Faculty Training
Travel grant applications due today
TThe Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) offers professional development grants of up to $1,000 for early-career faculty, both tenure-track and non-tenure track. The grants are designed to help early-career faculty travel to conferences or workshops for their professional development or to meet with fund managers. One grant is allowed per faculty member per academic year. The application deadline is today (Thursday, March 1). For more information, please visit CAFE’s website or contact the center at cafe@mst.edu.
Read More »Curriculum development grants available for faculty
The Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) is accepting proposals for the 2018-19 cycle of the Curriculum Development Faculty Grant program. These grants support the planning, development and implementation of new, sustainable curriculum or instruction that infuses one or more of the following skill sets into the undergraduate student experience: entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, innovation, design-thinking and leadership.
Read More »Deadline approaches for mini-grant letter of intent
All faculty and staff planning to submit a proposal for the Educational Research Mini-Grant program should submit a letter of intent to the CERTI office by Thursday, March 1. Please email the letter of intent to certi@mst.edu or mail the letter to 207 Norwood Hall, with the title of your project and a brief, 100-word abstract.
Read More »Faculty forum to focus on managing classroom challenges
Are you managing a classroom challenge and want to hear how other faculty would work through a similar issue? The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will sponsor an early career faculty forum on managing classroom challenges 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in Room 204 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »Proposal-writing bootcamp coming March 15
A Proposal Writing Bootcamp will be held 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, March 15 (during spring recess during St. Pat’s), in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The workshop will feature program directors from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as presentations from the Broader Impacts Network. Space is limited and reservations are required. Reserve your spot online.
Read More »Get advice on publishing at Feb. 16 event
Dr. Ted Stathopoulos, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, will give a talk titled “A Primer About Publishing Technical Papers in International Journals: Sharing an Editor’s Experience” 1-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to cafe@mst.edu by Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Read More »Apply for funding to publish results from mini-grant project
Past recipients of S&T educational research mini-grants who plan to disseminate their project results may apply for funding from the provost’s office through the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE). Past recipients may apply for up to $1,000 for project-related travel expenses and costs related to presenting or publishing the results of your educational research project. To apply, please submit a proposal by Friday, May 18, to the CERTI office. Details are available online.
Read More »Faculty forum to focus on ethics
All un-tenured tenure-track faculty, and assistant teaching and research professors are invited to an early career faculty forum on ethics in research and teaching 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, in Room 204 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »Get advice on publishing technical papers
Faculty and graduate students are invited to a presentation titled “A Primer About Publishing Technical Papers in International Journals: Sharing an Editor’s Experience,” by Dr. Ted Stathopoulos. The presentation will be held 1-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to cafe@mst.edu.
Read More »Register for faculty workshop on classroom tech
Learn from colleagues about online quizzes, a tool to “create your own adventure” for students, and a free resource for content curation and collaboration at a faculty workshop. The event, “Conversations at Work,” will be held for faculty noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, in the Carver-Turner Room of Havener Center. Please register online.
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