{"id":5071,"date":"2017-11-08T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2020-06-25T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:36:41","slug":"leipzig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2017\/11\/08\/leipzig\/","title":{"rendered":"Leipzig Faculty Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Leipzig Faculty Fellow Description and Application <\/b><\/p>\n

Imagine the ACU Leipzig villa filled with ACU students, community members, German students, and various faculty. There\u2019s just been a concert, or an evening lecture, or a shared meal, and now people are sipping coffee, snacking on dessert, and standing in small groups discussing the evening\u2019s events, sharing in rich conversations about the world and our place in it from a variety of perspectives and with a wide range of people.<\/span><\/p>\n

The role of the Leipzig Faculty Fellow is to cultivate such experiences, allowing the Leipzig campus to be a hub of intellectual conversation among ACU students, faculty, and members of the academic and civic communities in Leipzig. The fellow\u2019s role might include hosting coffee-house conversations, mini-conferences, or lyceum, inviting community members and students to engage with one another and their enriching study-abroad environment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Each semester one faculty fellow will spend a significant portion of a semester in Leipzig working on a research or creative project. The proposed project requires that the fellow spend a significant percentage of their release time in building connections with local Leipzig professionals and community members and providing a minimum of two student experiences connected to the work of the fellow. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Leipzig Faculty Fellow will build on existing connections in Leipzig and work to develop new ones, contributing to innovative, experiential learning opportunities for both students in residence at the time of the fellowship and those future students who would benefit. As new relationships are formed, discipline-specific opportunities in Leipzig increase, allowing for new course offerings, connections to diverse majors, and a wider range of faculty who can participate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Study abroad is a high-impact practice, and student outcomes from participating in a study abroad experience include: increased connection to academic content, increased ability to think critically about complex issues and situations, increased ability to work and live cross-culturally, increased personal development in ambiguous circumstances, \u00a0and greater self-efficacy and overall self-confidence. The Leipzig Faculty Fellow\u2019s role will connect directly to these learning outcomes, making important connections between students, academic disciplines, and the community of Leipzig. The required minimum of two student experiences provides the opportunity for ACU students to interact with the Leipzig community in new innovative, experiential learning activities each semester that a faculty fellow is \u00a0in residence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Awards and Eligibility<\/b><\/p>\n

Leipzig Faculty Fellow awards are contingent on merit and available funding. Applications are reviewed initially by the department chairperson and dean of the faculty member, who then provide a form directly to the review panel. The Leipzig Faculty Fellow Review Panel reviews all materials and makes recommendations. The fellowship is awarded for one semester and provides the recipients with funding to cover transportation to and from Leipzig, a stipend of up to $5000 for cost of living and project costs, a furnished living space in the ACU Leipzig Villa, and departmental funding to cover the courses that the recipient would have taught during the semester. <\/span><\/p>\n

In most cases, the minimum time and energy a recipient devotes to these awards must be equal to a normal semester\u2019s work. If the faculty member is proposing a project requiring less time, the faculty member should justify the time allowances. Other work unrelated to the leave project is strongly discouraged and will be a factor in determining the granting of a fellowship. Applicants who expect to be engaged in other work during the semester (compensated or not) must notify the review panel of the possibility and document the fact that such work will not interfere with the completion of the proposed project. Recipients should not be recipients of a Faculty Renewal Leave in the same or subsequent semesters as receiving a fellowship.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Chair\u2019s Review Form and Dean\u2019s Review Form are linked below and are due electronically on or before the last Monday in January<\/b>\u00a0to the <\/span>Faculty Fellow Review Panel. <\/span>The independent reviews by deans and chairs are evaluation documents indicating that the department\/college is in support of such a project. They are confidential and should be submitted separately from the application.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outcomes\/Deliverables<\/b><\/p>\n

Upon completion of the fellowship semester, recipients should provide a narrative to the Review Panel containing the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n