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Selected news, articles, and opinions from: 

2006-2008
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004

NEWS ARCHIVE 2006-2008

--NEW FACULTY END-OF-TERM DINNER.   The members of the Faculty Development Committee invite all new faculty to join them at an end-of-term dinner on Friday evening, December 8.  If you haven't yet received an invitation, please call Dick Nordquist at ext. 5991.

--INTERNAL GRANTS.  All faculty who submitted proposals for this year's internal grant competitions (Research & Scholarship and Teaching & Learning) and for the Gignilliat Teaching Fellowship should have received results from Vice President Whitford by December 4.  If not, please contact Dick Nordquist at ext. 5991.   

--Faculty Forum in Solms 110 at 12:10 on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007: "Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism."  Presented by AASU's Student Conduct Committee. 

--Advanced Academic Research Leave.  As announced by Dr. Wheeler in the spring 2006 issue of Armstrong Academics, Armstrong's 20-year-old policy on Advanced Academic Research Leave has been updated.  Details appear in Article IX, Section H of the Regulations section of the Faculty Handbook (pdf); they also appear here, linked to the Campus Resources on this web site. 

--Recipients of Teaching & Learning Grants: 2002-2006.

--NEW ADDITION to the TEACHING & LEARNING PAGE: "Short Readings on Big Issues."  Pithy articles on good teaching, grade inflation, and integrating work and life.  New articles will be added throughout the year.  

--BOCCE: Fall 2006 Team rosters have been posted; check back for round-by-round results of the Fall Tournament.

--A new, international, peer-reviewed, open access eJournal, entitled International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL) will be published by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia) with the inaugural issue scheduled for January 2007.  "The deadline for submissions for the first issue is November 1, 2006.  People can join our international IJ-SoTL discussion list for any and all things connected with SoTL and the improvement of student learning at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/dl.htm ."
Note
The inaugural "The SoTL Commons: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning" will be held November 1 - 2, 2007 on the campus of Georgia Southern University. Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Mary Taylor Huber (Carnegie Academy for the Advancement of Teaching) and the Featured Speaker will be Dr. Robert Beichner (North Carolina State University). Early registration is underway and the submission of propoals starts on January 15, 2007. The conference web site is at www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/.

--Congratulations to Dr. Judy Awong-Taylor, recipient of the 2006 Regents Teaching Excellence Award.

--Chronicle Careers Forums: Join colleagues around the country in discussions about work and life, keeping balance between the two, and finding a job: chronicle.com/forums?cs.   Copies of the print edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education are available in Lane Library and in the Teaching & Learning Center (Solms 209).

--First Friday Faculty Forums in 2006-2007.  Forums are held from 12:15 to 1:15 in Solms 110 on the first Friday of the month.  All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.   The schedule for September 2006 through January 2007 has been posted.  

--Armstrong Academics and Latitudes.  All faculty should have received copies of the August 2006 issue of Armstrong Academics and the first issue of Latitudes, AASU's new leadership journal.  If you have not received your copies--or would like additional copies--please notify Dick Nordquist at nordqudi@mail.armstrong.edu.

--FACULTY LECTURE SERIES.  The schedule for the 2006-2007 Faculty Lecture Series has been posted.

--INTERNAL GRANTS WORKSHOP.  For those who were unable to attend the workshop on October 4, here's the updated handout "Tips on Preparing Applications for AASU's Internal Grant Competitions" (pdf).  
--AASU's Faculty Development web site is being revised and updated during the summer term.  The site will be fully refreshed by the second week in August. 
-The Off-Campus Resources page was updated on June 30, 2006.
-The International Programs page was updated on July 19, 2006.
-The Conferences page and the Awards page were updated on July 20, 2006.
-The Campus Resources page and the News page were updated on July 21, 2006.
-The Faculty Development home page was revised on July 21, 2006.
-The Forums & Workshops page was updated on July 21, 2006.
-The Faculty Lecture Series page and the Lecture Series Archives were   updated on July 24, 2006.
-The Teaching & Technology page was updated on July 25, 2006.
-The Scholarship of Teaching Round Table page was updated on July 25, 2006.
-The Part-time Faculty page was incorporated into the newly revised and expanded Faculty Orientation page on July 25, 2006.
-The Grants page was updated on July 27, 2006.
-The Teaching & Learning page was updated on July 31, 2006.  This page will be enhanced and expanded throughout the fall semester.
-Updated PDF versions of the Teaching & Learning Center lists of resources were linked to the Teaching & Learning page on August 3, 2006.
-The Committees page was updated on August 7, 2006.

