Spring 2013

Volume XXXIII, No. III

Editor: Gretchen Peterec

Special points of interest:

Annual Fall Workshops:

November 14-15, 2013

Inside this issue:

WV Professor of the Year 4

Professors Travel to Dubai 4

Viking History Project 5

News and Notes 5

Recent A-V Acquisitions 6

Upcoming Meetings 7

Professional Development/

Grant Opportunities

8

The West Virginia FACDIS Newsletter The Consortium for Faculty and Course Development

In International Studies

2013 Scholar-Diplomat Program

The John A. Maxwell Scholar-Diplomat Program on

Europe in Debt: A Continental Crisis with Global Implications

Washington, DC – April 10-12, 2013

The three-day FACDIS Scholar-Diplomat Programs, begun in

1993 and held annually in Washington, DC, have been a

very successful addition of our professional development efforts

for West Virginia faculty. Since its initiation, the Scholar-Dip lomat Programs have

covered thematic issue areas like global economic trends, religion

and ethnicity, the Cold War, global migration, and the media.

This year we examined Europe in Debt: A Continental Crisis

with Global Implications, a timely topic for our FACDIS

participants.

The program began with observations from Ambassador Gudmundur A. Stefansson, from

the Iceland Embassy. Ambassador Stefansson discussed Iceland’s economic crisis from the inside, detailing his country’s recent economic history and how it has dealt with monetary

challenges. He also outlined the country’s prospects for the future.

Following the opening lunch at

The Monocle Restaurant, the group met with Daniel S.

Hamilton, Executive Director of the Center for Transatlantic

Relations at The Paul H. Nitze S c h o o l o f A d v a n c e d

International Studies at The John Hopkins University. In

his talk, Europe – Competitive or Complacent?, Dr. Hamilton reflected on the state of the

European Union today and his projections for its future.

Ambassador Gudmundur Stefansson and Jack Hammersmith

L-R: Frew Hailou (West Virginia State University), Daniel Hamilton, and

Max Guirguis (Shepherd University)

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Afterwards, the group went to The German Marshall Fund for two meetings. The first was with Nicholas Siegel, Senior

Program Officer at the Transatlantic Academy, and Peter Sparding, Transatlantic Fellow with the Economic Policy Program. Jointly, they presented their current research, The

Splintering of Europe? Economic Crisis and the Rise of Regionalism. As their title suggests, they debated the E.U.’s future, given the many strong regional voices in the Union today.

Following this meeting, the FACDIS delegation met with Bruce

Stokes, who is both a non-resident scholar at The German Marshall Fund and the Director of Global Economic Attitudes

at the Pew Research Center. Drawing upon his statistical analysis, he addressed the topic, Their Crisis: Our Headache,

showing the varyingly transatlantic views from both sides of the ocean.

Thursday began with a visit to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Here we met with a West Virginia

Wesleyan College graduate, Heather A. Conley, Senior Fellow and Director of the Europe Program. In a very

engaging presentation, she discussed the Far From a Perfect Union: The Future of European Debt, Deficits and Democracy.

Next on the schedule was a visit to the International

Monetary Fund to meet with Robert Sheehy, Deputy Director of Monetary and Capital Markets. His discussion,

Global Financial Stability – Where Are We Now? gave us a very detailed look into the European debt crisis today, a talk that

notably drew upon his long career working directly in international capital markets.

Thursday mornings’ meetings were followed by lunch with

Olympia Neocleous, Chargé d’affaires from the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus. Like Wednesday’s lunch, Ms.

Neocleous gave an insider’s account of the European debt crisis. As we know, Cyprus, in particular, has suffered

enormously under massive debt. Ms. Neocleous drew upon her legal and international relations background to articulate clearly Cyprus’ position and its proposed path forward.

L-R: Hannah Geffert (Shepherd University), Mark Wilson (WVU

Institute of Technology), Ann Gaudino (West Liberty University), and

Bruce Stokes

L-R: Ann Gaudino (West Liberty University), Max Guirguis (Shepherd

University), Heather Conley, and Mike Smith (Glenville State College)

L-R: Frew Hailou (West Virginia State University), Olympia Neocleous,

and Joseph Lovano (Bethany College)

Thursday afternoon included two more visits with European Union experts. First, we met with Frances G. Burwell, Vice

President and Director of the Program on Transatlantic Relations at the Atlantic Council. From her research at the Council, Dr. Burwell outlined the effects of the European crisis on transatlantic economic and political relations.

