| Initiative Title | 3. Fund a budget line for student and faculty experiential learning opportunities, including conferences |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | 2017 |
| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | Students and faculty should have funds available to participate in conferences and other forms of professional development. Without funds, most cannot afford to attend, particularly students. While faculty might receive minimal funds from their home departments to attend professional development opportunities appropriate to their home departments, these might well not be used for IDS opportunities. If we can develop transfer paths and other service opportunities, students and faculty may well increase submission of papers to conferences and need means by which to pay for this. Additionally, no money consistently is allocated to take students who are chosen for the Beacon Conference. We sometimes can use funds provided by the Foundation. While many of the students chosen more recently have come from the Honors Program, not all do. Interdisciplinary Studies seems the perfect home for this as students and mentors might come from any area on campus. Having funds set aside will ensure we can continue to encourage high level student research and provide the means by which students can represent the college in an academic manner. |
| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | No funds are consistently allocated for these purposes. Attending means travel, food, conference fees, poster printing, and hotel in some cases. Most students cannot afford to to do this without assistance. Offsetting student costs and even mentor costs might encourage more faculty to work with students and students to submit and attend. |
| Department Goals | Increase enrollment and retention in IDS and HUM courses, Explore and expand course offerings as appropriate , Make connections to other areas and groups, both on and off campus , Explore external and internal opportunities for student and faculty development , Expand the number of faculty who team-teach in the department |
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| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
| Estimated Completion Date | |
| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | Yes |
| Importance | High |
| Funding Source | Operating Budget |
| Created | 11/12/2020 7:41 pm |
| Updated | 11/12/2020 7:49 pm |
| Goal | How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
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Students who are chosen for Beacon should have the opportunity to attend, without the worry of providing funds themselves. Simply having to take off time from work may be difficult enough for some students. Having adequate funds to support our students efforts as they pursue higher level research and presentations seems part of our academic function. |
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Funding of this nature ensures competitions like Beacon are open to all students, regardless of economic means. Without it, some students simply could not afford to attend if the conference is help anywhere but SUNY Orange. |
| Action Step | Responsible Party | Order |
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| Fund an experiential learning line that is part of the annual operating budget | 1 | |
| Seek opportunities for conferences (beyond Beacon) | IDS Advisory Board | 2 |
| Encourage participation in conferences, including Beacon | Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 |
| Assist with conference proposal preparation and submission | IDS Advisory Board | 4 |
| Once conference participants are chosen, assist with prep, including making travel arrangements | IDS Advisory Board, Honors clerical person | 5 |
| Submit all travel paperwork | IDS chair | 6 |
| Submit Press Release of participants | IDS Advisory Board | 7 |
| Outcome | Order |
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| Increased experiential learning for students | 1 |
| Increased participation in conferences (SURC, Beacon, etc.) | 2 |
| Increased awareness of and publicity for students and institution | 3 |
| Method | Description | Other Method | Responsible Party |
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| Other | Enter other assessment method | Survey of participants | Interdisciplinary Studies and Honors Program depts |
| INITIAL YEAR COST: | $10,000.00 |
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| RECURRING COST: | $10,000.00 |
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff to travel with students | $0.00 / 0.00 (1st year) |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| TOTAL: | $0.00 / $0.00 | ||
| Need | Cost (Initial/Recurring) | Supporting Departments | |
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| Conference fee funds | $4500.00 / 4500.00 (1st year) |
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| Travel money (hotel, travel means and food) | $5500.00 / 5500.00 (1st year) |
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| TOTAL: | $10,000.00 / $10,000.00 | ||
This initiative is not ready for prioritization.
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
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| No results found. | |||||