NGSCU FACULTY PARTICIPATE:

Dean Michael Bodri and Associate Professor Robert Fuller attended the Council on Undergraduate Research’s “CUR Dialogues: The Art of Grantsmanship” in Washington, DC, in March, 2007. According to Dr. Fuller, the individual contacts were extremely valuable. He also learned how to put together a proposal and use input from the program officer to obtain a higher level of funding to support his research. Dr. Fuller was recently selected to attend the CUR Institute on Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs in Ann Arbor, MI, May 23-25, 2007. Congratulations, Robert!

HUMANITIES:

Mentorship, Collaboration and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities: This CUR Institute will be held July 13-15, 2007, at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This workshop will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators engaged in enhancing undergraduate research opportunities at their home institutions, focusing on undergraduate research as faculty development, student-based inquiry and institutional support structure. Faculty and administrators from disciplines throughout the social sciences and humanities will spend the weekend discussing models of undergraduate research, mentorship and collaboration; what "research" and "mentorship" mean in different disciplines in the social sciences and humanities; assessing the value of undergraduate research; and means of augmenting funding for undergraduate research internally and externally. For more information, check out www.cur.org/institutes/socscihum.html.

Grant Writing Seminar Conducted by Georgia Humanities Council: TUESDAY, April 24, 2007, from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. For more information, check out www.georgiahumanities.org.

GENERAL:

SOURCE (Symposium On Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors) will take place on the campus of Elon University on Saturday, April 28, 2007. This is the inaugural year for SOURCE, which envisions a “user’s group” for those engaged in undergraduate research – both students and mentors. It is not a venue for presentation of the product of research, but rather a forum for the discussion of the practice of undergraduate research.

Announcement (pdf format)
http://org.elon.edu/urp/source

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 10th Summer Service-Learning Institute: This intensive training is held July 20-23 in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html. Questions? Contact Rachel Vaughn at sliccph@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-8178.

"Successful Grant Writing" will be in Gainesville, GA, on Thursday and Friday, May 3-4, 2007. This all day event includes lab time and edit/critique by an instructor. Contact North Georgia Community Foundation at 770-535-7880 ext 227 or randolph@ngcf.org.

"Effective Facilitation Skills" will be held in Dahlonega, GA, on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. This all day seminar is sponsored by North Georgia College and State University Continuing Education. For more information, contact them at 706-864-1918 or conted@ngcsu.edu.