This meeting was followed by a lively discussion with Michael J. Geary, a visiting fellow of European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International

Center for Scholars. A native of Ireland and a European Union scholar, Dr. Geary discussed A Painful Birth: Economic and Monetary Union and Origins of the

European Sovereign Debt Crisis. Dr. Geary comes from Maastricht University, The Netherlands, where he is an Assistant Professor in Modern Europe and

the European Union.

Friday morning began with another European scholar, this time an Italian, Dr. Carlo Bastasin, a visiting fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. Dr.

Bastasin, an economist and editorialist, writes for II Sole-24 Ore, a leading Italian national business newspaper. Previously, he was deputy editor of La

Stampa (The Press), one of the oldest, most widely read and influential newspapers in Italy. In A Different Story of Eurocrisis, Dr. Bastasin argued that

out of the crisis will become a stronger political union.

From our meeting with Dr. Bastasin, the group lunched with Martin Erhardt, the Secretary for Fiscal Policy in the Department of Economics at the

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, D.C. The German perspective was a natural complement to the Eurocrisis discussion. Prior to his appointment of the German Embassy in Washington, he was an economist in the

Fiscal Policy Division of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin for four years. Needless to say, Mr. Erhardt offered understanding into the German perspective.

Ten FACDIS faculty and two program coordinators participated in the program: Christina Fattore, West Virginia University, Ann Gaudino, West Liberty University, Hannah Geffert, Shepherd University, Max Guirguis,

Shepherd University, Frew Hailou, West Virginia State University, Joseph Lovano, Bethany College,

T.J. Park, West Virginia State University, Michael Smith, Glenville State College, Sunil Surendran,

Fairmont State University, Mark Wilson, WVU Institute of Technology, FACDIS Director, Jack

Hammersmith, West Virginia University, and Gretchen Peterec, FACDIS. Faculty who have

participated in the program in the past cannot say enough good things about the quality of

programming and the opportunity to learn from people directly involved in making and carrying our

policies. New FACDIS members are always encouraged to apply. Faculty who have not

attended before, but who demonstrate they can use the material in their classes, will receive priority!

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Michael Geary and Christina Fattore (West Virginia

University)

L-R: Michael Geary, Hannah Geffert, Max Guirguis, T. J. Park, Sunil Surendran,

Michael Smith, Jack Hammersmith, Frew Hailou, Ann Gaudino, Mark Wilson,

Christina Fattore, Joseph Lovano, Gretchen Peterec

Dr. Greg Noone Named 2012 Professor of the Year

Charleston, W.Va. – The Faculty Merit Foundation announced the winner of its 2012 Professor of the Year award on Tuesday, March 12. The Foundation presented the award to Gregory P. Noone, Ph.D., J.D.,

assistant professor of political science and law at Fairmont State University, during a banquet held in the Great Hall of the Culture Center in Charleston on Tuesday evening. Kenneth H.

Yount, Ph.D., a political science and history professor at Alderson-Broaddus College, was first runner-up. Daniel Holbrook, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Marshall

University; Gregory Juckett, M.D., M/P.H., professor of family medicine and WVU Health Service physician at West Virginia University; and Bryan Raudenbush, Ph.D., psychology

professor at Wheeling Jesuit University, also received prizes as finalists for the award.

Professor Noone has been the director of the National Security and Intelligence Program at

Fairmont State University since 2007. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science/International Relations from West Virginia University; a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School; a master’s

in Defense Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada; a M.A. in International Affairs from the Catholic University of America; and a B.A. in political science from Villanova

University. Professor Noone was the Faculty Merit Foundation’s 2011 Professor of the Year runner-up. He was the Dr. Alan Hammock Fellow at West Virginia University and has received multiple Navy and Army Commendation medals and

the U.S. Department of Defense’s Meritorious Service Medal, among others. In 2012, he was the Fairmont Times West Virginian Educator of the Year.

