Rollins College Annual Report

TRADITION OF INNOVATION ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

ENGAGED LEARNING APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS LIFELONG LEARNING AND SERVICE

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A N N U A L R E P O R T

I am pleased to present the third edition of the

Dean of the Faculty Annual Report. During the

2009-10 academic year, we continued to focus on

strategic priorities that include recruiting and

retaining accomplished faculty and staff, enhancing

professional development opportunities, sustaining

meaningful curricular and co-curricular programs,

and promoting excellence in support services.

These priorities contribute to the achievements

of our students and the success of our graduates — the best measures

of a Rollins education.

Our mission to provide a rigorous liberal arts education that prepares

students to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers continues

to inspire me. I am filled with a tremendous sense of gratitude to be

part of a community that recognizes both the intellectual and ethical

dimensions of our efforts to help students better understand

themselves, their disciplines, and their responsibility to work toward a

more humane world.

As you will see, this report is an impressive snapshot of the many

outstanding accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff:

• Rollins was recognized as the top producer of student Fulbright

recipients among master’s-level institutions in the country.

• Our 125-year tradition of innovation continues with the Rollins Plan,

the faculty-driven renewal of our general education curriculum, as

well as the Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series designed to promote

collegial dialogue.

• We highlight the breadth of engaged and integrative learning

opportunities for students that remain a hallmark of the Rollins

experience, including collaborative research, service learning,

academic internships, and international field studies.

• We celebrate faculty who have secured external funding, produced

peer-reviewed scholarship, and received awards for excellence in

teaching, scholarship, or service.

In addition, it has been my privilege to work more closely with our

colleagues in the Hamilton Holt School. Our shared values and

priorities transcend organizational boundaries and present exciting

opportunities to leverage many assets across the College as we

identify avenues to strengthen Rollins for the future.

As we prepare for another productive year, I thank you for your many

contributions and look forward to continuing to work together as we

prepare students to become responsible leaders and global citizens.

Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D.Dean of the FacultyProfessor of Sociology

LETTER FROM THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY

The 14th annual Starry, Starry Night fundraising

event was held on April 16. This year com-

memorated the Holt School’s 50th anniversary

of educating working adults. The event raised

$128,500 (a 9 percent increase over ’09) to

support student scholarships.

2009-10 NOTABLE EVENTS ,

LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS

COMMUNITY OFLEARNERS:

Peer-reviewedpublications

Music, dance& theatreperformances

Conferences,programs &exhibits

Facultybooks

Lectures &colloquia

Films

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | As part of our commitment to excellence in instruction and continuousprofessional development, the Dean of the Faculty’s Office welcomes James A. Zimmerman, Ph.D., as the

director of the Christian A. Johnson Institute for Effective Teaching. In addition, Professor Emerita of

English Barbara Carson will begin a Reflective Teaching Partner Initiative by working with a half-dozenfaculty sharing her experiences as a “student” enrolled in their fall courses.

FACULTY SALARIES | Competitive compensation is essentialto recruit and retain accomplished faculty members. Over the

past two years faculty salaries have emerged as our top budget

priority. During this time period, Rollins has invested more

than $755,000 for across-the-board salary increases and has

allocated an additional $650,000 in new dollars to fund the

Strategic Faculty Compensation System.

ENGAGED AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNING | During the

past year, Dean of the Faculty staff members have focused on

creating co-curricular learning experiences for students

based on high-impact practices. In support of this work, the

dean’s office reorganized the use of space in Mills Memorial

Hall. On the first floor, students will find Academic Advising and

Disability Services in closer proximity to the Offices of Student

Records and the Dean of the Faculty. The second floor is

now home to the Offices of Academic Internships, Community

Engagement, External & Competitive Scholarships, and

Explorations, as well as Peer Tutoring and Writing Consulting.

CREATING A SHARED VISION OF EXCELLENCEFOR THE SCIENCES | The College is embarking on an

extensive renovation of the Archibald Granville Bush Science Center. The nationally-recognized firm of

Einhorn, Yaffee, Prescott (EYP) Architecture and Engineering has been hired to lead this project. Members

of the Science and Mathematics Division are meeting to develop a shared vision for the future that will

ensure excellent educational opportunities, encourage interdisciplinary research, and bring the expertise

of the division to bear on pressing social issues facing local and global communities.

