TLC
Faculty Travel Grants
This grant provides up to $500 per academic
year to cover costs associated with attending
conferences and orkshops related to teaching
and leaning across the disciplines or within
disciplinary fields of study. Alternative modes
of conference/workshop participation, such as
videoconferencing and satellite broadcast, will
also be considered for funding.
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Peer's
Choice Teaching Excellence Awards (view
past winners)
As part of its mission to recognize and enhance
effective college teaching, TLC gives "Peers'
Choice" awards each year to two
outstanding professors at Fall Convocation.
Each award features a $500 stipend that
can be spent by recipients on any materials,
activities, travel, or equipment related to
instruction.A faculty member can be selected
because of outstanding teaching or mentoring
or both.
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Grant
For Support to Enhance Teaching and Learning.
Travel support through the Teaching Learning
Center is awarded based on the following criteria,
in order of priority. It is not meant
to serve as travel to conferences for the purposes
of presenting papers or workshops, but it is
meant to help faculty develop their pedagogical
skills by attending conferences and workshops
that provide an opportunity to do so. Faculty
may receive funding one time during an academic
year, unless otherwise noted. The maximum award
is $400. Funds should be requested prior to
travel, etc. You should attach conference or
workshop information, travel request authorizations
form, and information regarding other funding
received or available. When completed, eight
copies of your proposal should be sent to: Joan
Whitman Hoff, Chair, TLC Grants Committee, c/o
Philosophy Program, Raub Hall. If you have questions,
please call Joan at 484-2642.
The
TLC travel support is awarded based on the following
criteria, in order of priority:
- The
enhancement of the faculty member’s knowledge
and skills in the area of teaching and learning
- Impact:
The information, materials and/or skills acquired
must be shared with fellow faculty upon completion
of project. In addition to a demonstration
or discussion, a report should be forwarded
to the Chair of the TLC Grant Committee by
the end of the calendar year in which the
grant was received. Will your project benefit
faculty in your own departments or in others
as well?
- Qualifications:
Does this project enhance those in which you
have already engaged or is it a new one?
The
following may also be taken into consideration:
-
priority of workshop/conference, etc., in
terms of the TLC mission
-
availability of matching or other funds
-
funding already received through TLC
-
date of application
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