—Courtesy of Amy Pellegrin, Director of Marketing and Branding, Fairmont State University

West Virginia State University Professors Travel to Dubai

Dr. T. Ford-Ahmed and Dr. Robin Broughton of West Virginia State University's (WVSU) Communication and Media Studies

Department traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirate, last April during and following spring break. They conducted a Dubai Film Study Tour involving their Media Studies graduate students as well as

students and professors from the Mass Communication Department at the University of Sharjah. The two universities are planning future

projects together as well as assisting Professor Fuad Mohamed's research on visual musicality.

The resulting fi lm project entitled #Camel ( H a s h t a g Camel) involves three young students who through the click of an Iphone picture of a pack of Camel cigarettes are suddenly transported from a barn in Winfield, WV, to the backs of camels in the desert of Dubai. The script written by Dr. Broughton and graduate student Adam Stover, was roughly based on Tim Robbins' Still Life with Woodpecker which is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. The film is slated to have its opening premiere at the University of Sharjah later this year.

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Professor’s Viking Project Offers Traveling History Lesson

West Liberty University Professor Darrin Cox loves teaching

history to his students. He finds that hands-on history is especially fascinating to just about everyone. That’s why he’s spent five years working on a project that brings the age of the Vikings to life.

“My Viking Living History Project began as a research endeavor. But it’s become a highly effective teaching tool. Students of all ages love

to learn through history demonstrations that bring it all into real time,” Cox said.

“My program is like a traveling history

lesson that looks closely at the era dating to 793-1066, the time of the Vikings.

Costumes, tools, weapons and social history from this period offers colorful story and encourages students to treat history as a dynamic subject rather than just a dry book,” he said.

He has about 12 college students involved in presenting the Viking experience to groups. Most of the West Liberty students who assist Cox major in the liberal arts, social studies,

education, history and criminal justice.

“They enjoy the teaching programs as much as I do,” he said.

Cox was a keynote speaker and had his WLU Viking history team at West Virginia Northern Community College on April 10, when the group presented a Viking demonstration as part of

the Wheeling Regional Pre-Modern Symposium, an interdisciplinary conference that brings together literature, history, art and culture and held in conjunction with Wheeling Jesuit

University and WVNCC.

For more information on the Viking Living History Project, please contact Cox at 304-336-

8087 or dcox@westliberty.edu.

—Adapted from the original article by Maureen Zambito, Director of Media Relations, West Liberty University—

News and Notes

David B. Gordon, Shepherd University, has been awarded a position as a participant in “India’s Past and the Making of

the Present,” a month-long summer institute to be held in July 2013 in New Delhi, India. The institute is co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Community College Humanities Association. To help defray air

travel and other miscellaneous expenses associated with the institute, Gordon was awarded a $3,500 Professional Development Stipend Grant from Shepherd University. In association with this award, he has agreed to research and

publish an essay to be titled Asia is One: The Pan-Asianisms of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) and Okakura Tenshin (1862-1913).

Kaushlendra Singh, West Virginia University, has been awarded a mini-grant by the Division of Science and Research,

WV Higher Education Policy Commission to do research on Stability of Bio-oils and Distribution of Feedstock-Energy & Carbon from Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapors Using Biochars and FCC (Fluid Cracking Catalysts). Singh has also been selected to chair Bioenergy Day at the 2013 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual

International Meeting, July 21-14, Kansas City, MO. He has several recent publications including: Singh, K., S. Sokhansanj, and J. Dooley. 2013. “Wood as advanced feedstock?—Scale matters.” Biofuels. 4(1): 13-16 (invited).

Kate Staples, West Virginia University, presented a paper, The Upholder in Consumer Culture in Fifteenth-and Sixteenth- Century England, at the European Association on Urban History’s 11th International Conference at Charles University,

Prague, Czech Republic. The theme of the conference was Cities and Societies in Comparative Perspective.

A Few Recent WVU Audio- Visual Acquisitions in International Studies Arrangements for borrowing these materials from the WVU Media Services Library must be made through your inter-library loan librarian at your college/university. Your librarian will arrange to borrow

the requested media from WVU Interlibrary Loan. If you have any questions about obtaining these materials, please e-mail: illdowntown@mail.wvu.edu.

