26 February - Faculty development opportunities
Date: February 26, 2004
To: All Faculty
From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities
Re: Faculty development opportunities
Following is a list of programs, workshops, grants and conferences that are
available for faculty professional development and growth. Some opportunities
are also available for students.
Complete information including descriptions, eligibility requirements, and
registration deadlines about each of these is located in the Division of Arts
and Humanities Office in BW247, or contact Shanda Schmidt at the Division of
Arts and Humanities (4936 or sschmidt@cord.edu).
Also available in BW247 are booklets listing publications and programs such
as: 2003-04 Fulbright Scholar Programs and AAC&U 2004 Publications.
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AAC&U 4th Annual Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for
Student Engagement, Inclusion and Achievement. June 23-27, 2004 – Snowbird,
Utah
Application Deadline: March 3, 2004
The Lutheran Academy of Scholars announces their summer seminar at Harvard
University, July 19-30, 2004. Contact Jim or Shanda by March 8, 2004 if
interested.
Classrooms of the Future X “Learner-Centered Learning” symposium will be
held May 24-25 at Macalester College, St. Paul.
Deadline for Proposals: March 15, 2004
The 4th Annual Lilly Fellows Program National Research Conference “Christianity
and Human Rights” will be held November 11-14 at Samford University,
Birmingham, AL
Deadline for Abstracts: March 15, 2004
The 2004 Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo will be held
April 14-17 in New Orleans.
Registration Deadline: March 24, 2004
Call for Proposals: Beyond Boundaries Conference “Integrating Technology
into Teaching and Learning” The conference will be held September 23-24, 2004
at UND
Proposals Due: March 31, 2004.
The U.S. Department of Education, Funds for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education announces two grant competitions: http://www.ed.gov/fipse/
The Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education is a grant
competition run cooperatively by the governments of the United States and
Mexico. The purpose of this competition is to promote a student-centered North
American dimension to education and training in a wide range of academic and
professional disciplines. Grants will likely be on the order of $200,000 for a
four-year period.
Deadline for submissions: April 16, 2004
The European Community-United States of America Cooperation Program in
Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training grant competition will
support innovative, multilateral, student-centered projects with the potential
to stimulate substantive and long-lasting structural and curricular
transatlantic cooperation in higher education and vocational education and
training.
Deadline for submissions: April 23, 2004
The Teaching Professor conference is scheduled for May 21-23, 2004 in
Philadelphia. This is a conference to exchange teaching and learning ideas,
techniques and resources.
Registration deadline: May 3, 2004
AAC&U Diversity and Learning Conference: “Democracy’s Compelling
Interest” will be held October 21-23, 2004 in Nashville, TN.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning has a
website with information about the “Leadership for the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning”
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/castl
26 February - Interfaith Panel Discussion
February 25th marked the release of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of
the Christ." This film has received broad praise and criticism in recent
weeks, as evidenced by numerous national and local articles and news stories.
Mathetai, a student-led theological group, will be sponsoring an an interfaith
panel discussion focusing on the relevence and importance of this film for Jews
and Christians. This will take place on Thursday March 11th in Jones Science
Center Room 212 at 7pm. Panelists are: Dr. Larry Adlerink (Religion Dept.), Dr.
Roy Hammerling (Religion), and Dr. Ted Kleiman, MD (president of the Temple Beth
El congregation).
The date has been set after break in order to give indivduals an opportunity
to view the film prior to discussion.
Joe Halvorson
Mathetai co-chair
25 February - Advisement and Registration
To all Concordia College faculty and staff:
We would like to remind the campus community that, in accordance with
procedures approved by the Faculty Senate, all committee and other related
meetings should be suspended during the upcoming advisement and registration
period. Registration will take place March 16-18 and 23-24.
Academic Advisement Committee
Gary Totten (Chair)
Mike Bath
Lois Cogdill
Merrie Sue Holtan
Stan Iverson
Julie Rutherford
Jonathan Steinwand
Mike Hanson
Dave Madden
24 February - Tri-college Film Library
The Tri-College Film Committee will be meeting again soon to determine
purchasing for the TCU Film Library. Your input is critical to keep the
collection vibrant and well-used.
Recommendations for new titles may be submitted to the Film Library by
filling out the on-line Tri-College University Film Library purchase request
form ( http://appserv.mnstate.edu/tcufilm/tcu/
). Please forward a brochure or catalog describing the video to Jane Krajeck at
the TCU Film Library, Instructional Media, MSUM.
Take the time to look through the list of already-suggested films and add
your support to a colleague from another campus if appropriate.
