Rollins College Annual Report

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LETTER FROM THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY I am pleased to present the third edition of the Dean of the Faculty Annual Report. During the 2009-10 academic year, we continued to focus on strategic priorities that include recruiting and retaining accomplished faculty and staff, enhancing professional development opportunities, sustaining meaningful curricular and co-curricular programs, and promoting excellence in support services.

These priorities contribute to the achievements of our students and the success of our graduates — the best measures of a Rollins education.

Our mission to provide a rigorous liberal arts education that prepares students to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers continues to inspire me. I am filled with a tremendous sense of gratitude to be part of a community that recognizes both the intellectual and ethical dimensions of our efforts to help students better understand themselves, their disciplines, and their responsibility to work toward a more humane world.

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As you will see, this report is an impressive snapshot of the many outstanding accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff: Faculty books

• Rollins was recognized as the top producer of student Fulbright recipients among master’s-level institutions in the country.

Conferences, programs & exhibits

• Our 125-year tradition of innovation continues with the Rollins Plan, the faculty-driven renewal of our general education curriculum, as well as the Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series designed to promote collegial dialogue.

• We highlight the breadth of engaged and integrative learning opportunities for students that remain a hallmark of the Rollins experience, including collaborative research, service learning, academic internships, and international field studies.

• We celebrate faculty who have secured external funding, produced peer-reviewed scholarship, and received awards for excellence in teaching, scholarship, or service.

Peer-reviewed publications

In addition, it has been my privilege to work more closely with our colleagues in the Hamilton Holt School. Our shared values and priorities transcend organizational boundaries and present exciting opportunities to leverage many assets across the College as we identify avenues to strengthen Rollins for the future.

As we prepare for another productive year, I thank you for your many contributions and look forward to continuing to work together as we prepare students to become responsible leaders and global citizens.

Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D. Dean of the Faculty Professor of Sociology

The 14th annual Starry, Starry Night fundraising event was held on April 16. This year commemorated the Holt School’s 50th anniversary of educating working adults. The event raised $128,500 (a 9 percent increase over ’09) to support student scholarships.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | As part of our commitment to excellence in instruction and continuous professional development, the Dean of the Faculty’s Office welcomes James A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., as the director of the Christian A. Johnson Institute for Effective Teaching. In addition, Professor Emerita of English Barbara Carson will begin a Reflective Teaching Partner Initiative by working with a half-dozen faculty sharing her experiences as a “student” enrolled in their fall courses.

FACULTY SALARIES | Competitive compensation is essential to recruit and retain accomplished faculty members. Over the past two years faculty salaries have emerged as our top budget priority. During this time period, Rollins has invested more than $755,000 for across-the-board salary increases and has allocated an additional $650,000 in new dollars to fund the Strategic Faculty Compensation System.

ENGAGED AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNING | During the past year, Dean of the Faculty staff members have focused on creating co-curricular learning experiences for students based on high-impact practices. In support of this work, the dean’s office reorganized the use of space in Mills Memorial Hall. On the first floor, students will find Academic Advising and Disability Services in closer proximity to the Offices of Student Records and the Dean of the Faculty. The second floor is now home to the Offices of Academic Internships, Community Engagement, External & Competitive Scholarships, and Explorations, as well as Peer Tutoring and Writing Consulting.

CREATING A SHARED VISION OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE SCIENCES | The College is embarking on an extensive renovation of the Archibald Granville Bush Science Center. The nationally-recognized firm of Einhorn, Yaffee, Prescott (EYP) Architecture and Engineering has been hired to lead this project. Members of the Science and Mathematics Division are meeting to develop a shared vision for the future that will ensure excellent educational opportunities, encourage interdisciplinary research, and bring the expertise of the division to bear on pressing social issues facing local and global communities.

For the second year, Arts & Sciences offered an intensive three-week summer Maymester term.

This year’s registration was more than double that of last year’s inaugural session. The Hamilton Holt School’s summer sessions also experienced strong enrollments in 2010. The undergraduate and graduate programs achieved more than a 24 percent increase over projected summer enrollment targets. All summer offerings were open to both A&S and Holt students and generated increased revenue to support the College.

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TRADITION OF INNOVATION The Rollins Plan: Engaged and Integrative Learning

This spring, 80 members of the Class of 2013 completed

their first semester of courses in the Rollins Plan, the

College’s pioneering, faculty-driven renewal of the general education curriculum.