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For the second year, Arts & Sciences offered an

intensive three-week summer Maymester term.

This year’s registration was more than double

that of last year’s inaugural session. The

Hamilton Holt School’s summer sessions also

experienced strong enrollments in 2010. The

undergraduate and graduate programs

achieved more than a 24 percent increase over

projected summer enrollment targets. All

summer offerings were open to both A&S and

Holt students and generated increased revenue

to support the College.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

R O L L I N S C O L L E G E

3 R O L L I N S C O L L E G E

The Rollins Plan is built upon the foundation of Rollins’ 125-year commitment to providing an

innovative, pragmatic liberal arts education that produces graduates who possess the knowledge,

skills, and wisdom to effectively address the most important issues of our time.

The Rollins Plan is composed of two rich and complex intellectual ideas: Global Challenges: Florida

and Beyond and Revolution. Each theme consists of a series of seven developmental, interdisciplinary

courses balanced across divisions that serve as an alternative method for satisfying general education

requirements. By taking classes organized around an exciting intellectual theme, students experience

general education courses as an integrated whole rather than a collection of unrelated classes.

Each plan’s development has been guided by a common set of learning outcomes established

by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). The LEAP learning outcomes

have guided the development of integrated curricular and co-curricular programs designed to

support student achievement of key liberal education learning objectives. The RP pilot program

is designed to actively engage

students both inside and outside

of the classroom and deepen the

connection between theory and

practice, as well as the relationship

between the College and the larger

community. Examples of learning

outcomes include critical and cre-

ative thinking, written and verbal

communication, quantitative literacy,

knowledge of human cultures, and

personal and social responsibility,

as well as the integration and

application of knowledge from

different areas of study.

TRADITION OF INNOVATIONThe Rollins Plan: Engaged and Integrative Learning

This spring, 80 members of the Class of 2013 completed

their first semester of courses in the Rollins Plan, the

College’s pioneering, faculty-driven renewal of the general

education curriculum.

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According to Peggy Maki, Ph.D., an international expert on assessing learning in higher education,

Rollins is setting the national standard for curricular reform by infusing integrative experiences based on

student learning outcomes throughout the educational process. Maki was invited to campus last fall to

work with Rollins Plan developers and plans to feature the Rollins Plan pilot as a case study in a book she

is currently writing about higher education curriculum reform and assessment.

Rollins Plan Spring 2010 courses included the following: Green Art: Environmental Art and Design in

the Community; Global Competition and the American Dream; Visions of Paradise: From the Garden of

Eden to Key West; and Revolutions: Violent & Non-Violent. Additional Fall 2010 courses include Wild

Florida; Climate Change Politics; Individualism and Its Discontents; Hell Fire: American Rebel Identity; and

Revolutions in Science.

The Rollins Plan (RP) pilot continues through the 2012-13 academic year when each RP theme

will conclude with a capstone course. Ongoing updates and evaluation results will be presented to Arts

& Sciences faculty throughout the pilot period. Faculty will vote on whether to adopt the Rollins Plan as

the full general education curriculum in Fall 2011. This curricular renewal initiative is supported in part

by a generous grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

INTEGRATIVE LEARNING:

THE ART OF SOUND

Students enrolled in the two-semester

Honors 301 course Seeing Music, Hearing Art

investigated the processes by which music

turns into visual art. This interdisciplinary

course was team taught by Professor of

Philosophy Tom Cook, Associate Professor

of Music Dan Crozier, Archibald Granville

Bush Professor of Science Thomas Moore,

and Associate Professor of Art Rachel

Simmons.

MASTER OF PLANNINGIN CIVIC URBANISM

This new master’s program was

developed by Professor of Environ-

mental Studies Bruce Stephenson

and George and Harriet Cornell

Professor of Politics Richard

Foglesong. The program is divided

into two subfields—Place Making

and Green Infrastructure—and

combines classroom work, profes-

sional expertise, studio projects,

and in te rnsh ips to prepa re

students for careers in either

private practice or government.