Connie Jones, Librarian
23 February - Mid-Term Grade Submission
TO: Concordia Faculty
DATE: February 23, 2004
FROM: Carole Stalheim, Registrar
SUBJECT: Mid-Term Grade Submission
Mid-term grades for the Spring 2004 session will be due on or before March 8
at 4:00 p.m. All grades will be submitted electronically on the WEB. Beginning
Monday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m., you will be able to access the WEB to
determine if you have grades to submit. Mid-term grades are temporary, but
necessary for reporting the progress of students who are new to Concordia
College or on probation. Block four grades for these students are being
defaulted to "IP" (in progress) since no grades are available for
these courses.
If you have any problems accessing the WEB, please contact Dr. Alex Sze, WEB
Support Specialist.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the process.
23 February - Grant Submissions
Dear faculty,
Proposals for Summer Study Grants, Degree Completion Grants, Mini-grants for
Department/Program Workshops on the Liberal Arts and Pedagogy, and Mini-grants
for Interdisciplinary Program Retreats should be submitted to the Academic
Dean's Office by Monday, March 15. The Professional Growth Committee will also
award a limited number of Bush funded Interdisciplinary Partnership and Course
Creation/Revision Grants this spring and the March 15 deadline for submission
should also be followed.
Information about each of these grants is available on the Faculty
Development website at http://www4.cord.edu/acadAffairs/facultydev
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or other members of
the Professional Growth Committee.
Thank you,
Professional Growth Committee
Carol Pratt, Chair (pratt@cord.edu)
Jim Aageson
Jonathan Clark
Heidi Goldberg
Michelle Lelwica
Ron Twedt
23 February - Faculty Colloquium
"High Priests and Holy Ground: Pilgrimage to Shanksville,
Pennsylvania"
On September 11, 2001, United Flight 93 crashed in a field near a small town
in western Pennsylvania, and immediately after the event of 9/11, Shanksville,
Pennsylvania became a place of pilgrimage for Americans.
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, 2003, it is estimated that 80,000 people
visited the Flight 93 Temporary Memorial Site. In July 2003, Dr. Rhoda Schuler,
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, conducted research on this pilgrimage
phenomenon in Shanksville.
Dr. Shuler's Faculty Colloquium presentation on Tuesday, February 24, will
focus on two aspects of her research: Shanksville as a place of pilgrimage
within American civil religion, as defined by sociologist Robert Bellah, and the
role that the "Volunteer Ambassadors" have had in shaping the Flight
93 narrative and the pilgrimage experience of visitors.
All are invited to the 4:30 p.m. Faculty Colloquium in Frida Nilsen Lounge.
Refreshments will be served.
23 February - 2004 Summer Registration Program
Over the course of the past semester, we reviewed our summer registration
program. As a result of this review, the implementation of a new format was
recommended for the 2004 Summer Registration Program. This new format seeks to
be responsive to parents who felt a full day of summer registration was
difficult given the driving distance that some of our students come from. We
tried to address this concern by offering half-day registration and information
experiences rather than a full- day format.
To accommodate the half-day format, the following changes were recommended:
a) A morning group would attend registration events from 8:45 a.m. to 1:35
p.m. and an afternoon group would attend from 11:55 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. b) The
number of summer registration days held in Moorhead would be reduced from six to
three and the number of registration days in St. Paul from three to one. c) Each
faculty advisor would advise five students as in previous years but advisors
could choose to serve during a morning or an afternoon session.
Moorhead sessions are planned for June 8, 10, and 17 (see the above listed
starting times). The St. Paul sessions are planned for June 14 and starting
times would be somewhat modified with a morning session from 8:15 a.m. to 12
noon and an afternoon session from 1:00 to 4:40 p.m.
As always, we seek your help and support to make these summer registration
events a success as we seek to accommodate the members of the Class of 2008 and
their families. We hope you will be interested in participating in this
important event. We will need additional faculty members for registration and we
will need additional staff members to help make each advising session flow
smoothly as two groups of students and parents visit our campus. We will provide
more detail and some specific requests for help at a later date, but hope that
you will in the meantime consider becoming involved in this important summer
event. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Morris Lanning, Sabine O'Hara, Lindsay Rhodenbaugh
20 February - Assessment Workshop
An additional session for the assessment workshop, "A Complete Cycle of
Assessment: What it Means and How Do We Get There?" is now scheduled.
The workshop/discussion sessions will be held at the following times:
Tuesday, February 24, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge. Box
lunches will be served.
Wednesday, February 25, from 2:40 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge.
Friday, February 27, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Old Main 406.
Please R.S.V.P. to Pat Bastion at bastion@cord.edu if you are able to attend
one of these sessions so that we can get accurate counts for meals and copies of
materials.