The Rollins Plan is built upon the foundation of Rollins’ 125-year commitment to providing an innovative, pragmatic liberal arts education that produces graduates who possess the knowledge, skills, and wisdom to effectively address the most important issues of our time.

The Rollins Plan is composed of two rich and complex intellectual ideas: Global Challenges: Florida and Beyond and Revolution. Each theme consists of a series of seven developmental, interdisciplinary courses balanced across divisions that serve as an alternative method for satisfying general education requirements. By taking classes organized around an exciting intellectual theme, students experience general education courses as an integrated whole rather than a collection of unrelated classes.

Each plan’s development has been guided by a common set of learning outcomes established by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). The LEAP learning outcomes have guided the development of integrated curricular and co-curricular programs designed to support student achievement of key liberal education learning objectives. The RP pilot program is designed to actively engage students both inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connection between theory and practice, as well as the relationship between the College and the larger community. Examples of learning outcomes include critical and creative thinking, written and verbal communication, quantitative literacy, knowledge of human cultures, and personal and social responsibility, as well as the integration and application of knowledge from different areas of study.

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According to Peggy Maki, Ph.D., an international expert on assessing learning in higher education, Rollins is setting the national standard for curricular reform by infusing integrative experiences based on student learning outcomes throughout the educational process. Maki was invited to campus last fall to work with Rollins Plan developers and plans to feature the Rollins Plan pilot as a case study in a book she is currently writing about higher education curriculum reform and assessment.

Rollins Plan Spring 2010 courses included the following: Green Art: Environmental Art and Design in the Community; Global Competition and the American Dream; Visions of Paradise: From the Garden of Eden to Key West; and Revolutions: Violent & Non-Violent. Additional Fall 2010 courses include Wild Florida; Climate Change Politics; Individualism and Its Discontents; Hell Fire: American Rebel Identity; and Revolutions in Science.

The Rollins Plan (RP) pilot continues through the 2012-13 academic year when each RP theme will conclude with a capstone course. Ongoing updates and evaluation results will be presented to Arts & Sciences faculty throughout the pilot period. Faculty will vote on whether to adopt the Rollins Plan as the full general education curriculum in Fall 2011. This curricular renewal initiative is supported in part by a generous grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

TO READ MORE ABOUT THE ROLLINS PLAN, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/ROLLINSPLAN.

INTEGRATIVE LEARNING: THE ART OF SOUND Students enrolled in the two-semester Honors 301 course Seeing Music, Hearing Art investigated the processes by which music turns into visual art. This interdisciplinary course was team taught by Professor of Philosophy Tom Cook, Associate Professor of Music Dan Crozier, Archibald Granville Bush Professor of Science Thomas Moore, and Associate Professor of Art Rachel Simmons.

MASTER OF PLANNING IN CIVIC URBANISM This new master’s program was developed by Professor of Environmental Studies Bruce Stephenson and George and Harriet Cornell Professor of Politics Richard Foglesong. The program is divided into two subfields—Place Making and Green Infrastructure—and combines classroom work, professional expertise, studio projects, and internships to prepare s t u dents for careers in either private practice or government.

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APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS Connecting Theory to Practice

An applied liberal arts education prepares Rollins

students to be responsible leaders and global citizens.

FIELD STUDIES

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Bahamas Bridging the Digital Divide: Bahamas, Scott Hewit, Ed Huffman & Carrie Schulz

Bahamas Marine Biology Laboratory: Bahamas, Fiona Harper & Katie Sutherland

Costa Rica Psychology Across Cultures: Costa Rica, Sharon Carnahan

Costa Rica National Parks and Protected Areas: Costa Rica, Barry Allen First-Year Field Study: Costa Rica, Barry Allen Latin American Business Environments: Costa Rica, Cecilia McInnis-Bowers China First-Year Field Study: China, Li Wei England Lively Arts of London, Bill Boles & Leslie Boles ▼

Greece Life & Religion in Classical Athens, Patricia Lancaster & Scott Rubarth (Holt) ▼

Germany Cornering the Christmas Markets in Germany, Nancy Decker

Dominican Republic Service Projects in Rural Communities: Dominican Republic, Pedro Bernal

SPRING BREAK 2010 Guatemala Making Coffee-Not War: Guatemala, Ashley Kistler, Robert Reinauer & Joe Siry ▼

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Mexico Women and Globalization: Mexico, Margaret McLaren

Nepal Making Lives Better: Nepal, Larry Eng-Wilmot & Jay Shivamoggi

Scotland Making Art in Scotland, Dawn Roe

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ENGAGED LEARNING Student and Faculty Achievements: A Measure of Rollins’ Success

At Rollins, students are energized by their

learning experiences. Engaged learning provides students the opportunity to develop their interests,

spark their intellectual passion, connect ideas

from across disciplines, and apply knowledge.