TO READ MORE ABOUT THE ROLLINSPLAN, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/ROLLINSPLAN.


APPLIED LIBERAL ARTSConnecting Theory to Practice

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FIELD STUDIES

An applied liberal arts education prepares Rollins

students to be responsible leaders and global citizens.

WINTER 2010

BahamasBridging the Digital Divide: Bahamas,Scott Hewit, Ed Huffman & Carrie Schulz

Costa RicaPsychology Across Cultures: Costa Rica,Sharon Carnahan

EnglandLively Arts of London, Bill Boles & Leslie Boles

GermanyCornering the Christmas Markets in Germany,Nancy Decker

SPRING BREAK 2010

GuatemalaMaking Coffee-Not War: Guatemala,Ashley Kistler, Robert Reinauer & Joe Siry

MexicoWomen andGlobalization:Mexico,Margaret McLaren

SUMMER 2010

BahamasMarine BiologyLaboratory:Bahamas,Fiona Harper &Katie Sutherland

Costa RicaNational Parks and Protected Areas: Costa Rica,Barry Allen

First-Year Field Study: Costa Rica, Barry Allen

Latin American Business Environments: Costa Rica,Cecilia McInnis-Bowers

ChinaFirst-Year Field Study: China, Li Wei

Dominican RepublicService Projects in RuralCommunities: DominicanRepublic, Pedro Bernal

GreeceLife & Religion in ClassicalAthens, Patricia Lancaster &Scott Rubarth (Holt)

NepalMaking Lives Better:Nepal, Larry Eng-Wilmot& Jay Shivamoggi

ScotlandMaking Art in Scotland, Dawn Roe

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ENGAGED LEARNINGStudent and Faculty Achievements: A Measure of Rollins’ Success

At Rollins, students are energized by their

learning experiences. Engaged learning provides

students the opportunity to develop their interests,

spark their intellectual passion, connect ideas

from across disciplines, and apply knowledge.

In Spring 2010, 45 students and 24 faculty members were accepted to participate in 30 unique projects

funded through the Student-Faculty Collaborative Scholarship Program. Since the program’s inception,

nearly 350 students working in partnership with 77 different faculty representing 24 disciplines have

participated in rigorous collaborative undergraduate research and scholarship. Examples of this year’s

projects include Diamonds in the Rubble: The Women of Haiti—The Importance of Gender Equitable

Policies & Practices for Haiti’s Recovery, Andrew Padgett ’1 1 and Tonia Warnecke (economics); Marion

Bernstein and the Glasgow Weekly Mail, Anne Fertig ’12 and Edward Cohen (English); and What Price

Glory?: A Feminist Critique of the Ziegfeld Follies, Katie Jones ’1 2, Katy Polimeno ’1 1, and Jennifer

Cavenaugh (theatre arts). In the 11 years since the program’s inception, Rollins has invested more than

$1.7 million in this initiative. Additional support this year has come from The Clint Foundation, John Hauck

Foundation (Fifth Third Bank, John W. Hauck, E. Allen Elliot and Narley L. Haley, Trustees), and the John

R. and Ruth W. Gurtler Foundation. Several alumni and friends also supported this program: Christine

Barensfeld ’81, Michael ’79 andMichelle ’80 Fannon, the Sarah Crance Castle MacLeod ’91 Student-Faculty

Collaborative Fund, the Herbert E. Hellewege Student Chemistry Research Fund, the Rollins College

Alumni Association Board of Directors,

and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.

Archibald Granville Bush Professor

of Mathematics Jay Yellen and

Anthony Wehrer ’11 presented

their research papers at the 23rd

International Florida Artificial

Intelligence Research Society

Conference in Daytona Beach in

May and at the 8th International

Conference on the Practice and

Theory of Automated Timetabling

in Belfast, Ireland in August.


STUDENT-FACULTY COLLABORATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BEGINS SECOND DECADE

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/SFCSP.


Rollins Named #1 Master’s Producer of FulbrightsIn October 2009, the Fulbright Program announced that Rollins is the top-producing master’s institution in the

nation (based on Carnegie Classification). Rollins is ranked number one out of the 81 master’s institutions whose

students received Fulbrights (there are a total of 663 master’s institutions in the country). This success was

highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

This spring, Andrea Williamson ’07 ’10MBA, was awarded a 2011 Fulbright Scholarship.

