Congratulations to the following faculty who have been awarded a grant to support a team of two or three faculty members within a major program. Using the principles of backward design, each faculty participant will work on a problem in a course they are teaching, as well as work with their colleagues in examining the full major curriculum and the program’s learning outcomes. Project teams were awarded $2,500 (typically $1,250 per faculty member) to conduct this work in the Spring 2024 semester. Awardees and their project courses are listed below:
Ashley Cote and Valerie Whynall
BS Nursing, College of Education, Nursing and the Health Professions
Target courses are NUR 201 Foundations of Nursing Practice, NUR 301 Adult & Older Adult Health I, and NUR 471 Adult & Older Adult Health II.
Mehdi Danesh and James Fuller
BS Architectural Design + Technology, College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture
Target courses are ADT 241 Environmental Systems for Architectural Design and ADT 244 Architectural Design III.
Dan Liu and Hashini Mohottala
BS Physics, College of Arts & Sciences
Target courses are PHY 112 Calculus-Based Physics I and PHY 113 Calculus-Based Physics II.
Margaret Tarampi and Jon Gordils
BA Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Target courses are PSY 105 Introduction to Psychology, HON 173 Honors Introduction to Psychology, and PSY 257D Multicultural Issues in Psychology.
Kristine Kennen, Jennifer Petro, and Kelly Weber
PhD Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Target courses are Professional Development Seminar, CPS 616,617 Professional Practice Seminar I and II, CPS 651, 652, 751, and 752 Practicum I, II, III and IV, and CPS 740,741 Case Conference Seminar I and II.
Saleh Keshawarz and Song Wang
BS Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture
Target courses are ES 110 Statics and CE 310 Elementary Structural Analysis.