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2002-2003 Course Enhancement Grant Recipients The following faculty and staff have received grants from Project Pericles for proposed courses: Mike Sanford Deborah Long Mark Rumley Bird Stasz Anthony Hatcher Betty Morgan Brian Lewis Kevin Boyle Glenda Crawford George Padgett Jon Metzger Kyndy Boyle George Sleek Cynthia Lewis Susan Chinworth Larry Vellani Jim Brown Carol Magee Ray Pruitt Paula Rosinski Jane Stephens Brian Digre Ken Hassell Heidi Glaesel Douglas Redington Anne Bolin Kathy Lyday-Lee David Loomis Andy Angyal Anne Cassebaum Melinda Rice Toddie Peters Matt Clark Jane Wellford Russ Gill Iris Chapman |
Course Enhancement Grants Winter Term Spring Semester Winter Term Global Village The creation of a temporary global village is proposed as an innovative, creative, and experiential way to tie the campus together around the theme of "Globalization and Culture." This course will offer overnight simulations, cultural performances, and cultural sharing. Toddie Peters - Leader GST 416 (Honors): Wealth and Poverty Matt Clark GST 376: Global Health Disparities Jane Wellford GST 320: Sacred Dances of the World Russell Gill ENG 499: Research in English Jazz Ensemble Tour This course will provide students interested in music a vivid look at the many responsibilities of touring as a member of a performing music ensemble. The students will travel abroad to Spain and Portugal to experience what being a musician in foreign countries is like. They will be responsible for the history of music, focusing on influential musicians, and also developing their own musical style. Jon Metzger MUS 491: Music Ensemble Tour Jazz Ensemble Tour Assessment Aboriginal Australia This study abroad course will focus on building a playground in Gnangara, Australia. The students will work side by side with the aboriginal people, in order to break down cultural barriers. The playground will symbolize the relationship between Elon and the Gnangara community. Anne Bolin SOC 253: Aboriginal Australia Kathy Lyday-Lee Spring Semester Sharing Perspectives This project is focused on linking students from around the world (like Ghana and Elon). Students will travel abroad during Winter Term and will be able communicate with the students from Ghana via internet. Elon students will be part of an extensive research project spanning three campuses around the world. Technology will play an intricate role for this course. Brian Digre - Leader HST 279: History in Ghana Ken Hassell ART 405: Photography III Heidi Glaesel GEO 131: The World's Regions James Brown GST 110: The Global Experience Douglas Redington ECO 432: Public Finance Conference on Religious Pluralism This course offers Elon students an opportunity to explore the many religions which have developed. They will be able to visit many different places of worship such as synagogues, Mormon temples, and Pentecostal meetings. Anthony Hatcher JCM 375- Religion and Media Grant Writing Workshop Teams composed of Elon students and managers of nonprofit agencies will submit grant applications addressing current social problems to foundations, granting agencies, and government funding sources. Students will learn about the history and nature of philanthropic activity in the US. Brian Lewis POL 385: Grant Writing Workshop The Empire Writes Back and Talks Back This study abroad course in London will focus on the areas of the world once colonized by Great Britain, learning the history from the view point of the colonized people. Kevin Boyle GST 356: The Empire Writes Back Service Learning in the Middle Grades This course will allow Elon students to interact directly with middle school children. They will serve as aids in the class, helping to teach reading and English mainly to the foreign children. Glenda Crawford EDU 471: Effective Middle School Teaching Writing and Information Gathering This Journalism course will help students interested in Journalism better understand the diverse communities in society and develop their ability to report on those communities in a more complete and accurate way. George Padgett JCM 218: Writing and information gathering Postural Restoration Clinic Faculty members: Kyndall Boyle, Cynthia Lewis, Susan Chinworth and George Sleek will be planning a service learning opportunity where MPT students, area clinicians and faculty will be paired together to provide a pro bono postural examination screen for individuals in the community with musculoskeletal complaints. To prepare for the experience, students will participate in a 16 contact-hour-program of instruction in Postural Restoration in April 2003. The presenter, Ron Hruska, is a nationally known physical therapist. The service learning experience will be assessed in a variety of ways including a written survey and a case problem-solving example. Kyndy Bole- Leader George Sleek Cynthia Lewis Susan Chinworth Parallel and Parabolic Justice This project will allow students in their study of judicial policy to observe and reflect upon the challenges confronting a polity in developing a justice system. Students and faculty will visit and interact with civic and judicial officials of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee in the Qualla Boundary, the Cherokee’s self-governing jurisdiction in western North Carolina, where the Cherokee have recently radically reorganized their justice system. Betty Morgan- Leader Larry Vellani Internation HIV/AIDS Seminar This project will use the human resources of our various classes, as well as campus organizations, to design and host an Elon mini-conference on HIV AIDS in Africa. Students will hear from a number of speakers and will be able to fully comprehend it more fully and realize the urgency of finding a cure. Jim Brown - Leader Carol Magee Paula Rosinski Jane Stephens Civic Journalism This offering will draw upon cross-curricular interest in mass communication, sociology, political science and other social sciences within the liberal arts curriculum. Students will attend many different forums and hear from a variety of speakers discussing news broadcasting, the communities in Alamance County as well as learning the importance of civic engagement and social responsibitlity. David Loomis Click here for the article in the Pendulum. American Environmental Writers This course will attempt to enhance student's earth awareness and hteir sense of the human/earth relationship by providing them with the opportunity to take part in a specially crafted earth awareness education program. The class will consist of a workshop composed of 5 sessions, which will recreate the sensory experiences described in the works of the great American nature writers. Andrew J. Angyal ENG 339: American Environmental Writers Writing about Poverty This course will explore the lower income families and ways to help them. As part of this course, students will be asked to volunteer on a weekly basis at a community organization that helps people on low incomes. They will also have to write a proposal arguing for the use of funds to a certain organization of their choice. Anne Cassebaum ENG 110: Writing about Poverty College Writing 110 This course will offer a linkage between agencies in the community that are willing to form collaborative partnerships in experiential writing situations. First-year students will be offered the opportunity to learn and shadow professionals, in order to develop better writing skills. Iris Chapman ENG 110: College Writing 110 Introduction to Education This course will expose students to some of the issues and controversies in public education, with the goal of encouraging them to generate potential solutions to complicated societal problems that affect our schools. Melinda Rice EDU 211: Introduction to Education (Honors) Adopt-a-School This project will focus on preparing Teacher Candidates to enter the work force, by allowing them the opportunity of writing grants, including budgets, so that they can become leaders in initiating innovative ideas and obtaining funding for those ideas when they accept a teaching position. Deborah Long - Leader Mark Rumley Bird Stasz Advanced Projects in Ceramics This art class will be in collaboration with Crossroads Sexual Assault Response Center. Students will mold and paint bowls which will then go to a silent auctions. All proceeds will go to Crossroads. Mike Sanford ART 400- Ceramics |
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