STUDENT-FACULTY COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BEGINS SECOND DECADE In Spring 2010, 45 students and 24 faculty members were accepted to participate in 30 unique projects funded through the Student-Faculty Collaborative Scholarship Program. Since the program’s inception, nearly 350 students working in partnership with 77 different faculty representing 24 disciplines have participated in rigorous collaborative undergraduate research and scholarship. Examples of this year’s projects include Diamonds in the Rubble: The Women of Haiti—The Importance of Gender Equitable Policies & Practices for Haiti’s Recovery, Andrew Padgett ’1 1 and Tonia Warnecke (economics); Marion Bernstein and the Glasgow Weekly Mail, Anne Fertig ’12 and Edward Cohen (English); and What Price Glory?: A Feminist Critique of the Ziegfeld Follies, Katie Jones ’1 2, Katy Polimeno ’1 1, and Jennifer Cavenaugh (theatre arts). In the 11 years since the program’s inception, Rollins has invested more than $1.7 million in this initiative. Additional support this year has come from The Clint Foundation, John Hauck Foundation (Fifth Third Bank, John W. Hauck, E. Allen Elliot and Narley L. Haley, Trustees), and the John R. and Ruth W. Gurtler Foundation. Several alumni and friends also supported this program: Christine Barensfeld ’81, Michael ’79 and Michelle ’80 Fannon, the Sarah Crance Castle MacLeod ’91 Student-Faculty Collaborative Fund, the Herbert E. Hellewege Student Chemistry Research Fund, the Rollins College Alumni Association Board of Directors, and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.

Archibald Granville Bush Professor of Mathematics Jay Yellen and Anthony Wehrer ’11 presented their research papers at the 23rd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference in Daytona Beach in May and at the 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling in Belfast, Ireland in August.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/SFCSP.

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ENGAGED LEARNING Student and Faculty Achievements: A Measure of Rollins’ Success

Rollins Named #1 Master’s Producer of Fulbrights In October 2009, the Fulbright Program announced that Rollins is the top-producing master’s institution in the nation (based on Carnegie Classification). Rollins is ranked number one out of the 81 master’s institutions whose students received Fulbrights (there are a total of 663 master’s institutions in the country). This success was highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

This spring, Andrea Williamson ’07 ’10MBA, was awarded a 2011 Fulbright Scholarship.

Rollins Junior Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship Justin Wright ’11, a chemistry and biochemistry double-major, was awarded a 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Jon Stamm '10, philosophy major and Jewish studies minor, was chosen as an Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Award recipient.

Rollins Student Team Reaches Top 10 For a remarkable third time in five years, a Rollins international business student team finished in the Top 10 of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Commodities Trading Challenge Competition. The undergraduate team placed an impressive ninth out of the 113 teams competing from prestigious colleges and universities from around the globe. In April, the team went on to the Open Outcry Competition that was held on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Senior CMCS major presents at NALS conference Sydney Sullivan ’10, critical media and cultural studies major, presented “Marketing Ethnic Chic: How the Fashion Industry Has ‘No Reservations’” at the annual Native American Literature Symposium (NALS) held at the tribal venue at Isleta Pueblo in Albuquerque, N.M.

Graduate Studies in Counseling Students Present at ASGW Professor of Graduate Studies in Counseling Kathryn Norsworthy and students Julie Nestle ’10, Angie Oliver ’10, Jennifer Sales ’10, and Jackie Tornow ’10 presented “In the Present Moment: Mindful Group Work in Community-Based Counselor Education” at the 2010 Association of Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) National Conference in New Orleans.

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Students present papers at the Associated Colleges of the South Conference Amy Testa ’10, Ariane Rosen ’10, Ian Wallace ’11, and Sameera Shaban ’10 presented their research papers at the ACS Research Conference on Chinese Studies in Atlanta. Rosen and Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Gunter’s paper was nominated for a “best paper” award.

