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Call for proposals: FY22 Global Partnership Grant

Description: Drake University has established formal partnerships with multiple institutions abroad. Joint faculty and staff projects with our global partner institutions may be eligible for financial support through the Global Partnership Grants. Contact Hannah Sappenfield at hannah.sappenfield@drake.edu for more information or to get connected with a global partner institution.

Eligibility and criteria: Full-time faculty and staff members are eligible to apply for Global Partnership Grants for activities taking place during FY22. Preference will be given to proposals that:

  • identify a specific set of activities with distinct outcomes with one (or more) of our partner institutions
  • demonstrate specific impact on Drake curriculum, students and current global partnerships
  • advance Drake’s global engagement with existing partners in new ways
  • support involvement by individuals who have not previously been globally engaged
  • are financially supported by the school, college, or department of the individual submitting the proposal
  • align with internationally or globally focused unit objectives and/or the University’s Continuous Improvement Plan

Application process:

  1. Discuss the proposed activity with your unit Director or Dean prior to submission to help determine its strategic value and if it aligns with the unit’s global engagement priorities. The discussion will help determine the unit’s interest and ability to support the proposal with financial resources.
  2. Submit the online application via Qualtrix, which includes a description and budget (*see note) for the proposed activity. Deadline: December 18, 2020
  3. Deans/Directors will review all proposals for their unit with the Global Partnerships Coordinator and the Executive Director of Global Engagement for prioritization and to make collaborative funding decisions. Final award decisions will be announced in February 2021.

*Global Engagement grant funds are not typically awarded for stipends for Drake faculty and staff; however, stipend requests may be considered for funding by your unit’s Dean/Director on a case-by-case basis. The College of Arts & Sciences will not fund stipends.

Travel restrictions: At this time, any travel outside of Iowa on behalf of the University is currently suspended, unless deemed critical and approved by the senior administrator in your area. This policy applies to all University-sponsored travel, including international, academic, athletic, conferences, and workshops, and research-related travel, and will continue until further notice. Although grant funds may be awarded for travel purposes, these funds may not be expended until the University’s travel restrictions have been lifted.

— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Partnerships Coordinator

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All Staff Council Bulldog Applause: The President’s Office

This month, the All Staff Council Recognition Committee would like to highlight the staff of The President’s Office.

How many staff members are in the department?  Just three: Marty, Cheryle, and Nate.

What is the primary function of the team? Our primary function is to support the President in any way we can.

Who has been with the team the longest, and what is their job title and length of employment? Cheryle Anania! She is the Assistant to the President and has been here longer than Marty & Nate as she has been at Drake since April 2012.

Who is the newest team member, and what is their job title and month/year of start?  Nate started at Drake in his current role as Chief of Staff in November of 2016. Nate also worked with Drake before that as a consultant starting in 2015.

What campus buildings do your team members “live” in?  We are all normally in Old Main 211, but with the pandemic we’re a mix of working at home and in the office.

What are some recent challenges and accomplishments of note that others in the University might not know about?  There’s so much to talk about here. Just drive down University Avenue to see all the progress.  You’ll notice the new development across from Old Main, the Home2 Suites hotel and future retail, the new Harkin Institute, streetscape improvements, and the new Kum & Go gas station. Whew! On campus, we’re proud to launch the new Bright college all while keeping up with the challenges the pandemic has thrown our way. At the time of this writing, our COVID-19 case numbers are relatively low; which represents a mountain of work by so many. We’re proud of what’s been accomplished in this “unique” semester.

Anything else noteworthy/interesting/special about your department that bears mentioning?  We’re fortunate that we all have a similar outlook on things: we don’t get too distressed regardless of what gets thrown at us. From unexpected visitors at the President’s Office, to boisterous phone calls, to all the issues Marty has to handle—we deal with what’s in front of us. It’s a good team.

