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Excellence in Undergraduate Education Program
2002 Awards

EUE Abstracts - FY 02

Coordinator's Note: Abstracts of proposals funded in the FY 02 EUE Program are presented below. At total of 63 proposals were submitted; total requests were slightly over $570,000. Fifty-one proposals were funded, or partially funded, for a total of about $340,000.

02-01
Rita Arras, School of Nursing
A Web-based Format for the Public Health Nursing Practicum
Award Amount - $2,793

This proposal requests funding to develop Nursing 484, to a web-based format. This course is the undergraduate public health practicum. The students targeted for this revised format are the RN to BS students. Eight RN students are typically assigned to one clinical instructor for this course, but these students may be housed in 8 different county health departments. Students often have to cut their clinical day short to travel to the weekly clinical conference. There is also minimal opportunity for students to work together, given their wide geographic dispersion. The project director will develop the clinical conference for the public health nursing practicum into a web-based format. Web-CT software will be used to conduct the clinical conference. The project director will adapt present assignments, develop new assignments, and develop discussion questions that address course objectives and are suitable for the Internet. Anticipated benefits include increased interaction among and between students, increased interaction with instructor, increased critical thinking, and synthesis of theory with the clinical practicum. The proposal requests one month's summer salary support for the project director and 2 months salary support for a halftime graduate student to assist the director. Once this course is developed into this format, it would be simple for other instructors to use, with minor adaptations

02-02
Lisa Colbert Bandele, Dept. of Theater and Dance
Black Theater Workshop
Award Amount - $3,000

To develop a Black Theatre Workshop which will be open to all students who are interested in learning more about the history and performance of Black Theatre. This program will span the entire year and will include theatre workshops, script analysis, field trips to see Black Theatre, and student public performances. We will have several guest artist seminars featuring prominent African-American theatre artists from the St. Louis and Illinois area. Also, I will encourage students to write their own plays, and I will give them an opportunity to have them produced through the workshop.

02-03
James Boyle, Disability Support Services
Diagnostic Testing for Students with Suspected Learning Disabilities
Award Amount - $4,447

The proposal is to provide diagnostic testing for students suspected of having learning disabilities at SIUE. At this time, when a student or faculty member suspects a learning disability, SIUE has no internal process to ascertain the validity or extent of the disability. The funding of this proposal would make it possible to identify students' learning disabilities and to determine the extent of the disabilities so that more appropriate and complete accommodations could be offered to students with special needs. The proposed project will test, evaluate, make recommendations and offer accommodations to SIUE students with learning disabilities.

02-04
Anthony Cheeseboro, Ronald Schaefer and Francis Odemero, College of Arts & Sciences
Extending Curricular and Research Links with Nigeria
Award Amount - $637

This proposal is designed to develop a closer working reationship with a team of visiting scholars from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (UIN), who are scheduled to visit SIUE Pending funding of a College and University Affiliations grant (CUAP). The Nigerian scholars and their SIUE counterparts are committed to improving curricular offerings in the areas of African Studies at SIUE and American and African Studies at UIN. This EUE proposal seeks to bring Professor Wilson Ogbomo of Eastern Illinois University for two visits to SIUE in order to promote African American Studies and share his experience on Nigeria with SIUE Faculty.

02-06
Martha Carlton and Susan Nall, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
Creating a Standards-based Early Childhood Teacher Education Program
Award Amount - $11,359

The purpose of the proposed project is to support the movement of the present Early Childhood Teacher Education program toward a standards-based program. The standards-based program, incorporating all of the present undergraduate Early Childhood courses, will be implemented through a Professional Development Schools model beginning in the fall of 2001. The new program will be developed through a collaborative effort between university professors and in-service mentor teachers who will work throughout the summer of 2001. In order to complete this project, two university professors, five mentor teachers and a graduate assistant will be needed. The following objectives will be addressed during the summer: 1) develop a new standards-based Early Childhood Teacher Education program; 2) develop a portfolio assessment system for the teacher education students; 3) produce an Early Childhood PDS Handbook utilizing the already existing departmental PDS handbook; 4) integrate the state and national learning standards into the new program; 5) examine the existing School of Education PDS and incorporate their experiences; 6) involve teachers in the design and implementation of the entire process. Initial implementation of the new program will begin with the fall semester 2001. During the school year 2001-2002, five mentor in-service teachers who helped create the standards-based program will also be involved in the implementation process. Teacher education students will participate in one learning seminar a week led by university professors, with one in-service mentor teacher also participating. This will be done on a rotating basis so that each mentor teacher participates every fifth week. Substitute teachers will be provided for the teachers so that seminars can be conducted during regular school hours.

02-09
Ralph Donald, Dept. of Mass Communications
Digital Videography and Editing Program Upgrade
Award Amount - $22,160

By adding additional digital field production cameras and editing stations to those already provided by the Mass Communications Department, students will be able to complete more individual video assignments (aiding the learning experience through repetition), and certain courses (such as MC 334, Electronic Media Advertising) will have much more access to video equipment, allowing professors to teach the full set of skills promised in their course descriptions.

02-10
Matt Emerson and Julie Holt, Dept. of Anthropology
Archaeology Lab for Undergraduate Instruction and Research
Award Amount - $9,437

Funds are requested to develop an Archaeology laboratory for undergraduate instruction and research. No program or course in archaeological or artifactual laboratory analysis is currently in place. Project directors propose that basic archaeological lab materials and tools be purchased for use by students in the form of lab kits. These archaeology lab kits and listed equipment are essential to the department's archaeology program.

