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Grants available to support service-learning

The Office of Community Engaged Learning is offering mini-grants to help support service-learning, both locally and abroad. Projects can be through a class, student organization/group, or as an individual. Proposals must be in partnership with a community agency. In the past, funds have been used for supplies, printing costs, food, and more.  Funding is awarded on an ongoing basis until depleted, so apply early! In addition, applications for the Olson Global Service-Learning Match Grant are being accepted. This grant is awarded to student global service-learning projects with faculty/staff support where funds or in-kind donations have been raised but where additional funds would be beneficial. View more information about any of these opportunities.

Amanda Martin, Community Engaged Learning & Service

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Bulldog Bites: Third lunch and learn session for faculty, staff will discuss sexual harassment

Through a collaboration between the Public Safety, Title IX and Violence Prevention, and Equity and Inclusion departments, Human Resources is excited to offer a new series of programming focused on safety and inclusion called Bulldog Bites. The program will make our own campus experts accessible to faculty and staff to talk about how we can all make our community feel safe and inclusive. The next session is Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Turner Jazz Center.

Mark your calendar for the brown-bag lunch series, which includes five sessions throughout the year.  Remaining sessions are:

Nov. 14: Title IX/Prevention part 1
Feb. 13: Equity and Inclusion part 2
March 13: Title IX/Prevention part 2

All programs will start at noon. Those who attend will enter a drawing for Hubbell Dining Hall and annual parking passes.

Mary Alice Hill, Human Resources

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Nominations open for Windsor Professor

Over 20 years ago, a gift from Mary Belle Windsor established the Windsor Professorships in Science. One of the stipulations of the gift is that the individuals selected receive a supplemental stipend for five years. The first two Windsor Professors, Lon Larson in Pharmacy and Luz DeAlba in Mathematics were appointed in 2001. They were followed by Ronald Torry in Pharmacy Science and Maria Bohorquez in Chemistry in fall 2006, Keith Summerville in Environmental Science and Mark Vitha in Chemistry in fall 2011, and Gholam Mirafzal in Chemistry and Steve Scullen in Management and International Business in 2016.

One new Windsor Professor will be appointed effective in July 2019. The individual chosen will hold the title “Windsor Professor” and receive a salary supplement of $3,750 per year for five years.

The complete guidelines for nominating and selecting “Windsor Professors” may be obtained from Art Sander, arthur.sanders@drake.edu, or Drinda Williams, drinda.williams@drake.edu. Guidelines specify that: “Any tenured associate or full professor whose work is consistent with the definition of science used by the National Science Foundation is eligible.” NSF specifies that it supports education and research in engineering, mathematical, biological, physical, social, behavioral, and economic sciences. A fuller discussion of eligible areas can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/index.jsp#areas

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The criteria for selection of Windsor Professors include:
Teaching effectiveness
Professional contribution through scholarly activity, leadership role, and consulting activities
Contributions to the mission of the department, college, and University.

Please consider the work of your colleagues and submit the name of any colleague whom you feel is deserving of the Windsor Professorship to the dean of their college. Self-nominations are acceptable.

The deadline for submitting names to deans is Dec. 10. Deans will forward nominations with their comments and evaluation electronically to Associate Provost Art Sanders by Dec. 17.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost for Faculty Success

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Drake International Office photo contest

Are you a Drake student who has studied abroad or are currently abroad in an amazing city? How about an international student loving their time here at Drake, or even a faculty member who has led the most awesome travel seminar? This is for you!

Drake International is hosting a photo contest for International Education Week 2018! View photo contest guidelines.

From Tuesday, Oct. 30, through Monday, Nov. 12, we will be accepting photo submissions in four different categories:

Capture the Culture: share the images that you think best represent the local culture and/or highlight your cultural experience while studying abroad or in the U.S.

Global Learning: share the academic highlights of your international experience.

The Great Outdoors: these pictures can include outdoor scenes, nature images, landscapes AND cityscapes that you have witnessed during your domestic and international travels.

Most Epic Selfie: show us your most epic selfie!

*You can earn an extra 5 votes per photo for showing off your Drake gear in any of these photos.

Photo submissions are to be sent via email to studyabroad@drake.edu.

You can see all contest submissions and vote for your favorites on our Facebook page.

Your votes will help us select 20 finalists whose photos will be displayed for in-person voting during the International Education Week events on campus. Category winners along with an overall winner will be announced on Nov. 12.

Get excited and submit your photos for a chance to win!

Questions? Email studyabroad@drake.edu.

Dina Khayrushina, Drake International

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Second session on writing a grant proposal

The next session in our series on Grant Writing and Research, is Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Drake Room in Olmsted from 3:30 to 5 p.m.  The topic is Writing a Grant Proposal II. This is the second of a series on this topic. By the end of this session, you will have the beginnings of the outline of a grant proposal.  If you were unable to attend the first session, we can still work with you. There is no need to register.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

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J-Term teaching sessions

We will be having two sessions where experienced J-Term instructors will share their experiences and advice with those who are teaching J-Term for the first time in 2019 and those who are thinking about teaching J-Term in 2020 or beyond. The first session focused on on-campus classes will be held on Monday, Nov. 5, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in TMR 132. The second session focused on travel seminars will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. in the Drake International Conference Room, located at 1215 25th Street.

The two sessions have very different foci. Those individuals who are thinking about teaching J-Term in the future but not sure whether they want to do a travel seminar or an on-campus class are encouraged to attend both sessions.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

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Faculty and Staff Blackboard online courses

President Marty Martin recently provided information about online courses to be completed by Drake faculty and staff. The courses are now available online in Blackboard and participants have been enrolled as students. The Drake University Online Information Security Awareness and Prevent Sexual Violence Together courses are to be completed by Dec. 7, 2018. The Prevent Discrimination and Harassment Together course is to be completed by March 31, 2019.

This new program underscores Drake’s commitment to the safety and security of our people. You’ll view realistic scenarios based in a higher education setting and interactively answer related questions.
Training is completed at your own pace and the courses may be accessed multiple times. Courses retain previously completed content and will return you to the place you last viewed course information. The Blackboard system will electronically record your status as “completed” when you finish each course.

Course Access
Log in to myDrake and click the Blackboard app in the shaded blue area near the top of the screen. Click Agree and Continue at the pop-up screen describing Privacy, Cookies and Terms of Use. Next, enter your Drake Banner numeric ID and password and you’ll be directed to the Blackboard home page. The courses are listed in the My Courses area of the page.

Need Help?
The home page of Blackboard includes a link to On Demand Help topics. If you experience technical issues click the Blackboard Issues link in the Bb Student News section of the home page and submit your request. For questions about course content contact Peter Lundstedt, director, Information Security and Compliance; Kathryn Overberg, Title IX coordinator and equity and inclusion policy specialist; or Mary Alice Hill, director, HR Partner Services.

Mary Alice Hill, Human Resources

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Drake Social Nov. 12 to kick off International Education Week

The Provost’s Drake Social on Monday, Nov. 12, at Shiver’s Hospitality Suite will kick off International Education Week.

A town hall will be held from 3:30–4 p.m. focusing on global engagement at Drake University. Come learn about Drake as a global university, and hear more about our commitment to this important part of our institutional identity. Meet faculty and staff that play critical roles in the global engagement agenda. Special guests include visitors from Drake’s international partner universities.

The Provost’s Social will immediately follow the town hall from 4–6 p.m. The social will have a global engagement theme! Come mingle with your colleagues and meet special guests visiting from Drake’s international partner universities. The faculty and staff photo contest award winners will be announced.

Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost