Five proposals by faculty have been awarded grants by The Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences for 2008-2009. A selection committee made up of Phi Beta Kappa members, in consultation with Steven House, dean of Elon College, received 11 proposals.
The following proposals have received funding:
· “American Studies: ‘Growing’ American Studies at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ” – Michael Frontani, Ashley Hairston, Charles Irons, Kirstin Ringelberg – $2,600
· “Interdisciplinary Intersections of Law, Humanities, and American Culture” – Ashley Hairston – $5,000
· “Project PERCS – Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies” – Tom Mould, Bird Stasz, Peter Felten, Lisa Peloquin, Brooke Barnett – $5,000
· “A Symposium on Words and Music with Composer Lori Laitman and Poet David Mason” – Hallie Hogan, Todd Coleman, Kevin Boyle, Kathy Lyday-Lee – $5,500
· “Cogito Elon sum: A Proposed Interdisciplinary Approach to Neuroscience at ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ” – Eric Hall, Amy Overman, Caroline Ketcham, Robert Vick, Mat Gendle – $5,000
The Fund for Excellence in the Arts and Sciences accepts proposals for projects that deepen the values, the intellectual community, the research, ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ and habits of thinking that are characteristic of the liberal arts and sciences. The grants are available to ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ faculty, staff and students.
The fall deadline for the receipt of proposals is September 12, 2008.
– Information submitted by Steven House and Russell Gill