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Jun 17, 2009: Development Grants Promote Faculty Excellence At Wesleyan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Va. – Nine Virginia Wesleyan College faculty members—from the Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Social Sciences Divisions—have been awarded 2009 faculty summer development grants.

Each year the College provides competitive development grants, which encourage a wide range of professional development activities for Virginia Wesleyan faculty members. Projects include research aimed at publication, the enhancement of teaching effectiveness, development of interdisciplinary interests, the design of innovative or interdisciplinary courses, and experimentation with new instructional modes.

"When we speak about 'a culture of inquiry at Virginia Wesleyan,' that also refers to the sorts of research that faculty members embrace," said Dr. Craig Wansink, associate dean of the college and professor of religious studies. "Through these grants faculty research ends up modeling for our students both some of the ways we grow intellectually and some of the wonder and research dispositions that we hope they will acquire while at Virginia Wesleyan."

Faculty members and their development topics are as follows:

Ms. Elaine Dessouki, assistant professor of management/business/economics
"An Examination of IFRS"

Dr. Steven Emmanuel, Batten Professor of Philosophy
"Contemplating Walden (A Short Film)"

Dr. Paul Ewell, assistant professor of management/business/economics
"An Archive of the Commercial Fishing Industry of the Eastern Shore of Virginia"

Dr. Linda Ferguson, professor of management/business/economics
"Visual Esperanto: An Investigation of Cultural Literacy as an Element of Integrated Marketing Communication"

Dr. Benjamin Haller, assistant professor of classics
"Diachronic Representatives of Landscape as Hermeneutic for Speculative Political Thought in Greek and Roman Epic"

Dr. Maury Howard, assistant professor of chemistry
"Instituting Inquiry and Research Based Curriculum throughout the Chemistry Major at VWC – Part 1: Freshman Chemistry"

Dr. Diana Risk, associate professor of Spanish
"Reviewing Ancient Practices of Sustainability in Latin America"

Dr. Mavel Velasco, professor of Spanish
"The Cultural Transformation in Bolivia"

Dr. Susan Wansink, professor of German and French
"Introduction to German Film Book"

For more information, contact Dr. Craig Wansink at 757.455.3406 or cwansink@vwc.edu.

Or, for more news at Virginia Wesleyan College, visit the News and Events Web site.

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