2012 Professional Development Grants and
Workshop Mini-Grants Final Reports

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Fall 2012

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
CVCC	"Staff Rides"—A Tool for Engaging Community College Students in History	David McGee	mcgeed@cvcc.vccs.edu	F2012-517P-FF
CVCC	Analysis of Student Success and Persistence in Traditional, Service, Dual Enrollment, and Early College Mathematics Courses	Michelle Penner	pennerm@cvcc.vccs.edu	F2012-521P-FF
GCC	Fall 2012 Instructional Technology Summit—Innovations in Teaching and Learning	Julietter Mersiowsky	JMersiowsky@germanna.edu	F2012-87W-FF
JSRCC	The Art and Science of Online Education: A Conference for Educators, Advisors, and Administrators	Ghazala Hashmi	ghashmi@reynolds.edu	F2012-83W-FF
JSRCC	Transition to University Mathematics Courses for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Students	Samuel Horelick	shorelick@reynolds.edu	F2012-543P-FF
LFCC	Symposium: Thinking, Reading, and Writing at the College Level	Miriam Moore	mmoore2@lfcc.edu	F2012-85W-FF
NVCC	Increase Effectiveness of Communication between Accounting Teachers and Students	Agatha Engel	lengel@nvcc.edu	F2012-519P-PF
NVCC	Comparing World War II Experiences: African-American Soldiers in the U.S. Army and the Tirailleurs Sénégalais in the French Army	Charles Evans	cevans@nvcc.edu	F2012-513P-PF.CF
NVCC	Integrating Team-based Learning into the Classroom	Amy Harding	alharding@nvcc.edu	F2012-527P-FF
NVCC	Innovative Teaching Methodologies to Enhance STEM Education and Outcomes	Rebecca Kamen	rkamen@nvcc.edu	F2012-541P-FF
NVCC	Transforming STEM Education through Creativity and Cross-disciplinary Visualization	Rebecca Kamen	rkamen@nvcc.edu	F2012-84W-FF
NVCC	Immigrant Stories through Music: An Artistic and Pedagogical Collaboration to Explore American Dreams	Jonathon Kolm	jkolm@nvcc.edu	F2012-515P-FF
NVCC	Undergraduate Research Projects in Physics	Walerian Majewski	wmajewski@nvcc.edu	F2012-532P-FF
NVCC	From Student to Professional: Facilitating the LEAP	Jeremy Ruane	jruane@nvcc.edu	F2012-530P-FF
PHCC	Diversity Across the Curriculum and Social Problems Related to Academic Achievement	Roderick Neal	rneal@ph.vccs.edu	F2012-522P-PF.CF
PVCC	Effective Tutor Training: A Workshop for Learning Assistance Professionals	Laura Symons		F2012-88W-CF
TNCC	Developing a Science of Food Course	Riham Mahfouz	mahfouzr@tncc.edu	F2012-542P-PF

