Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley

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Faculty Seminar Guidelines

NEW GROUPS: The broad purpose of the faculty seminars is to bring faculty from all four campuses together to exchange ideas, share scholarly interests, discuss curricular issues, promote faculty development, advance individual research interests, read works-in-progress, and on occasion to host a guest speaker. Their formats vary with the needs and interests of each group as does the frequency of meetings. Seminars are funded for an academic year.

To be eligible for funding as an Associated Colleges faculty seminar, the group should include members from all four colleges, but three-college seminars are possible.

Guest speakers should constitute an occasional rather than regular feature.
Seminar funds may not be used to cover the cost of meals for members but may pay for meals of guest speakers (including faculty from Associated Colleges) and for light refreshments at meetings.

Applications must be made in writing and are due in the Associated Colleges office on or before March 15. (A small reserve of late-start funds is available for those who submit a request after this deadline.)

Include the following information in the letter of application:

Name of Seminar
Name(s), phone number(s), department, and email(s) of the person(s) responsible for administering the seminar.
Description of the organization and purpose of the seminar.
Number of meetings anticipated and a list of faculty who have agreed to participate.
A budget of projected expenditures for activities proposed (i.e., costs for duplicating papers, expenses for speakers and meeting refreshments).

Proposals should be clearly labeled Faculty Seminar Program and sent to Anneke Larrance, Associated Colleges, 200 Merritt Hall, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676 for mail delivery or to larranaj@potsdam.edu for email requests. For further information call 267-3331.

A committee from Associated Colleges will review the requests.

RENEWED FUNDING:
I. Applications for renewed funding for an existing seminar should:

Identify the seminar and the person(s) responsible for it, with phone number, department affiliation and email.
Describe the general organization and purpose of the seminar and its continuing value to members.
List activities and expenditures in the current academic year as well as average meeting attendance.
Outline plans for the coming academic year.
Provide a budget for anticipated activities and expenses (i.e. costs of duplicating notices and papers; expenses of speakers; refreshments for meetings).
List names of those members who regularly (rather than occasionally) attend.

II. Seminar chairs are reminded of the general guidelines governing all activities and expenditures:

To be funded by Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, a seminar should include members from all four colleges, but three-college seminars may be eligible.
To retain the emphasis on members' research, speakers from outside the area generally constitute an occasional rather than regular feature of the seminar.
Seminar funds may not be used to cover the cost of meals for member participants; however, they may pay for meals of guest speakers (including faculty from Associated Colleges) and for light refreshments at meetings.

Letters requesting renewal should be clearly labeled Faculty Seminar Program-Renewed Funding and sent to Anneke Larrance, Associated Colleges, 200 Merritt Hall, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676 for mail delivery or to lalarranaj@potsdam.edu for email requests. For further information call 267-3331.