Grad Instructors & TAs with Scott Hall Offices: If you are not teaching or TAing in Spring 2011, please remove all personal items from your office and return your key to Laura by Friday, January 7th. Any unclaimed items will be removed.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Grades due January 4th, 2011 at 11:59pm
REMINDER TO FALL 2010 INSTRUCTORS: Grades for Fall 2010 courses should be entered online by Tuesday, January 4th at 11:59 p.m.
Grades due January 4th, 2011 at 11:59pm
Please note: if you submit an incomplete for an undergraduate student, you must also submit a copy of the "Completion of Incomplete Work" agreement form (available from the link below). Fill out this agreement with the student and be sure to keep a copy for yourself, provide the student with a copy, and submit a copy to Laura for filing within the Department. If you have any problems with access or other questions, please contact Laura at domin047@umn.edu.
Completion of Incomplete Work: http://www.class.umn.edu/forms/completionofincompletework.pdf
To enter final grades: http://onestop.umn.edu/faculty/grades/final/index.html
Grades due January 4th, 2011 at 11:59pm
Please note: if you submit an incomplete for an undergraduate student, you must also submit a copy of the "Completion of Incomplete Work" agreement form (available from the link below). Fill out this agreement with the student and be sure to keep a copy for yourself, provide the student with a copy, and submit a copy to Laura for filing within the Department. If you have any problems with access or other questions, please contact Laura at domin047@umn.edu.
Completion of Incomplete Work: http://www.class.umn.edu/forms/completionofincompletework.pdf
To enter final grades: http://onestop.umn.edu/faculty/grades/final/index.html
Instructional Technology Fellow
The College of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of Instructional Technology Fellows. This is a 12 month 50% appointment, annually renewable, that begins in January 2011.The 50% appointment includes tuition benefits. Application period is December 15, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
Instructional Technology Fellow
Appointment Term: 12 month 50%, annually renewable, begins in January 2011
Overview:
The Division of Academic Technologies for the College of Liberal Arts Office of Information
Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of
Instructional Technology Fellows. The mission of the ITF program is to promote and increase
the thoughtful, effective use of technology to enhance teaching and improve learning in support
of the mission of the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Minnesota. Our goal is to
serve all CLA instructors and, by proxy, their students by enhancing teaching and learning
through the use of technology. The 50% appointment includes tuition benefits.
Major Job Functions:
‚óè Collaborating with departmental faculty and chairs to determine departmental support
needs in core supported technologies.
‚óè Assisting faculty in requesting, organizing, and maintaining course web sites in Moodle.
‚óè Assisting instructors in developing innovative uses in their courses for blogs, wikis,
iTunes U, and SRS clickers to name a few technology resources.
‚óè Promoting the use of core enterprise technologies in their assigned departments.
‚óè Relating departmental needs regarding academic technologies back to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Reporting on support activities in the departments to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Communicating funding and project opportunities from CLA-OIT and the U of M central
administration to their assigned departments.
‚óè Work with departments to identify innovative opportunities for enhancing teaching and
learning with technology.
‚óè Other duties as assigned.
Minimum/Essential Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be energetic, self-motivated and self-directed, and have an interest
in the field of technology-enhanced learning or academic technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with enterprise systems supported within CLA and at the University of Minnesota,
such as Moodle, UThink blogs, University wikis, MediaMill, iTunes U, and SRS clickers is
desired but not required. Technical and instructional design training is provided for all ITF staff.
To apply:
Send a résumé/CV and cover letter expressing interest to:
Sarah Knoblauch, CLA-OIT Project Manager, sjk@umn.edu
Application period is December 15, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
Questions?
Please feel free to contact:
Celina Byers, Technology Enhanced Learning Coordinator, cbyers@umn.edu, 612-626-3896
Instructional Technology Fellow
Appointment Term: 12 month 50%, annually renewable, begins in January 2011
Overview:
The Division of Academic Technologies for the College of Liberal Arts Office of Information
Technology seeks enterprising, technologically savvy graduate students for the position of
Instructional Technology Fellows. The mission of the ITF program is to promote and increase
the thoughtful, effective use of technology to enhance teaching and improve learning in support
of the mission of the College of Liberal Arts and the University of Minnesota. Our goal is to
serve all CLA instructors and, by proxy, their students by enhancing teaching and learning
through the use of technology. The 50% appointment includes tuition benefits.
Major Job Functions:
‚óè Collaborating with departmental faculty and chairs to determine departmental support
needs in core supported technologies.
‚óè Assisting faculty in requesting, organizing, and maintaining course web sites in Moodle.
‚óè Assisting instructors in developing innovative uses in their courses for blogs, wikis,
iTunes U, and SRS clickers to name a few technology resources.
‚óè Promoting the use of core enterprise technologies in their assigned departments.
