KsCC Engaged Faculty Fellows
The KsCC Engaged Faculty Fellows program is a year-long learning community experience. Selected individuals will serve a one-year term as part of a cohort of up to three faculty members. The program serves as a faculty professional development model to support the integration of service-learning and community engagement into the three components of faculty development: teaching, research, and service.
The overall goals of the program include:
- Supporting faculty in the practice of the scholarship of engagement;
- Building a strong and productive social and intellectual network of like-minded scholars in Kansas.
Each year, there is a specific topic on which the Fellows will focus their collaborative research.
For 2012-2013, the topic is: What are the most effective promotion, recognition, and tenure strategies and structures for rewarding faculty for service-learning and community engagement.
KsCC Engaged Faculty Fellows will:
- Research: The Fellows will work as a team to develop a research project to enhance and advance the field of service-learning and community engagement related to the annual theme. The outcome of this research will be a publishable paper for one of several possible peer-reviewed publications, assisted by KsCC.
- Teach: Each Fellow will develop (or modify) and teach at least one new course using engaged pedagogy within the program period at your respective institution during the 2012-2013 term (fall, spring, summer, or inter-session). The syllabus and an evaluation of the course will be shared throughout the KsCC network and may provide additional avenues for publishable material.
- Service: Each Fellow will serve as a champion on their campus for the advancement of engaged research and teaching. While this may take various forms depending on the culture of the individual institution, each Fellow will be a proactive voice for service-learning and engagement among other interested faculty.
Each KsCC Engaged Faculty Fellow will be awarded a $6,000 grant from KsCC to apply toward their own teaching and research endeavors.
Download the application here. Nominations will open for the 2013-2014 class in May 2013.
Timeline for application:
Proposals Due: June 5, 2013 (5:00 p.m. CST)
Award Notification: June 24, 2013
Grant Period Begins: August 1, 2013
Grant Period Ends: July 31, 2014
2012-2013 Engaged Faculty Fellows
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Dr. Vibhavari JaniAssociate Professor of Interior Architecture and Product Design Kansas State University |
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Dr. Cheryl RudeAssociate Professor of Leadership Studies Southwestern College |
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Dr. Dustin WilgersAssistant Professor of Biology McPherson College |
2011-2012 Engaged Faculty Fellows
Dr. Allan Ayella, McPherson College (Biology)
Dr. Becki Bowman, McPherson College (Communication)
Ms. Kathy Decker, Hutchinson Community College (Business)
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