Starting in the summer of 2011, the Carolina Leadership Initiative began working with the Center for Teaching Excellence to provide grants for faculty who aim to alter existing courses or develop new courses to promote leadership development among students.
Grant applications for summer 2012 are available and are due on March 23, 2012.
Five $3,000 grants were awarded in the summer of 2011 to the following faculty members:
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James Barilla, Department of English Language and Literature Professor Barilla is providing opportunities for the students in ENGL 463 (Creative Nonfiction Workshop) to exercise leadership and to recognize the opportunities for leadership development in writing workshops. |
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Patrick Hickey, College of Nursing and Faculty Principal of Capstone House Professor Hickey is enhancing Capstone Scholars sections of U101 by integrating a leadership module by trained facilitators into one class period and by communicating with students about the opportunities to become involved in student organizations on campus. |
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Kirk Randazzo, Department of Political Science Professor Randazzo is developing a new course, POLI 391L (The Politics of Leadership), which will include fundamental leadership training, guest speakers, and a class trip to Washington, DC, to view leadership and politics in action. |
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Daniel Smith, Department of English Language and Literature Professor Smith is modifying ENGL 387 (Introduction to Rhetoric) to foreground the relationships among leadership, communication, and narrative. |
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David Whiteman, Department of Political Science and Faculty Principal of the West (Green) Quad Professor Whiteman is transforming POLI 477 (Green Politics) into an innovative service-learning course that builds on the integrative leadership development model already developed by Sustainable Carolina. |
