CONTENTS for March 12, 2003

1) Sewanee Medieval Colloquium
2) Apply Now for ACS Summer Technology Workshops
3) ACS Considering Middle Eastern Collaboration
4) Fifth IT Staff Symposium Planned
5) REALIA Image Database Now Showing on a Website Near You
6) Environmental Programs Grant Deadlines
7) Millsaps Offers Course and Research Opportunities in Mexico
8) Environmental Programs Green Teaching Symposium
9) ACS GIS Symposium Materials Available
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1) SEWANEE MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM

The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium is a multi-disciplinary conference on the Middle Ages held annually on the campus of the University of the South. This year's meeting, on the theme "The Legacy of Antiquity in the Middle Ages," will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5. Our plenary speakers are Henry Mayr-Harting of Christ Church, Oxford, Marcia Colish of Oberlin College, and Kevin Brownlee of the University of Pennsylvania. The conference program, registration materials, and information on lodging in and around Sewanee are on-line at http://www.sewanee.edu/Medieval/main.html.
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2) APPLY NOW FOR ACS SUMMER TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS

The ACS Tech Center will offer summer workshops in Producing Digital Collections, Web Accessible Databases for Digital Collections, and Advanced Flash. We will also host disciplinary meetings for Classics, Modern Languages & the REALIA Project, and Music. Deadline for application: April 22, 2003 or when filled. For more information about these workshops and
application forms, please visit http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/workshops.html.
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3) ACS CONSIDERING MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES COLLABORATION

The ACS Technology Center seeks faculty and librarians who might advise us about the possibility of creating an ACS interdisciplinary collaborative initiative with a focus on Middle Eastern studies. Such a collaboration might include inter-campus teaching (taking advantage of the NITLE materials at http://www.nitle.org/arabworld), visiting (or "virtual") lecturers, and faculty/staff development. We need your ideas and input! If you are interested in the possibilities, please contact Suzanne Bonefas, bonefas@colleges.org or 512-863-1295.
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4) FIFTH IT STAFF SYMPOSIUM PLANNED

ACS is planning its fifth meeting for consortium IT staff, to focus on training issues, customer service, technical trends and issues and/or IT leadership. We welcome all staff in IT-related areas to send us your preferences for dates and topics by completing our online survey at http://www.colleges.org/~support/interests2003.html . If you would be willing to help coordinate or present at the meeting, please contact Rebecca Davis, rdavis@colleges.org.
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5) REALIA IMAGE DATABASE NOW SHOWING ON A WEBSITE NEAR YOU

Faculty and fans of modern languages and culture are invited to view the freshly completed REALIA Project prototype at http://www.realiaproject.org and complete the on-line survey. REALIA (Rich Electronic Archive for Language Instruction Anywhere) has been under the direction of faculty members, technologists and librarians from the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) and the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA). The prototype includes more than 200 images from Spanish- and Russian-speaking countries with detailed descriptions and suggestions for classroom discussion. Response to the survey will shape development of the collection, including expansion to additional languages and media. For more information about the project, as well as the June workshop at the ACS Technology Center to continue the work of digitizing and cataloging images, please contact Deena Berg, dberg@colleges.org.
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6) ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS GRANT DEADLINES

Environmental Programs requests proposals for:

*Campus-Community Partnerships grants, due by March 15,2003 (more info at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/ccp_rfp2.pdf)

*Student Development and Engagement grants, due by March 21, 2003 (more info at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/sde_rfp.pdf)

*Campus as a Lab for Sustainability grants, due by March 31, 2003 (more info at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/cls_rfp.pdf).
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7) MILLSAPS OFFERS COURSE AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN MEXICO

Millsaps College has created and supports a non-profit organization, Kaxil Kiuic, in Mexico for the education and preservation of the endangered ecosystem in the heart of the Northern Maya Lowlands. A summer course open to all ACS students is based here (http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/programs/yucatan03_ad.pdf), and Millsaps encourages ACS faculty and students interested in developing projects in this area to consider using its living laboratory. For more information call or email George Bey at (601) 974-1385 or eygj@millsaps.edu, or Stan Galicki at galics@millsaps.edu.
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8) ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS GREEN TEACHING SYMPOSIUM

ACS will sponsor a Green Teaching Symposium to be held at Furman University March 28-30. Four alliances are co-sponsoring the symposium, and a wide variety of pedagogical approaches to environmental teaching will be presented, along with course software ideas and green fund-raising tips. All ACS faculty are invited to attend, but space is limited, so please apply by March 15. For more information contact Wade Worthen at wade.worthen@furman.edu
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9) ACS GIS SYMPOSIUM MATERIALS AVAILABLE

An online version of the manual assembled at the ACS GIS Symposium in February is now available at http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/gis/, along with a report and news about developing and sustaining GIS at the campus, consortial, and national levels. Please contact Deena Berg at dberg@colleges.org for more information.

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