--Faculty & Staff Awards: 2005-2006.  

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NEWS ARCHIVE 2005-2006

--PRISM Institute and AASU Teaching & Learning Roundtable: Scholarly Teaching vs. the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, 12:10 p.m. on Friday, March 10, in Solms 110.  All faculty are invited.  Please RSVP to Sabrina Hessinger at 921-2059 or hessinsa@mail.armstrong.edu

--International Faculty & Staff Bocce Association at AASU: see the results of the fall 2005 competition.

--City-wide Read 2006: Savannah Reads Selzer

--UPDATED: calls for proposals: teaching & learning conferences in 2006.

New Faculty Grants: Community Service & Leadership Grants and Academic Service & Leadership Grants.  Proposal deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 27.

Register for
AASU's 6th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium.
Quick Guide to the Symposium is now online.
31 March 2006.  Savannah, GA

--FACULTY FIELD TRIPS in APRIL 2006: Liberty County Tour (April 14) and Claxton Chickens, Vidalia Onions, Bellville Strawberries (April 28).  Request Form Online.   

Call for Proposals:
AASU's 6th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium.
31 March 2006.  Savannah, GA
EXTENDED deadline for submitting a proposal is 17 Feb. 2006.

--International Faculty & Staff Bocce Association at AASU: see the results of the fall 2005 competition.

--FACULTY SERVICE AWARDS 2005-2006: deadline for submitting nominations is 10 February 2006. 

--PRISM/Teaching & Learning Roundtable: "Struggles and Successes of Implementing Interdisciplinary Projects."  12:10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, in Solms 209.  Please rsvp to Dr. Sabrina Hessinger at 2059 or hessinsa@mail.armstrong.edu.   All faculty are invited.

--City-wide Read 2006: Savannah Reads Selzer

--UPDATED: calls for proposals: teaching & learning conferences in 2006.

--UPDATED: international programs for faculty in 2006.

--FACULTY LECTURE: "Kazakhstan: Land in the Middle," by Patrick Thomas.  12:15 on Friday, Jan. 20, in UH 156. 

--Faculty Forum on International Teaching & Learning Opportunities: 12:10 on Friday, Jan. 13, in Solms 110.  All faculty are invited.

--First Friday Faculty Forum: "'I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore!': Resolving Conflict among AASU Faculty and Staff" 
12:10-1:15 on Friday, 7 October 2005 in Solms Hall 110.
Presented by Dr. John Kraft, AASU's Judicial Affairs Officer, and the Grievance Committee.   All faculty and staff are invited.

--Application forms for internal grants are now online.  The deadline for submitting applications for Research & Scholarship grants and Teaching & Learning grants is Tuesday, October 18.

Hurricane Relief Kick-off Event from 1:00 to 2:00 on Wednesday, September 21, at Shearhouse Plaza.
Please join faculty and students at 12:30 in Solms 110 for an informal discussion: ""Making Sense of the Human Response to Disaster."

--"Report of the Task Force on General Education and Student Learning" (University of Georgia, August 2005) pdf

--Armstrong Academics: The August 2005 issue of Armstrong Academics was sent to faculty at their home addresses during the first week of August.   If you have not received your copy, please call Peggy Williams at 921 5991.
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NEWS ARCHIVE 2004-2005

-- REGISTRATION for AASU's 5th-Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium on April 1, 2005. 

-- CITY-WIDE READ at AASU: Savannah Reads Ernest Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying  (April 4-7, 2005).

-- FACULTY AWARDS: deadline for submitting nominations for faculty awards is April 15, 2005.

-The PRISM Higher Education Institute: A Focus on Undergraduate Teaching & Learning: Noon-1:15 on Thursday. Oct. 21, in Solms 209. (All faculty are welcome: please e-mail Dick Nordquist by Oct. 20 to reserve a lunch.)

-Pdf versions of the application forms for Research & Scholarship Grants and Teaching & Learning Grants are now online.  The deadline for submitting applications to Keith Williams in Victor Hall is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October, 19.

--A pdf version of the application for the 2005 Gignilliat Professorship has been posted at GRANTS. The deadline for submitting Gignilliat applications is Thursday, November 4.

--The schedule for the fall 2004 First Friday Faculty Forums has been posted at FORUMS & WORKSHOPS.  Committee chairs who wish to schedule forums in Spring 2005 should contact Dick Nordquist at 921 5991 (or at nordqudi@mail.armstrong.edu).

