Teaching and Faculty Support Center Announces Awards
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Teaching and Faculty Support Center (TFSC) at the University of Arkansas has announced faculty who were awarded funding in the 2013 center-sponsored teaching and research competition.
A total of 60 grant proposals were received from faculty
across campus, representing 31 departments or units. This year the TFSC
introduced an additional grant category called Research in Teaching. These
research funds are part of a three-year grant from Global Campus for research
in teaching "best practices" in response to the university's top five
Goals for Distance Education.
The recipients of Teaching Research "Best Practices" Grant Awards (up to $5,000 each):
• Dennis Beck, curriculum and instruction
• Kate Chapman, psychology
• Vicki Collet, curriculum and instruction
• Anna Jarrett, nursing
• David Jensen, mechanical engineering
• Cheryl Murphy, curriculum and instruction
• Jason Endacott, curriculum and Instruction
• Christine Mele, political science
• Ainong Shi, horticulture
• Jennifer Veilleux, psychology
• Elizabeth Dickerson, mathematical sciences
• Andrew Fidler, animal science
• James Greeson, music
• David Hyatt, supply chain management
• Linda Jones, world languages
• Jeannie Lee, drama
• Santiago Perez, architecture
• Joshua Smith, English
• Luis Restrepo, world languages
• Hongjian Wang, world languages
• Shengfan Zhang, industrial engineering
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Contacts
Lori Libbert, Special Events Manager
Teaching and Faculty Support Center
479-575-3222,
tfsc@uark.edu
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