Elmhurst College Faculty Development Committee

Faculty Development

2004-2005 Faculty Development Committee (FDC) Members (email)
2003-04 FDC Web Page (last year) 2002-03 FDC Web Page (year before last) 2001-02 FDC Web Page (three year ago)

Marie Baehr (617-3576)
Larry Carroll (617-3114)
Andrew Das (617-3541)
William Hirstein (617-3582)
Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin (617-3202)
Jill McWilliams (617-6470)
Sheila Mehigan (617-3458)
Helga Noice (617-6467)
Kathy Rust (617-3419)
Susan Swords Steffen (617-3172)
Earl Swallow - Chairperson (617-3577)
FDC Work Page

Third Annual
Elmhurst College Research and Performance Showcase
Frick Center and Schaible Science Center
Wednesday Afternoon, May 4, 2005
3:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Committee Information and Documents
Travel Grant Application Information (WordPerfect) (pdf)
International Education Grant Application Information (WordPerfect) (pdf)

Midwest Faculty Seminar at The University of Chicago:
2004-2005 Institute Schedule and Elmhurst College Application Information (WordPerfect) (pdf)
2004-2005 MFS participants from Elmhurst College:
       Mike Lindberg: "Modern Islam"
       Tom Nachtrab: "Jürgen Habermas: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere"
       Gurram Gopal, Richard Schultz, Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin: "Global Warming"
2003-2004 MFS participants from Elmhurst College:
       Ron Wiginton: "Richard Wright, Native Son"
       Jennifer Boyle, Gurram Gopal, Earl Swallow: "Human Rights"
       Mary Kay Mulvaney: "Rhetorics of Religious Nationalism in the West"
       Bruce Fischer, Mike Lindberg: "World Hunger: Causes and Consequences"

Call for Faculty Research Grant Proposals and Guidelines (WordPerfect) (pdf)
Call for Departmental Initiative Grant Proposals and Guidelines (WordPerfect) (pdf)
Some grant applications [2000-2001] [2001-2002] [2002-2003] funded by the FDC in the past are available for you to examine.
Call for Alumni Association Faculty Study Grant Proposals (WordPerfect) (pdf)

Faculty Research and Performance Forum Presentation Schedule

President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Students: "Intent to Nominate" was due by February 11, 2005 - Think About Next Year!
Memo Inviting Nominations from EC Students (MS-Word) (pdf)
Poster Inviting Nominations from EC Students (MS-Word) (pdf)
Nomination Form and Questions (MS-Word) (pdf)
List of Award Recipients from 1983 to the present (pdf)

College Teaching Programs
Spring 2004 Roundtables and Workshops on Teaching Strategies (further details)
      Friday, April 2 - 3:30-5:00 PM Roundtable #1:
             Opportunities and Challenges in Using Various Teaching Strategies [Materials: (MS-Word) (PDF) ]
      Saturday, April 24 - 8:30 AM-noon: Workshop on Uses of Teaching Strategies [Materials: (MS-Word) (PDF) ]
      Tuesday, May 18 - 3:10--4:30 PM: Roundtable #2 [Materials: (MS-Word) (PDF) ]
      Saturday, May 22 - Workshop [Materials: (MS-Word) (PDF) ]

2004 Conference for Research-Based Practitioners in Process Education
at EC June 28-29, 2004 (EC faculty invitation)

21^st (2001) Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Review
22^nd (2002) Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Review
      2002 EC team: Phyllis Kowalke (Computer Science and Information Systems), Mary Kay Mulvaney (English),
                     Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin* (Chemistry), Kevin Olson** (Music), Jennifer Paliatka (Library),
                     Dan Primozic (Philosophy), and Jim Smith (Sociology).
                    *Lilly Conference featured presenter. **Lilly Conference presenter.
23^rd (2003) Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Review
24^th (2004) Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching: November 18-21, 2004.
      2004 EC team: Rob Butler (History)*, Gurram Gopal (Business), and Jim Smith (Sociology).
                    *Lilly Conference presenter.