Laboratory commodities previously used by Anthropology undergraduates were removed to Contract Archaeology facilities sometime in the early 1980's. Previous artifact work by students has served museum preparation purposes only through a museum technology course. The project directors and the Department of Anthropology are currently offering two new courses in Archaeology laboratory instruction and analysis. New lab courses and existing field opportunities offer students a unique active learning experience in the application of standard methods in archaeology; specifically artifact analysis.

02-11
Narbeth Emmanuel and Earleen Patterson, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Project GAME
Award Amount - $8,100

This proposal would continue the EUE funded African American male student retention project that began in FY 00. The project provides structured activities and services for 30 randomly selected male African American residential students and is a collaborative effort of Student Affairs, the School of Education, Special Services, and Instructional Services. The projects activities stress improving academic survival skills, self esteem, realistic self-appraisal and goal setting, and personal development. In preliminary evaluation, the Director of Assessment has concluded "the data support the conclusion that G.A.M.E. fosters increased academic performance that is highly significant, increased retention, and a somewhat enhanced progress toward the degree over the control group.

02-12
Carolyn Epple, Dept. of Anthropology
Women's Studies Videos
Award Amount - 4,969

Given the consistent and increasing interest in Women's Studies courses, the proposed project seeks to purchase 36 videos on women, gender, and related topics. Many of the videos can be used in multiple Women's Studies courses and other courses, and, by being housed in Lovejoy Library, will be accessible to faculty and students across the campus. As a result, this project will augment Women' s Studies undergraduate curriculum, while providing important resources for the University community as a whole.

02-13
John Farley and Jennifer Hamer, Dept. of Sociology
ABle Retention Program for Sociology Majors
Award Amount - $5,850

This proposal is to continue the ABle Program, a successful retention program for at-risk students majoring in Sociology. The ABle Program uses a combination of group problem-solving processes and intensive advising, mentoring, and monitoring of at-risk students to enhance connections among students and between the students and the university, and to encourage good time management and study skills. In the past, the ABle Program has been funded by various combinations of EUE, the Office of Cultural and Social Diversity (and its predecessor, the Provost's Minority Recruitment and Retention Fund). It last received EUE support in 1995-96 and 1996-97. For the first time in FY2002, part of the ABle Program is included in the recurring College of Arts and Sciences Budget. Again in 2002, partial funding is also coming from the Office of Cultural and Social Diversity. However, additional funding is needed from EUE to cover the balance of the costs, with less than 25% of the total budget being requested from EUE. In the past, the great majority of students were enrolled in ABle achieved significant improvements in their GPA over their cumulative average, and the great majority were retained to graduation. In addition, evaluation studies using control groups of comparable students who did not participate in ABle have revealed that a significantly higher proportion of the ABle participants have been retained to graduation.

02-14
Douglas Feldman, Margaret Erthal and Randall Smith, School of Education
Future Teachers Learning From Master Teachers
Award Amount - $5,580

The goal of this project is to enhance and expand the interaction of technologically-advanced teachers with elementary education students. The project will provide avenues of methodological exploration for teachers using technology and assist future teachers in integrating technology into the curriculum. The EUE project members believe that this new model of preparing our area's future school teachers will invigorate the use of computer technology in the classroom for K-6 students and provide greater satisfaction for the teachers.

02-15
Tom Foster and Kim Shaw, Dept. of Physics
Matter & Interactions Curriculum Implementation
Award Amount - $13,192

The Matter & Interactions curriculum is a radical departure from the traditional presentation of introductory physics. Matter & Interactions uses many modern physics topics to teach the fundamental principles of physics. It relies on the students being actively involved in their learning and assists them in producing useful visualizations through moderate computer modeling activities. Both of these are shown by research to produce better student comprehension of the material. The Department of Physics has made a unanimous commitment to teach this curriculum to a class of about 40 volunteer students. To succeed in this endeavor, the department will need to provide the textbooks and desktop experiment kits for each student. We will also need to develop new laboratory exercises relevant to the new curriculum. All of this is a major change for the department, so we have a rigorous evaluation plan in place which will assess both learning gains, as well as cognitive and affective changes. If the experimental section of Matter & Interactions is successful, the Department of Physics will adopt this curriculum for its university physics courses.

02-16
Elizabeth Grant, Dept. of Speech Communication
Connectin Communicators: Improving Speech Communication Education
Award Amount - $906

"Connecting Communicators" is a one-day event on the SIUE campus uniting students in speech communication education and secondary educators in the Metro-East area. The day includes roundtable and panel discussions between students and educators to share teaching experiences, strategies for improved instruction, and examination of current issues in our discipline. Current educators will present rnini4essons and will engage in a peer review of teaching while providing students with a unique observation experience, the ability to share lesson plans, and the opportunity to build lasting, mentoring relationships with future colleagues. Selected students and educators, along with the Director of Speech Communication, will report on the day's findings and events at the Illinois Speech and Theatre Convention in October, 2001.

