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23 faculty members receive instructional grants

1:14 p.m., May 25, 2004--The 2004-05 Instructional Grants Program for instructional and course redesign has awarded grants to the following faculty members:

Titus O. Awokuse and Joshua M. Duke, assistant professors of food and resource economics, for “Linkages Across the Curriculum: A Bilateral Collaborative Learning Project,” $14,380;

Virginia Bradley, chairperson; Bill Deering, assistant professor; Vera Kaminski, associate professor; Rosemary Lane, professor; David Meyer, assistant professor; and Robert Straight, professor, all of the Department of Fine Art and Visual Communications, for “Art as Social Activism,” $20,000;

George Conrade, assistant professor of hotel, restaurant and institutional management (HRIM), for “Hospitality Managerial Accounting Practice Set,” $2,500;

Pamela R. Cummings, associate professor, and Brian L. Miller, assistant professor, both in HRIM, for “Humanitarian Hospitality Starts Now!,” $8,780;

Cathy Davies, assistant professor of animal and food sciences; and John Pelesko, assistant professor; and Louis Rossi, assistant professor, both mathematical sciences, for “Collaborative Learning Between Food Chemistry and Mathematics,” $20,000;

Nancy Getchell, assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, and Karen Rucker, director of the Center for Disabilities Studies, for “Using Service Learning to Understand Motor Development: Developing and Implementing a Movement Education Program at the Early Learning Center,” $19,925;

Brian Ackerman, professor, and Gerard D. Hoefling, assistant professor, both psychology, for “Psychology Under Practicum Program,” $14,500;

David Barlow, associate professor; David Hudson, instructor; and Robert Neeves, professor, all health, nutrition and exercise sciences, for “A Model for Problem-Based Learning in Clinical Science Studies,” $10,990;

Elizabeth M. Perse, chairperson of the Department of Communication, for “Communication Pilot Program for an Oral Communication Fellows Program,” $19,246;

Nancy Targett, professor of marine studies, for “The Oceans,” $19,500.

Instructional grants are for faculty members who have an idea about incorporating technology, multimedia or a different learning method into a course. Proposals designed to advance the three General Education Initiative goals—oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning and service-based learning—are the focuses of the grant program. The instructional grant web site can be accessed at [www.udel.edu/present/grant/].

The Instructional Grants Program is a coordinated effort of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE), General Education Initiative (GEI) and IT-User Services. The grants final review committee members include: Gabriele Bauer, teaching consultant for CTE; Stephen Bernhardt, Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr. Chair in Writing;
Joel Best, chairperson of the Department of Sociology; Janet deVry, manager, IT-User Services; Paul Hyde, information resource consultant, IT-User Services; Erin F. Sicuranza, information resource consultant, IT-User Services; Susan Serra, assistant coordinator of the Undergraduate Research Program; and Michele Kreisman, adjunct professor of education.

Pre-proposals for 2005-06 grants are due in January. For more information, visit the instructional grant web site at [www.udel.edu/present/grant/].

Article by Barbara Garrison

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