April 2025

A Note from the Dean

Dear Colleagues:

The birds are chirping away today. Happy Spring!

We are approaching the end of Winter term and beginning to say farewell to our seniors. Thanks again for all that you do to support our students through your vibrant teaching, collaborative scholarship and creative work with students, and dedicated service to the university mission. Students, parents, and alumni always have a story to share about encounters with faculty and it is gratifying to know the positive and lasting impact you are having every day.

Best wishes,

Cohorts in the Arts and Humanities

Are you interested in learning more about the medical humanities?

Join a new cohort whose mission is to connect faculty and students interested in exploring how the humanities inform our understanding of medicine. Read and study medical humanities scholarship, design programming, and collaborate with other students and faculty to develop potential three-course pathways in the medical humanities that will contribute to the new general education program.

Contact Leticia Fernández-Fontecha and Genelle Gertz for more information.

Do you want to improve your career advising to arts and humanities students?

Join the ongoing Career Connections Faculty cohort (C Cubed). This group convenes faculty in the Arts and Humanities to discuss ways of connecting the study of the arts and humanities with professional competencies and career paths. Alongside discussing best practices with regard to advising about career paths, this cohort will hear about assignments and projects from the '24-'25 group as well as brainstorm ideas for their own assignments or courses, including the new gen ed categories.

Contact Genelle Gertz for more information.

Center for International Education - Summer 2025 Grant

The Center for International Education is accepting site visit grant applications for summer of 2025.

Eligibility:

The visit is in preparation for a Spring Term Abroad course intended to run in Spring Term 2027
The course is new
You've submitted an initial request form here (and it's been signed by your department head and dean)

Eligible professors are invited to apply for the grant here.

*note, the grant will ask for tentative dates and an estimated budget for the site visit

Questions? Reach out to cie@wlu.edu

Call for Proposals: 2025 Associated Colleges of the South Summer Collaborations

ACS is pleased to share a call for proposals to support summer learning and collaboration, program development, and diffusion of ideas across member campuses.

This year ACS will prioritize support for collaborative proposals across three thematic focus areas:

Using AI to enhance teaching & learning.
Fostering constructive dialogue and civil discourse.
Advancing our understanding of inclusive and innovative pedagogies.

We invite collaborative proposals on these and other topics in four different formats:

Reading groups
Workshop teams
Working groups
Peer exchange

ACS also invites participation in our Summer Writing Accountability Groups. Participants will be placed in groups of 4-8 members and meet weekly for updates, goal-setting, and individual writing. Learn more here.

Application process:

Submit collaborative proposals via this form by April 4. ACS will communicate decisions by April 25.
Register for Writing Accountability Groups here by April 4.
Contact Shiree Williams (swilliams@acsouth.edu) with questions.

Do you work with or know some amazing people at W&L?

Know someone who's accomplishing great things? Take the time to show them your appreciation by submitting their name and info to The Office of Communications and Public Affairs. If selected, the person may be featured in the Employee Accolades portion of The Columns Weekly newsletter. W&L is filled with amazing people, let's tell each other all about them!