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Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) is a consortium of sixteen distinguished liberal arts colleges and universities. They are nationally recognized institutions located in the South, encompassing twelve states. Read more about the mission of ACS.

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Centre College received a grant of $452,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will be used to establish a Mellon Global Fellows program. The program is a three-year initiative that will establish five faculty “learning circles,” with the goal of creating successful academic minors in areas related to global citizenship. These minors may include any five from among the options of African studies, Asian studies, global commerce, global development and sustainability, global public health, Latin American studies and Middle Eastern studies. Full Story

Rhodes College’s NASA Stars program, which began in 2006, has been expanded, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-tration. The project is designed to enhance teaching and learning of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. Funding from the grant will be used to send 10 teachers and 270 students from Cypress Middle, Springdale Elementary and Snowden School (K-8) to Space Camp. This is a follow-up to the NASA Stars program in 2006-2007, when a generous grant from NASA allowed Rhodes to partner with these schools for this purpose. Full Story

Sherry Hamby, Research Associate Professor of Psychology at Sewanee: The University of the South, is one of the authors of a new study that finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the study year. The study was conducted by researchers at the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New Hampshire and the Department of Psychology at The University of the South. Full Story

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* ACS and University of Georgia Partnership

As a part of its five-year partnership with the University of Georgia, the consortium is seeking ACS faculty who would like to spend a semester or year at UGA collaborating with a colleague or working in a laboratory closely related to his or her area of specialization. Are there faculty for whom access to the University laboratories and equipment could be especially helpful in their teaching, research and professional development? Are there faculty interested in partnering with specific UGA faculty who could enhance their skills or help them shape new research initiatives? Faculty interested in pursuing such contacts and arrangements may get in touch with Marcia White at the ACS office at mwhite@colleges.org.

* British Studies Symposium - February 26-27, 2010
      Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee

* Latin American Studies Symposium - April 16-17, 2010
      Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama

* Summer Teaching and Learning Workshop - May 31-June 5, 2010
      Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

* NITLE Opportunities:

* Winter 2010 Palladian -- our most recent newsletter (PDF)

 

 

 
 
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