CONTENTS for February 14, 2003

1. ACS Virtual Art Gallery Logo Design Contest
2. Environmental Program to Host Student Leadership Conference and Global Village Experience
3. ACS GIS Symposium: "Putting the Digital South to Work"
4. 2002-2003 Student Music Composition Contest
5. Environmental Program Seeking Proposals for Fall 2003
6. Sunoikisis Announces Undergraduate Research Symposium
7. ACS Course Delivery System Available for Consortial Use
8. Latin American Studies Symposium
   

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1) ACS VIRTUAL ART GALLERY LOGO DESIGN CONTEST

Submissions are still being accepted from ACS students for the ACS Virtual Art Gallery Logo Design Contest. Deadline is February 17. For complete instructions go to http://www.colleges.org/art_gallery/logo_contest.pdf. Send questions and entries to Beth Bowser, bowser@colleges.org.

2) ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM TO HOST STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND GLOBAL VILLAGE EXPERIENCE

The Student Development and Engagement Alliance will be hosting a Student Leadership Conference and Global Village Experience, March 6-9, 2003 at the Heifer Ranch, in Perryville, Arkansas. All expenses will be paid. We are trying to expand the circle of students committed to the environment. Consequently, we are looking for students who are not ACS interns. Campus student leaders can apply online at http://sde.wlu.edu. Please feel free to contact Helen Downes (downesh@wlu.edu) or Kelly Stewart Nichols (nicholsk@wlu.edu) for more information.

3) ACS GIS SYMPOSIUM: "PUTTING THE DIGITAL SOUTH TO WORK"

The ACS Tech Center will host a GIS symposium, Feb. 28-March 2, 2003 to exchange working GIS projects, provide "hands-on show and tell" opportunities, and compile this information into a GIS manual that can be used and disseminated on all campuses to further integrate GIS into the curriculum upon return. Participants will also discuss models for supporting GIS use at small colleges and what ACS and NITLE can do to support GIS at the consortial and national level. For more information, please contact Deena Berg at dberg@colleges.org.

4) 2002-2003 STUDENT MUSIC COMPOSITION CONTEST

For the second year the ACS music collaborative is sponsoring a student composition contest. Deadline for entry is March 15, 2003. The student winner will be invited to be a guest at the ACS Technology Workshop and to have the winning piece performed at the New Music Festival at Southwestern University July 17-22. Scores will be judged by a panel of non-ACS judges assembled by the ACS Composers Forum. The winning composition will also be recorded during the festival. Contest guidelines and entry forms are available at the ACS Music Composition site: http://www.colleges.org/~music/composition.html. Questions can be addressed to project coordinator Patricia Gray, gray@colleges.org.

5) ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR FALL 2003

The Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance (CFD) and Campus-Community Partnership Alliance (CCP)seek proposals for courses taught in Fall 2003, and for campus-community partnerships involving applied research or collaborative learning opportunities. Due date for proposal submission is March 1 and March 15, respectively. For more information on CFD, go to
http://alpha.furman.edu/~worthen/fcd/fcdfr.htm, or contact Wade Worthen (wade.worthen@furman.edu). For information about CCP, contact Russ Wiggington (wiggington@rhodes.edu) or Lizabeth Zack (zack@rhodes.edu), or see the website at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/ccp_rfp.pdf.

6) SUNOIKISIS ANNOUNCES ACS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM IN CLASSICS

Sunoikisis, the alliance of Classics departments within the ACS, will hold an undergraduate research symposium at the University of the South on April 11-12, 2003. ACS faculty should encourage their students to submit abstracts of research papers on topics relevant to the Ancient World. All ACS students are eligible to participate, but faculty endorsements are requested. Students will deliver their papers in 15-minute presentations at the conference. The abstract deadline is February 15, 2003. Registration deadline is March 15, 2003. For more information please visit the symposium website at: http://www.sunoikisis.org/undergradsymposium/.

7) ACS COURSE DELIVERY SYSTEM AVAILABLE FOR CONSORTIAL USE

Do you engage in collaborative teaching or projects between institutions?
Do you have a need for a system to facilitate collaboration over the web?
ACSTC Software Engineering Interns have developed the ACS Course Delivery System (CDS), which is currently used to deliver inter-institutional collaborative courses in Classics. This system is available for use by any ACS member institution. To learn more, please visit the CDS website: http://cds.colleges.org or contact the CDS administrator, Rebecca Frost Davis, rdavis@colleges.org.

8) LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

Students and faculty should begin planning now to participate in the 11th Birmingham-Southern College. Students can submit a one-page abstract for a paper involving original research. All topics pertaining to Latin America are welcome. Papers in English, Spanish or Portuguese will be considered. Faculty members are invited to accompany their students to serve as panel chairs and discussants. Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2003. More information: http://www.bsc.edu/lass/ or contact Barbara.

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