College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Around LAS On-Line

Around LAS On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty and staff of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.

UPCOMING EVENTS
February 4: Lecture – "The Lost History of the Civil Rights Movement," Modupe Labode, ISU history alumna and former Department of History faculty member, Sun Room, Memorial Union, 8 p.m.
February 6: LAS Representative Assembly, 302 Catt Hall, 4:10 p.m.
February 20: LAS Career Fair, Hilton Coliseum, noon to 6 p.m.
Complete LAS Calendar on-line at www.las.iastate.edunewnews/calendar.shtml

DEADLINES
February 4: Diversity Grants and Women's Mini-Grants, Provost Office
www.provost.iastate.edu/news/Div Grants-Mini announce.pdf
February 5: CEAH FY08 Fellowships in Scholarly and Creative Activity, 171 Carver Hall
March 5: Foreign Travel Grants for travel dates of May 16, 2008 to January 19, 2009.
Note: Unless noted all applications should be turned in to 202 Catt Hall.
www.las.iastate.edu/faculty_and_staff/deadlines.shtml

ASSOCIATE DEAN SEARCH
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is conducting a search for an associate dean in the college. This new position is a non-tenure track, 12-month, part-time appointment and the search is open to current LAS faculty only with a rank of full professor.

This position has special emphasis in overseeing student recruitment, online education, study abroad and faculty orientation and will serve as the LAS liaison for several college and university-wide committees.

Interested faculty should submit a letter of interest together with a curriculum vita to Dean Michael Whiteford in 202 Catt Hall. The search will remain open until an appointment is made.
www.iastatejobs.com/applicants/jsp/
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EVALUATING TEACHING
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) will discuss how end-of-term course evaluations can help faculty assess how students are learning in a faculty forum, "Student Evaluation of Teaching" Tuesday, February 19, at 12:10 p.m. in the Memorial Union's Cardinal Room. The forum will look at how evaluations can serve as one measurement among many in evaluating an instructor's achievements in the classroom. Beverages and desserts will be provided.

LECTURE THIS WEEK
Madupe Labode, public scholar of African American history and museums at the Indiana University-Purdue University will speak on "The Lost History of the Civil Rights Movement" Monday, February 4, at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Labode was named a Rhodes Scholar in 1988, the fourth student and first woman from Iowa State to receive the honor. She graduated from Iowa State in 1988 with a BS in history and received her PhD from Oxford University.

CEAH SUMMER GRANT WRITING
The Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities will offer a pilot program this summer to assist faculty members in the arts and humanities with a written critique of the narrative and budget of an external grant proposal. Consultants will address a variety of questions including whether the proposal meets the grant guidelines and whether it is written clearly and persuasively for its intended audience.

The deadline for submission for the program is Monday, April 7, and interested faculty should e-mail basic information on the proposal to snorvell@iastate.edu.
www.iastate.edu/~ceah/grantassist

SHARE
SHARE (Students Supporting Health and Relief Efforts) plans to volunteer with Hands On Gulf Coast, a disaster response project established as one of the most effective disaster response organizations in Biloxi, Miss. The group will participate in various activities such as construction, plumbing, beautification, working with children and feeding the homeless.

SHARE is looking for tax-exempt donations to the organization that will directly benefit and impact victims of Hurricane Katrina. Monetary support will help provide scholarships for students to participate in this service opportunity.
www.stuorg.iastate.edu/share

AROUND LAS
The current issue of Around LAS is on-line and includes faculty features on Diane Price-Herndl, Bill Gutowski, Susan Benner and Michael Bugeja.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/alas012808.shtml

ARTS
A special Showcase Case Concert kicks off the ISU Honor Choir Festival Sunday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. Each of the four Iowa State vocal ensembles will perform including the Iowa State Singers.
www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/honorchoir08.shtml

A complete listing of Iowa State arts and entertainment events can be found at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/arts/isuarts.shtml

Around LAS On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing faculty and staff in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.

Current Issue:
February 4, 2008
Vol. 2, Number 21

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Editor: Dave Gieseke
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