A&S Student Academic Awards Valedictorian Cameron Dawson ’10 Charles McCormick Reeve Awards for Scholarship Shannon Brown ’10 Aimee Cervenka ’10 Samantha Marsh ’10 Anne Schmalstig ’10 Allison Wallrapp ’10

Hamilton Holt School Student Academic Awards Outstanding Graduating Seniors Jenny Ackerman ’10 & Norah Perez ’10 2010 Dean’s Leadership Award Francesca Mastrangelo ’10 Outstanding Graduate for the Master of Arts in Counseling Program Laura Waterfield ’10

Rollins Debates Cambridge Rollins Varsity Debate team hosted members of the Cambridge University (UK) Union Debating Society in a debate on healthcare. The competition’s format was a combination of American and British parliamentary styles and drew an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 250 students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Partnership with Fern Creek Elementary Rollins has shared a long-standing mentoring and service-learning partnership with Fern Creek Elementary School. Each year, the Pathways to College Day brings more than 400 Fern Creek students to campus for college enrichment activities. This spring, faculty and staff from Rollins and Fern Creek celebrated the dedication of a new science laboratory for the school. The laboratory is part of the Fern Creek Science Academy which was developed in part through a collaboration between the school and the Rollins biology department.

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COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICE Distinguished Teachers and Scholars

We welcome the newest members of the Rollins community.

Ted Gournelos Assistant Professor of Critical Media & Cultural Studies Ph.D., Communications University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign, 2007 Specializations: alternative and oppositional cultures, television and film studies, internet and digital culture policy, political theory and culture, advertising, cultural and media studies, and United States, European Union and East Asian politics

Jana Mathews Assistant Professor of English Ph.D., English Literature Duke University, 2007 Specializations: Medieval British literature and culture, law and literature, medieval manuscript studies, Middle Scots literature, early modern British literature, and theories of subjectivity, kingship, authorship and authority

Susan E. Montgomery Assistant Professor & Public Services Librarian M.S., Library & Information Studies Florida State University, 2008 Specializations: Latin American history and politics, U.S. immigration policy, information literacy, and library outreach

Samuel Sanabria Assistant Professor of Graduate Studies in Counseling Ph.D., Counselor Education & Supervision University of Florida, 2002 Specializations: ethical practices in counseling, the development of prejudicial attitudes and beliefs, human sexuality, surrogacy and same sex parenting, and Latino concerns

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Eren Tatari Assistant Professor of Political Science Ph.D., Political Science Indiana University, Bloomington, 2010 Specializations: minority politics, Middle East politics, politics of gender, Muslims in the West, political representation, and politics and religion

Zeynep Teymuroglu Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences Ph.D., Mathematics University of Cincinnati, 2008 Specializations: mathematical biology, integral differential equations, and network models

Robert E. Vander Poppen Assistant Professor of Art History/Classics Ph.D., Classical Archaeology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 Specializations: archaeology of Greece and Rome, social and rural history, and archaeological field methodology

Martina Vidovic Assistant Professor of Economics Ph.D., Economics Binghamton University, 2003 Specializations: applied microeconomics, econometrics, environmental economics, and health economics

Director of the Christian A. Johnson Institute for Effective Teaching Appointment James A. Zimmerman Ph.D., Chemistry University of Michigan

VISITING PROFESSORS & LECTURERS Miao Chi Visiting Instructor

Rachael Lilienthal Lecturer

Dena Pistor Lecturer

Yona Smith Lecturer

Economics

Modern Languages & Literatures

Physical Education

Modern Languages & Literatures

Richard Gregor Lecturer

Jim Norris Lecturer

Chemistry

History

Michelle Saint Lecturer

Jonathan Walz Visiting Assistant Professor

Philosophy

Zhaochang Peng Visiting Instructor

Vaughn Schmutz Visiting Assistant Professor

Economics

Sociology

ENDOWED CHAIR APPOINTMENTS

RECENTLY PROMOTED TO FULL PROFESSOR Lee Lines

Dexter Boniface Weddell Professor of the Americas

Department of Environmental Studies

Alberto Prieto-Calixto

Lisa Tillmann

Rick Vitray Archibald Granville Bush Professor of Mathematics

Jay Yellen Archibald Granville Bush Professor of Mathematics

Archaeology/Anthropology

Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Department of Critical Media & Cultural Studies

FACULTY RECENTLY TENURED AND PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Julian Chambliss

Department of History

Jonathan Miller

Olin Library

Ryan Musgrave

Department of Philosophy & Religion

Rachel Newcomb

Department of Anthropology

Steven St. John*

Department of Psychology *promoted to professor

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COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICE A Distinguished Teachers and Scholars

Each year, Rollins faculty are recognized for

exceptional accomplishments in teaching,

advising, scholarship, and service.

