From the staff of the Associated Colleges of the South, we hope you all have a wonderful Summer!

CONTENTS FOR MAY 12, 2006

*News *

Environmental Programs Announces New Grant Awards

*Opportunities*

1. Environmental Faculty Fellows Needed
2. Drama/Theatre Workshop at Furman University
3. Interdisciplinary Mini-grants Available
4. Undergraduate Collaborative Scholarships/Research Grants Available
5. Diversity Mini-Grants for Student Led Collaboration with Faculty/Staff Available
6. Workshop Mini-Grants for Campus Diversity Leadership Models Available
7. Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Science and Mathematics, Fall 2006
8. Africa Network

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) – Upcoming Workshops

*NEWS *

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ANNOUNCES NEW GRANT AWARDS

New Student Development and Engagement Grants:

1) Preston Miles (chemistry) and Rose-Marie Roessler (biology), Centre College: Field Internship position on Clark's Run
2) Student Kevin Hobbs, Sewanee, University of the South: equipment and travel to Alaska for his external internship at Denali National Park
3) Student Katie Branch, Sewanee, University of the South: living wages and travel, for an external internship with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation oyster farm
4) Deborah McGrath (biology) and Ken Smith (forestry and geology), Sewanee, University of the South: two internal student internships and travel support, assessing costs of exurbanization of forest and farmland
5) Rose-Marie Roessler (biology) and community member J.P. Brantley, Centre College: four external internships at the Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge

New Curriculum and Faculty Development Grants:

1) Andrei Maximenko (international studies), Centre College: Comparative Environmental Governance course
2) Jeanne Jackson, Leadership and Environmental Studies, Birmingham-Southern College: Faculty development seminar in Costa Rica
3) Kathleen Greer Rossman (economics), Birmingham-Southern College:service learning interim course, Sustainable Development in Ecuador
4) Heather Sullivan (modern languages and literature), Trinity University: World Literature and the Environment course

*OPPORTUNITIES *

1. ENVIRONMENTAL FACULTY FELLOWS NEEDED

Has your campus chosen its Faculty Fellow for next year? If not, YOU could be the 2006-2007 Faculty Fellow! As Fellow, you act as the environmental liaison between ACS and your campus, and between other institutions and your own; you are the information gatherer and disseminator for your campus; and you are the environmental cheerleader, motivating activities and participation among students, faculty and staff. If interested, please speak to your dean or VP of academic affairs, or contact Elizabeth MacNabb, emacnabb@centre.edu or 859.238.6234.
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2. DRAMA/THEATRE WORKSHOP AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY

A Drama/Theatre Workshop will be held on June 15-18 at Furman University. The focus of this year’s workshop is Irish Theatre. This is open to ACS theater faculty and theatre majors. E-mail Marcia White, mwhite@colleges.org to request a registration form and for further information.
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3. INTERDISCIPLINARY MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE

Curricular and co-curricular proposals are invited for Interdisciplinary mini-grants. Submission deadline is October 6, 2006. Complete submission and selection guidelines are online at http://www.colleges.org/newmodels/interdisciplinary/minigrants.html. For proposal preparation questions, contact the chair of the review committee, Cassie Mansfield at emansfie@sewanee.edu.
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4. UNDERGRADUATE COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS/RESEARCH GRANTS AVAILABLE

All departments and divisions at ACS member institutions are invited to apply for grants that may be used for planning purposes or for the design, redesign, implementation, or assessment of collaborative scholarship/research opportunities. Complete submission and selection guidelines are posted online at http://www.colleges.org/newmodels/undergrad/grants.html. Submission deadline is October 3, 2006. For proposal preparation questions, contact the chair of the review committee, Thom Moore at tmoore@rollins.edu.
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5. DIVERSITY MINI-GRANTS FOR STUDENT LED COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY/STAFF AVAILABLE

ACS students in collaboration with faculty/staff are invited to submit proposals that address diversity issues/concerns that affect and challenge campus climates. Deadline for submission is October 6, 2006. Complete submission information is found on-line at http://www.colleges.org/diversity/programs/minigrant_students.html. For proposal preparation questions, contact Marcia White at mwhite@colleges.org.
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6. WORKSHOP MINI-GRANTS FOR CAMPUS DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP MODELS AVAILABLE

