Two faculty members, who are having a significant impact on undergraduate, professional,
or graduate education at Cornell by involving their students in challenging service-learning
programs, will be given a $5,000 award to enable them to further develop an ongoing
community-based learning/research project, to initiate a new effort, or to seek
institutionalization of a service-learning course.
Nominees/applicants must be full-time Cornell faculty members and be able to
demonstrate involvement in public scholarship in their nomination/application.
Faculty members may apply on their own or be nominated. Nomination and application
materials must be submitted together by the March 31, 2008 deadline.
• A cover page including applicant name, title, department/affiliation, proposal title and abstract
• A maximum 3-page proposal letter outlining what you intend to accomplish as a Kaplan Fellow. Your proposal may involve undertaking a service learning course enhancement, developing a new course proposal, or undertaking a community-based research or action research project. The proposal should document how your project engages the community by responding to a community need and involving community partners in aspects of its planning and implementation. Your proposal should demonstrate sustained ways that the project will impact, shape or enhance the service-learning teaching and/or research agenda of your department.
• A copy of the faculty nominee's vitae emphasizing evidence of engagement with service learning pedagogy or public scholarship
• An end-of-project evaluation report emphasizing curricular and community impacts.
Application must be received by 4:00 p.m. on March 31, 2008.
Send application and supporting materials to:
Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Service-Learning
c/o Mr. Leonardo Vargas-Méndez
Executive Director, Cornell Public Service Center
200 Barnes Hall
Questions regarding the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Service-Learning should be directed to Mr. Leonardo Vargas-Méndez at 255-0674 or ljv1@cornell.edu.
The 2008 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellows in Service-Learning will be announced by Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
