Fellowships

Available from The Center for Teaching and Learning are three annual Fellowships designed to give selected faculty or instructional staff the opportunity to complete a project of their own formulation: Service-Learning/Civic Engagement Fellowship; Diversity Institute; and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellowship.

The fellowships address these goals:
1) to help faculty/instructional staff liberate ideas they just can’t find the time to try
2) to encourage proof-of-concept or pilot programs for future external grant proposals

Fellows are provided:
*   A resources account of up to $500 to implement the project
*   The aid of a Student Associate from The Center for Teaching and Learning who will assist you in implementing the project
*   Consultation with the Director or other pertinent Center staff while implementing the project

About each of the three fellowships:

1) The Service-Learning / Civic Engagement Fellowship focuses on revising existing experiences for Truman students so that students’ civic engagement is enhanced. This can be through infusing service-learning, but can also include infusing other methodologies such as community oral history or public policy/legislative communication. Those who attend the May 16, 2008 orientation will be taught how to apply for $500 micro-grants from Missouri Campus Compact. Interested Service-learning/Civic Engagement Fellows are sponsored to attend the Missouri Campus Compact annual conference Missouri Campus Compact (MoCC) Conference. For more on Service-Learning at Truman, click here.

2) The Diversity Institute Fellowship focuses on enhancing intercultural competence in our community. In addition to support implementing a project, Diversity Institute Fellows are eligible to be sent to the AAC&U Diversity conference.

3) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellowship mentors faculty research on teaching and learning in their own courses. Interested SoTL Fellows are sponsored to attend the annual CASTL Summer Institute, sponsored by our Carnegie Cluster. For more on SoTL at Truman, click here.

Apply for any of the three fellowships by attending the scheduled orientation meeting for that fellowship. During orientation you will craft your project proposal and create a schedule for implementation which will include: target dates for the disbursement of your fellowship funds; anticipated support you will need from your assigned Student Associate; consulting you will need from other personnel such as the Grants representative, IRB, or the Assessment Specialist; and the beginnings of a list of literature to review. Two additional required meetings will also be scheduled at orientation. RSVP for orientation here.

See a list of 2007-2008 recipients and their projects.

See a list of 2006-2007 recipients and their projects.

See a list of 2005-2006 recipients and their projects.