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The Campus Currents is distributed every Friday. If you would like to include an item in the newsletter send it to Campus Currents, Unit 9512 or by e-mail to Campus Currents. Deadline is Thursday at 8 a.m.

Parrow's work to be published - Top

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Regents executive director to meet with BHSU personnel - Top

The purpose of executive director's visit is to meet with faculty, staff and students to listen to concerns regarding the state's higher education system and explain policy issues. It is basically an information gathering and

Perry will hold meetings in the David B. Miller Student Union multipurpose room. He will meet with university students from 1 to 2 p.m.; faculty and staff from 2 to 3 p.m. and student teachers from 3 to 4 p.m.

Resignation - Top

Palladino began in November of 1996 as a part-time employee who would develop and offer a training program to faculty and staff. After she graduated from BHSU in May of 1997, her position became fulltime. Over the four years of her employment, she has continued to offer expert faculty and staff training in many areas, assumed the web responsibilities, developed web pages for administrative offices and academic areas, researched new and better ways to serve the institution web process, developed a web design for BHSU and brought customization to our web site, developed customized web-based course offerings, was instrumental in testing the Colleague AR module interfacing, and provided assistance in many other areas.

Roxy Schmit, data processing supervisor, says "Paulette has been a strong asset to the organization and institution and will definitely be missed by the many people she worked with. Her dedication, positive attitude and skill set has made her a valuable resource."

Palladino leaves BHSU to continue her career in a web-based field at the Higher Plains Center for Technology at the School of Mines and Technology, in Rapid City. Her last day at BHSU will be Friday, March 31. Please join in wishing her farewell and best wishes Thursday, March 30 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Pangburn little dining for cake and coffee.

Symposium highlights research at Black Hills State

Dr. Mike Zehfus, assistant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Tim Martinez, associate professor of political science, discuss the research implications of thiamine levels in salmon after reviewing a poster display at the Black Hills Research Symposium.

The symposium featured faculty and student research that builds on the past by integrating new technology and theories that move across the curriculum from the natural and social sciences to the arts and humanities to business and education.

The BH Symposium included ten 30-minute presentations as well as a variety of poster displays.

Defensive coordinator Bob Majeski named football coach - Top

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Black Hills State jazz band to perform - Top

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Students to perform “Come Blow Your Horn” - Top

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TRIO scholarship winners named - Top

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Williams and Ree will return to BHSU - Top

Williams and Ree, the comedy team that met while attending Black Hills State, will return to their alma mater for a show Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union multi-purpose room.

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Minutes of the university assessment committee - Top

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Instructional improvement committee taking applications for course releases - Top

Course releases are available to any full-time faculty member with the approval of his/her dean and department chair. Course releases will be for one semester during the regular academic year. Consideration will be given for summer stipends for faculty unable to apply for a course release for the regular academic year because of documented departmental staffing problems.

Course releases may be granted to:

• design a new course which will be infused with technology or offered through the internet;
• redesign an existing course so that it is infused with technology or offered for internet delivery;

• design a new course or redesign an existing course to be presented collaboratively with other BHSU faculty;
• significantly redesign an existing course; or
• design a new course.

Proposals for course releases will be reviewed by the instructional improvement committee in March so that the recommendations may be made and approved by April. Proposals should be submitted to the grants and special projects office, Woodburn 220, by the last Friday in March, and will consist of a proposal following the specified format. A copy of the guidelines and proposal format are available from the grants office web page or by contacting your dean or department chair for a hard copy. Ten copies of the proposal are needed so that each member of the IIC can review it. Proposal writers may be requested to make an oral presentation to the committee in support of a proposal.

Any full-time faculty member, full-time adjunct faculty or other full time staff member engaged in student instruction may apply for grant funds administered by the committee. Grant funding will normally be available up to a maximum of $1,000 per project. Priority will be given to projects that will have a broad-based, visible, continuing impact of instruction across faculty members and/or disciplines. Funds are available for development of materials and methods to improve teaching and learning, equipment to enhance teaching and learning, travel to conferences or workshops which enhance teaching and learning, and bringing consulting

Proposals for grant funding will be reviewed by the IIC on a monthly basis. The deadline for submission will be the last Friday of each month; a decision will be made as soon as practicable on each proposal. Ten copies of the proposals should be submitted to the grants and special projects office, W220, or to the chair of the committee, Sharon Strand. Proposals will consist of proposal and budget outlines following the specified format available at the grants and special projects web page.

Faculty-research committee has funds available - Top

It is anticipated that successful applicants will request support for faculty release time, research equipment, travel to research sites, research support for the production of creative work. Preference is given to new applicants particularly in the areas of education, business, social sciences and humanities.Two three-hour release times are available for spring of 2001. You can apply now.

The research committee will not provide salary. The committee may approve payment to student or non-student research assistants. Mail ten copies of your proposal to unit 9550.

Grants opportunities announced - Top

Below are the program materials received March 16-22 in the grants office, Woodburn 220. For copies of the information, contact our office at 642-6627 or e-mail requests to us at <grants@mystic.bhsu.edu>. Fellowship information will also be posted on the Student Union bulletin board near the information desk.

• Richard Florsheim Art Fund. The Richard Florsheim Art Fund supports American visual artists with established reputations who are over 60 years old. Funding supports exhibitions, catalogs and the acquisition/purchase of art works by museums, universities and other arts institutions. Grants up to $20,000 are available. Deadline: Oct. 1. Contact: August Freundlich, President, Richard Florsheim Art Fund, 4202 E Fowler Ave., USF 30637, Tampa, FL 33620-0637, (813)949-6886.