CONTENTS for August 27, 2001

1. Digital Technology and Culture Meeting
2. Alianco Multimedia Archive Project
3. Collaborative Music Program Planning Underway
4. Global Partners Update
5. ACS Women's Studies Conference to be held at Hendrix College
6. IT staff Meeting Planned for November
7. Call for Technology Fellowship Proposals
8. Beth Bowser Joins ACS Staff as Director of Program Development
9. Help us Determine Summer 2002 Programming at ACS Tech Center

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1. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE PROGRAM PLANNING MEETING

The new ACS Digital Technology and Culture Program invites your participation at our first planning workshop. The meeting will be held at the ACS Technology Center September 21-23, 2001. DTC seeks to assemble faculty from a variety of disciplines and interests to find innovative and collaborative ways of teaching and researching the changes wrought by the rapidly-developing digital world. We will be considering multi-campus classes, web-based curricular modules, resource portals, intersections with Information Fluency, hypermedia research, and emerging instructional technologies. We welcome the participation of ACS faculty and library and IT staff in all disciplines. To apply for ACS-funded travel and accommodations please print and fax the form located at http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/applications01/dtc_app.html.
More information about the program is available at http://www.colleges.org/~dtc/. Note that we need to know soon if you plan to attend, so please contact us immediately if you are interested. Please email Bryan Alexander, balexand@centenary.edu or Deena Berg, dberg@colleges.org with questions.

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2. ALIANCO COLLABORATIVE MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE PROJECT

In a follow-up session to the meeting held at the University of Richmond last April, Alianco participants met August 1-5 at the ACS Technology Center with members of the Global Partners Language and Technology Task Force and a staff member from the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College. The group continued planning of a centralized collaborative multimedia archive. The goal is to provide an on-line source for publishing and accessing copyright-free peer-reviewed media. The archive will be designed for scholars and students alike from a number of disciplines, but especially for language instructors at the college and secondary level.

More detailed information is available at: http://www.colleges.org/~alianco/Alianco_planning_docs/Alianco_August_2001.html. If you are interested in participating in this project -- as a contributor, technical consultant, editor, or in any other capacity, please contact Deena Berg, dberg@colleges.org, 512 863-1673.

3. COLLABORATIVE MUSIC PROGRAM PLANNING UNDERWAY

ACS music faculty had their second meeting at the ACS Technology Center in July, where they learned about using technology for music instruction and discussed plans for future collaborations. Ideas under discussion include two student/faculty travel-study opportunities for summer, 2002: one to the Santa Fe Opera and the other to visit (and play) European pipe organs. Both these trips may be preceded by a collaborative course with an on-line component, as in the ACS classics and archaeology programs. Other proposed programs of the "Orpheus Alliance" are a composition forum and a chamber music exchange. We welcome the participation and ideas of all ACS music faculty. To learn more, visit http://www.colleges.org/~music or contact Patricia Gray, gray@colleges.org.

4. GLOBAL PARTNERS UPDATE

Semester in Turkey Program/Call for Directors:
The first group of students for this program arrived in Istanbul earlier this month and have begun their study and exploration of this fascinating country. We are now seeking a faculty director for the program in the Fall of 2003. Applications are due by September 15, 2001. For more information visit: http://www.41colleges.org/opportunities/directorannounce.html or contact Teresa Wise, director of international programs, twise@colleges.org, 404-636-9533.

