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Overview of CTE grants & awards

I’ve mentioned previously that in general I will not post here emails sent to the CTE mailing list, but would encourage those interested to sign up directly. However, this seminar many of you might find useful since it provides an overview of some available CTE resources for ideas you might have. Space is limited to the first 20 registrants.

Who: Ellen Yezierski, Director, CTE
Date: ​Tuesday, February 6
Time: ​9:00 am – 10:30 am
Place: 320 Laws Hall

RSVP: Register Here

Grants awarded by CTE support curricular and pedagogical innovations to improve student learning. This seminar introduces faculty to the application components, submission process, and evaluation criteria for CTE major and minor grants. Features of successful proposals and examples will be presented. Participants are encouraged to bring early ideas for innovations to make the most of the seminar and progress in the development of successful proposals.

Assistance with data analysis

Michael Hughes, manager of the Statistical Consulting Center, is soliciting proposals for analysis projects for his STA 475 course this semester. If you have current or backlogged data that might benefit from a supervised team of students, please let Michael know; he writes:

Advanced undergraduate statistics students (most in their final semester) enroll in STA 475. These students have had regression and experimental design (ANOVA) training, a statistical programming class, and other topics courses. Students in STA 475 work on problems brought to them by faculty members, graduate students and staff from university offices, and produce both oral and written presentations for clients and based on their analyses.

I am casting my net far and wide for projects. This could include, but isn’t restricted to: study design (e.g. determining sample sizes for a study, providing input on a survey or experimental design, etc.); data analysis (descriptive summaries, formal modeling);
report write-up and data visualizations

 

Qualtrics user group

If you are interested in joining a user group for Qualtrics, which would involve a mailing list and other possible events, workshops, etc. , please contact Lisa Sheard (CTE) who is organizing.

Topic Table Takeaways: Grants from a Miami Psychology Perspective

The Faculty Development & Welfare committee developed the idea to have occasional “topic table” meetings over lunch or coffee to discuss relevant professional development topics. The first of these on grant funding from an in-house perspective was held earlier this month. From Amanda Diekman (committee chair):

Here is a google doc with takeaways from the first Faculty Development Topic Table on Grants from a Miami PSY Perspective. Josh organized & it was a really useful conversation; the takeaways here are my summary based on the reflection of the attendees.

Graduate student achievement awards

All of the department’s nominees were selected for Graduate Student Achievement Awards from the Graduate School! Congratulations to the winners and thank you to the faculty mentors who work closely with these students and submitted nominations:

  • Lauren Forrest (w/ April Smith)
  • Amy McConnell (w/ Terri Messman-Moore)
  • Marie Parsons (w/ Elise Clerkin)
  • Marissa Smith-Millman (w/ Paul Flaspohler)

Career day in quantitative skills for women

John Bailer, chair in Statistics, sends word of this program focused at educating and encouraging young women in fields requiring technical and quantitative skills. I think many of our female faculty would contribute well to this event if it interested any of you. He writes:

​​The CIQS Day is an annual event exclusively for female high school students designed to attract and motivate the study of a career involving quantitative skills. For this event, we invite such students from high schools in Southwestern Ohio (including downtown Cincinnati) to come to campus, participate in activities with faculty and current students, listen to faculty and student presentations, and converse with women who are working in STEM fields and in fields where good quantitative skills are needed. It is our hope that by introducing the students to these fields early, and by exposing them to exciting aspects of our fields of study, they will become intrigued and motivated to study a STEM discipline or to continue to study quantitative methods regardless of future majors.

Those that are interested can contact me (or John) for more information, program, or publicity materials.

Diversity events after winter break

The Diversity & Inclusion committee, by way of Laurel, wanted to provide some advance notice about events after the break to allow for better planning. As we discussed briefly at faculty meeting, in the spring we will continue to post events by mid-week, for inclusion in the Thursday email digest, about events to occur in the following week. For now, from Laurel:

Mark your calendars for these diversity and inclusion events at the start of the Spring 2018 semester!

*Black Mental Health Night

When: February 6th, 2018 @ 7:00PM
Where: McGuffy Hall, 210 East Spring Street, Oxford, Ohio

“Join the Association of Black Psychologists for a mini-poster session with presentations and a speaker about issues relating to Black people in psychology.”

*Chinese New Year Festival

When: February 9th, 2018 @ 3:00PM to 10:00PM
Where: Marcum Conference Center, 951 E. Withrow Street, Oxford, OH, 45056

“All students and scholars are welcome to come and join with foods, traditional games, and celebrate Spring Festival (Chinese New Year Festival).”

*The New Golden Age of Latin Music ft. Orkesta Mendoza and Las Cafeteras

When: February 15th, 2018 @ 7:30PM to 9:30PM
Where: Hall Auditorium, 101 S. Campus Ave, Oxford, OH, 45056

“Top producer of global music, globalFEST, has paired two of today’s most exciting bands, forging inspired new paths for the fabled Latin sound.”
Buy tickets here.

Working groups for Big Ideas

The dean is organizing working groups for inter-departmental conversations regarding the Big Ideas. Unfortunately, these are scheduled during other obligations that Vaishali and I have, and regardless many of you may be better suited to join these conversations. For example, Paul attended the working group recently focused on Human Health. The two remaining meetings for the semester are as follows; please let me know if you are able to attend to represent the department:

  • Big data and Analytics: Wednesday, 11/29, Benton 114
  • Social justice and Intercultural competence: Wednesday, 12/6, Shriver (Bystrom-Reid)