Engineering Untenured Faculty Network Agenda & Announcements
March 24, 2016
Announcements
 NSF Career Workshop for Engineering Faculty – week of May 23
 Summer undergraduate researchers through KS – LSAMP
 “Broader Impacts and Outreach,” ORSP recorded session from Feb 4, 2016
Program: Campus Resources for Meeting the Education and Outreach Components of a Proposal
Panelists:
 College of Engineering Retention, Diversity and Inclusion Program
o Bette Grauer, asst. dean for retention, grauerb@ksu.edu, 2-5992
o Sujatha Prakash, outreach coordinator, sujatha@ksu.edu, 2-3958
o LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin, director, Multicultural Engineering Program, lbaldwin@ksu.edu, (MEP), 25949
 K-State Office from the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (KAWSE)
o Sara Heiman, program coordinator, sjheiman@ksu.edu, 2-6088
April 28 UFN Meeting - Collaborative Research: Partnering on Large Proposal Submissions
Panelists: Mary Rezac, interim vice president for research; Bob Rowland, professor, diagnostic medicine and
pathobiology; Stephen Welch, professor, agronomy; Ruth Welti, distinguished professor, division of biology
For Your Calendar – Spring UFN Monthly Meetings
The Spring meetings will be 11:30 – 12:30, 2064 Rathbone (the Garmin Room in the former ECE offices) with
lunch provided. Upcoming meetings:
 Apr 28 – Panel: Collaborative Research Activities
 May 26 - Possible topics: NSF CAREER Workshop or Using Pivot Funding Opportunities database*
*Pivot is a funding resource database containing information on worldwide funding opportunities
from federal, foundation, and association sources. See the Office of Research and Sponsored
Programs website for the KSU link to Pivot.
Faculty Development Course - Develop an online course or redesign an existing online course
Co-sponsored by K-State Global Campus and Kansas State Polytechnic Campus, the faculty development course
helps participants develop an online course or redesign an existing online course. Through the course,
participants will:
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 Develop an online course or redesign an existing online course
 Gain higher confidence in the ability to teach online
 Learn meaningful instructor-to-student and student-to-student interaction techniques
 Earn a certificate of completion when course requirements are met
Submit your application by March 31, 2016. Cohort participants will be announced by April 22, 2016.
Spring 2016 Calendar
Apr 1
Engineering Hall Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 3:00 PM
Apr 12-14
2016 DC Trip for University Untenured Faculty
Apr 15
Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Forum, 10:30 - Noon
Apr 18
OURCI Fall 2016 Research and Travel Applications due
Apr 24
UFN Meeting, Panel: Collaborative Research, 11:30-12:30, Garmin Room (2064 Rathbone)
May 26
UFN Meeting, Topic TBA, 11:30-12:30, Garmin Room (2064 Rathbone)
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