Asia

JAPAN

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI

Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2012. DVD. 83 min. Japanese with English or Spanish subtitles. The 85-year-old Jiro Ono is considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of a 10-seat

sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious three-star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe

make repeated pilgrimages, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro’s sushi bar.

Global Issues ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY

THE 11TH HOUR

Warner Home Video. 2008. DVD. 132 min. Explores the indelible footprint that humans have left on this planet, and the catastrophic effects of environmental neglect

and abuse, and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity.

HUMAN RIGHTS

NOT MY LIFE

Worldwide Documentaries. 2011. DVD. 83 min. “A film about human trafficking and modern slavery.”–videodisc and container. Features more than fifty interviews with

trafficking victims and their advocates in government, law enforcement, civil society, and the private sector.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/GLOBAL TRADE

WHEN CHINA MET AFRICA Bullfrog Films. 2012. DVD. 75 min.

“A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr. Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search

of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm, and business is booming. In northern Zambia, Mr. Li, a project manager for a multinational Chinese company, is upgrading Zambia’s longest road. Pressure to complete the road on

time intensifies when funds from the Zambian government start running out. Meanwhile Zambia’s Trade Minister is in route to China to secure millions of dollars of investment. Through the intimate portrayal of these characters, the

expanding footprint of a rising global power is laid bare–pointing to a radically different future, not just for Africa, but also for the world.”–From publisher description.

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SAVE THIS DATE!! 2013 FACDIS Workshops

Lakeview Resort and Conference Center

November 14-15, 2013

NAFSA: Association of International Educators

Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. May 26-May 31, 2013. Theme: Ideals and Impact in International

Education. The NAFSA conference offers an opportunity for representatives of colleges and universities,

government and private agencies, educational associations, exchange and community organizations, institutions,

corporations, and foundations to meet and share ideas and practices concerning international exchanges and policies that affect students and scholars. For more

in format ion phone: 202 -737-3699; e-mai l : conference@nafsa.org; website: http://www.nafsa.org

Society for History of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Annual Meeting. Arlington, VA. June 20-22, 2013. Theme: America and the

World—The World and America. For additional information visit the website: http://www.shafr.org

22nd Annual World History Association Meeting (WHA). Minneapolis, MN. June 26-29, 2013. Conference themes: Diasporas and Refugees in World

History and Roads, Trails, and Rivers in World History. Contact: WHA Headquarters at 808-956-7688; e-mail:

thewha@hawaii.edu; website: http://www.thewha.org

Annual World Association for Case Method Research and Application (WACRA) International

Conference. Berlin, Germany. July 7-11, 2013. WACRA’s objectives are to advance the use of the case

method in teaching, training, and planning; to encourage research using the case method; and to coordinate case

writing/case application activities. Contact: WACRA at 781-444-8982 ; fax : 781 -444-1548 ; e -ma i l :

hans.klein@wacra.org; website: http://www.wacra.org

95th Annual Conference of American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP).

San Antonio, TX. July 8-11, 2013. Theme: Building Bridges to the Future: Innovation, Technology, Advocacy.

Contact: AATSP, 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390; phone: 248-960-2180; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org;

website: http://www.aatsp.org

Annual Meeting of International Society of

Political Psychology (ISPP). Herzliya, Israel. July 8-11, 2013. Theme: Political Psychology of Global Conflict,

Protest and Reconciliation. Contact: ISPP Central Office, PO Box 1213, Columbus, NC 28722; phone: 828-894-5422; e-mail: info@ispp.org; website: http://ispp.org

86th Annual Convention of American Association

of Teachers of French (AATF). Providence, RI. July 11-14, 2013. Contact: Jayne Abrate, Executive

Director, AATF, Mail Code 4510, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

62901; phone: 618-453-5731; fax: 618-453-5733; e-mail: abrate@siu.edu; website: http://www.frenchteachers.org

108th Annual Meeting of the American

Sociological Association (ASA). New York, NY. August 10-13, 2013. Theme: Interrogating Inequality:

Linking Micro and Macro. Contact: American Sociological Association, 1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington,

DC 20005; phone: 202-383-9005; fax: 202-638-0882; website: http://www.asanet.org

Annual Meeting of American Political Science

Association (APSA). Chicago, IL. August 29-September 1, 2013. Theme: Power and Persuasion.