— Amelia Klatt, Alumni Relations/All Staff Council

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“Facilitating Intercultural Learning” 12-week training and coaching program

The Nelson Institute at Drake University invites applications for the spring 2021 “Facilitating Intercultural Learning” program, a development opportunity for select faculty focused on building the intercultural capacity of our campus community.  The endeavor is designed to create intercultural self-awareness and to prepare faculty to begin integrating intercultural learning into their courses, programming, or other work. It is a 12-week cohort training and coaching program to be offered each semester. The first cohort was launched in Fall 2020. This initiative will allow Drake to continue to foster intercultural learning and development in service to our students and our local, national, and international constituents.

The Facilitating Intercultural Learning program is designed to help participants engage more effectively with difference by developing four core intercultural competencies:

  1. Increasing awareness and understanding of their own characteristic ways of making meaning and acting in familiar and unfamiliar contexts;
  2. Increasing awareness and understanding of others’ ways of making meaning and acting in familiar and unfamiliar contexts;
  3. Responding mindfully in contexts that disorient or challenge them;
  4. Bridging cultural gaps in those contexts: Shifting perspective, attuning emotions, and adapting behaviour in effective and appropriate ways.

Read more about the program, the curriculum, and view testimonials from others who have completed the program.

The Nelson Institute plans to sponsor a cohort of up to six faculty during the Spring 2021 semester in fulfillment of this initiative. Participating faculty will receive a $1,000 stipend upon completing the program and will be designated Nelson Fellows.

The spring program will begin on January 5, 2021. Interested faculty should send a brief expression of interest to Professor Jimmy Senteza (Jimmy.Senteza@drake.edu), Director of the Nelson Institute, by 12 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2020. Please highlight how you think this might benefit your work at Drake University, and contribute to your overall intercultural development. If you applied and were not selected for this opportunity in Fall 2020, you may re-apply or indicate that you would like your application to be reconsidered.

— Jimmy Senteza, College of Business & Public Administration

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Stay safe while shopping online

With everyone staying home and buying household essentials and gifts online, it’s even more important to pay attention to shopping safely online:

  • Shop at sites you know and trust
  • Keep an eye on your credit cards and account statements and watch for suspicious purchases
  • Be sure to shop using a network that you know is secure

For more cybersecurity shopping tips, check out this guide from the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

ITS will continue to simulate phishing and assign training to those most at risk. If you’d like to discuss any information security issues, please feel free to reach out to ITS or email informationsecurity@drake.edu.

— Information Security, ITS

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Register for November Design Dialogue

Drake Online Design Dialogues provides the opportunity for faculty and staff to learn more about designing and delivering classes using Blackboard.  We have had over 50 faculty and staff attend at least one session.

The final meeting for this calendar year is Thursday, Nov. 19, at 11:30 a.m.  We will not have a topic this month, but rather allow participants to ask questions and help problem solve.  If you have specific questions or issues, please send those to christina.trombley@drake.edu and we will go over them together.

Register for November’s Design Dialogue. You will receive a confirmation with the Zoom link. We will continue these sessions again in January.

— Christina Trombley, Executive Director, Online Programming

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Blackboard Learn Ultra instructor orientation course Module 3 and sandboxes now available 

About Module 3: Module 3 is being released this week. This self-paced module is expected to take about one hour and is focused on the navigation of the new Ultra Course View. All Fall 2021 courses will be built using the Ultra Course View. 

As of this week, you should have Ultra course sandboxes available to you via your “Courses” list under the “Assorted Dates” area or under the “Sandboxes” group of courses. The names of these courses  follow this formula- Ultra Sandbox #: Drake ID. These sandboxes allow you to practice new features in the Ultra Course View. Please choose one of your sandbox courses to complete the “Things to Try on Your Own” sections of the orientation course (Module 3 and beyond). As you are learning your way around the Ultra Course View, the sandboxes provide you with a student-free working space so that you can begin developing and designing courses in the new look and feel.   

Need assistance with your Ultra sandbox courses? 
If the sandbox courses in Ultra course view are not showing in your Courses list, please request assistance by submitting a  Blackboard Site Creation request in the IT Service Portal. 

