CPPSET Newsletter

I think it fair to say that there are many things about the 2020-2021 academic year that we will be glad to put behind us. But what we are going to sorely miss are the students leaving us for life beyond Guilford. And while It is always memorable learning together as Guilfordians, and joyful to watch students graduate, perhaps we'll remember this year of wrestling with the pandemic as a particularly meaningful one. I know I will. And in this spirit, I want to take the time to thank a few students that have made our work at CPPSET possible during their time at Guilford:

First we have twelve PPS Scholars crossing the stage this spring, including, Helen Bell, Khaira Bolden, Hannah Cadenhead, John Ellis, Nima Lama, Jillian Morrison, Chelsea Sosa-Sosa, Elliott Szewczyk, Taylor Wells-Tucker, Caroline Williams, Allison Andrade, and Tara Hall. Congratulations to each of you and please stay in touch!

Next, the 2020-2021 PPSSP Peer Mentor, Alina Santos, was of immeasurable help in guiding our PPS Scholars this year. Happily, Alina will be with us next year as a CPPSET Student Fellow but we want to make sure that she knows how much her work has meant to us.

Finally, the inaugural CPPSET Student Fellow, Jilllian Morrison, is leaving her time with CPPSET and graduating this spring. Jillian's positive spirit, sense of humor, and amazing ability to get things done has kept CPPSET afloat during this difficult year. You will be missed, Jillian. Best of luck at the University of Pennsylvania!

Mark

P.S. FYI, all things CPPSET may be found on our Google Site (a link to the site is included on the college's main Faculty & Staff page). I can be reached by phone at x2853 or at my individual email (justadmj@guilford.edu) or via the center's email address (cppset@guilford.edu).

The final submission deadline for CPPSET Educational Development Grant applications is now May 15th. Please consult this google form for complete details. This deadline was originally scheduled for the end of May but it has been moved up to insure that we have adequate time to process things before summer sets in.

Note: The range of grants has expanded and the term "Educational Development Grants" is now being used in place of "Faculty Development Grants".

2020-2021 CPPSET Faculty Fellows Presentations

Thursday, May 6th

3:00-4:00pm

Join this year's Faculty Fellows for informal presentations and discussion on the projects they have engaged during our pandemic year. The fellows include Naadiya Hasan, Holly Peterson, Sarah Thuesen and Zulfiya Tursunova.

Join Zoom Meeting https://guilford.zoom.us/j/91651591172

Asynchronous Design, Teaching & Learning Workshop

May 12th - May 14th, Online

Garrett Collins, Guilford's Learning Design and Development Technologist, will be offering a 4-hour workshop focusing on asynchronous teaching and learning. The time commitment is spread over three days and will require some synchronous group work. All faculty and staff with teaching responsibilities that complete this workshop will be eligible for a $100 stipend supported by the college's Mellon Foundation grant.

For complete details and to register please contact Garrett at gcollins1@guilford.edu.

Initiate '21 Workshop

Monday, May 17th

2:30-4:00pm

Kathryn Shields will facilitate this workshop for all involved in teaching and supporting the fall 2021 Initiate courses.

Join Zoom Meeting https://guilford.zoom.us/j/95093994622

Spring CPPSET Board of Advisors Meeting

Tuesday, May 18th

10am-Noon, 2pm-4pm (zoom)

The annual spring meeting of the CPPSET advisory board will take place in May. The 10am-Noon session will feature student and faculty presentations and is open to all members of the Guilford Community. Please contact Mark Justad (justadmj@guilford.edu) with questions.

Join Zoom Meeting https://guilford.zoom.us/j/92687590117

2020-2021 CPPSET Faculty Fellows

This year's fellows include, Naadiya Hasan, Sociology/Anthropology (Inclusive Pedagogy Fellow), Holly Peterson, Geology, Sarah Thuesen, History, and Zulfiya Tursunova, Peace and Conflict Studies. As indicated above, our '20-'21 fellows will share their work with us on Thusday, May 6th, 3-4pm (https://guilford.zoom.us/j/91651591172). Please join us!