Russia Seminar Summer 2002:

The tri-consortial Global Partners Project will offer a two-week interdisciplinary faculty seminar in Russia, "Narratives and Boundaries: Transitions in Southern Russia and Its Environs," in late June 2002 at Kuban State University in Krasnodar. Faculty from a variety of disciplines are encouraged to apply; all applicants must be faculty at member institutions of Global Partners institutions of ACM, ACS or GLCA, Inc. Expenses for the seminar will be covered by the Global Partners Project. Applications are due to ACM by October 15, 2001, with recommendations from academic deans due October 25; participants will be selected by December 15, 2001. More information is available at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/russem02.html or contact Dan Sack at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, dsack@acm.edu or 312-263-5000

5. ACS WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT HENDRIX COLLEGE

ACS is pleased to announce that the 5th Biennial Women's Studies Conference will be held at Hendrix College (Conway, Arkansas) on April 13-14, 2002, with keynote speaker Dr. Oyeronke Oyewumi, author of "The Invention of Women" The theme of the conference is "Gender Studies/Women's Studies; Separate But Equal?." We invite academic papers and panels, creative performances and pieces, and panels related to student life issues and gender. We would like to emphasize the importance of involving students from across the ACS at this conference and therefore encourage faculty to mentor their students in preparation for participation at this conference. Look for registration and proposal submissions in the Fall Palladian. Or submit your proposal via our website: http://www.colleges.org/~wms/2002/conf02.html. For more information or to get involved, please contact Allison Shutt, shutt@mercury.hendrix.edu or Leslie Templeton, templeton@mercury.hendrix.edu.

6. IT STAFF MEETING PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER

The ACS Technology Center will host a November 2001 workshop for technical support staff. Exact dates and agenda for the workshop will be announced the first week of September. The decision to offer the November workshop was the result of discussions at an ACS technical support workshop held at the ACS Technology Center in July 2001 (http://www.colleges.org/~support/). At that workshop, IT staff members from various campuses shared methods of providing computer training and support to faculty, discussed plans for long-term collaboration among member colleges, and heard technical presentations. For more information about the upcoming workshop or to subscribe to the ACS support personnel discussion group, contact Jim Busby, busby@colleges.org, 512-863-1734.

7. CALL FOR TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROPOSALS

ACS is pleased to announce the continuation of the Technology Fellowship Program for the Spring and Summer 2002. These fellowships provide a $2500 stipend to faculty members for developing teaching materials or other curricular enhancements in which technology plays a key role and which have potential application for other ACS institutions. Interested faculty should submit an application form along with a 2-3 page proposal detailing the project they intend to complete during the fellowship period - either the spring semester or the summer. Proposals should include information about the technical requirements of the project and institutional support, as well as explain how and when the project will be integrated into the curriculum and the mechanism for assessment. Proposals must also clearly indicate how the technology in question will enhance the applicant's teaching and student learning, citing relevant sources if available, and should include a plan for evaluation and for dissemination of the results in such a way as to share the project with colleagues at other ACS institutions. Applications for the Spring and Summer 2002 semesters are due October 12, 2001. More information and application are available at http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/fellowships.html or contact Christiane Williams, christiane@colleges.org, 404-636-9533.

8. BETH BOWSER JOINS ACS AS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Beth Bowser has joined the ACS staff as Director of Program Development. Beth comes to ACS from Western Carolina University where she served as the Executive Director of the Carolina Colloquy for University Teaching, a consortium of the 16 public Universities in The UNC system. Prior to this she was the Dean of Adult Studies, Summer School, and Summer Programs at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. Her faculty experience includes teaching at The University of Akron, as an adjunct instructor in the College of Education. She earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from The University of Akron; a Master's degree from Candler School of Theology, Emory University; and undergraduate degrees from Reinhardt College and Tennessee Wesleyan College. At ACS she will be working with new and existing programs/groups, including the New Dimension projects, Diversity, Women's Studies, Purchasing Officers, Fine Arts, Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Human Resources, and Student Leadership. Beth can be reached at 404-636-9533 ext. 14 or bowser@colleges.org.

9. HELP US DETERMINE SUMMER 2002 PROGRAMMING AT ACS TECH CENTER

In order to provide the most useful faculty and staff development opportunities at the ACS Technology Center next summer, please take a few minutes to complete a short on-line survey: http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/survey2002.html. This page will remain online until Friday September 14, 2001, after which we will compile results and begin to plan our summer workshop programming. We appreciate your assistance in helping us to provide the best possible programming for ACS faculty and staff!

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