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General Education Fellowships

Call for Proposals

In conjunction with the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, the General Education Committee (GEC) is soliciting competitive proposals from faculty interested in developing First-Year Seminar courses to be piloted in 2008-2009 and then as regular offerings during 2009-2010.

GEC is interested in encouraging faculty to develop courses in the liberal arts and sciences disciplines in their areas of expertise that would be directed toward first-year students and designed to offer them an introduction to university learning.  These would include courses in the natural sciences, social sciences, history, art, humanities, music, literature, philosophy, religious studies, and economics.  GEC and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will award competitive grants to eight General Education Fellows at $2000 each.

Eligibility and Duties:

Any full-time faculty member who has taught more than two semesters at the University is eligible to apply for a General Education Fellowship Grant.  In applying, he or she is agreeing to fulfill the following expectations:

• To participate in the two First-Year Curriculum development workshops offered in 2007-2008, one in Fall, one in Spring, and to participate in further workshops and meetings concerned with the Level I Learning Cohorts during 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
• To teach four sections of the First-Year Seminar during the period 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, normally two pilot sections in 2008-2009, and two sections in 2009-2010 when the new General Education curriculum officially begins.
• To submit end of the year reports on planning, teaching, and revising the course at the end of 2008, 2009 and 2010.  The first of these reports, due May 1, 2008, will describe the newly developed seminar course, how it fits the criteria for a First-Year Seminar, and what the Fellow hopes to learn from piloting the course in 2008-2009.

Given the teaching commitment required of Fellows, applicants will need to get the approval of the chair of their department or dean of their school before submitting their applications.   

Interested members of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Advisory Council must declare to the director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning their intent to apply for a General Education Fellowship Grant prior to the date proposals are due.  At most, two members of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Advisory Council may apply in a single year, and any member who applies must recuse themselves from all aspects of the review and selection process.

Stipend Award:

The stipend will be distributed in two equal payments of $1000, the first upon completion of the Fall 2007 First-Year Seminar Workshop (to be scheduled in mid-November), the second upon completion of the Spring 2007 First-Year Seminar Workshop and submission of the written report for 2007-2008.

Proposal Submission: Proposals for the General Education Fellowship Grants should be submitted to Laurence Musgrove, Director of the General Education Program, via campus mail no later than October 15, and should include

1. A completed fellowship application (PDF)
2. Copy of a current curriculum vita
3. The last two annual activities reports

Award Notification:

Grant recipients will be announced in November 2007.

If you have any questions, please contact Laurence Musgrove at musgrove@sxu.edu or Jack Montgomery at montgomery@sxu.edu.

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