Summer 2012

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
BRCC	Creating an Educator’s Guide to Service Learning: A Manual for Successful Integration of Service Learning into the Classroom	Rebecca Evans	evansr@brcc.edu	SU2012-481P-PF
BRCC	Canine Physical Rehabilitation Externship	Janice Larsen	larsenj@brcc.edu	SU2012-475P-PF
BRCC	The History and Traditions of Appalachian Pottery	Jessica Martinkosky	martinkoskyj@brcc.edu	SU2012-490P-FF
CVCC	Undergraduate Research Experience in the Community College STEM Curriculum	Juville Dario-Becker	dario-beckerj@cvcc.vccs.edu	SU2012-506P-FF
DCC	Curriculum Development for Transferable Scottish History Courses	Mark Wallace	mwallace@dcc.vccs.edu	SU2012-471P-FF
JTCC	Archival Research in England: The Land and Wealth of the Third Duke of Norfolk (1473-1554)	David Head	dhead@jtcc.edu	SU2012-469P-FF
JTCC	New Course Development: The Literature of Death and Dying.	Judith Johnson	jjohnson@jtcc.edu	SU2012-472P-FF
NVCC	Comparison of Instructor Feedback Methods in ESL Student Writing	Breana Bayraktar	bbayraktar@nvcc.edu	SU2012-495P-PF
NVCC	Taking Field Geology to the Next Level: Canada!	Callan Bentley	cbentley@nvcc.edu	SU2012-470P-FF
NVCC	The Worst That Could Happen: Preparing Our Fieldtrip Leaders for Emergencies	Callan Bentley	cbentley@nvcc.edu	SU2012-81W-FF
NVCC	Gabriel’s Rebellion (Working title)	Lucy Gebre-Egziabher	lgebre@nvcc.edu	SU2012-485P-PF
NVCC	Understanding Factionalism in Restoration Anglo-Irish Politics – An In-depth Look at Changing Political Movements at the Court of Charles II	Rebecca Hayes	rhayes@nvcc.edu	SU2012-484P-PF
NVCC	Formation of a Small Business Legal Internship	Kelly Hebron	khebron@nvcc.edu	SU2012-500P-FF
NVCC	Phase II of the Science, Art, and Music of Water: An Instructional Collaboration: Recording, Promoting and Disseminating	Jonathan Kolm	jkolm@nvcc.edu	SU2012-491P-FF
NVCC	Community College of Virginia at CERN: Introducing Post-Modern Physics to C.C.	Walerian Majewski	wmajewski@nvcc.edu	SU2012-468P-FF
PHCC	Design of Virtual Field Trips for Historical Geology	Brett Dooley	bdooley@ph.vccs.edu	SU2012-486P-PF
PDCCC	The Introduction to Computer Science Reengineering Project	Robert Tureman	rtureman@pdc.edu	SU2012-497P-FF
SSVCC	ART 195: Topics In Art: Welded Art and Crafts Course Development	David Braun	david.braun@southside.edu	SU2012-476P-PF
SWCC	Instructional Development through Lessons and Interviews with a Master Organist: A Self-directed Project of Professional Growth	Joseph Trivette	joseph.trivette@sw.edu	SU2012-494P-FF
TCC	Interactivity + Interaction: Activity-based Assignments and Learning Tools for History of Design	Rosemary Hill	rohill@tcc.edu	SU2012-493P-FF
VHCC	Temporal and Spatial Changes of Mercury Contamination of Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus Quadramaculatus)	Kevin Hamed	khamed@vhcc.edu	SU2012-509P-PF
VWCC	The Developmental Student Advisory Panel (DSAP): A Pilot Project	Brenda Ashcraft	bashcraft@virginiawestern.edu	SU2012-482P-CF.FF
VWCC	Course Redesign for Developmental Psychology (Psy 230)	Bonnie Dennis	bdennis@virginiawestern.edu	SU2012-480P-FF
WCC	Going Green in Organic Chemistry	Stanley Jones	sdjones@wcc.vccs.edu	SU2012-488P-FF

Spring 2012

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
BRCC	Spring 2012 Instructional Technology Summit—Innovations in Teaching and Learning	Greg Cook	cookg@brcc.edu	S2012-76W-FF
CVCC	Combining Developmental Reading, Writing, and Orientation: An Integrated Approach to Student Success	Lana Velez	velezl@cvcc.vccs.edu	S2012-73W-FF
GCC	Inside Out: Bringing the Lives of Colonial Virginians into the Classroom by Bringing the Classroom Out	Richard Gossweiler	rgossweiler@germanna.edu	S2012-440P-PF
JTCC	Sentence Diagramming Makes a Comeback in a New Arena, the Community College Developmental Writing Classroom	Mona Marshall	mmarshall@reynolds.edu	S2012-446P-FF
LFCC	Digital Content Creation for Online Communication Course	Kimmarie Lewis	klewis@lfcc.edu	S2012-439P-CF
NVCC	Educators’ Realistic and Unrealistic Expectations for a 21st Century Mind	Ramezan Dowlati	rdowlati@nvcc.edu	S2012-438P-PF
NVCC	Amadou Hampaté Bâ and the French Colonial Regime in West Africa	Charles Evans	cevans@nvcc.edu	S2012-435P-PF
NVCC	The Science, Art, and Music of Water: An Instructional Collaboration	Jonathan Kolm	jkolm@nvcc.edu	S2012-454P-PF
NVCC	Virtualization and Cloud Computing Workshop	Bernard Schmidt	bschmidt@nvcc.edu	S2012-78W-PF
NVCC	Advanced Studies Certificate for Physical Therapists Assistants	Paula Smith	pasmith1@nvcc.edu	S2012-441P-PF
NVCC	Exploring Geography in Changing Bolivia	Robert Thornett	rthornett@nvcc.edu	S2012-448P-FF
SSVCC	Using Word Problems to Improve Success Rates in Developmental Reading Classes	Mary Downing-Gardner	mary.gardner@southside.edu	S2012-437P-FF
VWCC	Teaching the Mobile Generation: Continuing the Conversation	Ramona Coveny	rcoveny@virginiawestern.edu	S2012-79W-FF
WCC	Simulation: Back to the Basics	Karla Yates	kyates@wcc.vccs.edu	S2012-74W-PF.CF