02-17
Rik Hafer and Gail Heyne Hafer, Dept. of Economics and Finance
Math Pre-testing and Intervention to Improve Student Success in Economics
Award Amount - $8,944

Over the course of the past few years, we investigated the role of math skills in principles of economics Econ 111). Early in the semester we administer a math pre-test that covers rudimentary math concepts used in principles. Sadly, the majority of students fail this test: the average score is about 7 correct out of 15. Further analysis shows that after holding constant the influence of other factors, including the student's GPA, previous math courses and a host of demographic factors, scores on the math pre-test are significantly and positively correlated with performance in principles classes. Results of similar testing, in addition to math enhancement programs, at other institutions suggest that early intervention to improve math skills also improves student performance in economics.
This proposed project would extend this early assessment all ECON 111 students (approximately 1,300 per year). Unlike our previous approach, this project provides students with resources aimed at improving their math skills and comprehension. The project calls for a math pre4est in all ECON 111 sections to identify students for whom weak math skills are a potential stumbling block. A self-paced math tune-up manual and out-of-class tutorial sessions would be made available to enhance math skills. The success of this intervention can he measured by statistically comparing class performance of those who passed the math pretest, those who failed it and participated in the tune-up and tutorial sessions and those who failed the pretest and did not seek additional help.
We request funds to write and produce the math tune-up manual, administer the math pretest, conduct the out-of-class math tutorial sessions, and compile the evidence in a culminating report.

02-18
Jeanette Handling, Office of Instructional Services
Workshops for Small Groups at the Writing Center
Award Amount -$7,650

Several writing centers at various universities have had success offering workshops on a variety of topics. During the 2000-2001 academic year, I began to experiment with offering workshops on MLA and APA style. I found that if the workshops were offered at a variety of times, students could fit them into their schedules.

I want to hire a graduate student to expand this service. The graduate student would create and conduct a number of workshops on various topics in English usage. This would allow the Writing Center to offer instruction to students in small groups, thus expanding our services and the number of students we could help.

After this pilot year, the other writing consultants could use the materials created by the graduate student to continue to offer workshops to students.

02-19
Jeanette Handling and Alexandra Babione, College of Arts and Sciences
Expanding the Writing Center
Award Amount -$7,650

The Writing Center serves students throughout the University, but often finds that demand for services exceeds resources. By expanding our use of the Internet and communication technology, the Writing Center will be able to serve the SIUE community more extensively and effectively. Students will have the option to visit the Center and meet face to face with a tutor or contact a tutor online for help with writing assignments.

02-20
Mark Hildebrandt, Dept. of Geography
To Develop and Procure Equipment for a Snow and Ice Processes Field Course
Award Amount - $6,228

The goal of this project is to develop a field course that can be offered as a stand-alone course. This course will enable students to learn about climate change both through direct observation and field research in cold environments. The field equipment requested will enable such observation and research in snowy and icy environments, from snow stability and morphology to glacial landforms and avalanche forecasting. The value of such field research is well documented, enabling students to enhance their retention of what is learned in the classroom and making them excited about the learning process. This course will help our students strengthen their abilities in science and improve their overall critical thinking skills.

02-22
Poonam Jain and Ann Boyle, School of Dental Medicine
Integration of an Intra Oral Imaging System into the Dental Clinical Curriculum
Award Amount - $8,000

This project seeks to integrate an intra oral imaging system into the dental clinical curriculum. The project will expose and train dental students to use one of the most innovative technological advances in the field. It will enable students to show patients their teeth and/or faces on a large screen in real time, before, during and after treatment. It will also enable students/faculty members to make modifications to the patient' 5 teeth and/or facial esthetics on the computer screen and show the patient the oral and facial changes that will result from the proposed dental treatment. This system has the ability to store images on a computer disk for easy recall and can print high quality photographs that can be given to patients, saved in the patient's chart for future reference or sent to the dental laboratory. The imaging system will not only improve communication between patients and students/faculty members, but also aid communication with dental laboratories. Also, patients will be able to actually 'see' their teeth at various recall visits and follow the progress of treatment or status of existing lesion(s).
Integration of this innovative technology in to the dental clinical curriculum will lend itself to student perception of being trained on 'cutting edge' technology, bolster alumni pride in the school's progress and aid student and faculty recruitment and retention. It will certainly enhance SIU SDM's growing reputation as a premier institution for training clinical dentists.

02-24
J. Calvin Jarrell, Dept. of Theater and Dance
American College Dance Festival 2002
Award Amount- $2,580

The objective of this proposal is to acquire funding for 10 students and 3 faculty members to attend the American College Dance Festival during the academic year of 2001 - 2002. Attending the American College Dance festival is a significant educational and motivational experience for our dance students, which substantially contributes to the excellence in their undergraduate education.

02-25
J. Calvin Jarrell, Dept. of Theater and Dance
International Guest Artist/Visiting Scholar
Award Amount- $5,400

The objective of this proposal is to bring two dance professors from Mumbai University, in Mumbai, India, to SIUE in November of 2001. They would be at SIUE for two weeks and would conduct dance workshops and present their research on the traditional dance forms in India. The two guest artists/visiting scholars for this proposal are Dr. Malati Agniswaran and Dr. Veena Aruna Londhe. Dr. Agniswaran is the Head of the Department of Bharatanatyam, Nalanda Nritya, and Kala Mahavidyalaya at Mumbai University.

This residency has the potential of making a significant impact on our dance students and opening their eyes to a larger, global perspective in their chosen field of study. It would help with the globalization of our dance curriculum, provide artistic activities and active learning, and emphasize the importance scholarly dance research. It is a unique and special opportunity for our students.

02-26
Pamela Kech and Thomas Foster, College of Arts and Sciences
Model Inquiry-Based Learning for Secondary Education Majors
Award Amount - $7,450

Methods in Science 494 (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, General Science) is an education course required for undergraduate students seeking a bachelor's degree and/or certification to teach science at the secondary level (grades 6-12). In preparation for the teaching profession, undergraduate students are required to model inquiry-based learning during their in-class lesson presentations in Science 494. Except for textbook reading assignments, students are not exposed to any models of inquiry-based learning in Science 494. This proposal seeks to remedy the situation by using science kits, developed by in-service (experienced) teachers of grades 6-12, to model inquiry-based learning. Funds requested in this proposal will be used to obtain kit materials.

