Minnesota State University Moorhead
Academic Service-Learning
Faculty Grants
The MSUM Academic Service-Learning Advisory Board is pleased to offer 4 faculty discretionary grants of $500 each for the development and implementation of new Academic Service-Learning curricula. Interested faculty may download the grant application at the link below. Completed applications are due Wednesday, January 21, 2009, and should be sent via e-mail or campus mail to:
Janet Haak
Director of Academic Outreach and Engagement
Academic Resource Office (ARO) - Flora Frick 151
-2996
Grant proposals will be reviewed by the MSUM Academic Service-Learning Advisory Board. Notification of awards will be made on February 2. Grant funds will be awarded as stipends, paid during spring semester 2009.
CLICK HERE FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION
Grant requirements
Grantees will be expected to:
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Develop a new service-learning course or adapt a current course to service-learning during spring 2009;
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Meet once in spring semester 2009 and at the beginning of fall semester 2009 with other grantees and members of the AS-L Advisory Board;
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Offer the course during the 2009-10 school year;
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Assess the impact of service-learning on student learning, on the community partner organization, and on the grantee's own approach to pedagogy;
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Present and discuss the course and assessment data at a spring 2010 Academic Service-Learning conference sponsored by the AS-L Advisory Board on the MSUM campus.
The AS-L Board is particularly interested in supporting AS-L curricula that:
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Demonstrate strong collaboration with community partners beginning with course development through impact assessment;
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Incorporate structured reflection requiring students to synthesize theory and service;
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Reflect pedagogy and course structure that make clear the connections between learning objectives and service-learning activities;
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Require a minimum of 15 hours of community-based service-learning hours per student per semester (documented in the ARO, FF 151);
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Show commitment to the use of service-learning as an educational philosophy and methodology with an overlapping focus on academic learning, skill development, and reflective civic engagement;
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Come from disciplines underrepresented in service-learning pedagogy.
Resources and Support
The resources of MSUM's AS-L Center in the ARO, the AS-L web site (www.mnstate.edu/asl), and the Advisory Board are available to all faculty for information regarding Academic Service-Learning and developing grant applications. Contact any Board member listed below for assistance:
Janet Haak Steven Bolduc
ARO Economics
haak@mnstate.edu bolduc@mnstate.edu
-2996 -4683
Thomas Brandau Craig Ellingson
Film Studies Theatre Arts
brandau@mnstate.edu ellngson@mnstate.edu
-2950 -4617
Rebecca Gardner Theresa Hest
Corrick Center for General Education Communication Studies
gardnerr@mnstate.edu hestther@mnstate.edu
-2189 -4613
Scott Seltveit Emily Gunderson
Construction Management Bethany Homes
seltveit@mnstate.edu egunderson@bethanyhomes.org
-2469
Terryl Christensen
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