PPS Scholars Program

The 2020-2021 PPS Scholars have completed their course and project work and are now finalizing plans for summer internships. Please join us in congratulating our remarkable PPS Scholars listed below on a year of good and careful work in the face of difficult odds.

The 13 students comprising this year's class include: Salwa Ahmad, Milene Henriques, Austin Bailey, Leo Blain, Emma English, Tinyah Ervin, Marisabel Guzman Cruz, Juliana Hubbard, Diyaa Kaufman, Axel Lemus Tetetla, Jennifer Marquez-trejo, Kalkidan Miller, and Brandon Sisnett. Alina Santos is the 2020-2021 PPS Scholars Peer Mentor.

PPSSP summer internships have been completed across the globe and with a diverse set of organizations or projects. A list of past internships can be found here.

A major aspect of the scholars program is a collaborative, small group PPS project designed in the fall and engaged and presented on in the spring. Below are the rosters for each of this year's three projects, the title of their undertaking, and a link to each group's internal CPPSET ChangeMaker grant application that offers details of their project.

Environmental Justice Education -- Austin Bailey, Leo Blain, Diyaa Kaufman, Brandon Sisnett, Axel Lemus Tetetla

Culturally Appropriate and Trauma-Informed Mental Health Care for the ECAR Community -- Emma English, Salwa Ahmad, Kalkidan Miller, Milene Henriques, Jennifer Marquez Trejo

Reproductive Equity Initiative -- Marisabel Guzman Cruz, Tinyah Ervin, Juliana Hubbard

The PPS Scholars Program is guided by CPPSET Director Mark Justad.

2021-2022 CPPSET Faculty Fellows Announced

Eric Mortensen, Jill Peterfeso, and Julie Winterich have been selected as CPPSET Faculty Fellows for next year. Look for more details on their exciting fellowship projects to follow but here are preliminary details. Eric will be collaborating with CPPSET in developing a project on climate change. Jill is interested in exploring how graduates in the Humanities navigate the post-collegiate world. Julie, building on her work on this spring's Day of Testimonies, will be developing a project of community sharing and building. Welcome to our new Fellows and we look forward to having you with us next year.

2021-2022 PPS Scholars and Peer Mentors

Sixteen students have been selected for the 14th class of PPS Scholars. We are excited to welcome these individuals to the PPSSP family and look forward to working with them next year. The class of 2021-2022 includes: Noely Bernier, Dylan Blowe, X Braithwaite, Aileen Cerda, Grace YaNi Christensen, Kevin Cruz, Andrew Domenick-Urbansky, Tait Fountain, Trevor Holder, Monserrat Lara, Valerie Myrick, Jesus Peralta Porras, Josie Schoenberg, Marian Sheriff, Neema Wapampo, and Dasia Washington.

We are also excited to welcome Emma English and Milene Henriques (both 2020-2021) as next year's PPSSP Peer Mentors.

2021-2022 CPPSET Student Fellows

Diyaa Kaufman and Alina Santos have been selected as next year's CPPSET Student Fellows. The student fellows support the Excellence in Teaching work of the Center and are an integral part of the Center's team.

The work of CPPSET is only possible with the incredible support and active collaboration of our many colleagues, departments, programs, friends, and alums. No group is more important to our work than the Faculty Development and Excellence in Teaching Committee. The FDET Committee is chaired by Michele Malotky and Karen Spira (on leave Spring '21) and includes Zhihong Chen, Mark Justad, Sarah Thuesen, Frank Boyd, Suzanne Bartels, and Jillian Morrison.

The Guilford College CPPSET houses the Principled Problem Solving and the Excellence in Teaching programs. A unique academic center with a engaged teaching and learning focus, CPPSET develops and supports innovative programming for students as they seek to apply the practical liberal arts to real world problems. The Center also partners with Guilford faculty and staff in developing and supporting innovative educational development programs. To find out more, visit our website linked below or email us at cppset@guilford.edu.

Email: cppset@guilford.edu
Website: https://sites.google.com/guilford.edu/cppset/home?authuser=0
Location: 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC, USA
Phone: (336) 316-2853
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