02-27
Dianne Koehnecke, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
Effectiveness of Smart Classroom technology in CI 413
Award Amount - $500

This project is designed to use technology to improve the researcher's course content, pedagogy, and student learning. The study is centered around an organizational framework designed to measure specific technological strategies utilized in a "Smart Classroom." Specifically, tools that will be utilized in this study to determine what constitutes effective use of the "Smart" or technological classroom are the following three items: the syllabus and other course information located on a computer disk and projected unto a large screen; the "smart board notebook," and Power Point presentations. Collection of data includes the researcher's informal observations, notations kept in the researcher's journal at three different intervals each semester, and a final survey given to students at the end of the Fall and Spring Semesters. Anticipated results of this study, based on the input from students in the Fall semester course, are that these tools did, indeed, aid students in initial content, pedagogy, and learning, Continued qualitative study is being conducted this semester with a group of 14 students enrolled in the Children's Literature Course.

02-28
Joel Knapp, Dept. of Music
Renaissance Madrigal Dinner
Award Amount - $17,020

Renaissance Madrigal Dinners are educational and enjoyable. Students and audience members are immersed in the life and culture of Renaissance England. as they spend an evening singing carols and madrigals of yesteryear. There was so much interest generated from the Music Department's first Madrigal Dinner presented 1999, that we offered two nights in 2000 and increased attendance by 60%. Unfortunately, our Theater's costume shop does not have the appropriate costumes needed for this event. Choir students have had to rent costumes, at their own expense, paying up to $60.00 per costume. Because the students have to rent costumes, this prohibits the use of the costumes for other performances in schools and the community.

Purchasing the costumes is the most cost-effective approach because the already still rental prices will probably increase over time. In addition to the direct benefit of having the costumes for the actual performances, the costumes would also provide students in both the Music Department and the Theater and Dance Department with opportunities to learn about the music, dress, and culture of the Renaissance. Small groups will participate researching, preparing and performing appropriate Renaissance literature. Through lecture and discussion, students will learn performance practices of the period, which they will share with wider audiences of all ages during future performances.

In addition, students would greatly benefit from seeing other actors/singers in a Renaissance setting. Money is being requested to help finance a trip to the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, where they will perform and gain a better understanding of life and literature in the Renaissance.

02-29
W. Craven Mackie, Dept. of Theater and Dance
SETO Production Program
Award Amount - $2,000

Continuation of the Student Experimental Theater Organization (SETO) program: a program of dramatic works, dance concerts, musicals, and experimental productions developed and staffed by students who may or may not be majoring or minoring in the Department of Theater and Dance.

SETO annually produces 4-5 productions, some with no admission charge. Each of these productions is given four performances, affording an opportunity for an audience of around three hundred, mostly SIUE students. The cost for one season runs around $4000, half for commodities and half for contractual services. Box office income averages around $1500 for the season. We are requesting $2000 to help meet the cost.

02-30
J. Debbie Mann and Nancy Lutz, College of Arts and Sciences
Quebec Travel-Study
Award Amount - $13,400

This EUE grant requests support to reduce costs for students participating in an international travel-study program in Quebec, Canada. The Qu6bec travel-study will involve a ten-day cultural and linguistic immersion experience in Quebec City scheduled for Spring Break 2002. Participating students will be registered for credit either in Anth 301-Language and Culture or FL 491-Language and Cultural Workshop. Directed by two faculty members, one from the Department of Anthropology and the other from Foreign Languages, this program will afford both a rigorous academic experience and a substantial international experience.

02-31
Rowena McClinton, Dept. of Historical Studies
Handbook for Secondary Education Majors
Award Amount $891

This proposal addresses the need for a Department of Historical Studies handbook for secondary education history majors. The compilation of this handbook will involve both the SIUE School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences. Therefore1 the contents will reflect standards and expectations of both institutions and NCATE standards. This guidebook will be of utmost importance in strengthening undergraduate program in history education because students will have a dependable and concrete source to which to turn when plotting one's way through choosing undergraduate history and education courses. These contents will supply the student guidelines, deadlines, teacher-training syllabi, courses to be taken in the School of Education and the Department of Historical Studies, forms for medical examinations, university supervising evaluation sheets, cooperating teacher/university supervisor evaluations, and the history university supervisor's statement of what is expected of every student who desires certification. The approximately 100 page printed items are to be disseminated when a student has passed the TAP text and has declared the history/education major.

02-34
Kay Mueggenburg, School of Nursing
Public Health Didactic Goes Online
Award Amount - $6,044

Many faculty members from SIUE School of Nursing are now incorporating WebCT applications into their courses. Currently, one class, N-422, Advanced Professionalism and Leadership in Nursing is totally web based. Evaluation of student learning outcomes and student attitudes has been very positive. This project will allow the Project Director time to develop N-444, Strategies to Improve the Public's Health, into a totally web-based course. Currently this course is web-enhanced. Several assignments are offered on WebCT, but course content and class discussions are not currently offered. The online pilot class will be offered Fall, 2001 to interested RN to BS Completion students at the many distant sites serviced by the School of Nursing. Currently these students can enroll in this class only when it is offered in their community (often a 3 year cycle). This new format will allow the first 25 interested students to enroll in this required class whenever it best fits their schedule. Students will be expected to come to campus only twice. Once for an overall orientation to the WebCT system, and once to participate in the School of Nursing's Research Day. Evaluation will be an important component of this course offering. Formative and summative evaluations of learning, technology and student attitudes will be assessed.