-- Faculty Lecture Series: 2004-2005

--This Year's Freshmen: Born in the Year Chernobyl Melted and Challenger Exploded (Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2008).  Visit our Web Sites of the Week.

--2004-2005 Faculty Field Trips: sign up now for one of these eight field trips conducted by our colleagues (deadline 3 Sep. 2004).

--Updated Pages: Teaching & Learning Resources

--5th Annual President's Symposium on Teaching & Learning at AASU on 1 April 2005: call for proposals (deadline 3 Feb. 2005) and registration form (deadline 22 Mar. 2005).

--2005 Campus Read: Ernest Gaines

--New Page: Leadership Resources (for participants in Leaders Among Us Program)

--New Page: Research Databases for Faculty

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NEWS ARCHIVE 2003-2004

--New: Voluntary Retirement Program for Faculty and Staff

--Award for Distinguished Service by a Part-Time Faculty Member: nomination deadline, 28 April 2004

--Program Guide for the 4th Annual President's Symposium on Teaching & Learning is now online. Noon-3:00 on Friday, April 2, 2004, in University Hall

--Register for the 4th Annual President's Symposium on Teaching & Learning: Noon-3:00 on Friday, April 2, 2004, in University Hall

--Fulbright Workshop at SCAD on March 5: RSVP by Feb. 26

--Brockmeier Faculty Award 2004: Nominations due March 11, 2004.

--Meeting of the Online Teaching Community: 12:30 in Solms 209 on Wed., Feb. 11.  All faculty are invited.  (Notes from January meeting available online.)

--Call for Proposals: 4th Annual President's Symposium on Teaching & Learning (April 2, 2004): EXTENDED submission deadline: 26 February 2004

--Call for Nominations: 2004 Faculty Awards (nomination deadline: 25 March 2004)

-- Campus Read   AASU's first Campus Read, April 5-9, 2004, when we will be reading and discussing the first collection of short stories by native Savannah author Flannery O'Connor--A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories.

--First Friday Faculty Forum: Managing Class Size: Responding Effectively to Growth (12:15-1:15 in Solms 110 on Feb. 6, 2004)

--Congratulations to recipients of 2003 faculty awards: Judy Awong-Taylor, Ross Bowers, Will Lynch, & Chuck Shipley.

--International Programs for Faculty in 2004: East Africa, Hungary, Japan, and Spain

-- Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Professorship (pdf)  Application deadline: Nov. 12, 2003.

-- First Friday Faculty Forum: Changing Lanes: The Prospect of Teaching & Learning in a 21st Century Library.  Noon-1:15 in Solms 110 on Friday, November 7.

-- Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Professorship (pdf)  Application deadline: Nov. 12, 2003.

--Internal Grants Competition for 2003-2004: Research & Scholarship grants and Teaching & Learning grants.   Application deadline: Wed., Oct. 29, 2003.

--Teaching the Middle East: A (Free) Workshop for Non-Specialist Faculty (October 17-19, 2003 at Emory University in Atlanta)

-- Expert Guide 2003 (University Relations)

--Lane Library introduces Project Muse--a database of articles from over 200 journals online.  Visit the Lane Library web site (Other Electronic Resources) to link to Project Muse.

--Faculty Lecture Series 2003-2004

--FACULTY FORUM: "How to Answer the Advisement Questions That Students Really Ask: Wisdom about Advising from the Financial Aid Office."  Noon-1:15, Friday, Oct. 10, in Solms 108.  All faculty are invited.

--"Funding Cuts in Higher Education Threaten Georgia's Prosperity," column by Dr. Bill Daugherty (Savannah Morning News, 23 Sep. 2003)

-- Faculty Forum: Resources & Strategies for Effective Academic Advising at AASU. 12:30-1:15 on Friday, October 3, in Solms 110.  All faculty are invited.

--International Lecture: Christopher Saunders (University of Cape Town and visiting fellow, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University) on "Modern South Africa: The Transformation from Apartheid and the Challenges the 'Rainbow Nation' Currently Faces": 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 29, in Hawes 204.

--Faculty Lecture Series: "An Introduction to Piano Music by African-American Composers," by Kevin Hampton (Art, Music,  & Theatre): 12:15 on Friday, September 26 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

--Free online teaching & learning course (USG): begins Sep. 8, 2003.

--2003-2004 Academic Calendar Highlights.

--Faculty Field Trips: 2003-2004.   Check out this year's schedule of Friday field trips conducted by AASU faculty--and register by e-mail. 

--Faculty Forum: Creating Effective Writing Assignments across the Curriculum. Noon-1:15 on Friday, September 5, in Solms 110.  All faculty are invited.