‚óè Relating departmental needs regarding academic technologies back to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Reporting on support activities in the departments to CLA-OIT.
‚óè Communicating funding and project opportunities from CLA-OIT and the U of M central
administration to their assigned departments.
‚óè Work with departments to identify innovative opportunities for enhancing teaching and
learning with technology.
‚óè Other duties as assigned.
Minimum/Essential Qualifications:
The successful candidate will be energetic, self-motivated and self-directed, and have an interest
in the field of technology-enhanced learning or academic technologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with enterprise systems supported within CLA and at the University of Minnesota,
such as Moodle, UThink blogs, University wikis, MediaMill, iTunes U, and SRS clickers is
desired but not required. Technical and instructional design training is provided for all ITF staff.
To apply:
Send a résumé/CV and cover letter expressing interest to:
Sarah Knoblauch, CLA-OIT Project Manager, sjk@umn.edu
Application period is December 15, 2010 to January 5, 2011.
Questions?
Please feel free to contact:
Celina Byers, Technology Enhanced Learning Coordinator, cbyers@umn.edu, 612-626-3896
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Recruitment Weekend Planning
Graduate Students: Please join the DGS and staff to discuss the 2011 recruitment weekend. We would like your ideas on caterers and on how you might want to be included in recruitment events. Please join us for a brief planning meeting at 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 16th in the Scott Hall Commons. If you are interested in being involved but cannot attend the meeting please contact Melanie at stein196@umn.edu.
Book & Video Return
Reminder to all Faculty and Students: Please return any books and videos you have checked out from the department library. Return items to the "task box" in the main department office by Wednesday, December 23rd
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) Internal Deadline: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 @ 4:30pm
The Graduate School will be again be awarding Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships (IDF) for 2011-12. Please note: the application process has changed this year and a letter of support from the director of the research center/institute at which the student intends to study is required. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) set an earlier deadline, which has significantly impacted our internal deadline. Internal department deadline: Tuesday, January 11.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Please note: If you intend to apply and partner with a center/institute other than IAS, contact Melanie by December 8th, so she can review those center/institutes requirements.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Graduate School, on behalf of the Provost's Interdisciplinary Team, is pleased to announce that it will award a limited number (approximately 10) of one- and two-year Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships for 2011-12 to outstanding Graduate School students with interdisciplinary dissertation topics who would benefit from interaction with faculty at one of the University's interdisciplinary research centers or institutes. The fellowship provides a unique study opportunity for our very best students with research and scholarly interests that complement those of the host center or institute and its faculty. Prospective fellows are asked to designate the host center or institute they believe is the best match with their dissertation topic, contingent upon a faculty member's willingness to work with the student during the fellowship year.
TERMS OF THE AWARD
Recipients of the 2011-12 fellowship will receive a stipend of $22,500 for the academic year beginning September 2011, plus full tuition. Eligible recipients are also covered by comprehensive health insurance, including subsidized dependent and dental care.
A select number of students will receive a two-year award. Award of fellowship funds for the second year will be contingent upon satisfactory degree progress and active participation in the host center or institute, as documented by the student's adviser, DGS and center/institute mentor. The stipend in 2012-13 will be determined by spring 2012.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows must register in the Graduate School as full-time students each semester. Fellows may hold supplemental support up to the value of a 25-percent graduate assistantship from any source in each semester. Awards may not be deferred beyond the original award period.
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to Ph.D. students by application, with endorsement by the student's graduate program and college dean/associate dean. Successful applicants are likely to be students who will be in the second, third, or fourth year of their program in the 2011-12 academic year and who are making timely degree progress. Students who have passed the preliminary oral examination are eligible, as well as those who have not yet passed this exam. Students who have received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship are not eligible.
INTERNAL DEADLINE
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 4:30pm
Please note: the application process has changed this year and a letter of support from the director of the research center/institute at which the student intends to study is required. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) set an earlier deadline, which has significantly impacted our internal deadline. Internal department deadline: Tuesday, January 11.
Please submit the following information as an attachment via email to DGS Assistant, Melanie Steinman (stein196@umn.edu ):
1. The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship application form (available at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html).
2. A three-page statement (double-spaced, 12 point type, margins not less than one inch), written by the student, that:
• describes the proposed interdisciplinary research or scholarly project,
• explains how the student's scholarship will benefit from residence at the IAS,
• if the application is for a two-year award, provides justification for two years of support.
3. The student's c.v. that includes documentation of the student's involvement in, or contributions to, research, scholarly or creative activities (e.g., publications, abstracts, presentations at professional conferences or university seminars, exhibits).