02-36
Paulette Myers, Dept. of Art & Design
Expanding the Production Capability of Undergraduate Metalsmithing Students
Award Amount - $9,975

This project involving the 50 Ton Hydraulic Electric Press upon implementation will immediately expand the capabilities of undergraduate metalsmithing students by providing them with a major process that will shorten their time for producing one-of-a-kind or limited edition metal works. of art. This hydraulic press will give students the opportunity to learn a production technique of metal forming and embossing as applied to jewelry, hollowware, and small or large sculptural metal. More importantly this gives them the opportunity to reduce time spent on the labor intensive activities common to this field realizing a more cost effective future, to devote more time to artistic endeavors, and to apply their study time to additional technical learning. This can greatly impact the students' financial success upon graduation in areas of self employment as studio artists for gallery affiliations, art gift shops and major art fairs throughout the country. They will have the knowledge to apply the press process to their jewelry or hollowware. This also offers knowledge for employment in the jewelry industry. The curriculum will be expanded to include this vital process for metal students at the sophomore, junior, and senior level totaling approximately 50-60 metal students per semester.

02-39
Jerry Pogatshnik and Tom Foster, Dept. of Physics
Data Acquisition Equipment for the Introductory Physics Laboratories
Award Amount - $9,532

The objective of this project is to provide modern data acquisition hardware and software for use in our Introductory physics labs (PHYS 112, 206, and 212A,B). These lab courses enroll approximately 400 students each semester. The new systems will allow us to significantly improve our current computer-based labs in the area of mechanics. It will also allow us to develop new computer-based lab experiments in optics, waves, sound, and electricity and magnetism.

02-40
Ann Popkess, School of Nursing
Development of a Web-Based Course for hte RN-BS Curriculum (N323)
Award Amount - $2,072

This proposed project seeks funding to develop a Web-based nursing concepts and process course for the RN to BS curriculum. This curriculum has recently been revised to better meet the expectations of nurses in the high-tech environment. The school of nursing is committed to enhancing this curriculum to include Web based and web-enhanced courses to accommodate the learning styles of these students, many of whom are distance-learners, working in full-time careers as nurses and need the flexibility of an asynchronous learning environment. The learner objectives of this course include developing electronic communication skills; enhanced use of the Internet as a learning resource and development of critical thinking and active involvement of learners in their teaching-leaning activities. Funding for this proposal is sought to support the Project Directors salaries for one per month to develop and convert existing course materials to a suitable Web based format. Existing University support will be utilized through collaboration with the Faculty Technology Center and the School of Nursing. This course will be evaluated using formative and summative evaluation tools and results will be disseminated to the Curriculum Committee in the School of Nursing and other interested faculty and students.

02-41
Keely Rees and Mary Baya, School of Education/Student Affairs
Project SOS: Stomp Out Smoking at SIUE
Award Amount - $3,336

This proposal is for support to fund educational events and activities that are tobacco related. The project is a collaborative effort between Kinesiology and Health Education and the Wellness Program. Two academic courses in Kinesiology and Health Education (HED 205-Foundations of Health Education and HED 455-Epidemiology and Biostatistics) will be utilized as student-active learning communities. In the Fall 2001 semester, we propose to involve the entire HED 205 class (approximately 40 students) in a variety of learning opportunities that will better acquaint them with the profession of Health Education. The students will participate in: a public speaking training, peer presentations poster presentations, planning, promoting and evaluating an event on campus, and attending at least two Peer Health Educator meetings. In the Spring 2002 semester, we propose to involve the entire HED 455 class (approximately 15 students) in developing an assessment tool, administering the surveillance survey, compiling data, presenting their findings to a panel of campus health professionals, develop an educational fact sheet related to tobacco and distribute the information throughout the campus community. Our goal is to continue this project by applying for additional EUE funding next year in order to involve students in the process of developing a Social Norming Campaign that will focus on "normalizing" the actual use of tobacco by SIUE students. This process is already in place on campus through the Wellness Program and the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program's Social Norming Campaign related to alcohol.

02-42
Mark Rossow, Dept. of Civil Engineering
Improving and Educational Computer Program
Award Amount - $4,980

Nine years ago, the project director began developing a set of computer programs to provide tutorials and exercises for students primarily in his CE 242 class but also for students in more advanced engineering classes. The programs have in the past proven both educationally effective and popular with students; however, advances in computer hardware and the widespread introduction of the Windows operating system have made the format of the programs obsolete. Students now think that they are being forced to use an inferior product because they do not find the features and conventions for operating the programs that they have grown to expect from present-day Windows-based software. The present proposal aims to promote excellence in engineering education in this situation by hiring student programmers to translate and combine the set of programs into a single polished, Windows-compliant version.

02-43
Nancy Ruff and Allison Thomason, College of Arts and Sciences
Exploring the Ancient World: Travel-Study and Beyond
Award Amount - $8,400

The two-fold purpose of this project is to accelerate SIUE student participation in an excellent, interdisciplinary travel-study program on the ancient world and to make students' travel-study experiences accessible to their non-traveling peers through presentations in classes across campus that study ancient culture. The program, based at SIUC and staffed by interdisciplinary faculty, offers students two weeks in Greece or Egypt, including two site visits per day, on-site demonstrations and lectures, cultural experiences such as riding a camel into the desert at sunset and sailing Homer's wine-dark sea, and an active learning approach. Students participate in hands-on projects, such as painting hieroglyphics, making pottery in a potter's shop, re-enacting a mummification ritual, a legal debate in an ancient law court, Socrates' conversations in the ancient marketplace, a play in an ancient theater with costumes and masks students make themselves.