18 February - AAHE Conference
Date: February 18, 2004
To: All Faculty
From: Jim Aageson, Division Chair
Re: AAHE Conference
The Academic Affairs office will sponsor attendance for one faculty member at
the upcoming AAHE national conference. The "Learning in 3-D: Democratic
Transformations, Diversity Redefined, Digital Environments" conference will
be held April 1-4 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. A schedule of
events can be found at: http://www.aahe.org/learningtochange/2004/index.htm.
If you are interested in attending this conference, please reply by e-mail to aageson@cord.edu
or schmidt@cord.edu by Friday, February
27. In the event that several people are interested in attending, the academic
affairs office will determine representation based on the conference subject and
the individual's area of specialty. Also, the person attending this conference
should be prepared to give a presentation or summary of the conference to
faculty upon their return from the conference. Thank you for your continued
interest in representing Concordia College.
18 February - New Assistant
To: Faculty
From: Sabine U. O'Hara Academic Vice President and Dean of the College
Please welcome Mikael Kramlich who comes to us from Preference Personnel to
fill the position of administrative assistant to the office of Academic Affairs
on a temporary basis.
17 February - Nominations for a Student Speaker
To: Concordia Faculty
From: Gordon Lell, Faculty Secretary, Omicron Delta Kappa, National
Leadership Honor Society
We are seeking nominations for a student speaker for Spring Honors
Convocation. Nominees will be screened by Omicron Delta Kappa; the top nominees
will be referred to President Dovre for final selection.
E-mail your nominations to lell@cord.edu (Gordon Lell) by Friday, February
20.
Criteria to consider for nominating a student speaker for Honors Convocation:
1) Senior standing 2) High academic achievement 3) Member of national or campus
honor societies 4) Respected member of the Senior Class 5) Demonstrated speaking
ability
16 February - Assessment Committee Workshops
The Assessment Committee will offer monthly workshops during the remainder of
this spring semester to assist departments in developing "a complete cycle
of assessment."
"A Complete Cycle of Assessment: What it Means and How Do We Get
There?" will be held on Tuesday, February 24, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. in
Brown Hall Lounge. Box lunches will be served.
The workshop will be repeated on Wednesday, February 25, from 2:40 p.m. to
3:30 p.m., also in Brown Hall Lounge.
Please R.S.V.P. to Pat Bastion at bastion@cord.edu if you wish to attend
either workshop.
11 February - Higher Learning Commission Report
From: Sabine U. O'Hara
To: Concordia College Community
The final report of the visiting team of the Higher Learning Commission that
visited our campus from Nov. 3 to 5, 2003 has arrived. A copy of the report is
on reserve in the library should you be interested in reviewing the team' s
recommendations. Thanks again to the Steering Committee and its chair, Dr.
Michael Wohlfeil, and to the rest of the campus community for your many
contributions to the success of this important re-accreditation visit.
10 February - Faculty Scholarships
To: Faculty
From: Sabine O'Hara Academic Vice President and Dean of the College
Wednesday, February 11 will be the fourth day of our faculty scholarship
events. This is a long standing event that is available to our most promising
and accomplished students. As always, we hope to offer interviews to all of
these students. If you are available to meet with student applicants tomorrow,
February 11 please call Samantha Axvig at 4565 or email her at axvig@cord.edu.
Your support of this important scholarship program is much appreciated.
9 February - Faculty development opportunities
Date: February 9, 2004
To: All Faculty
From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities
Re: Faculty development opportunities
Following is a list of programs, workshops, grants and conferences that are
available for faculty professional development and growth. Some opportunities
are also available for students.
Complete information including descriptions, eligibility requirements, and
registration deadlines about each of these is located in the Division of Arts
and Humanities Office in BW247, or contact Shanda Schmidt at the Division of
Arts and Humanities (4936 or sschmidt@cord.edu).
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Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) new and continuing
opportunities:
Visiting Fellows - an initiative of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation http://www.woodrow.org/visiting-fellows
The Policy Center on the First Year of College is working with CIC
institutions to develop "Foundations of Excellence" that can assist
colleges and universities to evaluate and improve the first year of college. http://www.brevard.edu/fyfoundations/affiliates/cic/index.htm
The National Endowment for the Humanities awards grants to higher
education institutions to create summer institutes for the intensive study of
important texts and topics in the humanities. To apply to be a host institution
in 2005 - http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html
To apply as a seminar participant - http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html
Deadline for both options is March 1.
Reminder: The James Madison Fellowship deadline is March 1. http://www.jamesmadison.com
The Washington Report - Chemistry Research Instrumentation and
Facilities: Instrument Development proposal deadline is March 18, 2004. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04534/nsf04534.htm
The Department of Defense is funding an Undergraduate Collaborative
Summer Training Program Award, particularly for Prostate Cancer Research. http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pdf/04pcrpreftable.pdf
For more information on Department of Defense funding programs: http://cdmrp.arm.mil
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology
Directorate is offering Undergraduate Scholarships with competitive stipends
and tuition allowances. Areas of study include: physical, biological, social and
behavioral sciences including science policy, engineering, mathematics and
computer science.