Rollins Junior Awarded Prestigious Goldwater ScholarshipJustin Wright ’11, a chemistry and biochemistry double-major, was awarded a 2010

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for HumanityJon Stamm '10, philosophy major and Jewish studies minor, was

chosen as an Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Award recipient.

Rollins Student Team Reaches Top 10For a remarkable third time in five years, a Rollins international business student

team finished in the Top 10 of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Commodities

Trading Challenge Competition. The undergraduate team placed an impressive ninth

out of the 113 teams competing from prestigious colleges and universities from

around the globe. In April, the team went on to the Open Outcry Competition that

was held on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Senior CMCS major presents at NALS conferenceSydney Sullivan ’10, critical media and cultural studies major, presented “Marketing

Ethnic Chic: How the Fashion Industry Has ‘No Reservations’” at the annual Native

American Literature Symposium (NALS) held at the tribal venue at Isleta Pueblo in

Albuquerque, N.M.

Graduate Studies in CounselingStudents Present at ASGWProfessor of Graduate Studies in Counseling

Kathryn Norsworthy and students Julie

Nestle ’10, Angie Oliver ’10, Jennifer Sales ’10,

and Jackie Tornow ’10 presented “In the

Present Moment: Mindful Group Work in

Community-Based Counselor Education” at

the 2010 Association of Specialists in Group

Work (ASGW) National Conference in New

Orleans.

ENGAGED LEARNINGStudent and Faculty Achievements: A Measure of Rollins’ Success


Students present papers at the Associated Colleges of the South ConferenceAmy Testa ’10, Ariane Rosen ’10, Ian Wallace ’11, and Sameera Shaban ’10 presented their research papers at the ACS Research

Conference on Chinese Studies in Atlanta. Rosen and Associate Professor of Political Science Michael Gunter’s paper was nominated for

a “best paper” award.

A&S Student Academic AwardsValedictorian

Cameron Dawson ’10

Charles McCormick Reeve Awards for Scholarship

Shannon Brown ’10

Aimee Cervenka ’10

Samantha Marsh ’10

Anne Schmalstig ’10

Allison Wallrapp ’10

Hamilton Holt School Student Academic AwardsOutstanding Graduating Seniors

Jenny Ackerman ’10 & Norah Perez ’10

2010 Dean’s Leadership Award

Francesca Mastrangelo ’10

Outstanding Graduate for the Master of Arts in Counseling Program

Laura Waterfield ’10

Rollins DebatesCambridgeRollins Varsity Debate team hosted

members of the Cambridge University

(UK) Union Debating Society in a debate

on healthcare. The competition’s format

was a combination of American and

British parliamentary styles and drew

an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 250

students, faculty, staff, and community

members.

Partnership with Fern Creek ElementaryRollins has shared a long-standing mentoring and service-learning part-

nership with Fern Creek Elementary School. Each year, the Pathways to

College Day brings more than 400 Fern Creek students to campus for

college enrichment activities. This spring, faculty and staff from Rollins

and Fern Creek celebrated the dedication of a new science laboratory for

the school. The laboratory is part of the Fern Creek Science Academy

which was developed in part through a collaboration between the

school and the Rollins biology department.

COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICEDistinguished Teachers and Scholars

Ted Gournelos

Assistant Professor of CriticalMedia & Cultural StudiesPh.D., CommunicationsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007

Specializations: alternative and opposi-tional cultures, television and film studies,

internet and digital culture policy, political theory andculture, advertising, cultural and media studies, andUnited States, European Union and East Asian politics

Jana Mathews

Assistant Professor of EnglishPh.D., English LiteratureDuke University, 2007

Specializations: Medieval British literatureand culture, law and l i terature,medieval manuscript studies, Middle

Scots literature, early modern British literature, and the-ories of subjectivity, kingship, authorship and authority

Susan E. Montgomery

Assistant Professor & PublicServices LibrarianM.S., Library & Information StudiesFlorida State University, 2008

Specializations: Latin American historyand politics, U.S. immigration policy,information literacy, and library outreach

