Faculty Course Development Grants - Discovering & Claiming Our Callings Program

Faculty Grants for Course Development
In Vocation, Service-Learning, Church Professions & Ethics

Request for Proposals
Through the Discovering and Claiming Our Callings initiative, funding is available to support faculty developing and/or redesigning courses with an intentional focus on service-learning, church professions, ethics, or other initiative goals. Possible uses of the funds include: making contacts and designing courses for service-learning and community engagements; designing community-based research courses and projects; developing new or substantially revised courses with a focus on students preparing for church vocations; adding a substantial ethics component/module to a course or major; revising capstone courses to include a focus on vocation; and/or attending a conference that will support curricular work in one of these (or related) areas. No grant may exceed $2600.

Proposal Submission
There is no application form, but a written proposal (no more than 3 pages) is required. The proposal should include:

1. A description of your plans for course development, including a time-table.
2. A basic budget. This may include funds for travel, conferences, resources, and a stipend (if work is during a non-contractual period).

The purpose of this course development support is to promote innovative and effective learning through experiential and civically-oriented opportunities. Please call Anna Bartel if you have ideas or questions you'd like to discuss.

Developing a Service-Learning Course
A service learning course is a structured experience in which students:

work collaboratively with community partners to define the service
engage in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs
reflect on the service activity in order to demonstrate successful accomplishment of identified learning objectives, an enhanced understanding of the community, and a strengthened sense of civic responsibility and philanthropy (This is the key difference between service learning and volunteerism

For further information, contact Dr. Lake Lambert.