Ithaca College

The School of Humanities and Sciences is pleased to announce that seven H&S faculty members have been awarded Experiential Learning Curriculum Enhancement Grants. These $500 grants are intended as a first step in a pilot project geared toward further integrating experiential learning opportunities for students into the H&S curriculum.

Grant recipients are:

• Susan Allen-Gil, associate professor, biology, and coordinator, environmental studies
• William Hudenko, assistant professor, psychology
• Cheryl Kramer, assistant professor, art history, and director, Handwerker Gallery
• Andrew Smith, associate professor, biology
• Michael Smith, assistant professor, history
• Susan Swensen, associate professor, biology, and
• Rachel Wagner, assistant professor, philosophy/religion

The grants support these faculty members in their efforts to revise existing course syllabi to incorporate assignments or activities that provide effective experiential learning opportunities, as outlined in the H&S Experiential Learning Framework document:

A Framework for Experiential Learning in H&S

Brief descriptions of these projects can be found at:

Pilot Project Spring 2008: Curriculum Enhancement Grants

The funds for these awards are made possible by the generous donations of alumni to the H&S Ithaca Fund. For more information about the work of the Experiential Learning Committee, please contact Stacia Zabusky, assistant dean (274-3102, szabusky@ithaca.edu).