2010-13 Cornell Distinguished Faculty Award Thomas Ouellette

2010 Bornstein Award for Faculty Scholarship Ed Cohen

Professor of Theatre Arts

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English

2010-11 Arthur Vining Davis Award Recipients Creston Davis

2010 Cornell Distinguished Service Award Sharon Carnahan

Assistant Professor of Religion

Professor of Psychology

Fiona Harper

2010 Cornell Distinguished Teaching Award Dick James

Assistant Professor of Biology

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Wenxian Zhang Professor of Archives & Special Collections

2009-10 Walter E. Barden Distinguished Teaching Award (Holt) Rev. James Armstrong Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

2006-09 Cornell Distinguished Faculty Tom Cook Professor of Philosophy

Barry Levis Professor of History

The Susan O. and Frederick A. Hauck Botanical Research Center underwent renovations during December 2009. An open house was held in the spring to celebrate the improvements and showcase student projects being conducted through the biology and environmental studies departments. Pictured: Paul Stephenson, associate professor of biology, with a Nepenthes truncata.

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Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Celebrates 75 Years of Musical Excellence Winter Park’s Bach Festival is the third-oldest Bach Festival in the U.S. It has been under the direction of only six conductors throughout its history. John M. Tiedtke Professor of Music John Sinclair has served the Festival as artistic director and conductor for 20 years. He holds the title of the longest tenured conductor in the Festival's existence.

Rollins Faculty Continue to Span the Globe As part of the President’s Internationalization Initiative (PII), a group of 10 Rollins faculty representing nine academic disciplines traveled to Antarctica this past December to spark interdisciplinary collaboration and further the College’s internationalization efforts.

This summer, a group of 18 Rollins faculty and staff traveled to Bali, Indonesia as part of the PII.

A&S Faculty Scholars Since Spring 2008, five A&S faculty scholar recognition events have celebrated the publication of 26 books from 24 different faculty authors, editors, or co-editors, and nearly 160 peer-reviewed faculty publications.

Inaugural Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series (ISS) The ISS was developed as an opportunity for faculty to engage in collegial discussion and promote interdisciplinary scholarship at Rollins. A total of six ISS programs were held during the 2009-10 academic year.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR RETIRING COLLEAGUES

Edward Harrell, Professor of History Peggy Jarnigan, Associate Professor of Physical Education Marie Shafe, Professor of Graduate Studies in Counseling Robert Steen, Associate Professor of Economics

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COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICE Distinguished Teachers and Scholars

NEW EXTERNAL GRANTS Professor and Head of Archives & Special Collections Wenxian Zhang Rollins College Archives Preservation Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions National Endowment for the Humanities Archibald Granville Bush Professor of Science Thomas Moore Undergraduate Research in Musical Acoustics National Science Foundation

Assistant Professor of Biology Katie Sutherland Collaborative Research: Ecology of a Reverse Zoonosis: Human-Environment Interactions in the Transmission, Persistence, and Virulence of White Pox Disease in Elkhorn Coral National Science Foundation

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ashley Kistler In Whose Interest?: A Critical Examination of Responsibility, Assessment, and Development of a Service-Learning Project.

2009-10 Engaged Scholarship Fellows Program Florida Campus Compact Professor of Psychology Steven St. John and Assistant Professor of Psychology Alice Davidson Assessing School Lunches as a Mediating Factor in Childhood Obesity Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal Grant Associated Colleges of the South Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures Li Wei Collaborative Online Teaching of Advanced Chinese and Culture Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal Grant Associated Colleges of the South Associate Professor of History Julian Chambliss, Assistant Professor of Religion Creston Davis, Associate Professor of History Claire Strom, Professor of Anthropology Robert Moore, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ashley Kistler, Associate Professor of Art History Susan Libby, Assistant Professor of Art Dawn Roe, and Associate Professor of Education Scott Hewit Project Mosaic: Zora Neale Hurston— A Multidisciplinary Exploration of African-American Culture Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal Grant Associated Colleges of the South See page 17 for additional highlights

“I’m pleased that $2.6 million in faculty-led funding requests have been submitted since the creation of the Office of Grants & Contracts in the fall of 2008.