Contact: APSA, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1206; phone: 202-483-2512; e-mail: apsa@apsanet.org; website: http://www.apsanet.org

7th Conference on Cultures & Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC). Richmond, VA. September 19-20, 2013. For additional information

visit the website: http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/

37th Annual German Studies Association (GSA)

Conference. Denver, CO. October 3-6, 2013. Contact: German Studies Association, Prof. David E.

Barclay, Executive Director, Kalamazoo College, 1200

Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295; Phone: 269-

337 -7056 ; e -ma i l : d i re c tor@thegs a .o r g ; web :

http://www.thegsa.org/

56th Annual Meeting of African Studies

Association (ASA). Baltimore, MD. November 21-24, 2013. Theme: Mobility, Migration and Flows. Contact:

African Studies Association, Rutgers University, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8045; phone: 848-

445-8173; web: http://www.africanstudies.org

Annual Meeting of Middle East Studies Association (MESA). New Orleans, LA. October 10-13, 2013.

Theme: Belief, Ideology, Social Action and Cultural Expression. Contact: MESA, 1219 N Santa Rita Avenue, The

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; phone: 520-621-5850; e-mail: SBS-MESA@email.arizona.edu; website:

http://mesa.arizona.edu/annual-meeting/index.html

Upcoming Meetings of Special Interest

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The National Chautauqua Short Course Program for College Teachers is an annual series of forums

lasting several days, geared for teachers of natural or social sciences. Forums are held at colleges and

universities across the country, and are led by distinguished invited scholars who teach the courses.

Participants, or their institutions, must pay the cost of lodging, meals, and travel. Below are some of the short

courses that might be of interest to FACDIS members. To apply for a course, please contact the field center

directly. (A course registration fee as well as an application fee will be required.)

Energy and Sustainability: What Every Faculty

Member Should Know, May 20-22, 2013, in Dayton, OH. Led by Robert Brecha, Department of

Physics, University of Dayton. This course will examine theories of fossil fuel depletion, look at both geological

and economic indicators of fossil-fuel scarcity, and discuss non-conventional fossil-fuel resources and the

concept of net energy. Contact: George K. Miner, University of Dayton Chautauqua Field Center, 300 College Park Drive, Dayton, OH 45469-2314; phone:

937-229-2327; e-mail: miner@udayton.edu; website: http://campus.udayton.edu/~physics/gkm/chau/

Climate Change: What Every Faculty Member Should Know, May 23-25, 2013, in Dayton, OH. Led by Robert J. Brecha, Department of Physics,

University of Dayton. This course will be structured around the themes in the Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC) periodic reports: Climate Science, Adaptation and Impacts, and Mitigation

Strategies. An understanding of the main driving forces behind current climate change, principally the

combustion of fossil fuels, will be key to considering strategies for mitigating the consequences of climate

change. Contact: George K. Miner, University of Dayton Chautauqua Field Center, 300 College Park

Drive, Dayton, OH 45469-2314; phone: 937-229-2327; e-mail: miner@udayton.edu; website: http://campus.

udayton.edu/~physics/gkm/chau/

Radio Astronomy Update 2013: Pulsars and Gravitational Radiation, Dark Matter and Galaxy

Evolution, June 3-5, 2013, in Green Bank, WV. Led by Karen O’Neil, National Radio Astronomy

Observatory, Green Bank. This new course is designed to celebrate more than 50 years of contributions to the

forefront of astronomy by the telescopes of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank. During

this time researchers using these telescopes have made major advances in our understanding of topics as diverse

as chemical processes in interstellar space, the early phases of star formation, the assembly of galaxies and

galaxy clusters at high redshift, and the properties of black holes. For this course, presentations will

emphasize recent research at Green Bank in two areas: pulsar studies that could lead in the near future to direct

detection of gravitational radiation; hydrogen studies that reveal the structure and evolution of galaxies and their

dark matter halos. Contact: George K. Miner, University of Dayton Chautauqua Field Center, 300

College Park Drive, Dayton, OH 45469-2314; phone: 937-229-2327; e-mail: miner@udayton.edu;website:

http://campus.udayton.edu/~physics/gkm/chau/

Ethnobotany and Archaeology in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico, July 6-13, 2013. Led by Edwin