4. Letter(s) of support from the faculty member(s) at the IAS with whom the student plans to study.
Faculty who are eligible to serve as IAS mentors include current or former IAS faculty fellows; participants in current or former IAS research/creative collaboratives; IAS advisory board members; participants in Quadrant groups; and other faculty members who have been active in the IAS, subject to the approval of IAS Director Ann Waltner. For complete lists of faculty fellows see http://www.ias.umn.edu/fellows.php; for collaboratives, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/collaboratives.php; for board members, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/advisoryboard.php; for Quadrant, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/quadrant.php#QuadrantGroups. To request approval for a faculty mentor who does not fit into one of these categories, please contact Susannah Smith ( slsmith@umn.edu ). Please note that faculty fellows for 2011-12 will not be selected until after the deadline for IDF applications.
5. A letter of support from the student's academic adviser/co-advisers.
6. Transcripts from each college or university attended (photocopies are acceptable, including the University of Minnesota transcript, available online at http://www.onestop.umn.edu/onestop/grades.html).
7. An up-to-date copy of the official degree program form, if the student has filed it.
Students will be notified of the outcome in March.
Please review the Graduate School call for proposals, found at: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship
Please note: If you intend to apply and partner with a center/institute other than IAS, contact Melanie by December 8th, so she can review those center/institutes requirements.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Graduate School, on behalf of the Provost's Interdisciplinary Team, is pleased to announce that it will award a limited number (approximately 10) of one- and two-year Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships for 2011-12 to outstanding Graduate School students with interdisciplinary dissertation topics who would benefit from interaction with faculty at one of the University's interdisciplinary research centers or institutes. The fellowship provides a unique study opportunity for our very best students with research and scholarly interests that complement those of the host center or institute and its faculty. Prospective fellows are asked to designate the host center or institute they believe is the best match with their dissertation topic, contingent upon a faculty member's willingness to work with the student during the fellowship year.
TERMS OF THE AWARD
Recipients of the 2011-12 fellowship will receive a stipend of $22,500 for the academic year beginning September 2011, plus full tuition. Eligible recipients are also covered by comprehensive health insurance, including subsidized dependent and dental care.
A select number of students will receive a two-year award. Award of fellowship funds for the second year will be contingent upon satisfactory degree progress and active participation in the host center or institute, as documented by the student's adviser, DGS and center/institute mentor. The stipend in 2012-13 will be determined by spring 2012.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows must register in the Graduate School as full-time students each semester. Fellows may hold supplemental support up to the value of a 25-percent graduate assistantship from any source in each semester. Awards may not be deferred beyond the original award period.
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to Ph.D. students by application, with endorsement by the student's graduate program and college dean/associate dean. Successful applicants are likely to be students who will be in the second, third, or fourth year of their program in the 2011-12 academic year and who are making timely degree progress. Students who have passed the preliminary oral examination are eligible, as well as those who have not yet passed this exam. Students who have received a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship are not eligible.
INTERNAL DEADLINE
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 4:30pm
Please note: the application process has changed this year and a letter of support from the director of the research center/institute at which the student intends to study is required. Because of this, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) set an earlier deadline, which has significantly impacted our internal deadline. Internal department deadline: Tuesday, January 11.
Please submit the following information as an attachment via email to DGS Assistant, Melanie Steinman (stein196@umn.edu ):
1. The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship application form (available at http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html).
2. A three-page statement (double-spaced, 12 point type, margins not less than one inch), written by the student, that:
• describes the proposed interdisciplinary research or scholarly project,
• explains how the student's scholarship will benefit from residence at the IAS,
• if the application is for a two-year award, provides justification for two years of support.
3. The student's c.v. that includes documentation of the student's involvement in, or contributions to, research, scholarly or creative activities (e.g., publications, abstracts, presentations at professional conferences or university seminars, exhibits).
4. Letter(s) of support from the faculty member(s) at the IAS with whom the student plans to study.
Faculty who are eligible to serve as IAS mentors include current or former IAS faculty fellows; participants in current or former IAS research/creative collaboratives; IAS advisory board members; participants in Quadrant groups; and other faculty members who have been active in the IAS, subject to the approval of IAS Director Ann Waltner. For complete lists of faculty fellows see http://www.ias.umn.edu/fellows.php; for collaboratives, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/collaboratives.php; for board members, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/advisoryboard.php; for Quadrant, see http://www.ias.umn.edu/quadrant.php#QuadrantGroups. To request approval for a faculty mentor who does not fit into one of these categories, please contact Susannah Smith ( slsmith@umn.edu ). Please note that faculty fellows for 2011-12 will not be selected until after the deadline for IDF applications.
5. A letter of support from the student's academic adviser/co-advisers.
6. Transcripts from each college or university attended (photocopies are acceptable, including the University of Minnesota transcript, available online at http://www.onestop.umn.edu/onestop/grades.html).
7. An up-to-date copy of the official degree program form, if the student has filed it.
Students will be notified of the outcome in March.