25^th (2005) Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching: November 17-20, 2005.

Additional Relevant Links
Midwest Faculty Seminar (MFS)
       Dates and brief descriptions of 2004-2005 MFS Institutes are available on the MFS web site (above).
Stanford University Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) and
      Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) sponsor
      Richard Reis's Tomorrow's Professor Listserv
      which bills itself as "DESK-TOP FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, ONE HUNDRED TIMES A YEAR."
Willamette University Teaching Enhancement Resources
Bedford/St. Martin's TechNotes
ATLAS (Ameritech/ACI, Teaching, Learning, and Sharing)
      Publishes articles on the uses of technology in college teaching and learning.
      Call for ATLAS submissions
UW Women and Science Program Curriculum Reform Institute
EC Faculty Women's Caucus

Some Funding Resources
Jill McWilliams (617-6470), EC Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations,
      is anxious to support and assist faculty in their efforts to obtain funding for their academic activities.
Funding Resource Guide from the EC Office of College Advancement
Wesleyan University has an extensive Funding Source web guide for faculty
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
National Science Foundation (NSF)
U. S. Department of Energy (DOE)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
United States Institute of Peace

Faculty-Student Collaboration
Elmhurst College Honors Program offers Swords Scholars grants (MS-Word) (pdf)

Elmhurst College awarded NCUR/Lancy Grant
This $50,000 grant to encourage undergraduate scholarly and creative activity is under the direction of Prof. Dianne Chambers [English, (630)-617-3132, diannec@elmhurst.edu] and Prof. Jon Johnson [Mathematics, (630)-617-3571, jonj@elmhurst.edu]. It is one of only 4 grants awarded out of more than 40 proposals submitted.

NCUR 2002 Presentations - Three (3) presentations from Elmhurst College student-faculty collaboration
can be found by using "Find in Page" to locate "Elmhurst" in the NCUR 2002 Schedule of Presentations.

NCUR 2002: University of Wisconsin at Whitewater 4/25 - 4/27/2002
NCUR 2003: University of Utah 3/13-15/2003
17^th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, March 13-15, 2003.
      Six (6) presentations from Elmhurst College student-faculty collaboration can be found
      by using "Find in Page" to locate "Elmhurst" in the NCUR 2002 Schedule of Presentations.
NCUR 2004: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 4/15-17/2004

NCUR 2005: Washington & Lee University and Virginia Military Institute 4/21-23/2005

National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
Council On Undergraduate Research (CUR)

International Opportunities
Bradley University Seminar in Berlin and Prague
Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
Fulbright Program offers a wide range of opportunities for international exchange.
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) focuses on Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Near East.
People to People Ambassador Programs
NSF International Opportunities for Scientists (INT)
       This especially targets those who are establishing new international partnerships or cooperative programs.
NSF International Research Fellowship Program (IRFP)
       This is especially for junior faculty.
Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Education (UMAIE)
       UMAIE provides some grant support for development of future J-Term International Education courses.
       Here is an explanatory memo from Wally Lagerwey [MS-Word] [pdf] and grant application information [MS-Word] [pdf].
International Education in the Elmhurst College Center for Professional Excellence

Intercultural Opportunities
The Intercultural Communication Institute (ICI) offers a variety of programs.
       Several Elmhurst College faculty and staff have attended their Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication.
Understanding Prejudice.org provides materials on the causes and consequences of prejudice.
Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Education (UMAIE)
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) has developed DiversityWeb
Diversity Database from the University of Maryland provides an extensive set of resource links.
Intercultural Education in the Elmhurst College Center for Professional Excellence

Service Learning
Elmhurst College is a member of Illinois Campus Compact
Offers various Grants to promote community service and involvement on the part of faculty and students.
Service Learning in the Elmhurst College Center for Professional Excellence

Sixth Annual
Elmhurst College Faculty Women's Research Symposium
Frick Center Founders Lounge
Thursday, March 17, 2005
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Watch for next year!

More to come!

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Rev. 04/24/2005. - - Comments and suggestions to Earl C. Swallow .