These small mini-grants are available to help offset expenses associated with hosting a campus workshop to develop on-going campus models that promote staff, faculty, and student Diversity Leadership. Submission deadline is October 20, 2006. General information, submission guidelines, and the application form are posted online at http://www.colleges.org/diversity/programs/leadershipmodelsgrants.html. For proposal preparation questions, contact Idella Glenn at idella.glenn@furman.edu.
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7. CONFERENCE ON INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, FALL 2006

Trinity University will be hosting a Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Science and Mathematics October 13-14, 2006 in San Antonio, TX. The conference will be a combination of oral sessions for people to disseminate information about interdisciplinary programs and projects on their campuses and workshops for people to brainstorm about ways of improving interdisciplinary connectedness and overcoming challenges to cross-disciplinary collaborations (both in teaching and research). The conference is sponsored by Trinity University’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute Program, and funding is available to support all travel, lodging, and expenses for one representative from each ACS campus. In addition, we welcome one or two additional campus representatives to come along as part of a team. The TU-HHMI Program will cover the food costs of the additional representatives. The conference will be held on the Trinity campus and at the Hotel Valencia on San Antonio’s Riverwalk. For more information visit our website at: www.trinity.edu/org/hhmi.
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8. AFRICA NETWORK

Africa Network, a newly formed consortium of liberal arts institutions, invites inquiries and membership applications from ACS schools and interested scholars. The mission of the Africa Network is to develop and enhance a lasting presence for Africa in the academic programs and campus life of the nation's liberal arts institutions. Through October of 2007 memberships are free. More information at: http://www.africanetwork.org/ OR you may contact Carol West of Hendrix College at west@hendrix.edu.

National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) – Upcoming Workshops


NITLE RELEASES FALL 2006 SCHEDULE OF PROGRAM EVENTS

NITLE has released its fall 2006 schedule of program events. See http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/opportunities for a complete list of opportunities. To express interest in a NITLE event, contact your campus liaison. (A list of liaisons can be found at http://www.nitle.org/liaisons.html.) Opportunities include:

LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES WORKSHOP TO BE HELD AT REED COLLEGE, OCTOBER 20-22

Conference participants will focus on the Learning Management System (LMS) and its role in pedagogy and instructional technology on the liberal arts college campus. As hubs which mediate student and faculty access to course investigations, instructional tools, and external databases and resources, these systems constitute a central and changing piece of infrastructure designed to support teaching and learning. Participants will examine the role that LMS systems play in instruction and help chart paths to more effective use of these tools in the future.
Teams of two participants will be preferred, with a mix of IT, faculty, and librarian roles also preferred.
This conference is sponsored by CODEX, a NITLE collaboration advancing the development of resources and strategies for digital assets management.

MILLSAPS COLLEGE TO HOST MANAGING DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTIONS WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 23-24

In this hands-on workshop, participants will examine tools and strategies for creating and managing digital image collections. Participants will focus on learning about software tools, best practices, standards and strategies for integrating with other digital resource repositories. The workshop will provide participants with an overview of topics in this area.
Teams of two will be preferred, with a mix of IT, faculty, and librarian roles also preferred.
This workshop is sponsored by CODEX, a NITLE collaboration for advancing the development of resources and strategies for digital assets management.

MAQAM AND METER: AN ARABIC MUSIC WORKSHOP TO BE HELD AT BOWDOIN COLLEGE OCTOBER 27-29

Workshop participants will examine music of the Arab world: popular and classical, sacred and profane. Participants will also consider the connection between musical and literary production in the Arab tradition. Through presentations, performances, and workshops, participants will explore aspects of the Arab musical tradition and strategies for bringing this tradition alive in a classroom of students who will have had little, if any, prior exposure to it.
This workshop is sponsored by the Orpheus Alliance, a NITLE collaboration advancing teaching, performance, and composition in music, and Al-Musharaka, a NITLE collaboration advancing teaching and curricular development in Arab, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies.

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