Samuel Sanabria

Assistant Professor of GraduateStudies in CounselingPh.D., Counselor Education& SupervisionUniversity of Florida, 2002

Specializations: ethical practices incounseling, the development of prejudicial attitudes andbeliefs, human sexuality, surrogacy and same sexparenting, and Latino concerns

Eren Tatari

Assistant Professor of PoliticalSciencePh.D., Political Science

Indiana University, Bloomington,2010Specializations: minority politics,Middle East politics, politics of gender,

Muslims in the West, political representation, and politicsand religion

Zeynep Teymuroglu

Assistant Professor ofMathematical SciencesPh.D., MathematicsUniversity of Cincinnati, 2008

Specializations: mathematical biology,integral differential equations, andnetwork models

Robert E. Vander Poppen

Assistant Professor of ArtHistory/ClassicsPh.D., Classical ArchaeologyUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill, 2008

Specializations: archaeology of Greeceand Rome, social and rural history, and archaeologicalfield methodology

Martina Vidovic

Assistant Professor of EconomicsPh.D., EconomicsBinghamton University, 2003

Specializations: applied microeconomics,econometrics, environmental economics,and health economics


Director of the ChristianA. Johnson Institute forEffective TeachingAppointment

James A. ZimmermanPh.D., ChemistryUniversity of Michigan

We welcome the newest members of the Rollins community.

Dexter Boniface

Weddell Professor of theAmericas

Rick VitrayArchibald Granville BushProfessor of Mathematics

Jay Yellen

Archibald Granville BushProfessor of Mathematics

Lee Lines Department of Environmental Studies

Alberto Prieto-Calixto Department of ModernLanguages & Literatures

Lisa Tillmann Department of Critical Media &Cultural Studies

FACULTY RECENTLY TENURED ANDPROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Julian Chambliss Department of History

Jonathan Miller Olin Library

Ryan Musgrave Department of Philosophy& Religion

Rachel Newcomb Department of Anthropology

Steven St. John* Department of Psychology*promoted to professor


VISITING PROFESSORS & LECTURERS

Miao Chi

Visiting Instructor

Economics

Richard Gregor

Lecturer

Chemistry

Rachael Lilienthal

LecturerModern Languages& Literatures

Jim Norris

Lecturer

History

Zhaochang Peng

Visiting Instructor

Economics

Dena Pistor

Lecturer

Physical Education

Michelle Saint

Lecturer

Philosophy

Vaughn Schmutz

Visiting AssistantProfessorSociology

Yona Smith

Lecturer

Modern Languages &Literatures

Jonathan Walz

Visiting AssistantProfessorArchaeology/Anthropology

ENDOWED CHAIR APPOINTMENTS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO FULL PROFESSOR

COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICEADistinguished Teachers and Scholars

2010-13 Cornell DistinguishedFaculty Award

Thomas Ouellette

Professor of Theatre Arts

2010-11 Arthur Vining DavisAward Recipients

Creston Davis

Assistant Professor of Religion

Fiona Harper

Assistant Professor of Biology

Wenxian Zhang

Professor of Archives &Special Collections

2010 Bornstein Award forFaculty Scholarship

Ed Cohen

William R. Kenan, Jr.,Professor of English

2010 Cornell DistinguishedService Award

Sharon Carnahan

Professor of Psychology

2010 Cornell DistinguishedTeaching Award

Dick James

Associate Professor of ComputerScience

2009-10 Walter E. BardenDistinguished Teaching Award(Holt)

Rev. James Armstrong

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy

Each year, Rollins faculty are recognized for

exceptional accomplishments in teaching,

advising, scholarship, and service.

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The Susan O. and Frederick A. Hauck Botanical Research Center

underwent renovations duringDecember 2009. An open housewas

held in the spring to celebrate the improvements and showcase

student projects being conducted through the biology and

environmental studies departments. Pictured: Paul Stephenson,

associate professor of biology, with a Nepenthes truncata.

2006-09 CornellDistinguished Faculty

Tom Cook

Professor of Philosophy

Barry Levis

Professor of History

Rollins Faculty Continue to Span the Globe

As part of the President’s Internationalization Initiative (PII), a

group of 10 Rollins faculty representing nine academic disciplines

traveled to Antarctica this past December to spark interdisciplinary

collaboration and further the College’s internationalization efforts.

