Monday, January 30
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Sabbatical/Pre-Tenure Paid Leave Report Presentations
Lisa Seidlitz presents "CH stands for cheese, right? A SOTL study of a Swiss culture class" and Dara Wegman-Geedey presents (TBA)
Wilson Center
5:00 PM - Faculty Research Proposals DUE
Tuesday, January 31
REGISTRATION FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Faculty Forum on Faculty Handbook
Olin Auditorium
11:30 - 11:50 AM - Tuesday Reflection - Rebecca Kasa '12
Ascension Chapel, 2nd floor, Founders Hall
4:30 - 5:30 PM - Ekklesia Study Group
Old Main 121
5:00 PM - After Hours Prose and Poetry
Tredway Library, Room 518
8:00 PM - Voice Faculty Recital
The program will feature an eclectic array of styles, composers and works.
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Wednesday, February 1
9:30 - 10:30 AM - Coffee and Conversation
CEC Conference Room, Sorensen Hall, 1st floor
12:00 - 12:50 PM - Faculty, Staff & Administrators' Bible Study
New Bible Study Series: "Justice for the Poor" featuring a 10-minute DVD introduction to each of the six sessions by Jim Wallis, editor-in-chief of Sojourners Magazine."
Bring your lunch and a Bible
Chicago Room, College Center
4:00 PM - Diversity in the Classroom ACTL Workshop
3:45 PM - Refreshments
Wilson Center
7:00 PM - Hispanic Film Festival: The Sky Turns
El Cielo Gira (The Sky Turns) covers a year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain. After a 35-year absence, director Mercedes Alvarez returns to her native village. She was the last child born there, and now only 14 aged inhabitants remain (not rated).
Free Admission
Hanson Hall of Science 102
Thursday, February 2
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM - Faculty Senate Meeting
Hanson Science 102
11:30 or 12:00 or 12:30 - I Heart Augustana Cadaver Lab
See Announcements for more information
Hanson Science 109
7:00 PM - "Let's Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War"
Steve Warren will lead this fourth session on the American Civil War.
For details or to register and obtain copies of program materials, visit 2nd fl. reference desk or call 309.524.2470. Free admission.
Moline Public Library, 3210 41st Street, Moline, Illinois
Friday, February 3
3:45 - 4:45 PM - Life as a Geoscientist in the 21st Century presented by Susan Hippler '86
Susan will talk with the Udden Geology Club about the science done by Exxon in its efforts to supply the world with oil and gas
Swenson Hall of Geosciences 106
4:00 PM - Friday Conversation: Making History in Chicago, presented by President Steve Bahls
3:30 PM - Refreshments
Board Room, College Center, 2nd floor
7:00 PM - Honors Scholarship Recital
Music faculty will present a brief recital of diverse repertoire for a variety of instruments
Free admission
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
7:30 PM - "How I Learned to Drive", a play about one young woman's complicated relationship with her uncle
Jennifer Popple, director
Recommended for junior high and older. Tickets are $11 for the public, $9 for senior citizens and students. Order tickets.
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall
8:00 PM - Jazz Ensemble Concert
The Augustana Jazz Ensemble plays a wide range of jazz big band repertoire
Free admission
Centennial Hall
Saturday, February 4
4:00 PM - Augustana Four Choirs Concert
Cantilena Augustana, Wennerberg Men's Chorus, Jenny Lind Vocal Enemble, and Ascension Singers perform works by various composers and styles
Free admission
Centennial Hall
5:00 - 7:00 PM - 10th International Food Festival
Tickets are $12,50; $7 for children under 10. No tickets will be sold at the door
College Center Dining Room
7:30 PM - "How I Learned to Drive", a play about one young woman's complicated relationship with her uncle
Jennifer Popple, director
Recommended for junior high and older. Tickets are $11 for the public, $9 for senior citizens and students. Order tickets
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall
Sunday, February 5
1:30 PM - "How I Learned to Drive", a play about one young woman's complicated relationship with her uncle
Jennifer Popple, director
Recommended for junior high and older. Tickets are $11 for the public, $9 for senior citizens and students. Order tickets
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall
2:00 PM - Low Brass Studio Recital
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Volume 9, Issue 20 - January 30, 2012Grants
Proposals for the Faculty Research Fund are due MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Nature of this research fund:
- The fund exists to support the creative and scholarly activity of the faculty.
- Fundable items include, but are not limited to, student salaries, special equipment (which would be considered college property), supplies, journal page costs, work in major archives, and additional study.
- Projects aimed at bolstering academic coursework or assisting with dissertation research and writing are not eligible.
- Proposals are reviewed by the Faculty Research Committee and funded as part of the college's annual administrative budget.
- The total annual funds to be drawn upon for this year total approximately $10,500.
- Past awards have ranged from $500 to $2,500.
- Continuing projects are eligible for repeated funding but must include an annual timeline and annual budget. Proposals that build upon previously funded projects must demonstrate progress and have expended the previous year's funding.
- Any faculty member with academic rank, including full-time, joint-appointment, adjunct or part-time faculty, is eligible to apply. This includes librarians, coaches, or appointees to concurrent administrative positions with rank.
Guidelines and selection criteria for the research fund (see Faculty Handbook for details):
1) Five page maximum proposal including itemized budget
2) Proposal must include:
- Identification of research problem or description of creative project
- Explanation of materials and methods, including itemized budget, required to tackle problem
- Relation of proposed work to work of applicant's peers
- Nature of result or product anticipated, i.e. publications, art exhibits, baseline information for future work, etc.
- Timeline for significant milestones or project completion
- Summary of research grants received from Augustana sources during the past five years, along with results of projects funded
- Current curriculum vitae (includes applicant's general qualifications and relevant previous work; this is in addition to the five page limit for the proposal; please limit CV to five pages)
3) Criteria used by the committee to evaluate proposals: eligibility, clarity of presentation, appropriate budget prediction, prospects for publication and public attention, applicant's qualifications, inclusion of student researchers (student researchers are not required, but are often favorably reviewed)
4) Expectation for funded work:
- A brief (1-2 page) report detailing the results of the research, including where the work was presented, performed, and/or published. This should be submitted to the Dean of the College and the Chair of the Faculty Research Committee no later than 1 year after notification of the grant.
- Funds not expended by 1 year after the award notification will revert back to the general Faculty Research account. Any exceptions must be approved by the Chair of the Faculty Research Committee and the Dean of the College prior to the end of the grant year.
- Faculty who are funded by these grants are expected to give a lecture or public presentation of the project's results within a reasonable amount of time.
- Acknowledgement of Augustana financial assistance in products created from funded work.
Please send your proposal by email attachment (otherwise, six hard copies) by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 30, 2012 to Mary Koski in the Dean's Office. Awards will be announced no later than February 20, 2012. Direct questions to any member of the committee: David Arbesu, Dan Conway, Ian Harrington, Scott Irelan, Eric Stewart, or Jim van Howe.
