26 tapped for Schillig teaching grants

Twenty-six faculty members are receiving Schillig Special Teaching Project grants for 1998.

Coordinated by the Office of Academic Affairs, the Schillig Projects program provides financial support to encourage new ideas for improving undergraduate teaching. Specifically, funds are provided for teaching activities and/or materials for which the usual financial resources do not exist.

Awards can be as much as $2,500, although larger amounts are considered if the proposal is deemed to have significant merit. Normally, no more than one award is given to a project proposer within a 24-month period.

This year's recipients include:

• Matt Raven, Tim Burcham and Pete Melby, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, "Incorporating Quicktime VR into Course Web Sites and Instruction," $2,295.
• Carolyn Malone and Sylvia Byrd, School of Human Sciences, "Portfolio Development for Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics Students," $2,050.
• Phyllis Bell Miller, School of Human Sciences, "Enhancing Instruction and Student Employability Through Technology: Incorporating Software and Scanning Technology into a Student Interactive," $2,307.
• Jean Kizer and Sheri Lokken, School of Human Sciences, "An Interdisciplinary Death, Dying and Bereavement Curriculum," $2,500.
• Jane Britt Greenwood, School of Architecture, "Architecture Revealed: Measurement and Measuring," $2,350.
• David Perkes, School of Architecture, "Construction: A New Horizon," $837.
• Kevin J. Armstrong, Psychology, "Equipment Request," $2,500.
• John Graef, Mathematics and Statistics, "Improving Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Courses Taught by Graduate Students," $1,494.
• Douglas Gamble, Geosciences, "Incorporation of Microclimate Field Analysis into Undergraduate Education," $2,214.
• Walter Smith, Art, "Bruce and Rhonda Walls: Encounters with India," $2,000.
• Dalton Miller, Geosciences, "Adapting Information on the Internet as a Classroom Presentation Tool for Geography," $2,500.
• Carolyn J. Bryant, Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, "Integrative Social Work Practice and Research Learning Laboratory," $2,465.
• Marita Gootee, Art, "Polaroid Daylab: Instant Alternative Photography," $2,150.
• Marcela Fernandez-de-Garma, Foreign Languages, "Capturing Student's Natural Interest in Technology," $2,684.
• Robert J. Damm, Music Education, "Purchase of Steel Drums for Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble," $2,200.
• Lana Johns, Music Education, "Request for Audio System," $2,500.
• Donna Reese and Nancy Miller, Computer Science, "Instructional Technology for Introductory Programming Courses," $2,500.
• Tor Schultz, Susan Diehl and Rubin Schmulsky, Forest Products, "Introduction to Wood Anatomy," $1,500.
• Donna Minnis, Wildlife and Fisheries, "Bringing Wildlife Law Enforcement to the Classroom," $1,480.