CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005

NEWS

1.     Symposium on Shakespeare Now and Then at Davidson College
2.     Texas Composers Schedule Exchange Lectures and Masterclasses
3.     ACS Environmental Summit a Resounding Success

OPPORTUNITIES

1.      Mini-grants Available for Science Reform Program
2.      Apply Now for ACSTC Summer 2005 Workshops
3.      Apply Now for NITLE GIS Events
4.      Apply Now for NITLE Summer Seminars for Arab World or Digital Gaming
5.      Transformations:  Winter Issue and CFP for Spring/Summer
6.      Global Partners Opportunities
7.      ACS Scholarship for CIEE Seminar
8.      Apply for Environmental Mini-Grants

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NEWS

1.   SYMPOSIUM ON SHAKESPEARE THEN AND NOW AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE

Play On!  A Symposium on Shakespeare Then and Now at Davidson College, March 13-14, 2005, is part of the Royal Shakespeare Company Residency at Davidson College.  Participants include Shakespearean scholars and practitioners including: RSC Director of Voice Cicely Berry, Director Emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library Werner Gundersheimer, Historian David Cressy, Professor and Theatre Director Robert Cohen, Scholar Coppelia Kahn, and political commentator Ken Adelman.

Complete information on the symposium and a registration form can be found at http://www.davidson.edu/shakespeare. Just click on Play On! Symposium.

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2.    TEXAS COMPOSERS SCHEDULE EXCHANGE LECTURES AND MASTERCLASSES

Prof. Jason Hoogerhyde and Prof. Timothy Cutler will give exchange lectures during the spring semester.  For more information, please refer to http://www.colleges.org/~music/newsletter/jan4-05.html.  Anyone interested in participating in an exchange should contact Patricia Gray at gray@colleges.org.

Thursday, March 24: Prof. Timothy Cutler (Austin College) theory lecture/masterclass at Southwestern University Tuesday, March 29: Prof. Jason Hoogerhyde (Southwestern University) theory lecture/masterclass at Austin College.

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3.    ACS ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

ACS wishes to thank all 150 participants in the 2005 Environmental Summit, which took place February 11-13 at Morehouse College. Presentations by students, staff and faculty, along with the enthusiastic participation of non-presenters, made the conference a huge success. A special thanks to Morehouse personnel, including vice presidents Willis Sheftall and Andre Bertrand, deans Calvin Grimes and J.K. Haynes, professors Larry Blumer and Mona Ray, special assistant Lea Brooks, and the Morehouse caterers, van driver, and faculty who chaired sessions.  For more information on the Summit, please contact Environmental Programs director Elizabeth L. MacNabb at emacnabb@colleges.org.

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OPPORTUNITIES

1.    MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE  FOR ACS SCIENCE REFORM PROGRAM

Course Mini-Grants are available through the ACS Science Reform Program. Submission deadline is March 15,2005. Guidelines and the required proposal cover sheet are posted online at http://www.colleges.org/sciencereform/minigrants.html.  Direct questions to Leo Pezzementi (lpezzeme@bsc.edu), chair of the Review Committee, or to Beth Bowser (bowser@colleges.org), ACS.

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2. APPLY NOW FOR ACSTC SUMMER 2005 WORKSHOPS

The ACS Tech Center will offer seven workshops in Summer 2005.  The ACS Tech Center will pay for travel, room, and some meals for accepted ACS applicants. Application deadline is April 22, 2005.  For more information, please visit: http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/workshops.html.

Workshops include:

* Planning Learning Objects, June 2-5
* Learning Object Technology: Flash, HTML & Other Tools, June 4-9
* Sunoikisis Greek Seminar (Literature of the 4th Century), June 11-16
* Sunoikisis Latin Seminar (Literature of the Early Empire), June 14-19
* Digital Video (Videography & editing with I-Movie and Adobe Premiere), June 25-30
* XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for Teaching and Research, July 13-17
* Music Technology Workshop and Fourth Annual New Music Festival, (held at Birmingham-Southern College), July 26-August 1
All dates include travel dates and workshops will be held at the ACS Tech Center at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX unless otherwise indicated.

