FCTL Grant Recipients

• The Impact of Developing Teacher Inquiry Through a Community of Practice - By Dr. Suzette Kelly-Wiliams & Dr. Sarah Jean Baker
• From Classroom to Career: Bridging Pre-Service and In-Service Teaching - By Dr. Xiaoning Sun
• Leadership and Professional Development Experience for Students: A Domestic Education Abroad Project - By Dr. Sarah E. Murray
• Using DISC Profiling to Enhance Student Learning: A SoTL Technique - By Dr. Keith McShan

• Proposal to Increase Knowledge, Skill, and Confidence with GPS Technology Among Archaeology Students - By Elizabeth Sobel & Scott Worman
• Management Accounting: Experiential Learning Strategies for Engagement, Recruiting, and Retention - By Kim Church & Kristen Thornton
• Increasing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Using a Prosocial Approach - By Dana Paliunas, Jordan Belisle, & Breanna Lee
• Evaluating High-Impact Teaching Practices in Geography: The Tennessee Refugee Game - By Email Frazier
• Impact of 3D Printing on Experiential Learning of Master's Level Occupational Therapy Students - By Naomi Corro & Sapna Chokraborty
• Assessing the Development of Complex Cultural Competence Among Students and its Relationship to Diversity/Global Learning as a High-Impact Practice - By Nicole West

Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

Curriculum Innovation Grants provide funding of up to $4,000 to improve student learning through high-impact (active learning) practices or inclusive teaching that emphasizes diversity and multicultural perspectives. Curriculum Innovation Awards are awarded through a competitive application process. 

• Enhancing the Specialized Mathematics Skills of Teacher Candidates in the Blindness and Low Vision Program - By Paul Ajuwon
• 3D Printed Skins to Enhance Confidence of Skin Lesion Removal by Student Nurse Practitioners - By Ronda Entlicher-Stewart
• Creating Virtual Reality Worldscapes for Training Geologists - By Matthew McKay & Damon Bassett
• Intro to Financial Accounting (ACC 201) Innovation and Student Engagement Initiative - By Julie Ravenscraft & Kyle Goodin
• Center for Ozark Poverty Research, Virtual Reality Poverty Immersion: A Unique Out-of-the-Classroom Experience - By Marnie Watson, Erin Kenny, and Christina Ryder
• Musculoskeletal Equipment Enhanced Learning - By Andrew Ward

Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

• Mental Helath First Aid - By Brandon Aigner & Stacy Finley
• Creating VR Content for Immersive Geoscience Courses - By Matt Mckay
• Bringing Novel Experiences and Experiments into Experimental Economics - By Benjamin Beranek
• Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Elementary Education - By A. Minor Baker & Chloe Bolyard
• Seeking Inclusive Excellence Through Indigenous Histories of the Americas - By John Gram & Julia Troche
• Food Photography, Food Styling, and Set Design - By Deborah Piland
• Using a Common Reading Across an Elementary Education Graduate Program: Promoting Equitable Practices to Transform Teachers' Classroom and School Communities - By Mandy Benedict-Chambers
• Enhancement of Acute Airway Management and EndoTracheal Intubation Skills in Physician Assistant Students - Nathan Miracle
• Integrating Trauma Informed care into the Nursing Curriculum to Meet the Needs of a Trauma-Impacted World - By Cindi Aurentz, Stephanie Nikbakht, Melissa Penkalski, Jeanie Skibiski, and Diane Smith

Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

• Technological Solutions for Improved Inclusion and Online Experiences for Field Trips and Field-Based Courses in Geoscience - By Damon Bassett
• Enhancing Students' Classroom Experience with Innovative Technology - By Melissa Penkalski, Shelley Carter, & Ronda Entlicher-Stewart
• E-Portfolios and Diversity Statements to Advance Diverse Perspectives and Encourage High-Impact Practices in the Writing Classroom - By Lori Rogers & Judy Tarbox
• Fostering Social Justice Practices in Spanish Upper-Level Courses - By Vanessa Rodriguez de la Vega
• Incorporating Anti-Racism into Undergraduate Methods and Statistics Courses in the Social Sciences - By Kyler Sherman-Wilkins

Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

• Teaching Diagnostic Assessment Procedures via ZOOM Online Format to a Diverse Student Population - By Tamara Arthaud
• Simulated Patient Experience to Supplement Skill Development - By Christian McCall & Tona Hetzler
• Enhanced Learning: Flipping Online Social Work Practice Courses - By Amanda Keys & Michele Brown
• Developing Cultural Competence in Technical and Professional Writing - By Leslie Seawright
• Strengthening the Curriculum to Support the Online Program in Blindness and Low Vision - By Paul Ajuwon
• High-Impact Learning in Ancient History Instruction - By Julia Troche
• Student Success and Learning Foundation Development in a Large-Scale Introductory Biomedical Sciences Course - By Joseph Williams