Faculty Site Visits Program
The ACM Faculty Site Visits Program offers ACM faculty a professional development opportunity through substantive involvement with consortial off-campus study programs.
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Fall 2012 Faculty Site Visit to Costa Rica
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| See the program site in San José and learn more about ACM's off-campus study opportunities in Costa Rica! |
The program sponsors a trip for a group of 3-5 faculty each semester to one of the consortial program sites, which include Chicago, Botswana, Tanzania, Costa Rica, India, Italy, and the U.K. Faculty will meet with students, program faculty, and local affiliates at the program site. They will also contribute to the program curriculum during the visit by offering a guest lecture, workshop, or master class.
Program Goals
The Faculty Site Visit Program is intended to familiarize faculty at ACM colleges with consortial off-campus study programs. Specifically, the program is designed:
- To convey direct knowledge of the site, the local experts, and the curricular and co-curricular offerings of an ACM off-campus program;
- To promote faculty’s future engagement with the program (as visiting faculty or faculty advisors);
- To help faculty identify and advise appropriate students about participating on the program;
- To expand faculty professional networks.
ACM faculty who are tenured, tenure-track, or in other continuing appointments may apply for the program, and preference will be given to applicants not already familiar with the program being visited. ACM covers expenses for transportation, lodging, and meals.
Upcoming Site Visits
Costa Rica in fall 2012
Visit the ACM center in San José and meet faculty, staff, and students on the fall semester Costa Rica: Language, Society, & the Environment program. See the Call for Applications for more details. The deadline to apply is April 30, 2012.
Chicago in spring 2012
Three faculty have been selected to participate in the site visit to the Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies on April 17-20, 2012.
- Corina McKendry, political science, Colorado College
- Ted Thornhill, sociology, St. Olaf College
- Carol Wickersham, sociology and Director of Community-Based Learning, Beloit College
Read more about the Chicago site visit.
Florence Site Visit in Fall 2011
The inaugural faculty site visit was to Florence, Italy on October 25-28, 2011. Six faculty participated in the visit.
- John Gruber-Miller, classics, Cornell College
- Andrea Kann, art, Coe College
- Sarah Kraaz, music, Ripon College
- Julie Lindemann, art, Lawrence University
- John Shimon, art, Lawrence University
- Anna Trumbore Jones, history, Lake Forest College
Read more about the Florence faculty site visit, including a link to photos of the visit by Lawrence professors John Shimon and Julie Lindemann.
For questions about Faculty Site Visits to ACM international programs, contact Carol Dickerman, ACM Director of International Study Programs (312-263-5000).