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3. APPLY NOW FOR NITLE GIS EVENTS

 The NITLE GIS Initiative will sponsor 4 events in Summer 2005.  For more information visit http://gis.nitle.org/workshops.htm.

* Teaching and Learning with GIS, June 23-27, 2005, CET, Apply by April 10, 2005
* Student Immersion / Faculty Focus, June 7-16, 2005, CET, Apply by March 15, 2005
* Landscape Ecology / Environmental Science, May 23-27, 2005, at the  University of the South, Apply by March 15, 2005
* Urban Studies, May 31-June 3, 2005, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, Apply by March 15, 2005

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4.  APPLY NOW FOR NITLE SUMMER SEMINARS FOR ARAB WORLD OR DIGITAL GAMING

NITLE will sponsor Projected Selves, Reflected Others:  An Al-Musharaka Seminar on Collaboration and Technology in Teaching about Arab, Islamic and Middle Eastern Cultures, June 16-22, 2005.  Apply by March 31.

NITLE will sponsor a Media Studies Seminar on Digital Gaming for Faculty, July 11-15, 2005, at CET. Apply by March 31, 2005. Please see the NITLE and Regional Centers Calendar at http://nitle.org/calendar.htm for more information and application instructions.

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5.  TRANSFORMATIONS: WINTER ISSUE AND CFP FOR SPRING/SUMMER

The ACSTC is seeking papers for the Spring/Summer 2005 issue of Transformations, which has as its theme collaboration, both within and beyond institutional boundaries. Particular areas of interest are alliances among faculty, librarians and technologists, and formal or informal organizational structures that promote relationships among these constituencies on liberal arts campuses. Submissions are due by April 15, 2005, and may be sent to the co-editors: Bob Johnson (johnsonb@rhodes.edu) and Terry Metz, (tmetz@wheatoncollege.edu). For more information, see  www.colleges.org/transformations/index.php?q=node/view/82.

The winter issue of Transformations (special theme: Libraries in the Digital Age) will be available the week of February 28, 2005.

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6.    GLOBAL PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES

**The Language and Technology Task Force offers funding for attendance at CARLA (Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition) Summer Institutes in July 2005: 1) Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom; 2) Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages and 3) Maximizing Study Abroad: Teaching Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use.   Deadline:  Applications received by March 1, 2005 will be given first priority. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/langtech/CARLAfunding.html.

**The Language and Technology Task Force offers funding for summer study of any of the languages of the Global Partners Centers--Czech, Russian, Swahili, or Turkish. Deadline: April 22, 2005.  More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/langtech/scholarships05.html.

**France Regional Alliance Offers Mini-grants for curriculum development and funding for campus speakers. Deadline: March 1, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/minigrants.html and http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/speakergrants.html.

**Join the Global Partners Francophone Speakers Bureau and share your teaching and research expertise with other Global Partners campuses. For more information contact Teresa Wise at twise@colleges.org.  Visit the France Regional Alliance webpage to see more about the work of this group: http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/index.html.

**Central Europe and Russia Task Force offers funding for International Visitors. Deadline: April 15, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/ivp.html.

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7.    ACS SCHOLARSHIP FOR CIEE SEMINAR

ACS is pleased to announce that during the summer of 2005 we will be able to offer a scholarship for participation in any of the Council on International Educational Exchange's faculty seminars.  CIEE offers faculty development seminars in 15 countries.  Application deadline is March 15, 2005.  Please visit ttp://www.colleges.org/~international/CIEEgrant.html for the application process.

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8.   APPLY NOW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MINI-GRANTS

The Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance (CFD) and the Campus as a Lab for Sustainability Alliance (CLS) each have rolling deadlines for grants and are actively seeking faculty, staff, and students to apply for grants. CFD supports ACS professors to develop or to re-design environmental courses.  For further information please visit the alliances website at:   http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/cls_rffp05.pdf, or contact Lee Lines at llines@rollins.edu.  CLS supports projects by students, faculty and staff that use the physical campus and its various assets to exemplify or move toward best practices in sustainability. For more information, please see the rfp at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/cls_guidelines05.pdf, or contact Jeanne Jackson and Roald Hazelhoff (jjackson@bsc.edu or rhazelho@bsc.edu.)



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