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First-round ADT Teaching and Learning Development Grant Awards

July 1, 2004

Summer Faculty Service-Learning Workshop

Contact:

Lisa Loegering
Office of Service Learning
University of Minnesota, Crookston
218-281-8526
loege005@umn.edu
Dan Svedarsky & Philip Baird, ADT members

A Summer Faculty Service-Learning Workshop will be offered for new faculty and for faculty who want to initiate or improve a service-learning project in their course(es). During the 10-hour summer workshop, instructors will identify a community need, develop ideas about their own projects, and begin collaboration with community partners. Five service-learning luncheons will then be held throughout the 2004-2005 academic year to discuss current projects. Read Lisa Loegering's final report (pdf)

Ag Science Outreach

Contact:

Michelle Christopherson
Agriculture and Natural Resources
218-281-8101
mchristo@umn.edu
Dan Svedarsky & Philip Baird, ADT members

The Ag Science Outreach program will expand into addition high schools and provide more students with learning opportunities. The project encourages young people to consider further study and careers in the agriculture industry. The project also creates collaboration between participating schools for innovative teaching and learning to create a model that is transferable to other regions of Minnesota. Read Michelle Christopherson's final report (pdf)

Pilot Project to Introduce Undergraduate Students to Professional Science

Contact:

Marvin Marshak, ADT member
Department of Physics and Astronomy
612-624-1312
marshak@umn.edu

The Pilot Project to Introduce Undergraduate Students to Professional Science exposes undergraduate students to some of the most important aspects of how professional science actually works. The intent of this project is to experiment with giving more undergraduates the opportunity to participate in professional meetings, meeting with scientists from universities and labs to gain a better understanding of how scientific collaboration actually works.