On their return, students will create and present projects such as computerized teaching tools, slide shows, displays of ceramics, architectural models, or artifacts such as tools or clothing, reenactments of rituals, drama, dance, music, or social customs, illustrations, recitations, or adaptations of ancient literature. Sharing their projects with others will help to raise students' consciousness of themselves as global citizens.

02-44
Cathy Santanello, Office of the Provost
Enlivening Teaching: Using Discipline-Based Cases to Improve Learning and Teaching
Award Amount - $3,860

Case teaching is an active learning pedagogy that has been used for many years in fields such as business, medicine, and education. Because this technique has been so successful in these areas, other disciplines are starting to engage in the use of case studies in college classrooms. Case studies enable students to address real-world problems and use their own intellect and judgment to "solve the problem". In other words, it enhances their critical thinking skills so they can become life-long learners.
The Center for Case Studies in Education at Pace University is presenting the "Enlivening Teaching: Using Discipline-Based Cases and Classroom Research to Improve Learning and Teaching" Conference. This proposal seeks funding to send a team to this conference. In turn, they will be able to demonstrate to the SIUE faculty (via workshops) the benefits of writing cases and using them in the college classroom.

02-45
Jake Schaefer, Dept. of Biological Sciences
HydroLab Quanta for Water Quality Analysis of Aquatic Ecosystems
Award Amount - $3,846

This request is to fund the purchase of a HydroLab Quanta to enhance undergraduate courses dealing with aquatic systems as Well as a wide variety of potential undergraduate research projects. A HydroLab is a specialized piece of equipment commonly used to measure many water quality parameters at various depths in lakes, reservoirs and larger streams. For a true appreciation of how aquatic ecosystems (which are inherently three-dimensional) function, students should be able to monitor water conditions at various depths.

02-46
Madhav Segal, Dept. of Management and Marketing
E-Business/E-Marketing Enhancement
Award Amount - $2,276

The Internet has become an increasingly popular and versatile tool for marketing and business. Frequently touted as a revolutionary force for business, it is rapidly becoming a fundamental and often necessary vehicle for communications and transactions between marketers and consumers (B2C) and between businesses (B2B). Its benefits will become even more pronounced as the range of innovative possibilities for marketing is recognized and leveraged to develop coherent and effective marketing and business strategies. Business strategies that include the Internet are often characterized as electronic commerce. Electronic commerce encompasses a wide variety of business activities, including those typically associated with marketing (buying and selling online). The current emphasis of the Internet as a technology for commerce reflects the symbiotic nature of the relationship between technology and marketing. While the e-commerce and online transactions have grown dramatically, the business education has been unable to keep pace with these rapid changes. Therefore, this project proposes to acquire e-commerce and e-marketing video materials (Tapes and CD ROMs) that will augment our students' business knowledge of the digital economy. Specifically, it will improve our students' ability to develop the skills needed to formulate effective marketing practices for the internet, and to remain on the cutting edge of developments in technology and its role in establishing effective e-commerce practices.

02-47
Wendy Shaw and Bin Zhou, Dept. of Geography
Cartography Lab Teaching Space
Award Amount - $4,500

Cartography, along with much of geography, has undergone fundamental changes in recent years. In years past maps were produced using manual techniques such as pen and ink, while today maps are overwhelmingly designed and produced via computers.
With the retirement of our current cartographer we are seeking to hire a replacement. It is essential that this new faculty person have the tools to teach contemporary cartography. At the present time we have a cartography room equipped with drafting tables, and this room has been used for only two classes per year.
We have been fortunate to receive some funding through the State of Illinois to upgrade our Cartography lab, so that we can not only provide training in modem technology that is a part of cartography, but also put the lab space to use in a variety of geography classes. It is essential that undergraduates get the opportunity to use computer technology in the solving of spatial problems. Without skills in the use of such technology our undergraduate students are ill equipped to take their place in today's workplace. The income provided by the state covers approximately half the basic cost of upgrading the cartography lab, but falls short of providing the funds needed to get the lab up and running to fill the needs of our students.
We are asking for some funding through the EUE program to enable us to get up and running for the Fall 2001 semester, so that we can integrate the use of technology not only within cartography, but also a wide variety of undergraduate geography courses.

02-49
Scott Smith, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Educational Component of Imersive WorkWall System for Campus-Wide Visualization
Award Amount - $12,780

In the proposed project, students will use and create visualization models which illustrate scientific concepts. Using World Wide Web technologies such as three-dimensional graphics and Java programming, realistic and interactive simulation models can be created. The work is part of a large NSF-funded project which provides large-screen virtual reality displays of the models. With the EUE program's support, we wish to provide an educational aspect to our overall visualization project. We believe that the visual, working models that we have already developed will help students better understand the concepts covered in the courses which can make use of our visualization services. Additionally, the project will give senior-level students from several disciplines the opportunity to create models that demonstrate concepts from their areas of expertise. This experience will involve the students in a multidisciplinary effort in which they will learn new skills as well as provide graphical tools that will help future students visualize complex engineering or scientific concepts.