These efforts have resulted in nearly $400,000 in new grant dollars this year alone, providing additional support for teaching and scholarship and increased visibility that contributes to Rollins’ national reputation for excellence.”

—Dean Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D.

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Faculty Fulbright Scholars Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor of International Business, Professor of Political Science Thomas D. Lairson From Fast Follower to Global Knowledge Leader?

Network Relationships in Biopolis, Multimedia Supercorridor, Zhongguancun and New Songdo City Fulbright Scholar Award (Singapore) U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Associate Professor of Anthropology Rachel Newcomb Reproducing Uncertainty: Fertility Practices in Modern Morocco Fulbright Scholar Award (Morocco) U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

ROLLINS STAFF: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE Rollins Explorations offers a variety of programs

and initiatives to engage first-year students in the

Rollins academic community.

The purpose of Explorations is to introduce students to the foundation of an applied liberal arts education and help integrate curricular and co-curricular experiences.

The Explorations staff directs the Rollins College Conference (RCC), the Peer Mentor Program, Summer Reading Initiative, Summer and Fall Orientations, as well as the Exploring Excellence and Intergroup Dialogue Series.

Each of these programs helps students gain k n ow l edge, strengthen intellectual and practical skills, and promote personal and social responsibility.

This year, to better evaluate Explorations’ program success, Meghan Harte, director, developed an assessment matrix that incorporates LEAP learning outcomes into the programs, projects, and activities of the office. The outcomes are used to help create a seamless learning experience for students.

Explorations believes that fostering students’ abilities to integrate learning over time, across courses, and between academic and community life are some of the most important goals of a liberal arts education.

Gabe Anderson (l), assistant director of Explorations Meghan Harte (r), director of Explorations

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/EXPLORATIONS.

During 2009-10, the Peer Mentor program was restructured to better serve Rollins students. Peer mentors serve as academic and social role models for RCC courses to help integrate first-year students into the academic and social life of campus. Peer mentors focus their work around five dimensions of personal and social responsibility and educate their peers to strive for excellence, cultivate personal and social integrity, contribute to a larger community, respect the perspectives of others and develop competency in ethical and moral responsibility. In doing so, peer mentors integrate learning and leadership opportunities while developing a deeper understanding of the mission and values of Rollins.

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ROLLINS STAFF: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE Office of Academic Internships For more than 20 years, the Academic Internship Program has supported the College’s applied liberal arts objective by enhancing classroom learning through professional experiences. Academic internships are one form of engaged learning that encourages in-depth reflection and critical analysis of the work environment.

Each semester, students report that this practical experience helps enhance their academic, personal and professional development, as well as clarify their career goals.

2009-10 academic year highlights: •

Nearly 150 students received course credit for an academic internship across a range of disciplines.

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Rollins students participated in international internships in Argentina, Costa Rica, England, New Zealand, Russia, and Spain.

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The Office of Academic Internships launched a new website, and e-newsletter, and developed an automated database for course forms and data collection in FoxLink.

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The Offices of Academic Internships, External & Competitive Scholarships, and Career Services collaborated to recognize prestigious scholars and student interns. Students also received special recognition from the Office of Congressman Alan Grayson, who presented each student with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for superior academic accomplishments.

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Two Rollins students were offered summer internships sponsored by the Southern Education Leadership Initiative, which focuses on education policy and social justice issues for low-income students.

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The Johnson Family Foundation provided grant support that enabled an internship in Washington, D.C., for students interested in working with organizations that serve the GLBT community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/OAI.

During the Winter Intersession, six Rollins students participated in an observership at Florida Hospital. The pre-med students shadowed medical faculty and residents and were given the opportunity to participate in grand rounds, conferences, and various didactic activities.

The observership was made possible by Dr. Joseph Portoghese '79, member of the Rollins President's Leadership Council and chief academic officer and program director of the General Surgery Residency Program at Florida Hospital.

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Office of Community Engagement (OCE) Community Engagement encourages and promotes student, faculty, and staff involvement within local and global communities through service-learning courses and community-based programs. OCE is deeply committed to fostering a lifelong commitment to service, learning, civic engagement, and social justice.

2009-10 academic year highlights: •

For the third consecutive year, OCE was recognized by Florida Campus Compact for excellence.