Barnhart, Maya Exploration Center. For thousands of years, from house building to medicine, the use of local

plants has been central to the indigenous way of life in Oaxaca. The Olmecs, Zapotecs, and Mixtecs all inhabited Oaxaca, each sharing their plant knowledge and

passing it down to the next generation. This course will discuss the vast botanical knowledge of the descendants

of those cultures, while traveling around the Oaxaca Valley. Contact: Dr. James P. Barufaldi, Director,

Center for STEM Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1912 Speedway #340 (D5500), Austin, TX 78712

-0382; e-mail: jamesb@austin.utexas.edu; phone: 512-471-7354; website: http://www.edb.utexas.edu/

education/centers/csme/2955/program

Ecuador—Experiments at the Equator, Volcanoes, and the Amazon Basin, July 28-August

4, 2013. Led by Edwin Barnhart, Maya Exploration Center. Ecuador is a land of amazing natural wonders,

beautiful indigenous traditions, and a largely unknown ancient past. During this one-week course, participants

will visit and learn about Ecuador’s tallest volcanoes, its rich history, and the incredible bio-diversity of its

lowland Amazonia jungles. In addition, every step along the way will be lined with indigenous villages, each

producing unique and colorful works of traditional art. Contact: Dr. James P. Barufaldi, Director, Center for STEM Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1912

Speedway #340 (D5500), Austin, TX 78712-0382; e-mail: jamesb@austin.utexas.edu; phone: 512-471-7354;

website: http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/centers/csme/2955/program

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Faculty Professional Development Opportunities

Chautauqua Short Courses

2013 West Virginia

Great Teachers Seminar

West Virginia Great Teachers Seminar, June 17-June 20, 2013, North Bend State Park, Cairo, WV. The West Virginia Higher Education Policy

Commission and the Community and Technical College System with support from the Faculty Advisory Council

will sponsor the 21st annual West Virginia Great Teachers Seminar.

The workshop focus is not on teaching specific disciplines, but rather on the art of teaching. The GTS is

based on the notion that, if properly tapped, the collective wisdom, experience and creativity of any group

of practicing educators far surpasses that of any individual expert or consultant. The structure of the seminar

evolves from the initial innovations and challenges workshops. Experienced and inexperienced college

educators learn from each other. Underlying all activities is the challenge to characterize and define the “great

teacher.”

Faculty members from every higher education institution in West Virginia are encouraged to apply. Enrollment is

limited. Each college and university may register for one or two faculty slots for the seminar. Marshall and WVU

may register for more. The total cost of lodging for three nights (double occupancy) and 9 meals is $278 payable to

North Bend State Park at checkout. A limited number of single rooms are available for $399.

Each participant will be expected to bring with him/her:

An Innovation Paper: A one-page paper describing a personally attempted (and relatively successful)

teaching innovation. Bring 30 copies with your name and institution.

A Problem Paper: A one-page paper describing a

problem or concern you have encountered while teaching in classroom or lab for which you have not found a workable answer, 30 copies, with name.

A Trick of the Trade: A single teaching idea or tool

(homemade or commercial, original or borrowed, subject-oriented or universally applicable) which has

enhanced your teaching.

An Inspiration: A book, journal article, publication, or other resource that you have found particularly

helpful or inspiring to you and/or your teaching.

For additional information contact the ACF representative on your campus or e-mail Mark Goldstein,

Coordinator at: mgoldstein@wvncc.edu; application is available on the website: http://www.wvacf.org/wvacf/

home.aspx

Summer Library Research Opportunity

University of Pittsburgh. The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) awards Summer Library

Research Fellowships that are open to faculty from two– and four-year institutions in the US who do not have

access to extensive Latin American library resources. Several grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 are awarded.

