Abstract submissions deadline March 1, 2012
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Proposals for standard faculty presentations - 15 minutes

Full papers can be submitted for publication in the peer-reviewed AURCO Journal, which is now indexed in the EBSCO databases.

Proposals for standard presentations can be in any of the following topics:

Teaching

Innovative Articulation Agreements or Cooperative Arrangements
Innovative Linkages with Other Regional Campus, Whether Within or Outside One’s University
Innovative Linkages with Community Colleges
Innovative Linkages with Vocational Schools
Dual Enrollment and Similar Initiatives
Development of New Programs
Innovative Delivery of Courses
Innovative Uses of Technology in the Classroom
Interdisciplinary Approaches
Special Topics Courses
Innovative Approaches to Assessment
Noteworthy Student Success Stories
Service Learning
Innovative Internship Programs
Innovative Approaches to Reducing Textbook Costs
Innovative Approaches to Continuing Education or Non-Credit Offerings
Innovative Student Fieldtrips and Travel

Service

Innovative Faculty Efforts to Enhance Student Services
Innovative Student Activities and Student Community-Service Activities
Innovative Approaches to Student Clubs
Innovative Arts Programs at the Regional Campuses
Innovative Linkages with Community Arts Organizations
Innovative Linkages with Businesses
Innovative Linkages with Service Agencies and Organizations
Innovative Linkages with Local Governments
Innovative linkages with K-12 School Systems
Innovative Ways of Linking Community Service and Teaching or Scholarship

Scholarship

The Unique Opportunities for Doing Research at the Regional Campuses
The Challenges of Doing Research at the Regional Campuses
Innovative Discipline-Related Scholarship at the Regional Campuses or Approaches to Such Scholarship
Innovative Pedagogical-Related Scholarship at the Regional Campuses or Approaches to Such Scholarship
Federal, State, or Corporate Grant Support for Scholarship at the Regional Campuses
University Support for Scholarship at the Regional Campuses
Local Sources of Support for Scholarship at the Regional Campuses
Producing or Promoting Meaningful Student Scholarship at the Regional Campuses

Proposals for faculty workshops - 30-60 minutes

Topics might include but are not limited to the following:
An Introduction to a New Software or Innovative Uses of Electronic Device
An Introduction to an Alternative Method of Course Delivery
An Introduction to Grant Writing

Proposals for faculty poster presentations and roundtables

After lunch and the keynote address, there will be a timeslot devoted to discipline-related roundtables to discuss new developments in the discipline or in the teaching of the discipline. Ideally, each roundtable will have a chair and begin with three to five poster presentations by participants, around which at least some of the discussion will be organized.

More narrowly defined roundtables might also be developed. For instance, in English, there might be roundtables on developmental English, composition courses, lower- and/or upper-level literature surveys, business and/or technical and professional writing, creative writing, and/or English education.

Proposals for discipline-related workshops for students

We have always wanted to make fuller use of the Friday before the conference. Dennis Bulen, Criminal Justice, Wright State Lake Campus, has come up with an idea that may serve as a model for similar efforts. He will be organizing a crime-scene-investigation workshop that will be scheduled for Friday afternoon, and he will invite faculty and students from other regional campus programs in the discipline to participate. The students will present reports on their experiences in the workshop as part of a special panel on Saturday morning.

The home institutions of the students who attend the conference will be asked to pay a reduced registration of $20 to cover the cost of the meal. But if that registration fee becomes a reason for a student’s not participating, it will be waived.

Proposals for staff presentations or roundtables

We would like to encourage more staff participation in the conference and will devote several panels in the morning entirely to presentations or roundtables for staff. We will hold faculty presentations that may be of interest to staff for later panels and flag them as being of possible interest to staff. The presentations should be 15-minutes long.

The roundtables can be scheduled for 30 to 60 minutes. The roundtables will ideally start with thee to five poster presentations, at least one of which those proposing the roundtable should be prepared to present.

Proposals for competitive student papers and poster presentations

The competitive papers and poster presentations can be related to any discipline. There are no restrictions on topic or length. But to be competitive, the papers should incorporate primary or secondary research and demonstrate a knowledge of some type of documentation style.

These papers and 250-word descriptions of the poster presentations should be submitted using the abstract submission form: http://aurco.org/conference/cfp . The papers will be judged before the conference, and students will be asked to make 15-minute presentation on the material on the day of the conference. In the judging, the paper itself will be weighted 2 to 1 with the presentation.

The winners of the paper and poster presentation competitions will each receive a plaque and a $300 scholarship award credited to their accounts at their regional campuses or universities (if they are about to transfer to the main campus or elsewhere).

The home institutions of the students who attend the conference will be asked to pay a reduced registration of $20 to cover the cost of the meal. But if that registration fee becomes a reason for a student’s not participating, it will be waived.

Also please see the information on the photo contest open to students and described above under PROPOSALS FOR ARTS-RELATED OR AVOCATION-RELATED DEMONSTRATIONS and the panel(s) described below.

Proposals for student panels or roundtables

We would like to encourage more student participation in the conference and will devote one or more panels in the morning entirely to presentations or roundtables on issues of interest to regional-campus students. These panels will be ideal for students involved in student government or clubs and will ideally bring some focused attention to the student concerns very specific to regional campuses.

The home institutions of the students who attend the conference will be asked to pay a reduced registration of $20 to cover the cost of the meal. But if that registration fee becomes a reason for a student’s not participating, it will be waived.

Proposals for arts-related or avocation-related demonstrations

On Friday night, the Lake Campus will provide refreshments and musical and other entertainment. We would also like to host readings of poetry and work in other genres, to exhibit paintings, drawings, photographs, or sculptures (we can also arrange for a lengthier exhibit/sale for the week or month leading up to the conference), and to provide space for art or craft demonstrations, as well as for avocation-related demonstrations (such as home brewing or introductions to some sort of collecting).

We invite regional-campus faculty, staff, and students to electronically submit digital photographs for an exhibit at the conference. We will either print the photographs or exhibit them on monitors that present them in slideshows. There are no restrictions on subject or style. The winners, chosen by a vote of conference attendees, will receive plaques. Categories will be determined by the types of submissions that we receive. Those who submit these photographs do not necessarily have to attend the conference.