This summer, a group of 18 Rollins faculty and staff traveled to Bali,

Indonesia as part of the PII.

A&S Faculty Scholars

Since Spring 2008, five A&S faculty scholar recognition events have

celebrated the publication of 26 books from 24 different faculty authors,

editors, or co-editors, and nearly 160 peer-reviewed faculty publications.

Inaugural Interdisciplinary Scholarship Series (ISS)

The ISS was developed as an opportunity for faculty to engage in collegial discussion and

promote interdisciplinary scholarship at Rollins. A total of six ISS programs were held during

the 2009-10 academic year.

Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Celebrates 75 Years of Musical ExcellenceWinter Park’s Bach Festival is the third-oldest Bach Festival in the U.S. It has been under the direction of only six conductorsthroughout its history. John M. Tiedtke Professor of Music John Sinclair has served the Festival as artistic director and conductor for20 years. He holds the title of the longest tenured conductor in the Festival's existence.


Edward Harrell, Professor of HistoryPeggy Jarnigan, Associate Professor of Physical EducationMarie Shafe, Professor of Graduate Studies in CounselingRobert Steen, Associate Professor of Economics

A HEARTFELT THANKYOU TO OUR RETIRINGCOLLEAGUES

COMMITMENT TO LIFELONG LEARNING & SERVICEDistinguished Teachers and Scholars

Professor and Head of Archives & Special CollectionsWenxian ZhangRollins College Archives PreservationPreservation Assistance Grant for Smaller InstitutionsNational Endowment for the Humanities

Archibald Granville Bush Professor of ScienceThomas MooreUndergraduate Research in Musical AcousticsNational Science Foundation

Assistant Professor of Biology Katie SutherlandCollaborative Research: Ecology of a ReverseZoonosis: Human-Environment Interactions in theTransmission, Persistence, and Virulence of White PoxDisease in Elkhorn CoralNational Science Foundation

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ashley KistlerIn Whose Interest?: A Critical Examination ofResponsibility, Assessment, and Development of aService-Learning Project.2009-10 Engaged Scholarship Fellows ProgramFlorida Campus Compact

Professor of Psychology Steven St. John andAssistant Professor of Psychology Alice DavidsonAssessing School Lunches as a Mediating Factor inChildhood ObesityAndrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal GrantAssociated Colleges of the South

Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures Li WeiCollaborative Online Teaching of Advanced Chineseand CultureAndrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal GrantAssociated Colleges of the South

Associate Professor of History Julian Chambliss,Assistant Professor of Religion Creston Davis,Associate Professor of History Claire Strom,Professor of Anthropology Robert Moore,Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ashley Kistler,Associate Professor of Art History Susan Libby,Assistant Professor of Art Dawn Roe, andAssociate Professor of Education Scott HewitProject Mosaic: Zora Neale Hurston—A Multidisciplinary Exploration ofAfrican-American CultureAndrew W. Mellon Faculty Renewal GrantAssociated Colleges of the South

See page 17 for additional highlights

NEW EXTERNAL GRANTS


“I’m pleased that $2.6 million in

faculty-led funding requests

have been submitted since the

creation of the Office of Grants

& Contracts in the fall of 2008.

These efforts have resulted in

nearly $400,000 in new grant

dollars this year alone, providing

additional support for teaching

and scholarship and increased

visibility that contributes to

Rollins’ national reputation for

excellence.”

—Dean Laurie M. Joyner, Ph.D.

Ronald G. and N. Jayne Gelbman Professor ofInternational Business, Professor of Political ScienceThomas D. LairsonFrom Fast Follower to Global Knowledge Leader?Network Relationships in Biopolis, MultimediaSupercorridor, Zhongguancun and New Songdo CityFulbright Scholar Award (Singapore)U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs

Associate Professor of AnthropologyRachel NewcombReproducing Uncertainty: Fertility Practicesin Modern MoroccoFulbright Scholar Award (Morocco)U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs

Faculty Fulbright Scholars

The purpose of Explorations is to introduce

students to the foundation of an applied liberal

arts education and help integrate curricular

and co-curricular experiences.

