CONTENTS for April 30, 2001

1. Request for Collaborators: Digital Technologies and Cultures
2. Summer Offerings at the ACS Technology Center
3. Planning Underway for Next Phase of ACS Technology Initiatives
4. Global Partners announces student scholarships
5. Global Partners seeks study abroad directors
6. BSC "Colleges Partnering with Communities" Symposium
--------------------------------

1. REQUEST FOR COLLABORATORS: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURES

How do liberal arts colleges best prepare students to live and think critically in the digital age? What are the best practices for teaching genomics, digital copyright, hacktivism, Web business, interactive media, on-line identities, quantum computing? Given the mission and resources of the liberal arts environment, how do we create a pedagogy for a digital world whose components transform radically from one semester to the next?

Collaboration across campuses is one solution. Drawing on ACS collaborative successes, such as the Classical Studies program, Archaeology course and the Vietnam class, faculty can use the new technology to share the teaching of it, across both institutional and disciplinary boundaries.

If you are interested in working with like-minded colleagues to discuss these questions and more, and plan for ongoing collaborations, please visit http://www.colleges.org/~dtc/ to learn more, then contact Bryan Alexander at Centenary College (balexand@centenary.edu) or Suzanne Bonefas at the ACS Technology Center (bonefas@colleges.org). We will arrange a meeting sometime in the upcoming summer or early fall -- please plan to join us!
----------

2. SUMMER OFFERINGS AT THE ACS TECHNOLOGY CENTER

ACS is offering a number of free workshops and other gatherings at its Technology Center this summer. These are open to all ACS faculty and staff at NO CHARGE. ACS also pays travel and provides housing and food for participants. The application deadline has been extended to FRIDAY MAY 4 (applications must be IN OUR OFFICE by that date). To apply, visit the workshop home page at http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/workshop01.html and print the applications for the workshops you wish to attend, fill out and get the signature of your chief academic officer, then fax to the number printed on the application.

Here are just some of the workshops you can choose from:

June 19-24 NEW! "Using Digital Video for Teaching and Learning". Come learn the basics of video capture and editing and how video can enhance teaching and learning.

July 18-22 "Providing Web Access to Databases." Learn basic database concepts, as well as how to make your data available on-line. No experience is required, and ACS will provide database access for those who do not have this available at the home institution. Participants will get hands-on practice, and the chance to get a basic database online by the end of the workshop.

We are also holding several events that will be of interest to faculty and staff in specific disciplines and departments. As with the workshops, all travel/room/board is covered by ACS for successful applicants.

Attention IT staff and anyone who provides technology support to faculty: you are all invited to attend the second annual meeting of ACS tech support staff from July 11-15, 2001. This meeting provides an opportunity for you to meet colleagues who provide support at small liberal arts colleges, share support strategies, and learn from those who are facing similar challenges. We would like to see representation from all 15 of our member institutions. Please plan to join us! For additional information, see http://www.colleges.org/~support or contact Pat Ramsey, ramseyp@southwestern.edu.

ACS Music faculty and support staff: come meet your ACS colleagues July 26-30, 2001. The purpose of this meeting is two-fold: to provide an opportunity for ACS music faculty to get to know one another and discuss possible collaborative opportunities in connection with an ACS grant and to learn about the use of technology in the music curriculum. No previous technology experience is required! Please join us to discuss the possibility of webcasting campus events, artist exchanges, a teaching materials archive and other possible collaborations.

ACS Classics faculty: we will hold a meeting of Sunoikisis (the ACS "virtual classics department") on June 2-10, in conjunction with planning sessions for collaborative courses in Greek Lyric Poetry and Flavian literature to be offered this fall. All ACS classicists are invited to attend and discuss issues of interest to all who teach at a small liberal arts institutions. You may come to all or part of this meeting -- see the application linked to the main workshop page for details.

Again, you will find more information and applications linked to http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/workshop01.html. The ACS Tech Center staff looks forward to seeing you here this summer!
----------

3. PLANNING UNDERWAY FOR NEXT PHASE OF ACS TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES

Representatives of ACS and consortial groups in the midwest and northeast (ACM, CET, GLCA) have been meeting with representatives of the Mellon Foundation to discuss the possibility of a national Technology Centers initiative, involving the sharing of technology programs among a larger group of national liberal arts institutions. At ACS, we are considering both the expansion of current programs as well as creating new ones. For more on these plans, see http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/planning/newtechplans.pdf, and let us know what kind of programming you would like to see at your ACS Technology Center.
----------

4. GLOBAL PARTNERS STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER 2001

The Global Partners Language and Technology Task Force is pleased to announce the availability of student scholarships for language study in the summer of 2001. Merit-based scholarships are for study of any of the languages of the Global Partners Centers (Czech, Russian, Swahili, Turkish) at the Beloit College Center for Language Studies (CLS). Applicants should be full-time students at any of the 41 Global Partners institutions. Total award money available is $4000. Individual awards will range from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $1000, and the total number of awards will depend on the pool of applications received. Interested students should complete a Beloit CLS application and write an essay explaining why such language study is personally or academically important to them.

Interested students should contact: Patricia Zody, Director Center for Language Studies, Beloit College; phone: 608/363-2277; email: cls@beloit.edu IMMEDIATELY. For more information on the Center for Language Studies visit: http://beloit.edu/~cls.
----------

5. GLOBAL PARTNERS SEEKS STUDY ABROAD DIRECTORS

Global Partners Seeks Faculty Directors For The Semester In Turkey Program--Fall 2002 and Fall 2003. The Global Partners Semester in Turkey Program seeks a resident director for the fall 2002 and the fall 2003 semesters. Global Partners is an international education initiative linking the following consortia: ACM, ACS and GLCA. The resident director should be a faculty member from one of the 41 member institutions of these three consortia.

Duties will include academic instruction (for a pre-departure online course, as well as an onsite course), administrative work and guidance and support for approximately 15 students. The program begins in mid-August and spends 3 weeks in Istanbul. This is followed by a 9 day field study trip, and the remainder of the semester is spent in Ankara. Deadline for application is May 15, 2001 for the fall 2002 program and September 15, 2001 for the fall 2003 program.

For more information visit the Global Partners Opportunities page: http://www.41colleges.org/opportunities/directorannounce.html or contact Teresa Wise, director of international programs, ACS, twise@colleges.org or 404.636.9533.
----------

6. BSC "COLLEGES PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES" SYMPOSIUM

Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) Will Host An Interactive Symposium entitled "Colleges Partnering with Communities" to be held June 17-20. This symposium, jointly sponsored by BSC and the WK Kellogg Foundation, is designed to bring teams from colleges and universities to meet and discuss how to establish long-term partnerships between higher education and community agencies. BSC invites fellow ACS institutions to send a team consisting of a faculty member, a staff member, 1-2 students and a community organization representative. Funding from Kellogg will cover the transportation costs of the community representative. For more information visit the website: http://www.bsc.edu/programs/leadershipstudies OR call Jeanne Jackson at 205.226.4679.

*******************************************************

The Electronic Palladian is sent several times a semester to all faculty and staff at ACS member institutions. All announcements are approved by ACS. For more information about this newsletter, please contact Christiane Williams at christiane@colleges.org. If you know of ACS faculty or staff members who are not receiving this and would like to, they may request to be added to the list by sending email to majordomo@colleges.org with the message 'subscribe palladian' (without the quotation marks). You may remove yourself from the list by sending the message 'unsubscribe palladian' to the same address.