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FAS Department Updates and Important Deadlines
All Staff and Faculty
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October 17, 2018
In this Update:
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Important Dates and Deadlines
Friday October 19, 2018
Experiential Learning Project Fund applications due
Friday October 19, 2018
Queen's-Dartmouth Research Development Fund applications due
Friday October 19, 2018 from 11:30am to 1:30pm
ASTO (Arts and Science Teaching Orientation - for new faculty): Assessment 1
Friday October 19, 2018 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Faculty Board
Thursday October 25, 2018
Science Graduate Council Agenda Items Due to Council Secretary
Thursday October 25, 2018 to Saturday October 27, 2018
Undergraduate fall mid-term break
Saturday October 27, 2018
Indigenous Centre for Research Planning Day
Monday October 29, 2018
SSHRC Institutional Grant Applications Due
Tuesday October 30, 2018 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Undergrad Chairs Meeting
Wednesday October 31, 2018 from 10:30am to 12:00pm
Undergrad Chairs Meeting
Friday November 2, 2018 from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Fireplace Chat (save the date)
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 Fall 2018 Grades Memo (Undergraduate Courses)
The final deadline is Thursday January 3, 2019 by 12pm.
Please review the full memo
here.
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| Universal Design for Learning and Academic Consideration
With the goal of providing instructors some guidelines relative to the use of UDL principles in the context of the new Academic Consideration policy, the Faculty of Arts and Science, in partnership with the Centre for Teaching and Learning, is collecting information from instructors who are already applying some of these principles when assessing their students.
Please send examples of UDL practices related to these four categories to
[email protected]
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Attendance/participation
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Managing deadlines (exams or assignments)
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Reweigh
t
ing
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Alternative assignments
Thank you,
Johanne Bénard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Faculty of Arts and Science
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Save the Date - Dean's Honour List Reception
The Dean's Honour List Reception is happening on Tuesday November 13, from 6:45pm to 9:30pm, in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre Atrium. Please attend if you can, and help us celebrate these high-achieving students.
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Dean's Initiatives Awards
The Faculty of Arts and Science is pleased to announce the launch of the Dean's Initiatives Awards, created to support and advance priorities of the Faculty, including equity, diversity, Indigeneity, international mobility, graduate education, and teaching. These awards are to encourage our students, faculty, and staff to bring forward creative ideas to move the Faculty and the university forward in these important areas.
The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity Fund provides support to faculty members who wish to organize and/or attend conferences or workshops, as well as support for faculty members who seek to invite visitors and organize events to enhance teaching, learning, and research environments, with respect to equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity.
The FAS Conference Fund provides support for regular faculty members and continuing adjuncts in the Faculty of Arts and Science who are organizing professional conferences, colloquia, symposia, or workshops in the Kingston area or at the Bader International Study Centre in Herstmonceaux. The maximum amount of the award is $1000. The funds may be increased to $3000 for use as in-kind matching funds for external funding obtained through successful applications to external programs, such as SSHRC Connection Grants. If an application for external funds is successful, the applicant will still be eligible for $1000 in support.
To advance its intermediate and longer-term goal of re-envisioning doctoral study and the PhD "thesis," the Faculty is introducing the FAS Awards for Project and Portfolio PhD Research. This award program provides financial support for students pursuing doctoral research who are undertaking a project option and/or a portfolio PhD. The Award supports costs directly related to the completion of the degree to a maximum value of $3,000. It will support graduate programs in FAS, which are responding to increased student demand for non-traditional, or "alternative" doctoral formats that accommodate different research contributions and applications, new forms of knowledge mobilization, and the development of new competencies (i.e. digital, entrepreneurial), and that foster student awareness of the transferable skills acquired in the completion of the doctoral degree.
The Faculty of Arts and Science Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching recognizes faculty members who, in the judgement of their graduate students, have made outstanding contributions to promoting graduate student excellence through teaching, supervision, and mentorship at the graduate level.
Student Initiatives Fund (all students, $2500, open deadline)
Do you have a great project idea? Need assistance to remove financial barriers that may have otherwise hindered your research? Have an important community-focused venture but need help paying additional costs? Want to engage other students across campus with a unique initiative? Consider submitting an application form.