The awards are designed to enable scholars to go to Pitt to utilize its outstanding Latin American library

collection. Fellows may come for at least a two– and up to a four-week period. To learn more visit the website

at: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/college

Summer Research Laboratory at University of

Illinois: June 10-August 2, 2013. The Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and

Eurasia (SRL) is a program for scholars to conduct advanced research in the field. Associates are given full access to the collection and resources of the University

of Illinois Library and are able to seek advice from the reference librarians of the Slavic and East European

Library. The workshop is open to doctoral students and junior faculty who specialize in Eurasian and East

European Studies. For further information contact: The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 International Studies Building, MC-487, 910 S Fifth Street, Champaign, IL

61820-6216; phone: 217-333-1244; e-mai l: reec@uiuc.edu; website: http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/

srl

Annual German Summer School of the Atlantic:

June 23-August 2, 2013 (six-week or three-week option). A total immersion program for business

professionals, students, and teachers of German offers lectures, workshops, and recreational activities designed to help refresh German skills and provide new ideas for

teaching. Cost for total six-week program, including double-occupancy lodging: $3,800. Cost for 3-wks:

$2,150 (books extra). For information contact: Deutsche Sommerschule am Atlantik, Dept. of Modern

Languages, University of Rhode Island, 60 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI 02881-0812; phone: 401-874-5911;

e-mail: dssa@etal.uri.edu; website: http://www.uri.edu/iep/dssa

Lilly National Conferences on College Teaching.

May 30-June 2, 2013: Bethesda, MD. September 19-22, 2013: Traverse City, Michigan. The

International Alliance of Teacher Scholars (IATS) sponsors weekend regional teaching conferences.

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—professional development opportunities continued from page 9—

Lilly Conferences, originally funded by the Lilly Endowment, are retreats that combine workshops,

discussion sessions, and major addresses with opportunities for informal discussion about excellence in

college teaching and learning. Teacher-scholars will discuss teaching and learning topics ranging from using

technology to cooperative learning. The theme this year is: Evidence-Based Learning and Teaching. For additional

information contact Todd Zakrajsek, phone: 919-636-8170; website: http://lillyconferences.com; e-mail:

lillyconferences@gmail.com

Foreign Language Educator

Conferences/Summer Institutes

Center for Advanced Research on Language

Acquisition (CARLA). University of Minnesota. CARLA will offer its annual series of summer institutes

for second language teachers, with its goal to connect research with practice. The interactive workshops

include discussion, theory-building, hands-on activities, and networking with colleagues. The cost of each of the

summer institutes is $350 (register by May 31) or $400 after that date. For topics, dates and registration

information for Summer 2013 programs please visit the CARLA website: http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/

Eighth International Conference on Language Teacher Education (LTE): Preparing Language

Teacher Educators to Meet National and Global Needs. National Capital Language Resource

Center (NCLRC), The George Washington University, Washington, DC. May 30-June 1,

2013. Designed for practitioners and researchers involved in the preparation and ongoing professional

development of language teachers, LTE 2013 will address the education of teachers of all languages, at all

instructional and institutional levels, and in many national and international contexts in which this takes place:

English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instruction; foreign/modern/world language teaching; bilingual education; immersion education; indigenous and

minority language education; and the teaching of less commonly taught languages. LTE 2013 will focus on four

broad themes: Knowledge Base of Language Teacher Education; Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language

Teacher Education; Collaborations in Language Teacher Education; Practices of Language Teacher Education.

In addition to the conference several summer

institutes will be held on May 30th in the Cloyd Heck

Marvin Center, located in the Foggy Bottom campus of

The George Washington University. Some of the institutes will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and

others from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

For additional information concerning the 8th Annual Conference on Language Teacher Education and summer

inst i tutes , p lease v is i t the webs ite at: http://nclrc.org/LTE2013/

Asian Studies Summer Institute

Infusing Chinese and Japanese Religion, Art and

Literature into the Undergraduate Curriculum. Honolulu, Hawaii. July 22-August 9, 2013. This

annual three-week institute focuses on both faculty and institutional development related to the undergraduate

teaching of Asia. Participants will receive housing and a modest stipend, but are responsible for their own airfare

and a $350 administrative fee.