What’s Next? 
Next week, Module 4 will be released, and it will introduce new content creation features in the Ultra Course View.   

— Karly Good, ITS

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Modules 1 and 2 now available in the Learn Ultra Instructor Orientation course 

In Blackboard, as a part of the Courses list in the Assorted Dates area, you will find the Blackboard Learn Ultra Instructor Orientation course to help you prepare to use Blackboard Learn Ultra. If you have a large number of active courses, you may need to search for the course by its title. Each week, for three weeks, you will be notified of a new module to complete. 

The Orientation course activities won’t be graded or reviewed. The course is made up of self-paced activities to help you transition from using Original Course View to the Ultra Course View. Additionally, by completing this orientation course, you will gain insight into the experience your students will have when we switch to the Ultra Course View in Fall 2021. 

On November 3, you will also have Ultra Course View sandboxes available to you in your Courses list in the Assorted Dates area or under the Sandboxes group of courses. These sandboxes will provide a space for you to experiment with new features in the Ultra Course View while completing modules in the Orientation course. 

In next week’s OnCampus we will share more information about Module 3 training and the upcoming course sandbox availability.  

— Karly Good, ITS 

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Donate items to scholarship fund auction

Do you have unique Drake items that you want to find a new home for?

Consider donating your Drake memorabilia and treasures to the Office of University Communications and Marketing to auction off for their scholarship fund. Their unique fundraising efforts caught the attention of The Chronicle of Philanthropy in this article.

The office has collected pieces of Drake memorabilia over the years and auctioned them off on their scholarship Facebook page. Many Bulldogs on campus have expressed a generosity of spirit in donating items they have once found joy in, but are now ready to let go after binging the Marie Kondo series.

Some past items have included a piece of the blue oval, Bulldog bookends, flags, bobble heads, Drake basketball sketches, signed Bucksbaum posters, and even non-tangibles like tennis lessons or dog sitting.

If you have any items to donate, or want to make a financial contribution, please email us at socialmedia@drake.edu. Details about the auction will be published in a future issue of OnCampus, giving you a chance to secure your rare Drake items!

— Niki Smith, University Communications and Marketing

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Call for proposals: Equity and inclusion in higher education

Drake is partnering with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to host a virtual conference on equity and inclusion in higher education March 3–5, 2021.

The 2021 Global Citizen Forum will bring together educators, students, policy makers and citizens from around the world to explore the struggles, strategies, and solutions for creating a more equitable and inclusive higher education field.

Call for proposals
We invite proposals for practitioner and paper presentations; workshops and interactive sessions; posters; and roundtable or panel discussions. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to apply to present. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis with final decisions made by Nov. 30, 2020.

To submit your proposal, please fill out this Google Form that asks for:

  • Presenter(s) information
  • Title and description of presentation or workshop
  • Methods for participant involvement (i.e. discussion, effective practice sharing, case study analysis)
  • Audience: faculty, staff, students, community members
  • Ideal session length
  • Copy of relevant files (if applicable)
  • Website (if applicable)

Visit our webpage to learn more about the conference, submit a proposal or register as an attendee.

— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Partnerships Coordinator

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Social media directory audit

The Office of University Communications and Marketing maintains a social media directory for every Drake University-affiliated social media page. Take a look around to see which departments have pages, follow them, and invite your friends to follow along: news.drake.edu/social-media-directory.

While you’re looking around, let us know if your department page has changed. Maybe you have a department name change, you want a new cover photo, or you don’t see your URL on the directory at all.

Additionally, we would like to start compiling a list of Drake-affiliated Facebook groups with a focus on program-specific groups. Below are links to examples of these groups.

Drake PR & SPC and Graduate Programs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/295362453852493/

Drake English: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drakeenglish/

Drake Rhetoric, Media, & Social Change: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257726310929378/

Drake SJMC Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/147246729292754/?ref=br_rs

Drake Program in LPS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/166852185473/?ref=br_rs

Drake University ABA Program: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DrakeABA/?ref=br_rs

— Niki Smith, University Communications and Marketing