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Faculty Resources
Faculty Development Opportunities
1. Post
Research Opportunities: If you have a research
opportunity you would like to make available to students, click
here to fill out the
Research Opportunity Form. Your contact information
and the details of your project will be posted on the On Campus
Opportunities Page.
2.
The 2009 CUR Dialogues--will be
held in the spring of 2009 in Alexander,
Virginia. This meeting is designed
to bring faculty and administrators to the Washington, D.C. area
to interact with federal agency program officers and other grant
funders. Below is an overview (taken from
http://www.cur.org/09curdialogues/09cd.html).
Workshops and
plenary sessions will:
-tell participants about grant opportunities in research and
education, both new and ongoing;
-help faculty learn how to find new funding opportunities;
-help faculty develop grant proposal writing skills.
Participants
will:
-meet in small groups and talk with program officers and grants
management officers--NSF, NIH, NEH, DOE, NASA, USDA, and more;
-take the opportunity to communicate directly with program
officers and grants administrators concerning grant requirements
and funders' priorities;
-share ideas with colleagues.
In addition, CUR
Dialogues provides a setting for funders to learn of the
interests, needs, and concerns of researchers and educators
relative to funding opportunities. CUR Dialogues have
spawned many ideas for grant programs and have helped agencies
to refine their program guidelines.
Who Should
Attend: Faculty at all career stages; undergraduate
research directors; grants administrators; development officers.
Go to
www.cur.org for more
information and to register.
3. Future
CUR Institutes:
a). Mentorship, Collaboration, and Undergraduate Research
in the Social Sciences and Humanities, TBA (usually held in
July)
b). Proposal Writing, TBA (usually held in July)
c). The Vital Faculty: Issues After Tenure, TBA
Robert and Norma Thompson
Scholar Application:
Through the generosity
of Bob and Norma Thompson, the Robert and Norma Thompson
Endowment provides financial support via the Thompson Scholar
program for faculty development that increases student
engagement and learning. The program will provide
reassigned time for two classes per year for a faculty member
“to work on projects that strengthen the academic, intellectual,
and co-curricular life of the university.”
Full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty
members with at least three years of experience at Winthrop are
eligible to apply. Applications must be to department
chairs by Tuesday, September 30.
Please review the
application criteria carefully and discuss any interests you
have regarding the program with your department chair and others
as you consider projects you might undertake to strengthen
student engagement and learning.
(Click here to access the application.)
Mentoring Guidelines:
Advisor,
Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in
Science and Engineering (National Academy of Sciences,
National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine).
Assessment Links
If you need information about undergraduate
research in
the College of Arts and Sciences contact:
Dr. Dwight Dimaculangan, Director of Undergraduate
Research (803) 323-2111, ext.6443 or
E-mail:
dimaculangad@winthrop.edu
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