For information contact: Sandy Osaki, Asian Studies

Development Program, East-West Center; phone: 808-944-7337; e-mail: Osakis@eastwestcenter.org; website:

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/education/asian-studies-development-program/upcoming-programs/infusing-institute

Teaching Resources

National Capitol Language Resource

Center

Developing Autonomy in Language Learners:

Learning Strategies Instruction in Higher Education. To learn a foreign language effectively, students need to

know how to learn as well as what to learn. This guide introduces 20 particularly useful learning strategies and

demonstrates how teachers can present these strategies in the classroom. For more information visit the website:

http://nclrc.org/profdev/learning_strategies.html

Council On Foreign Relations

Academic Modules—featuring teaching notes by the authors of CFR publications—are designed to assist

educators in creating or supplementing a course syllabus. The modules are customized packages built around a

primary CFR text, such as a book or report, and includes teaching notes; additional readings; video, audio, and transcripts of CFR meetings; Foreign Affairs articles; and

other online resources. Use of these modules is free of charge. They may be used in part or in their entirety.

Website: http://www.cfr.org/educators/modules.html

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Grants and Fellowships Fulbright Scholar Programs: Teaching and

Research Abroad Through CIES. The Fulbright Scholar Program offers US faculty, administrators, and

professionals grants in research and university lecturing abroad with opportunities in 155 countries.

Traditional Fulbright Awards: are available from two months to a full academic year. Requirements include US citizenship, PhD or equivalent, and

teaching experience. Benefits include round-trip travel for grantee and, for most awards, one

dependent; maintenance allowance; tuition allowance for school-age children; and book/baggage

allowances. Application deadline: August 1, 2013.

Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program:

Among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Awards range from three

to 12 months. Application deadline: August 1, 2013.

Fulbright Internat ional Educat ion

Administrators Program: US international education administrators are invited to apply for two– to three-week summer seminars in France,

Germany, India, Japan or Korea. Application deadline: August 1, 2013 (India); November 1,

2013 (Korea and Japan); February 3, 2014 (France, Germany, and United Kingdom).

Fulbright German Studies Seminars: Sends

US academics and professionals to Germany to participate in a two-week summer seminar on Nation-

State and European Identity. Application deadline: October 15, 2013.

Fulbright Senior Specialist Program: Provides

short-term Fulbright grants of two-to-six weeks. Activities offer US faculty and professionals

opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities with their counterparts at

higher education institutions in over 100 countries worldwide. Rolling deadline.

Contact: Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., NW,

Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009; phone: 202-686-4000; website: http://www.cies.org; e -mai l:

scholar@iie.org

Smith Richardson Foundation will award at least three research grants of $60,000 to support tenure-track

junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue or topic of interest to the policy community. Deadline: June 14, 2013. Results

will be announced by October 31, 2013. For further

information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit the website at: http://www.srf.org/grants/

international.php

Woodrow Wilson International Center

Fellowships. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars awards residential fellowships

annually. Projects are accepted from a broad range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.

Application deadline for the 2014-2015 program is October 1, 2013. For further information on eligibility

and how to apply, please visit the website at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org

Herbert Scoville, Jr. Peace Fellowship Program. The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program invites

applications for full-time, spring fellowships in Washington, DC. Awardees will be selected to work

with public interest organizations addressing peace and security issues. Stipend: $2,600 per month plus health

insurance and travel expenses to Washington, DC. Deadline: October 1, 2013, for Spring 2014

Fellowship. Contact: Paul Revsine, Program Director, Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, 322 4th Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20002; phone: 202-543-4100 x2100; e-mail: scoville@clw.org; website: http://scoville.org

WV Humanities Council Grants. The West Virginia Humanities Council is offering special funding

opportunities for humanities programming. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to: lectures,

workshops, conferences, student or teacher immersion days, and foreign language week programs. Major grant

deadlines are February 1 and September 1 for projects with budgets from $1,500 up to $20,000. Mini-

grants are awarded bimonthly for projects requesting $1,500 or less. Mini-grant application deadlines are

October 1, December 1, February 1, April 1, June 1, and August 1. Contact: Amy Saunders, WV

Humanities Council, 1310 Kanawha Blvd., East, Charleston, WV 25301; phone: 304-346-8500; e-mail:

saunders@wvhumanities.org; website: http://www.wvhumanities.org

IREX Research and Travel Grants. The International Research & Exchange Board has several programs that

support advanced field research by American scholars in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Short-term travel grants

support up to eight weeks in up to two countries for research. Contact: IREX, 2121 K Street NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20037; phone: 202-628-8188; e-mail: stg@irex.org; website: http://www.irex.org

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