Autonomous Hamilton Affinity Groups (AHA!)
- Employer
- Hamilton College
- Location
- Hamilton College
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Location:
Hamilton College
Open Date:
Apr 19, 2019
Close Date:
Jun 30, 2019
Description:
The Dean of Faculty invites applications for renewable faculty development projects to be carried out by AHA! groups in 2019-20. Requests up to $4,000 will be considered. Any cohort of five or more Hamilton faculty (including teaching employees) may form or extend an AHA! group of teacher-scholars to propose a mutually beneficial project for funding.
Qualifications:
AHA! groups may be departmental or interdisciplinary, comprised of any and all categories of faculty. They may be intergenerational, or they may involve a group all at roughly the same career stage (for example, a tenure-track faculty writing support group). You may propose to bring a visitor who will assist in a faculty development project. You may ask for funds to facilitate regular meetings of your AHA! group, requesting for example lunch money. You could bring an outside expert to advise your group, though this call is not meant to supplant existing funding for lectures and performances. Existing groups may name themselves as an AHA! group, so long as their project meets the purposes of the program.
Proposals that clearly articulate outcomes related to strategic initiatives such as interdisciplinarity, experiential learning, digital pedagogy, or enhanced advising are strongly encouraged and more likely to be funded. Proposals supporting faculty development related to foundational teaching (Writing, Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning, Oral Communication), to the new Social, Structural, and Institutional Hierarchies requirement, to First-Year courses, or to Senior Projects will also receive serious consideration. Ultimate impact on teaching and students is implicit, but these funds are not for supporting student projects. Successful projects will be funded through reimbursement of documented expenses and will require a brief written report at the end of the grant. If you are reapplying on behalf of an existing AHA! group, please include a preliminary report on your activities this past year. Here's a great example:
https://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/mariam-durrani-anthropology-pedagogy-article .
The process will once again be competitive.
Ground rules:
·The funds are not for acquisition of equipment, software, books, subscriptions, or supplies.
·Proposals that could be funded through an existing budget will not be considered competitive.
·No course releases, participation stipends for Hamilton faculty, or student expenses will be funded.
Application Instructions:
Limit your text to 500 words; include a detailed budget that adheres to the usual Hamilton College expectations.
Deadline for proposals: 30 June 2019.
Organization
Working at Hamilton College
Hamilton College is one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. It is independent, highly selective, coeducational and residential. Originally founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy and chartered in 1812 as the third oldest college in New York State, Hamilton is today composed of 1,850 students from nearly all 50 states and 50 countries. It is distinguished by a faculty of 190 men and women dedicated to teaching and scholarship, by rigorous academic programs, by an emphasis on teaching students to write well and speak persuasively, and by a commitment to diversity in its broadest sense. The College, with an endowment nearing $1 billion (October 2017), is need-blind in admission and has invested more than $265 million in new and renovated facilities in the past dozen years.
Hamilton is located on a wooded 1,350-acre hilltop campus overlooking the New England-style Village of Clinton, New York, in close proximity to the Adirondack Park, where hiking, skiing, fishing, boating and snowmobiling abound. The campus is within a 4-5 hour drive of New York, Boston, Toronto and Philadelphia, and there is a rich variety of cultural opportunities on campus and in nearby Utica (10 minutes), Syracuse (45 minutes) and Cooperstown (55 minutes).
As a national leader for teaching students to write effectively, learn from each other and think for themselves, Hamilton produces graduates who have the knowledge, skills and confidence to make their voices heard on issues of importance to their communities and the world. Additional information about Hamilton can be found at hamilton.edu/facts.
Hamilton College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer committed to attracting diverse and interesting people to its community.
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