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From the Provost
The Advisory Committee of Buffalo State’s Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) and Academic Affairs announce three one-year, $3,000 faculty-development fellowships to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning on campus. All tenured and tenure-track Buffalo State faculty members are eligible to apply.

Research funded by these fellowships can be empirical (qualitative or quantitative studies, measurement of student learning or teaching effectiveness, etc.) or conceptual (design of educational innovations, curriculum development, pedagogical problem analysis, etc.). All proposals that represent the scholarship of teaching and learning are welcome; however, the committee will give priority to projects that focus on the following areas:

1. Active and Collaborative Learning:Investigating how collaboration among students and/or engagement with course material leads to understanding and long-term retention of concepts and processes. Understanding how student engagement in successful collaborations develops enduring skills that transfer to unfamiliar contexts.
2. Promoting Academic Challenge:Documenting the success of classroom strategies that promote high student effort and performance on authentic learning tasks.
3. Enriching Educational Experiences:Conducting studies that illustrate how two forms of enrichment enable students to integrate and apply knowledge. One form involves programs such as Intellectual Foundations, service learning, undergraduate research, or international activities; the second involves curricular infusion initiatives such as Intellectual Foundations, Writing Across the Curriculum, diversity, or technology.
4. Student-Faculty Interaction: Undertaking projects that explore the potential for deep and enduring learning that occurs when attention is given to both cognitive and affective domains in teaching, learning, and advising, particularly in the first year.

Fellows will conduct studies related to their specialty areas during the 2009–2010 academic year. They will also work closely with Cheryl Albers, coordinator for the campus programs for CASTL, and Scott Johnson, associate vice president for undergraduate education and dean of University College, to promote faculty development efforts related to their fellowship. In addition, fellows are required to serve as members of the CASTL Advisory Committee and present their findings at a public forum. Fellows are responsible for compliancewith any applicable research approval conditions as set out by the Research Foundation.

Submissions must be received by 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 1. Send electronic submissions to labiaksm@buffalostate.edu.

Hard-copy submissions will be accepted but are not necessary with electronic submission. Mail hard-copy submissions to Susan Labiak, Buffalo State College, University College, South Wing 510, Buffalo, NY 14222.

CA Full application guidelines and selection criteria are available on the CASTL Web site. Questions should be directed to Cheryl Albers, coordinator for the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), 878-3292.

Proposal-Writing Workshops
All workshops will be held in Twin Rise 102

To register for a workshop, contact Susan Labiak in the CASTL office, University College, 878-3093.

Translating a Pedagogical Interest of Issue into a SOTL Study
Wednesday, February 11
Noon–1:00 p.m.
or
Thursday, February 26
12:15–1:15 p.m.

Designing a SOTL Study the Meets the Fellowship Criteria
Wednesday, February 25
Noon–1:00 p.m.
or
Thursday, March 5
12:15–1:15 p.m.