Happy Holidays from all the staff at the Associated College of the South!

CONTENTS for December 16, 2003

NEWS

1. ACS Sends Delegate to Coalition for Networked Information
2. Spring/Summer 2004 Technology Fellows Selected

OPPORTUNITIES

3. ACS Environmental Programs Funds Available
4. ACS Undergraduate Research Conference in Environmental Studies
5. Spring Visiting Artist Exchange Features Russian Music
6. ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium in Classics
7. ACSTC Invites Applications for the 2004 Summer Software Engineering Internships
8. Latin American Studies Symposium
9. Global Partners Opportunities
10. Study Abroad Programs
11. ACS Women's/Gender Studies Conference
12. Trinity Professor to Direct NEH Summer Seminars for Colleges and University Teachers
13. Mini-grants Available for ACS Reform of Introductory Science Courses for Non-Majors Program

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NEWS

1. ACS SENDS DELEGATES TO COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION

Through a consortial NITLE (National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education) membership, six ACS delegates attended the December 7-8 meeting of CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) in Portland, OR: Diane Graves, (Trinity University); Bob Johnson, (Rhodes College); Kathy Monday, (University of Richmond); Bob Paver, (Southwestern University); John Stuckey, (Washington and Lee University); and Suzanne Bonefas, (ACSTC). For more information and reports on the conference, please visit: http://www.nitle.org/ptnr_cni.php.

2. SPRING/SUMMER 2004 TECHNOLOGY FELLOWS SELECTED

ACS is pleased to announce the selection of the Spring/Summer 2004 ACS Technology Fellowship recipients. Fellows receive a $2500 stipend, in return for creating technology-based teaching or research materials that
can be shared with colleagues both at the home campus and across the consortium.

The new Fellows are David Asbury (Southwestern), Dan Boye (Davidson), Romi Burks (Southwestern), Tim Cutler (Austin), Michael Dorcas (Davidson), Maha Zewail Foote (Southwestern), Gulnar Rawji (Southwestern), Craig Hultgren (Birmingham-Southern), Terry Klefstad (Southwestern), Mary Grace Neville (Southwestern), Shane Pitts (Birmingham-Southern), Carl Robertson (Southwestern), Alfons Teipen (Furman), Matthew Weeks (Centenary), and Erika Zettl (Southwestern).

Please visit http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/Fellowships/grants/fellows04_announce.html to learn more about their projects.

OPPORTUNITIES

3. ACS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS FUNDS AVAILABLE

The Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance (CFD) announces the availability of funds for grants for curriculum development in courses dealing with environmental sustainability. These grants will provide a means for faculty to devote time and resources to create courses and refine existing courses in order to incorporate environmental themes into the curriculum. The grants will emphasize support for innovative interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration in course development. Priority will be given to topics in the Humanities, to new or enhanced study abroad programs, and to those who have not previously been awarded Alliance grants. A maximum of $1,500 will be awarded per grant.
The deadline for proposals is December 20, 2003 by 5 pm Eastern Time. The Alliance will announce its decisions by February 1, 2004. The Alliance would like to encourage all ACS faculty to apply. Interested parties should consult the Alliance website: http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/alliances/cfd or contact Alliance Director Barry Allen at ballen@rollins.edu.

4. ACS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Spelman College will host an Undergraduate Research Conference in Environmental Studies April 24-25, 2004. ACS students are invited to present research as papers or posters in any area of environmental studies (natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, fine arts, interdisciplinary). Proposals should be sent to Laura Hobgood-Oster, hoboster@southwestern.edu, by February 20, 2004. For more information, contact Dr. Hobgood-Oster at (512) 863-1669.

5. SPRING VISITING ARTIST EXCHANGE FEATURES RUSSIAN MUSIC

The second semester Visiting Artists Exchange, sponsored by the Orpheus Alliance,will begin with Ross Smith, professor of piano at Centenary College, giving a concert at Rollins College. The program will include works by Balakirev, Stravinsky, Medtner, and Rachmaninoff. Cynthia Lawing of Davidson and Gloria Cook of Rollins will perform a two piano concert at Centenary that also features Russian composers. As in all of these exchanges, the visiting faculty will also teach master classes for students at the host institution. For further information, contact Patricia Gray, gray@colleges.org.

6. ACS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM IN CLASSICS

The University of the South will host the second annual ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium in Classics, April 2-3, 2004. ACS faculty should encourage students to submit abstracts of research papers on topics relevant to the ancient world. All ACS students are eligible to participate, but faculty endorsements are requested. Students will deliver their papers in 15-minute presentations at the conference. The abstract deadline is February 6, 2004. For more information and highlights from last year's symposium, please visit the symposium website at http://www.sunoikisis.org/undergradsymposium/ or contact Rebecca Davis, rdavis@colleges.org or (512) 863-1734.

7. ACSTC INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2004 SUMMER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIPS

The ACS Tech Center invites students to apply for the ACS Summer Software Engineering Internship, to be held May 30 - July 31, 2004 at the ACS Technology Center at Southwestern University. Students will receive instruction in software engineering concepts along with hands-on experience designing and coding real-world applications. They will be housed at Southwestern and will receive a $2,500 stipend. Eligible students must attend an ACS or NITLE Southern Region school and have completed 18 hours or 6 courses in Computer Science. The application deadline is January 26, 2004. For more information and highlights from last year's internship, please visit http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/se/ or contact Rebecca Davis, rdavis@colleges.org or (512) 863-1734.

8. LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

ACS and Birmingham-Southern College are pleased to invite you to the Twelfth Annual Latin American Studies Symposium which will take place at BSC April 2-3, 2004. The symposium is an UNDERGRADUATE interdisciplinary research conference on Latin America the objective of which is to promote undergraduate research and increase dialogue among faculty members. All topics pertaining to Latin America are welcome and papers can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Faculty are invited to serve as panel chairs. Abstracts are due by FEBRUARY 14, 2004 and can be submitted online at http://www.bsc.edu/lass/.

Please share this CALL FOR PAPERS with colleagues in your Latin American Studies program. For further information, contact Barbara Domcekova, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Birmingham-Southern College, at (205) 226-4975 or bdomceko@bsc.edu.

9. GLOBAL PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES

**Turkey Faculty Development Seminar: "At the Crossroads: Politics,
Religion and Culture in Turkey" June 8-19, 2004. Applications due February 1, 2004. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/turkey/SeminarApp04.html

**Turkey Research/Travel Grants for Summer 2004 or Academic Year 2004-05.
Applications due February 1, 2004. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/turkey/travel04.html

**Central Europe and Russia Faculty Travel Grants for Summer 2004 or Academic Year 2004-05. Applications due February 15, 2004. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/travel.html

**East Africa/Kenya Research/Travel Grants for Summer 2004 or Academic Year 2004-05. Applications due February 2, 2004. More information at http://www.global-partners.org/africa/2004/grantinfo.html

10. STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS

Please encourage your students to apply for the following study abroad opportunities offered through ACS:

**Global Partners Semester in Turkey Program for students. Students study the culture and history of Turkey and participate in a 7-day field trip in Western Turkey. The fall 2004 program will be led by Dr. Tom McCollough of Centre College. To receive printed materials for distribution to your students, contact Teresa Wise at twise@colleges.org. Visit the website for more information at: http://www.global-partners.org/turkey/studyabroad/ and view our on-line PowerPoint presentation by clicking "Slideshow" from
the website.

**Sustainable Development in Costa Rica, a 6-week summer interdisciplinary study-abroad program open to students in member institutions of the Associated Colleges of the South. Supported, managed and taught by Rollins College faculty, the program also includes faculty from Trinity University. Dates for this year's program are June 7th through July 19th, 2004. For more information, contact Barry Allen at ballen@rollins.edu or (407) 646-2647 or visit the website http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/programs/costarica.html.

11. ACS WOMEN'S/GENDER STUDIES CONFERENCE

ACS and Furman University invite you to the sixth Biennial ACS Women's Studies Conference, Gender Acts! Activism: History, Theory, Practice, at Furman University March 26-27, 2004. Keynote speakers and presentations include Sarah Weddington, lead counsel in Roe v. Wade, the Guerrilla Girls (a group of women artists whose provocative and humorous performances expose sexism in western art and history) and Spelman College Professor Gloria Wade-Gayles and the speech ensemble Resonance who perform original poetry and music based on the oral histories of African American women from the South. Don't miss the chance to hear these fascinating speakers and to come together with faculty and students from across ACS who are interested in women's and gender studies issues. More information, call for submissions and registration forms at: http://www.colleges.org/~wms/conference/.

12. TRINITY PROFESSOR TO DIRECT NEH SUMMER SEMINAR FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

"The Seven Deadly Sins as Cultural Constructions in the Middle Ages" NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers will be held July 12-August 13, 2004 at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

This seminar will examine the cultural construction of moral thought in the Middle Ages using the categories of the Seven Deadly Sins, critically review recent scholarship on the sins, and make maximum use of the unique manuscript, research, and human resources available in Cambridge. The format of the seminar will combine individual presentations, guest lectures, and excursions to manuscript collections in Cambridge and to St Mary's Church, Hardwick.

The seminar will be directed by Richard G. Newhauser, Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Trinity University (San Antonio) and will feature lectures by the following faculty: Richard Beadle, Department of English, University of Cambridge; István Bejczy, Department of History, Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland; Paul Binski, Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge; David Ganz, Department of English and Classics, King's College, University of London; Ian Goodyer, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge; Nigel Harris, Department of German Studies, University of Birmingham; Sylvia Huot, Department of French, University of Cambridge.

This seminar aims to attract participants from a wide variety of disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Participants will receive a stipend of $ 3,250. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2004.

For information and application materials: Contact Richard G. Newhauser, Chair, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200. E-mail: rnewhaus@trinity.edu or go to http://www.trinity.edu/rnewhaus/NEH2004.html.

13. MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR REFORM OF ACS INTRODUCTORY SCIENCE COURSES FOR NON-MAJORS PROGRAM

The ACS Reform of Introductory Science Courses for Non-Majors Program is offering mini-grants for course design, evaluation, redesign, and implementation of introductory science courses for non-majors that will address the critical problem of science literacy and fluency among non-science majors, primarily in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. The submission deadline is March 15, 2004.
Information about submissions, selection criteria, and the Proposal Cover Sheet is found at http://www.colleges.org/sciencereform/.

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