Up-To-Date 2005-2006 University Committee on the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) Travel Grant

UCAT is accepting applications for faculty travel to disciplinary and interdisciplinary conferences that will address one of the following eight designated themes:

• Seamless Transitions (P-20 transitions from pre-kindergarten through graduate school)
• Portfolio Based Assessment
• Recruitment and Retention
• Active Learning
• Facilitation of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Learning Communities
• Diversity
• Scholarship of Teaching

The Committee is accepting proposals on a monthly basis from October through April or until funds are expended. The Committee will fund grants up to $750 for each award. Proposals are due by the 21st of each month. For more information go to UCAT homepage.

The following people have received Travel Grants so far this year. Let's give our faculty a round of applause for all of their great efforts.

Christine Beard, Music-The College Music Society National Conference

Nydia Jeffers, Foreign Languages-International & Cross-disciplinary Perspective

Laura Schulte, Teacher Education-American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Nancy Edick,Teacher Education-American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Sarah Edwards, Teacher Education-National Association for Multicultural Education

Peter Madsen, The International Trombone Festival

Wilma Kuhlman, National Association for Multicultural Education

Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, National Service-Learning Conference

Tomm Roland, Percussive Arts Society International Convention

Matthew Harden, Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities

Teresa Dody, National Association of Teachers of Singing National Winter Workshop

Michael Matthews, Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Saundra Wetig, The Association of Teacher Educators 2007 Annual Meeting

M. Susan McWilliams, National Science Teachers Association National Conference

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