Diversity in Social Work Education and Training”- Rick Ryberg, SW
- “Alternative Winter Break, Washington, D.C.” - Rick Ryberg, SW
Overall our College has succeeded in receiving an increasing total amount of awards over the past three years.
Call for Proposals
The Network for Excellence in Teaching (NET)
· OPID Conference Development Grant that provides up to $1,000 for development and sponsorship of local, regional, and system-wide workshops and conferences focused on the improvement of teaching. The campus deadline is Thursday, March 1. Guidelines and application forms are on the NET website or from Linda Carpenter, carpenlj@uwec.edu.
· Curricular Redesign Grant for fiscal year 2007-08 UW System Administration and the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) seeks proposals for projects that will advance the innovative use of technology for teaching and learning and/or for proposals related to faculty and instructional development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning. Deadline for proposal submission to UW System is Tuesday, March 16. Contact Donna Raleigh, NET Program Manager draleigh@uwec.edu to discuss a proposal idea. For program information and applications visit http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/crg/index.html
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
· Summer Extramural Grant Development Program that provides a $2,000 stipend in the summer to develop extramural grant proposals to agencies outside of the University of Wisconsin System. Modest expenses for student help, travel, and data-base searches may also be awarded. For details, visit http://www.uwec.edu/orsp/Programs/SummerEx.htm. The application deadline is Thursday, March 1.
The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity
· The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity is seeking proposals in four categories of grant support for implementation during the upcoming 2007-08 fiscal year. For complete information visit http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IRE. Hard copies of proposals must be postmarked no later than Monday, April 9, 2007.
The National Teaching and Learning Forum
Check out the February issue of the National Teaching and Learning at http://www.uwec.edu/net/licenses/index.htm, compliments of NET.
Wishing you joy and hope as spring reluctantly joins the Wisconsin landscape. |