The Explorations staff directs the Rollins

College Conference (RCC), the Peer Mentor

Program, Summer Reading Initiative, Summer

and Fall Orientations, as well as the Exploring

Excellence and Intergroup Dialogue Series.

Each of these programs helps students gain

knowledge, strengthen intellectual and

practical skills, and promote personal and

social responsibility.

This year, to better evaluate Explorations’

program success, Meghan Harte, director,

developed an assessment matrix that incor-

porates LEAP learning outcomes into the

programs, projects, and activities of the

office. The outcomes are used to help create

a seamless learning experience for students.

Explorations believes that fostering

students’ abilities to integrate learning over

time, across courses, and between academic

and community life are some of the most

important goals of a liberal arts education.

ROLLINS STAFF: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE

Rollins Explorations offers a variety of programs

and initiatives to engage first-year students in the

Rollins academic community.

During 2009-10, the Peer Mentor program was restructured to better

serve Rollins students. Peer mentors serve as academic and social role

models for RCC courses to help integrate first-year students into the

academic and social life of campus. Peer mentors focus their work

around five dimensions of personal and social responsibility and

educate their peers to strive for excellence, cultivate personal and

social integrity, contribute to a larger community, respect the

perspectives of others and develop competency in ethical and moral

responsibility. In doing so, peer mentors integrate learning and

leadership opportunities while developing a deeper understanding of

the mission and values of Rollins.

Gabe Anderson (l), assistant director of Explorations

Meghan Harte (r), director of Explorations


FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/EXPLORATIONS.


Office of Academic Internships

For more than 20 years, the Academic Internship Program has

supported the College’s applied liberal arts objective by enhancing

classroom learning through professional experiences. Academic

internships are one form of engaged learning that encourages

in-depth reflection and critical analysis of the work environment.

Each semester, students report that this practical experience

helps enhance their academic, personal and professional

development, as well as clarify their career goals.

2009-10 academic year highlights:

• Nearly 150 students received course credit for an academic internship across a range of disciplines.

• Rollins students participated in international internships in Argentina, Costa Rica, England, New

Zealand, Russia, and Spain.

• The Office of Academic Internships launched a new website, and e-newsletter, and developed an

automated database for course forms and data collection in FoxLink.

• The Offices of Academic Internships, External & Competitive Scholarships, and Career Services

collaborated to recognize prestigious scholars and student interns. Students also received special

recognition from the Office of Congressman Alan Grayson, who presented each student with a

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for superior academic accomplishments.

• Two Rollins students were offered summer internships sponsored by the Southern Education Leadership

Initiative, which focuses on education policy and social justice issues for low-income students.

• The Johnson Family Foundation provided grant support that enabled an internship in Washington, D.C.,

for students interested in working with organizations that serve the GLBT community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/OAI.


During the Winter Intersession, six Rollins

students participated in an observership at

Florida Hospital. The pre-med students shadowed

medical faculty and residents and were given

the opportunity to participate in grand rounds,

conferences, and various didactic activities.

The observership was made possible by Dr.

Joseph Portoghese '79, member of the Rollins

President's Leadership Council and chief

academic officer and program director of the

General Surgery Residency Program at Florida

Hospital.


• For the third consecutive year, OCE was recognized by Florida Campus Compact for excellence.

OCE was also recognized for exemplary partnerships by the Corporation for National and Community

Service through the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Orange County

Public Schools, and the Children’s Home Society.

• Rollins faculty, staff, and students worked in partnership with 273 nonprofit organizations. More than 116

courses offered a community-based learning experience with 68 involving academic service-learning.

• A&S faculty created and implemented a Community Engagement (CE) designation for courses meeting

specific standards surrounding reciprocal partnerships, action, reflection, and assessment.

• First-year students, RCC faculty, and peer mentors provided service to 26 nonprofits during the annual

Service Philanthropy Activism Rollins College (SPARC) Day. Fourteen RCC courses worked closely with

these same organizations throughout the year.

• Rollins faculty and students participated in international service-learning experiences in the Bahamas,

Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, and Nepal.