Prize for Student Data Visualization (all students, $250, March 1 deadline)
The Dean of Arts and Science invites undergraduate, graduate, and professional students to submit original works of data visualization to be considered for prizes and to be displayed on the Arts and Science
research website. The Data Visualization Award is an opportunity for students to show off their data visualization skills and research. Data visualizations may include everything from charts, to graphs, to maps, to 3-D models. The visualizations should be interactive, and can be animated or web-based stories designed to enhance the communication of original research findings.
The Faculty of Arts and Science strongly believes in the benefits of global learning opportunities for our students. Global learning reinforces intercultural understanding and builds employability skills that are increasingly in demand in today's global economy. We understand that the cost of travel expenses can sometimes be a barrier for students in pursuing international opportunities, and so are working to establish a new International Mobility Fund to help support students who wish to incorporate an international learning experience during their time at Queen's.
Find more information on the specific awards here.
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Seeking Participants for Pilot of New Student Assessment of Teaching Questionnaire
We are soliciting tenured and continuing faculty members' participation in piloting the new teaching survey in both their undergraduate and graduate courses.
Many of you will have seen the article in the Gazette announcing the pilot for a new student survey tool, tentatively called the Queen's Survey of Student Experience of Teaching, or QSSET.
We'd like to encourage any interested instructors to participate. In particular, it will be important to have graduate and online courses as well as a range of other types of courses across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The link to the registration page is embedded in the story and is also here.
At this time, participation is limited to those in tenured or continuing appointments because the data will not be used for annual/bi-annual report or for RTP processes.
Jill Atkinson, PhD.
Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning)
Faculty of Arts and Science
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QCA:K Launch
Queen's Arts and Science has partnered with the Kingston Economic Development Corporation to match soon-to-be graduating arts and humanities students with local employers to jump start their careers in May. The program consists of a one-year paid, career apprenticeship, along with mentorship and networking opportunities to ensure long-term success.
The program is limited to only 35 spots, so make sure your students
stay connected to learn about our info sessions, application deadlines, and upcoming events.
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SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) Competition Launched
The deadline to submit an application is October 29, 2018.
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Experiential Learning Projects Fund - Application Deadline October 19
This is a reminder that the deadline for applying to the Experiential Learning Projects Fund (ELPF) is coming up soon!
- Are you organizing an event that creates opportunities for students to develop workplace related skills? (i.e. Conference, Competition, Community Outreach Project, Artistic Performance, Boot Camp, Innovation Project, Public Awareness Campaign, etc.)
- Will you be creating at least 5-10 new experiential learning roles for Queen's students?
- Do you have expenses such as marketing, travel and accommodation, administrative costs, equipment and technology, materials and project supplies, venue rental, and trainings?
You may be eligible for a funding grant of up to $2000. The application deadline is October 19, 2018.
The Experiential Learning Projects Fund is available to Queens's students, staff, and faculty. The goal of the Experiential Learning Projects Fund is to support costs associated with creating new for-credit and co-curricular experiential learning opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students at Queen's University. The Fund will support projects that increase capacity for Experiential Learning (EL) activities by integrating EL into courses or co-curricular projects, enabling students to apply workplace-linked skills on campus, across the country, or around the world.
Apply here.
Project Coordinators will confirm receipt of your application once submitted.
Applications will be scored based on the ELPF criteria outlined on the website.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding project proposals. Contact the EL Hub
with "EL Fund question" in the subject line.
Find more information
here
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New Fitness for Work Guideline
The federal and provincial Cannabis Acts, which legalize the consumption of recreational cannabis across Canada, will come into force on October 17, 2018.
The university is committed to providing a safe and secure workplace that supports employee well-being, safety, and success. With the introduction of this legislation, the university has developed a Fitness for Work Guideline. All university employees are required to familiarize themselves with this Guideline.
We strongly encourage you to participate in these sessions to learn more about how to manage workplace impairment, and to ensure understanding of workplace compliance with legislative changes, as well as the associated responsibilities for managers and employees. To register for an upcoming information session, please consult the Learning Catalogue or use the links listed below:
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Save the Date - Faculty Writing Retreat
The Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the fifth Faculty Writing Retreat at the Donald Gordon Centre on Tuesday December 11, 2018.
Registration is free for faculty, and includes lunch. Space is limited!
We wanted to let you know first so you can save the date on your calendar.
Registration to follow.
Kelly Blair-Matuk, PhD
Associate Director
Office of the Vice-Principal (Research)
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