The 2024 Adjunct/Part-time Faculty Special Interest Group (SIG) POD Conference Scholarship seeks to increase participation in the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network) from those who are currently either: 

1. Adjunct/part-time faculty who want to become educational developers
2. Adjunct/part-time faculty who are currently educational developers
3. Educational developers who want to provide support for adjunct/part-time faculty
4. Educational developers who currently provide support for adjunct/part-time faculty

Five (5) individuals will be provided a scholarship that includes POD Network membership and registration, and financial assistance for travel (for in-person) to attend the 2024 POD Network Conference which will be held in-person November 11-14, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. 

Please complete the application:  2024 POD Adjunct/Part-time Faculty SIG Scholarship Application by August 30, 2024. Due to time constraints, no late applications will be accepted.

For additional information, visit the POD Adjunct/Part-time Faculty SIG Scholarship page.  

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Application Guideline: Anonymous Review Process

In the spirit of objectivity and fairness, we ask that you anonymize your application; that is, make sure that neither your name nor that of your institution appear in the narrative responses of your application. You will, of course, indicate your name at the top of the form, but your substantive responses should be anonymized.

Awardees will be contacted by October 1, 2024.

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Scholarship requirements:

This year, we will award five in-person (registration, membership, and $1800) scholarships. This funding is for financial assistance for the 2024 POD Network conference in Chicago, IL (November 10-14), including conference registration, travel to the conference, and POD Network membership for one year. Please plan to attend the Adjunct SIG meetings prior to and following the conference. Awardees will receive a follow-up survey after the conference and be asked to share their experience at the Adjunct SIG quarterly meeting following the conference.

In the case of projects funded by the POD Network, we request that the grantee acknowledge the POD Network in any publications, presentations, reports, or webpages about the initiative.  Please use the following statement: “This material is based upon work supported by the POD Network, 2024-2025.”  If you would like to use the POD Network logo along with this statement, please contact Gaye Webb, POD Administrative Manager, at [email protected].

FAQs:

We recognize that all individuals have multiple and intersecting identities. In addition, adjunct faculty, also known as contingent or part-time faculty, are a diverse population consisting of those who teach part-time. Adjunct faculty are also diverse in that they may be professionals and/or retirees wanting to give back to future generations or a professional who teaches exclusively.

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For more information:

For more information, contact Latisha Haag ([email protected]) or Cari Mathwig Ramseier ([email protected]), Co-Chairs of the Adjunct/Part-time Faculty SIG. Visit the POD Network website (https://podnetwork.org) for additional information about POD grants, the organizational mission, and conference schedules.

The application deadline has been extended to Friday August 9, 2024. Apply here!

Fellowship Description

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education enthusiastically invites applications for the 2024 Donald H. Wulff Diversity Fellowships. These fellowships provide financial and mentoring support designed to increase and support sustained participation of individuals from historically underrepresented groups in the field of educational development.

Underrepresented groups include, but are not limited to, individuals who identify as racial and/or ethnic minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered individuals; and individuals with disabilities. These fellowships are also intended to support individuals working at institutions that are currently underrepresented in the POD network. These institutions include, but are not limited to: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Native American Tribal Colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions or Hispanic Area Colleges and Institutions, Minority-Serving Institutions (or those aspiring to become MSIs), and Community Colleges. The fellowship is named to honor the memory of the former POD President, Donald H. Wulff, who was an early supporter of the POD Diversity Committee. This initiative highlights the alignment of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee’s mission with POD’s strategic priorities.

We encourage applicants with all levels of experience in educational development to apply, from graduate students and other early career or pre-career applicants to senior educational developers. 

Past Wulff Fellows are encouraged to apply and serve as mentors to new awardees. Wulff Fellow Mentors will take the lead in facilitating community-building experiences for new fellows throughout the conference and going forward through the year.

The POD Network Conference is an opportunity for educators, administrators, consultants, and innovators to come together and participate in interactive sessions and networking events focused on current issues and trends in educational development, including programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Wulff Fellows will share their work or perspectives through a roundtable discussion and have the opportunity to connect with one another. Wulff Fellow Mentors will provide guidance and support to new Fellows.

Fellowship Details

The Fellowship provides: 

1. A one-year POD membership; 
2. Registration fee for the POD Conference; 
3. Financial support for travel costs to Chicago, IL;
4. Mentoring and other experiences before, during, and after the conference, designed to connect awardees with colleagues and support their participation in educational development

Fellows are expected to:

• Attend the 2024 POD Conference;
• Attend the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee’s Annual Business Meeting; 
• Participate in a roundtable discussion sharing work, insights, perspectives, and/or experiences; 
• Participate in Wulff Fellow cohort networking opportunities during the 2024–2025 fellowship year—before, during, and after the conference—to connect and build community around their work;
• Submit a post-conference report and a 6-month check-in survey at the midpoint of their fellowship year. This post-conference report and the 6-month check-in survey will help us assess the effectiveness of the program to better the experience of Wulff Fellows.

Criteria, Timeline, and Resources

A successful application should clearly articulate: 

1. Your identification as someone from a historically underrepresented group or someone serving at an institution that is currently underrepresented in POD membership. Please see the fellowship description above for more information; 
2. Your interest and/or experience in educational development; 
3. How you would benefit from attending the conference; 
4. A clear and explicit explanation of how sustained engagement with the DEI Committee and POD network aligns with your goals in the field of educational development (for example, if you are a grad student, how this opportunity will help you explore career and other professional interests; if you are more advanced in your career, how this opportunity will help you towards your professional goals).
5. The work, insights, perspectives, and/or experiences that you will contribute to the POD conference roundtable; or (for past Wulff Fellows applying as Wulff Fellow Mentors) the insights, perspectives, and/or experiences you will bring to your role mentoring new awardees through the conference and beyond.
6. A brief description of your travel needs, such as geographical travel distance, planned travel arrangements, hotel costs, etc., and how this travel fund would help you overcome financial barriers (including extraneous factors such as child care, elder care expenses, etc.) to attending the POD conference.

Application Timeline and Resources

• • Deadline for submission: no later than August 9, 2024 to be considered for this award. 
  • Application can be found here: Wulff Application Form. As a resource, see examples of successful applications here.
  • Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail in September.

• Attend the POD Conference this year in November!

Questions?

Please don’t hesitate to contact POD DEI Fellowship Coordinators Viyon Dansu, David Goldman, Abigail Jaimes-Gomez, and Mike Rozinski at  [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application!

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