Queens College, CUNY* * February 2011* The Asian/American Center is inviting course proposals from faculty across academic departments of Queens College to apply for funds to enrich the college curriculum and to contribute to the building of a new Asian America= n Pacific Islander Community Studies (AAPICS) program for our campus. Funds i= n the amount of $5000 will be given to prepare new courses or enrich existing courses during summer 2011 to be taught in the following academic year 2011-2012. The proposed courses should either focus on any aspect of Asian American PI communities or broader topics (such as race and ethnicity, immigration and citizenship, community empowerment, cultural/linguistic/religious practices, health or education policy, literary/media representations, entrepreneurship and economic development, social identities, art production, and civic and political participation) dealing with specific ethnic or pan-Asian American communities, Asian American diasporas and inter-community relations. *The application deadline is April 15**th**.* *Interested applicants with queries are encouraged to contact Asian/America= n Center. * Selected proposals will be announced by April 28th, 2011. Successful applicants will receive the grant amount in the summer of 2011. *Applications should include* : * 1. Proposal* - Proposals should be no more than 1500 words, and should detail: a) Information on proposed AAPI/diverse community course, b) Ideas for how the course would foster faculty-community collaborations (AAPI Community Resource Guide available at the Asian/American Center) , c) Innovative pedagogical practices, d) Course=92s potential to advance new research/scholarship. * 2. Brief Budget* including anticipated use of funds (e.g. books, supplies, faculty time) *3.* *A letter of support from the Chair of the Department of the applicant= . 4. Faculty=92s Curriculum Vitae* Selected faculty will be making a commitment to participate in AAPICS seminars, assist in curriculum development activities and gathering outcomes-related data, submit a syllabus and a report on teaching the new/updated course at the completion of the academic year 2011-2012. Applications may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to: Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal Asian/American Center Queens College, CUNY *qc.aac@qc.cuny.edu* <qc.aac@qc.cuny.edu%5Ct_blank> , 718-997-3050 Kissena Hall, Room 315 * * --=20 chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies --0016e6dab0e61876e4049e768586 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<= br>From: <b class=3D"gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:qc.aac@qc.cuny.edu">qc.aac@qc.cuny.edu</a>></span><br>Date: M= on, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:09 PM<br> Subject: A funding opportunity for QC Faculty<br>To: <br><br><br><div><div = align=3D"center"> <p><b><u><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">Request for Proposals to= Queens College Faculty</font></u></b><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Ro= man"> </font><b><u><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman"> <br>