Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies recently announced the 2023 recipients of the President’s Innovation Fund, which rewards efforts to enhance innovative recruitment, retention and teaching practices that focus on student success.
This year, there were 13 recipients — those included teams and individuals, faculty and staff — who received more than $145,000 in total awards. They are given to those who proposed novel ways to approach recruitment, retention, teaching and learning, with a particular focus on helping more students from all backgrounds to not only persist but to excel.
Highlights include a $34,000 award to Dr. Keith Hubbard, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Dr. Dipak Singh, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, to build on a multiyear effort to collect and analyze data on student engagement and success; and a $7,435 award to a team from the DeWitt School of Nursing to implement a three-day nursing summer camp for high school students.
Faculty members who received implementation awards in the previous cycle were invited to submit a follow-up proposal that focused on enhancing or refining the initial implementation project, with a second phase to replicate the project on a broader scale or across other disciplines.
Recipients will present the results of their projects in fall 2023.
Here’s a complete list of recipients:
• Kristin Bangston and Jordan Rains — $7,500 for Path to Completion Program
• Veronica Beavers and M.E. McWilliams — $14,396.88 for SFA ASPIRE
• Jason Bruck — $15,000 for DRONES II — Drone Research and Outreach in the Natural and Environmental Sciences II
• Candis Carraway and Michael Maurer — $7,470 for SFA Agriculture Scholars Program
• Amber Chelette, Robyn Whitehead, and Todd Whitehead — $7,500 for Engaging Kinesiology Students in Autonomous Active Learning through a Course Embedded Undergraduate Research Experience
• Lindsey Creel — $7,103.62 for Dynamic Classrooms in the SFA School of Art Designed by the Students Who Use Them
• Andrea Denis — $2,466 for Pineywoods Horn Day
• Keith Hubbard and Dipak Singh — $34,071 for a PIF Refinement Project, Early Detection and Intervention of Disengaged Students II (EDI12)
• Shelly Hunt, Rebecca Self, Sherrie Fontenot, and Katy Trotty — $7,435.47 for School of Nursing High School Student Immersion Project through an Interactive Summer Camp
• Summer Koltonski, Sarah Straub, and Kevin Jones — $12,716 for Microcredential Course Development Collaborative with Lumberjack Learning Commons
• Ja’von Long — $7,500 for Brother 2 Brother Mentoring Program
• Deb Scott — $15,000 for a PIF Refinement Project Recruiting Tours by Small Ensembles from the School of Music Phase 2
• Amber Wagnon and Michael Martin — $7,500 for The Impact of Transformative Teaching Opportunities on Teacher Candidates
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