Please review the Graduate School call for proposals, found at: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/Instructions/IDF.html
"Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora - Call for Papers
The Graduate Society of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University has announced a call for papers for the 8th Annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, "Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora on March 25-26, 2011. They invite scholars, community activists, artists, and other professionals to interrogate definitions of, theorize about, and imagine new possibilities for the African Diaspora. Submission deadline: January 12, 2011.
"Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora - Call for Papers
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Held At Indiana University-Bloomington
MARCH 25-26, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Professor Michele Wallace
The African Diaspora has been historically conceived as originating with the Transatlantic Slave trade. However, some would argue that to perceive the African Diaspora only in relation to slavery is to obscure alternative means of conceptualizing the movement of Black bodies.
As scholars committed to interdisciplinary research, the Graduate Society of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University brings together scholars, community activists, artists, and other professionals to interrogate definitions of, theorize about, and imagine new possibilities for the African Diaspora.
For our eighth annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, we invite abstracts for papers that will address the following topics:
• What are the practical applications of African American and African Diaspora Studies/Black Studies in the 21st century?
• How do migrations - local, national and international - affect diasporic identities?
• How does contemporary audio/visual media and popular culture help to re-imagine the borders of diasporic communities?
• How do outliers serve as change agents in these communities?
• What are the ways that the academy can engage in constructive dialogues with nonacademic communities?
We also encourage papers that engage these topics through the intersections of race with gender & sexuality; class; disabilities; color, ethnicity, and nationality; marginalization and resistance; rurality and urbanity; performativity; religion and spirituality; environmentalism and sustainability; and public policy and commerce.
We welcome submissions from graduate and undergraduate students, educators, creative artists, and community and cultural workers. Interested panelists should submit a one-page abstract of an unpublished paper, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio. Presenters who are interested in displaying visual art should submit a digital CD of their work along with a one-page abstract discussing the details of their piece(s). Those interested in exhibiting their topic via poster board should follow the guidelines for submitting a paper abstract and visual art. Panel proposals should include a description of the panel's theme, a one-page abstract from each paper, the name of the panel chair, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio for each participant. All abstracts should include the academic or organizational affiliation of each participant.
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2011
Please email abstracts and accompanying information to the attention of Abegunde, Abstract Committee Chair, at hchs@indiana.edu. If submitting a CD, please indicate this in your email. CDs should be mailed to the attention of Abegunde at the address below.
Herman C. Hudson Symposium 2011
Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Indiana University
Memorial Hall, M18
1021 E. Third St
Bloomington, IN 47403
"Black Is...Black Ain't": Reconceptualizing The African Diaspora - Call for Papers
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
Held At Indiana University-Bloomington
MARCH 25-26, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Professor Michele Wallace
The African Diaspora has been historically conceived as originating with the Transatlantic Slave trade. However, some would argue that to perceive the African Diaspora only in relation to slavery is to obscure alternative means of conceptualizing the movement of Black bodies.
As scholars committed to interdisciplinary research, the Graduate Society of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University brings together scholars, community activists, artists, and other professionals to interrogate definitions of, theorize about, and imagine new possibilities for the African Diaspora.
For our eighth annual Herman C. Hudson Symposium, we invite abstracts for papers that will address the following topics:
• What are the practical applications of African American and African Diaspora Studies/Black Studies in the 21st century?
• How do migrations - local, national and international - affect diasporic identities?
• How does contemporary audio/visual media and popular culture help to re-imagine the borders of diasporic communities?
• How do outliers serve as change agents in these communities?
• What are the ways that the academy can engage in constructive dialogues with nonacademic communities?
We also encourage papers that engage these topics through the intersections of race with gender & sexuality; class; disabilities; color, ethnicity, and nationality; marginalization and resistance; rurality and urbanity; performativity; religion and spirituality; environmentalism and sustainability; and public policy and commerce.
We welcome submissions from graduate and undergraduate students, educators, creative artists, and community and cultural workers. Interested panelists should submit a one-page abstract of an unpublished paper, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio. Presenters who are interested in displaying visual art should submit a digital CD of their work along with a one-page abstract discussing the details of their piece(s). Those interested in exhibiting their topic via poster board should follow the guidelines for submitting a paper abstract and visual art. Panel proposals should include a description of the panel's theme, a one-page abstract from each paper, the name of the panel chair, and a one-page CV or a 50-75-word bio for each participant. All abstracts should include the academic or organizational affiliation of each participant.
Submission Deadline: January 12, 2011
Please email abstracts and accompanying information to the attention of Abegunde, Abstract Committee Chair, at hchs@indiana.edu. If submitting a CD, please indicate this in your email. CDs should be mailed to the attention of Abegunde at the address below.
Herman C. Hudson Symposium 2011
Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Indiana University
Memorial Hall, M18
1021 E. Third St
Bloomington, IN 47403
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