02-50
Mickey Stanley, School of Nursing
Development of a Web Site for Nursing Student Licensing Exam Preparation
Award Amount - $3,708

In addition to successfully completing all academic requirements for an entry-level degree, all nursing graduates must successfully complete a licensing exam given by his/her State Board of Nursing. This exam is developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and represents the knowledge, skills and abilities essential to entry-level practice in nursing from a national perspective. Recently the exam has been converted from a paper/pencil administration to a computerized format. This format may be stress provoking for many graduate nurses. The School of Nursing offers National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX) preparation sessions for all senior nursing students in their final semester of the program. These sessions are time consuming for faculty and may be poorly attended by students due to the time constraints of a lull academic schedule coupled with work and family responsibilities. The purpose of this EUE is to develop a web site devoted to assisting nursing students in their preparation for the NCLEX. Planned components include test taking and stress management tips, web-based review materials and practice tests, application forms with instructions for completion and updates regarding changes in the NCLEX.

02-51
Bryce Sullivan and Lee Pogatshnik, Dept. of Psychology
Psychological Testing and the Undergraduate Curriculum
Award Amount - $8,920

The psychological test materials housed in the Department of Psychology Resource Center serve a vital role in supporting the learning activities in our undergraduate curriculum. These testing materials along with the reference books, journal collection, video library, and computer-aided instructional materials in the Resource Center support the direct and indirect undergraduate teaching activities of the department. Improving the psychological testing inventory in the Department of Psychology is critical to our undergraduate mission. Corresponding to the constant advancement in science, new psychological test instruments are developed and become widely used by psychological practitioners and scientists. This project will support the purchase of technologically state-of-the-art psychological testing materials for use in the undergraduate curriculum. It will also support the purchase of a computer to track the test inventory and support the implementation of a comprehensive evaluation procedure. The list of undergraduate courses in the Department of Psychology that could benefit from more testing resources is significant with approximately 565 students affected annually. Psychological tests are used in undergraduate psychology courses in many ways. For example, in the context of an active learning exercise in the Theories of Personality course (PSYC44O), the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) offers a nexus between the esoteric and intellectual writings of Carl Jung and the world of applied psychology. Through group activities, the students in the Theories of Personality course can have the opportunity to experience first-hand the procedures involved in administering, scoring, and interpreting the MBTI, a widely used psychological test. Psychological Tests and Measurements (PSYC42l) can also utilize tests such as the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, the Hamilton Depression Inventory, and the Wonderlic Personnel Test in a course group activity that includes a written report and presentation. Students enrolled in the Experimental Psychology courses (PSYC3 10, PSYC3 11, & PSYC3 12) design and complete psychological experiments in student groups. After designing and conducting these studies, the studies are frequently used as a foundation for the students Senior Assignment project. Course exercises, course assignments, and research projects using psychological tests unite the science and practice of psychology in coherent and meaningful ways.

02-52
Mary Sumner, Dept. of Computer Management and Information Systems
Student Participation in Technology and Commerce Roundtable
Award Amount - $1,000

This grant will enable 25 students to participate in the Technology and Commerce Roundtable, which is a business/university partnerships which enables faculty, industry partners, corporate representatives, and faculty to interact on key information systems issues.

02-53
C. Otis Sweezey, Dept. of Theater and Dance
Lens for Multimedia Projector
Award Amount - $2,600

The purchase of a wide-angle lens to be used with the Dept. of Theater and Dance's projector. This will allow more flexibility in using the projector. The projector, with its lens, will be used in Theater and Dance productions

02-54
C. Otis Sweezey, Dept. of Theater and Dance
USITT Convention 2002 - New Orleans
Award Amount - $4,374

Partial funding so that 8 Theater & Dance students can attend the USITT 2002 Convention in New Orleans.

02-56
Patricia Traxler Office of Instructional Services
Lab Assistants/Software Math
Award Amount - $2,898

Students need modes of instruction that are suitable for emphasis on active learning, problem solving, applications, writing mathematics and higher-order thinking skills Laboratory assistants will enhance the quality of instruction in our efforts to incorporate technology.

02-57
Anne Valk, Amanda Bahr-Evola and Steve Kerber, College of Arts and Sciences/Lovejoy Library
Acquisitions to Improve HIST 447, Approaches to Oral History
Award Amount - $4,428

This proposal seeks funds to support and improve the quality of instruction of H1ST447, Approaches to Oral History. The funds would support the purchase of ten transcription machines and cassette tapes needed to facilitate students' research activities. In addition, grant money is requested to cover the registration costs for students to attend the annual conference of the Oral History Association which will take place in St. Louis in October, 2001. The course will benefit in pedagogical and practical ways from these one-time expenditures. In addition, the equipment purchases will become available for use by other SIUE undergraduates through the university's Audio-Visual Services department.

02-58
Brent Vaughn and Chiang Lin, Dept. of Civil Engineering
Introduction to Structural Health Monitoring
Award Amount - $2,610

Historically, the primary focus of Civil engineering undergraduate education was on the application of theory and tools used to design structures and Systems up to and including the construction phase. However, civil engineering projects have become multidisciplinary to meet increasing demands of renewing the existing infrastructure, for more economic design and construction, improved safety and better performance. "Smart" technology, involving electrical measuring devices and computer applications, is now integrated to monitor and diagnose the health of civil works. While the CE2O7L (Computer Applications) undergraduate lab experiments introduce some basic macro measurements using sensor techniques, they do not directly address the stress-strain concepts crucial for civil engineering. Adding additional structural health and performance monitoring lessons and lab experiences will boost the student's understanding of material stress-strain behavior and how it relates to performance. Students should also recognize the need for professional accountability: the modern civil engineer's responsibility does not end once the project is constructed. To address this, it is proposed to augment CE33OL (Engineering Materials Laboratory) by including a sensor-based laboratory project. In this project, students will design, implement and analyze a sensor-based application using an existing steel bridge model or structure as the test bed. Students would develop a better awareness and understanding of the related concepts of stress and strain; learn the basics of "smart" structures and structural health and performance monitoring; enhance competitive teamwork skills since the report grades will be based on weighted criteria; learn to evaluate, justify and document using, selecting and analyzing sensor based technology; observe and evaluate differences between theoretical and observed phenomena. Effectiveness of the program would be evaluated at the report presentation and as part of the Senior Project final report. Results will be included in the ABET portfolio.