• Rollins Immersion: Citizens Take Action Program involved over 200 students in weekend and week-long

service projects in Apopka, Detroit, Jacksonville, New Orleans, St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C.

• OCE coordinated multiple workshops including the 5th Annual Summit on Transforming Learning.

Faculty and students attended the AAC&U annual meeting, IMPACT Conference, Florida Campus

Compact Conference, Gulf-South Summit on Community Engagement, and the International Research

Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

The activities of the OCE are supported by David H. Lord ’69 ’71MBA, the DHL Foundation, and the RNR

Foundation. Other programmatic support for OCE has come from The Chatlos Foundation, the Warren &

Augusta Hume Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the Winter Park Health Foundation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT.


Office of Community Engagement (OCE)

Community Engagement encourages and promotes student, faculty,

and staff involvement within local and global communities through

service-learning courses and community-based programs. OCE is

deeply committed to fostering a lifelong commitment to service,

learning, civic engagement, and social justice.

At the fall Florida Campus Compact awards

banquet, Associate Professor of Art Rachel

Simmons received the Service-Learning Faculty

Award in the independent sector and Rollins

was recognized as being one of the most

engaged college campuses in the state. First

Lady Michelle Obama was the awards ceremony

keynote speaker.


• The Fulbright program recognized Rollins asthe top-producing master’s institution in the nation (based on Carnegie Classification).

• Rollins junior Justin Wright was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship. Wright is one of 278 GoldwaterScholars selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,1 1 1 mathematics, science, andengineering students.

• Andrea Williamson ’07 ’10MBA, was named a 2011 Fulbright Scholarship recipient. Williamson is the10th Rollins student to receive a Fulbright scholarship in recent years and will serve as a teaching assistantin Malaysia.

• Nick Horton ’09, a physics major and chemistry minor, was awarded a National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship Program award and an East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)Fellowship.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/ECS.

Office of Grants & Contracts

The Office of Grants & Contracts works to further research, service, and scholarly activities among A&S

faculty and staff through external grant funding. The goal of the Office is to support programs that

advance the mission and enhance the reputation of Rollins while benefiting students, faculty, staff, and

the greater community.


• The Director of Grants & Contracts worked with A&S faculty and staff to submit 22 new proposalstotaling more than $1.4 million in new funding requests.

• Seven new faculty grants totaling $386,246 were awarded during the past year.

• Please see detailed new grants and awards on page 13.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/AS/GRANTS.



Office of External & Competitive Scholarships

The Office of External & Competitive Scholarships

is dedicated to helping students discover their

intellectual passion and offers guidance in preparing

students for a wide variety of highly competitive

and prestigious scholarships. During the 2009-10

academic year, 26 students applied for competitive

scholarships and fellowships.


Thomas P. Johnson Student Resource Center (TJ’s)

TJ’s provides comprehensive academic support with programs designed to challenge students to take

responsibility for their own learning and provide tools to help them develop learning strategies to achieve

academic success.


• More than 600 students received specialized

advising support for academic appeals, probation

and warning, the Rollins Plan, and the

Accelerated Management Program (AMP).

• Fifty first-year students were accepted into the

AMP, one of the largest groups in the program’s

history. Additionally, 99 percent of eligible AMP

students were accepted into the Crummer

Graduate School of Business for Fall 2010.

• The Writing and Tutoring Center trained more

than 80 peer tutors and consultants who provided

4,100 hours of service to 1,300 students.

• The Office of Disability Services works to provide

advocacy, guidance, mentoring and accommo-

dations to students with disabilities. The Office

served 379 students and administered 697

extended time, distraction-free tests during the

academic year. Students report that academic

accommodations and timely self-advocacy have

made a tremendous difference in their overall

academic performance at Rollins.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ROLLINS.EDU/TPJ.

Mae Fitchett along with Tutor of the Year recipient Jose

Galvez ’09 and Writing Consultant of the Year award winner

Grace Moore ’10.

Rollins College . Office of the Dean of the Faculty1000 Holt Avenue-2749 | Winter Park, FL 32789 | rollins.edu/as/dofPhone: 407-646-2280 | Fax: 407-646-2445

Documents

Rollins College Annual Report