Faculty Enhancement Fund

The Faculty Enhancement Fund was established in 2018 by Dr. Doug Richey with the Faculty Senate's support, this fund promotes faculty professional development by supplementing related costs. The initiative encourages 91¿´Æ¬ faculty to engage in meaningful opportunities that enhance their expertise and foster collaboration. Eligible full-time faculty with at least one year of service may submit one proposal per cycle, with recipients of fall awards ineligible for spring consideration. The recipients are outlined below throughout the years.

 
Faculty Enhancement Grant Awards


Fall 2024

  1. Justin Hargrove, Human Performance 91¿´Æ¬ – Justin Sports Medicine Annual Conference CE - $961
  2. Lesa Presley, Natural Sciences 91¿´Æ¬ – ACUE Artificial Intelligence Course -  $349
  3. Page Petrucka, Theatre 91¿´Æ¬ – Margolis Method On-Line Course - $500
  4. Stacie Yarbrough, Natural Sciences 91¿´Æ¬ – Great Teaching Round Up - $1,190

Total Award - $3,000

 

Spring 2024

  1. April Brannon, Medical Assisting 91¿´Æ¬ – American Association of Medical Assistants Annual Conference - $1,000
  2. Savannah Calhoun, Funeral Service 91¿´Æ¬ – Embalming & Restorative Art Seminar - $570
  3. Charla Denman, Nursing 91¿´Æ¬ – National League for Nursing (NLN) Certification for Nurse Educators (CNE) - $500
  4. Rene 91¿´Æ¬ ’ McCracken, Agriculture 91¿´Æ¬ – Attend Baker Creek Spring Planting Festival - $930

Total Award - $3,000

 

Fall 2023

  1. Russell VanBibber, EMS 91¿´Æ¬ – Accreditcon Conference/ EMS Program - $1,200
  2. Melissa Fulgham, History 91¿´Æ¬ – Present at the Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting - $1,354

Total Award - $2,554

 

Spring 2023

  1. Melissa Fulgham, History 91¿´Æ¬ –Archival Documents on Annie McLean Moores - $1,620
  2. Jackie Johnston, Mathematics - Great Teaching Round Up - $1,264.70 

Total Award - $2,854.70

 

Fall 2022

  1. Savanah Calhoun 91¿´Æ¬ – Deeper Death Work Course/Study - $888
  2. James Ward 91¿´Æ¬ – Travel to Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference - $675

Total Award - $1,563

 

Spring 2022 

  1. Gary Short 91¿´Æ¬ – EMS Course Coordinator - $835

Total Award - $835

 

Fall 2021

  1. Matthew Lampert 91¿´Æ¬ – Ruling in a Wanton World:  Arthur Applbaum 91¿´Æ¬ ’s Work and the Philosophy of Legitimacy Beyond the State 91¿´Æ¬ – Workshop at the University of Graz, Austria - $1,860
  2. Connie Lindsay 91¿´Æ¬ – Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialists (CHSOS-credentialing) - $715
  3. William McWhorter 91¿´Æ¬ – Travel to SigCSE Technical Symposium 91¿´Æ¬ – Providence, Rhode Island 91¿´Æ¬ – $1,000
  4. James Ward 91¿´Æ¬ – Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching 91¿´Æ¬ – Ft. Worth, Texas - $600

Total Award - $4,175 (includes an additional $1,175 in private funding received)