Deadline: February 19, 2004
AAC&U Institute on General Education - May 21-26, 2004 at Salve
Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island www.aacu.org/meetings/institute_gened/index.cfm
Deadline: March 1, 2004
The Teaching Professor Conference "Celebrating Teaching and
Promoting Learning" will be held May 21-23, 2004 in Philadelphia, PA
Deadline: March 1, 2004
Humanities Advocacy Day 2004 - March 15-16, Washington D.C. This event
is held annually to promote federal support for research, education and public
programs in the humanities.
Registration deadline: March 1, 2004 Hotel cutoff: February 13, 2004
AAC&U 4th Annual Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership
for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement June 23-27, 2004 - Snowbird,
Utah
Deadline: March 3, 2004
The Council of Independent Colleges announces the Heuer Awards for
Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Science Education.
Deadline for nominations: March 12, 2004
The Institute for Experiential Learning (IEL) in cooperation with AAC&U
is offering the Faculty Fellows Internship Program. This program will allow
faculty to participate in a professional internship program in Washington, D.C.
Faculty will come to Washington for a semester to engage and utilize their
skills and knowledge in a setting that complements their discipline.
Deadline for Fall Semester - March 30, 2004 (notification of acceptance April
15, 2004) Deadline for Spring Semester - July 31, 2004 (notification of
acceptance August 15, 2004)
Learning to Look Institute for faculty - July 18-23, 2004 at Maryville
College in Tennessee. This institute is designed for faculty who are seeking to
integrate new media, or the most recent technological tools into their
humanities curriculum.
Deadline for applications: April 15, 2004
U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program is a grant competition
to support student-centered cooperation between the United States and Brazil to
promote cross-national education and training opportunities in a wide range of
academic and professional disciplines
Deadline for applications: April 16, 2004
UND 3rd Annual Beyond Boundaries Conference - September 23-24, 2004. http://www.beyondboundaries.info
Deadline for applications: March 31, 2004
6 February - Orientation Mentors
To: Faculty
From: Sabine O'Hara Academic Vice President and Dean of the College
Re: Orientation Mentors Reminder
Attached is the memo
that was previously sent out on January 22 requesting faculty orientation
mentors. Please submit your application (Adobe Acrobat,
Word) to the Dean's Office by Monday, February 9 if
you are interested in being a faculty orientation mentor.
Thank you.
6 February - Symposium Reminder
To: Faculty
From: Sabine O'Hara Academic Vice President and Dean of the College
Re: Classes during Symposium
I would like to remind you that Faculty Senate resolved that 10:30 classes on
Monday, February 9 should meet at Memorial Auditorium at 9:50. All other class
periods that day are as normal.
5 February - Flaat teaching and scholarship awards
The Faculty Special Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the Flaat
Distinguished Teaching Award and the Flaat Distinguished Scholarship Award for
the 2004/05 academic year. Awards will be given at the fall Faculty banquet.
Explanations of these awards and information about the nomination process are
located at http://www4.cord.edu/acadAffairs/forms/Default.asp
Nonmination packets are due March 17. Please send them to Sharon Hoverson,
Chair, Special Awards Committee.
Thank you.
Sharon Hoverson
Interim Library Director
5 February - Vocation and Advising at an Undergraduate College of the Church
The Lilly Call to Serve Project and the Academic Advisement Committee are
cosponsoring a visit by Dr. Roberta Bondi on Friday, February 13. Dr. Bondi will
be the featured speaker at Community Time at 9:20 a.m. in Christiansen Recital
Hall in the Music Building. She will speak on "Vocation and Advising at an
Undergraduate College of the Church."
Immediately following Community Time there will be a "Coffee,
Conversation, and Books" event with Dr. Bondi in Kresge Lounge. Faculty,
staff, and students are welcome to come and meet Dr. Bondi personally. A
selection of her books will be on hand for purchase. Coffee and cookies will be
served.
Dr. Bondi serves on the faculty of Candler School of Theology at Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is Professor of Church History and her
research focuses on early church history and Christian spirituality.
2 February - Cultural Events
The Cultural Events Series will present Gospel Singer Jane Sapp with
Community Singers in concert 7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 8th at Memorial
Auditorium and The King's Singers in concert at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February
17th in Memorial Auditorium - don't miss these opportunities to hear renowned
choral performers - faculty, staff and students can get their free general
admission tickets with ID at Campus Information or the Cultural Events Office or
at the Box Office before the concert.
Lowell Larson
Cultural Events
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