OCE was also recognized for exemplary partnerships by the Corporation for National and Community Service through the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Orange County Public Schools, and the Children’s Home Society.

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Rollins faculty, staff, and students worked in partnership with 273 nonprofit organizations. More than 116 courses offered a community-based learning experience with 68 involving academic service-learning.

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A&S faculty created and implemented a Community Engagement (CE) designation for courses meeting specific standards surrounding reciprocal partnerships, action, reflection, and assessment.

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First-year students, RCC faculty, and peer mentors provided service to 26 nonprofits during the annual Service Philanthropy Activism Rollins College (SPARC) Day. Fourteen RCC courses worked closely with these same organizations throughout the year.

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Rollins faculty and students participated in international service-learning experiences in the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, and Nepal.

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Rollins Immersion: Citizens Take Action Program involved over 200 students in weekend and week-long service projects in Apopka, Detroit, Jacksonville, New Orleans, St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C.

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OCE coordinated multiple workshops including the 5th Annual Summit on Transforming Learning.

Faculty and students attended the AAC&U annual meeting, IMPACT Conference, Florida Campus Compact Conference, Gulf-South Summit on Community Engagement, and the International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

The activities of the OCE are supported by David H. Lord ’69 ’71MBA, the DHL Foundation, and the RNR Foundation. Other programmatic support for OCE has come from The Chatlos Foundation, the Warren & Augusta Hume Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the Winter Park Health Foundation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT.

At the fall Florida Campus Compact awards banquet, Associate Professor of Art Rachel Simmons received the Service-Learning Faculty Award in the independent sector and Rollins was recognized as being one of the most engaged college campuses in the state. First Lady Michelle Obama was the awards ceremony keynote speaker.

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ROLLINS STAFF: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE Office of External & Competitive Scholarships The Office of External & Competitive Scholarships is dedicated to helping students discover their intellectual passion and offers guidance in preparing students for a wide variety of highly competitive and prestigious scholarships. During the 2009-10 academic year, 26 students applied for competitive scholarships and fellowships.

2009-10 academic year highlights: •

The Fulbright program recognized Rollins as the top-producing master’s institution in the nation (based on Carnegie Classification).

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Rollins junior Justin Wright was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. Wright is one of 278 Goldwater Scholars selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,1 1 1 mathematics, science, and engineering students.

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Andrea Williamson ’07 ’10MBA, was named a 2011 Fulbright Scholarship recipient. Williamson is the 10th Rollins student to receive a Fulbright scholarship in recent years and will serve as a teaching assistant in Malaysia.

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Nick Horton ’09, a physics major and chemistry minor, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award and an East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/ECS.

Office of Grants & Contracts The Office of Grants & Contracts works to further research, service, and scholarly activities among A&S faculty and staff through external grant funding. The goal of the Office is to support programs that advance the mission and enhance the reputation of Rollins while benefiting students, faculty, staff, and the greater community.

2009-10 academic year highlights: •

The Director of Grants & Contracts worked with A&S faculty and staff to submit 22 new proposals totaling more than $1.4 million in new funding requests.

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Seven new faculty grants totaling $386,246 were awarded during the past year.

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Please see detailed new grants and awards on page 13.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/GRANTS. 17

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Thomas P. Johnson Student Resource Center (TJ’s) TJ’s provides comprehensive academic support with programs designed to challenge students to take responsibility for their own learning and provide tools to help them develop learning strategies to achieve academic success.

2009-10 academic year highlights: •

More than 600 students received specialized advising support for academic appeals, probation and warning, the Rollins Plan, and the Accelerated Management Program (AMP).

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Fifty first-year students were accepted into the AMP, one of the largest groups in the program’s history. Additionally, 99 percent of eligible AMP students were accepted into the Crummer Graduate School of Business for Fall 2010.

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The Writing and Tutoring Center trained more than 80 peer tutors and consultants who provided 4,100 hours of service to 1,300 students.

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The Office of Disability Services works to provide advocacy, guidance, mentoring and accommodations to students with disabilities. The Office served 379 students and administered 697 extended time, distraction-free tests during the academic year. Students report that academic accommodations and timely self-advocacy have made a tremendous difference in their overall academic performance at Rollins.

Mae Fitchett along with Tutor of the Year recipient Jose Galvez ’09 and Writing Consultant of the Year award winner Grace Moore ’10.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/TPJ.

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