02-59
Jennifer Vandever, Steven Huffstutler and Kay Werner, Faculty Technology Center
SIUE Faculty Summer Institute
Award Amount - $12,000

Each semester, the number of web-enhanced and web-based courses at SIUE grows. The number of WebCT courses at SIUE grew from 80 in Spring 2000 to 220 in Spring 2001, with over 4,000 student accounts. The nature of these courses requires instructors to develop new skills, both technical and pedagogical. In order for the instructors of these courses to be more effective in this new environment, the Faculty Technology Center is hosting a Summer Institute for twenty SIUE faculty members. Institute members will participate in an online course facilitated by instructors from the Illinois Online Network (ION); ION's primary mission is to promote the effective use of networked information technologies in order to enhance traditional classroom instruction, and to build the foundation for developing, delivering, and supporting courses delivered in a completely online format. Participants will also attend technology workshops at SIUE one day per week for six weeks. The institute will be held June 6 - July 18.

The ION course is titled "Online Learning: An Overview" and is an overview of online learning and teaching, and introduces the key elements of an online program. The technology workshops are designed to give participants specific skills related to developing web-enhanced or web-based courses. Staff members from the Faculty Technology Center as well as expert faculty members will lead these workshops. This grant will fund the tuition for the participants' ION course and an equipment stipend.

02-60
Tammy Voepel and Marilyn Hasty, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
Recitation Sessions versus Computer Labs for Calculus II
Award Amount - $3,187

The purpose of this project is to compare the effectiveness of computer labs to recitation/problem
solving sessions within Calculus II Math 152). Currently the students have approximately seven computer labs during the semester and work with a single TA. In Calculus II during Fall 2001 the students will have approximately seven computer labs during either the first or the second half of the semester and will attend approximately seven recitation/problems sessions during the other half of the semester. Due to the increased number of weekly sessions, an additional TA will be required.

02-61
Eric Voss, Dept. of Chemistry
Laboratory Manual of Experiemnts for CHEM 415: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Award Amount - $4,505

The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 415) is a senior-level advanced course that focuses on the synthesis and characterization of inorganic substances that are important to society. Students spend a semester using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques that are unique to this course. Due to the specialized nature of the experiments, there is no commercially available Laboratory Manual of Experiments (and it is unlikely there ever will be). Instructional materials for the course have been developed over the past seven years by the Project Director (some with EUB support) and have been distributed to students piece-by-piece throughout each semester. This proposal requests support to compile the instructional materials into a bound Laboratory Manual of Experiments to be given to SIUB students in CHEM 415. Common reference materials to which students already have access will not be included. Having one laboratory resource for all experiments will certainly improve the quality of the education of students taking the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory course.

02-62
Laura Wolff and Elizabeth Fonseca, School of Business/CAS
The Rain Forest Project
Award Amount - $26,875

This project will allow faculty and students from various departments at the University to develop relationships for undergraduate studies and hands-on service learning with the staff and facilities of the Carara national park in Costa Rica. The Reserva Biol6gica Carara is located in a Pacific Coast rain forest and has areas of dry, wet and cloud forest. This 11,600-acre reserve is one of Costa Rica's last habitats for scarlet macaws and has rich biodiversity. Due to its location, the reserve has received neither large numbers of tourists nor extensive scientific study. The staff is very interested in forming relationships for studies in the sciences and for direct assistance in carrying out their preservation and educational missions. Science undergraduate students could take part in hands-on surveys and studies. Service learning groups from multiple majors could assist both in developing its educational resources and maintaining its trails and other facilities, while learning about sustainability and the environment. Language students can have an immersion experience or provide translation for service learning or scientific study groups. Business students can help develop international marketing plans with the staff as well as study the dynamics of ecotourism. Economics students can do impact studies and have a laboratory for environmental economics topics.

02-63
E. Duff Wrobbel, Dept. of Speech Communication
Speech Communication Center
Award Amount - $10,233

The Department of Speech Communication seeks to expand the Speech Communication Center, which is currently open only to students enrolled in SPC 105 (Fundamentals of Public Speaking) and, as of Fall 2000, all SIUE Senior Assignment students and Undergraduate Research Academy Fellows. In its expanded form, the Center will be open to all SIUE students. Primary areas of service will continue to involve assistance in planning and developing presentations for class assignments, including tutorial assistance in presentation development, identification and use of resource materials, delivery skills assistance, and the assessment of presentation skills. Clients have tutorial support in the development of presentation, an opportunity to be video-taped during practice sessions, and are given evaluative feedback on video-taped performances. In addition, a reporting system communicates with faculty members when clients use the Center (similar to the system currently used by the SIUE Writing Center). The Center is overseen by a faculty member of the Department of Speech Communication, and will utilize a trained part-time graduate student and paid advanced-level undergraduate students from the Department to provide expanded tutorial support. The Center's effectiveness is tracked by monitoring observed student improvement, reported student feedback, and instructor feedback.