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Summer Grants Program | return to top The Faculty Development Summer Grants Program offers faculty the opportunity to obtain financial support for scholarly, artistic, curricular and instructional projects undertaken during the summer months. The grants are awarded by the Summer Grants Committee, which is comprised of the five elected faculty members of the Faculty Development Committee. Nearly 360 grants have been awarded since the fund's inception in 1986.
Faculty Development Fund | return to top The Faculty Development Fund is designed to help faculty defray the cost of professional growth activities and projects not eligible for funding from other in-house sources of support. The elected members of the Faculty Development Committee manage the fund and review applications; the Director of Faculty Development administers the awards.
Student-Faculty Development Endowment Fund | return to top Designed to encourage and support joint student-faculty scholarship, as well as artistic and teaching-learning enhancement projects, this fund offers several $1,000 awards each year. Past projects have studied the effects of eyeglasses on interpersonal attraction, translated a text from German to English, conducted a marketing study for the Green Bay Packers, and studied immune cell activation in mice.
Application form:
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Student Academic Travel Fund | return to top Designed to help students defray the cost of presenting papers at academic conferences and participating in academic competitions, this fund offers several $100 awards each year.
Student Fellowship and Scholarship | return to top The Office of Faculty Development has created a brochure giving pertinent information about national student fellowships and scholarships. This brochure is distributed to advisors before the fall semester advising dates. This past year, the Office helped the Fellowship Committee process several applications. Celebrating Student and Faculty/Staff Collaborations | return to top 2008 Participation Form is available here Celebrating Student and Faculty/Staff Collaborations focuses on the valued tradition at St. Norbert College of collaborations taking place in labs, in studios and in other scholarly or creative settings, resulting in a rich array of scholarly research and creative works. Celebrating Student and Faculty/Staff Collaborations features collaborative projects that grew out of independent studies, class assignments and hallway conversations as well as those collaborations supported through Student-Faculty Development Endowment Grants or the Research Fellows Program. The celebration is co-sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development and the Office of the Dean of the College. >>MORE Annual Faculty Development Conference | return to top Initiated in 1988 and held during semester break, the conference features St. Norbert College faculty and student speakers exploring topics of college-wide interest.
"Spotlight on Scholarship" Series | return to top "Spotlight on Scholarship", a series of informal presentation/discussion sessions, is designed to recognize the professional achievement at St. Norbert College and to celebrate the rich diversity and talents of our colleagues.
"Teaching and Learning Workshop" Series | return to top "Teaching and Learning Workshop," a series of Friday afternoon discussion sessions, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas about teaching and learning. A guest presenter begins each session with a brief description of some teaching strategy and then invites questions and comments. Thus, the sessions have focus, but informal discussion constitutes the primary mode of discourse.
GS 12 Course Development Application return to top In the fall of 2007, after consultation with the Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee, the Office of the Dean and the OFD established The Fund for Interdisciplinary GS Area 12 Course Development to strengthen our General Education Program by expanding our course offerings in General Studies Area 12. Tom Bolin received funding to develop the course, "Food for Thought" this academic year. Individual Counseling | return to top One of the director's primary functions is to offer individual consultation to colleagues seeking advice and information on professional, curricular, instructional and personal concerns. All individual consultation is done on a voluntary and confidential basis. Resource Center - Boyle 320 | return to top The Resource Center serves several functions. First, it provides faculty with ready access to a wide variety of professional, instructional and curricular materials. It serves as a browsing room for those wishing to take advantage of the center's extensive collection of books, journals, monographs, pamphlets, software and audiotapes. And, finally, it serves as the office and working area for the Faculty Development Office Manager and Research Assistants. The Resource Center also houses several videotapes designed to help faculty enhance their teaching techniques, and is equipped with a color monitor and VCR/DVD. The materials and equipment in the Resource Center are available for use twenty-four hours a day, every day of the week. New Faculty Orientation and Mentor Program for New Faculty | return to top The New Faculty Orientation Program, designed to acclimate both full- and part-time faculty to the College community, has three primary components: a two-day acclimation session held in late summer a series of fall and spring semester; round-table discussions exploring topics helpful to new faculty; a mentor program in which experienced instructors work with new faculty during their first year at the College, offering them opportunities to discuss professional and personal concerns. Celebrating Collegiality Mixers | return to top Further information is forthcoming. Faculty Emeriti Relations | return to top Further information is forthcoming. |
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Faculty Development Phone: (920) 403-3860 |
