| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.92 |
| Liaison | Amy Brunvand |
| Submission Date | Sept. 12, 2023 |
University of Utah
AC-7: Incentives for Developing Courses
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Jennifer
Watt Director of Sustainability Education Sustainability Office |
Does the institution have an ongoing program that offers incentives for academic staff in multiple disciplines or departments to develop new sustainability courses and/or incorporate sustainability into existing courses? :
A brief description of the incentive program(s):
Sustainability Teaching Workshop (formerly The Wasatch Experience)
URL: https://sustainability.utah.edu/education/the-wasatch-experience/
A multi-day interdisciplinary workshop for University of Utah faculty and PhD Graduate Students to provide support for incorporating sustainability themes, specifically UN SDGs into their courses. In 2022 The Wasatch Experience focused on integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their course. 2019 and earlier workshops, which were held biennual between 2014 to 2019, focused on integration of the three pillars of sustainability.
Previous Wasatch Experience Summaries are available at http://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/c.php?g=634043&p=5522438
Bennion Center, Public Service Professorship
URL: https://bennioncenter.org/faculty/professional-development/public-service-professorship-proposal.php
This significant award is designed to help a faculty member strengthen community-engaged learning experiences and opportunities tied to civic engagement, and also foster stronger partnerships with the local community. It is open to all faculty members at the University of Utah. 2022: Ana Carolina Antunes, Assistant Professor in the Gender Studies Program, School for Cultural and Social Transformation. Professor Antunes has demonstrated sustained commitment to community engaged pedagogy centered on gender and sexuality education for youth in our west-side communities. She is utilizing this $7500 award to launch a program in partnership with the Sunnyvale Neighborhood Center focused “on using digital technology as a means to enhance access to medically accurate knowledge about gender and sexuality, critical media literacy skills, and public health information." Professor Antunes has established a strong, long-term relationship with this community partner and has also partnered with the School of Medicine to build curriculum for the program.
A brief description of the incentives that academic staff who participate in the program(s) receive:
Sustainability Teaching Grant
--$1200. Upon completion of the Sustainability Teaching Workshop, participants are eligible to apply for a small grant to aid in integrating Sustainability into their course.
Public Service Professorship, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center
--$7,500 grant to support community based Learning may be used in any way that enables the recipient to carry out the proposed project.
Website URL where information about the incentives for developing sustainability course content is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
SOURCES
Sustainability Teaching Workshop
URL: https://sustainability.utah.edu/the-wasatch-experience/
* Note in 2022 the Wasatch Experience name changed to the Sustainability Teaching Scholars Workshop. All information on the website is consistent with information above.
Lowell Bennion Community Service Center
URL: http://bennioncenter.org/
SOURCES
Sustainability Teaching Workshop
URL: https://sustainability.utah.edu/the-wasatch-experience/
* Note in 2022 the Wasatch Experience name changed to the Sustainability Teaching Scholars Workshop. All information on the website is consistent with information above.
Lowell Bennion Community Service Center
URL: http://bennioncenter.org/
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