Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients - Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Congratulations 2023-2024 Grant Recipients

Teaching & Learning Grant recipients have undergone a rigorous competiive application process, which includesd proposal submission and a blind peer review. Recipients will be implementing their proposed Scholarship of Teaching and Learning over the next year with presentations of their scholarship to be completed within the next two years. Learn more about the Teaching & Learning Grants.

College of Business

Proposal to Increase Knowledge, Skill, and Confidence with GPS Technology Among Achaeology Students

Person item component: ESobel@MissouriState.edu

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Management Accounting: Experiential Learning Strategies for Engagement, Recruiting, and Retention

Person item component: KimberlyChurch@MissouriState.edu

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Person item component: KristenThornton@MissouriState.edu

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College of Education

Assessing the Development of complex Cultural Competence among Students and its Relationship to Diversity/Global Learning as a High-Impact Practice

Person item component: NicoleWest@MissouriState.edu

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McQueary College of Health & Human Services

Impact of 3D Printing on Experiential Learning of Master's Level Occupational Therapy Students

Person item component: NaomieCorro@MissouriState.edu

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Person item component: SapnaChakraborty@MissouriState.edu

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Increasing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Using a Prosocial Approach

Person item component: DPaliliunas@MissouriState.edu

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Primary Applicant

Person item component: JBelisle@MissouriState.edu

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Co-Applicant

Person item component: BreannaLee@MissouriState.edu

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Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities

Evaluating High-Impact Teaching Practices in Geography: The Tennessee Refugee Game

Person item component: EFrazier@MissouriState.edu

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Previous Award Winners

The 2022-2023 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

Curriculum Innovation Grants provide funding of up to $4,000 to improve student learning through high-impact (active learning) practices or inclusive teaching that emphasizes diversity and multicultural perspectives. Curriculum Innovation awards are made through a competitive application process.

Paul Ajuwon
Counseling Leadership and Special Ed

Enhancing the specialized mathematics skills of teacher candidates in the Blindness and Low Vision program

Ronda Entlicher-Stewart
School of Nursing

3-D printed skins to enhance confidence of skin lesion removal by student nurse practitioners

Matt McKay
Geography Geology and Planning

Co-applicant: Damon Bassett

Creating virtual reality worldscapes for training geologists

Julie Ravenscraft
Accounting

Co-applicant: Kyle Goodin

Intro to Financial Accounting (ACC 201) innovation and student engagement Initiative

Marnie Watson
Sociology and Anthropology

Co-applicants: Erin Kenny and Christina Ryder

Center for Ozark Poverty Research, virtual reality poverty immersion: A unique out-of-the-classroom experience

Andrew Ward
Physical Therapy

Co-applicants: Scott W. Wallentine and Kimberly Ennis

Musculoskeletal equipment enhanced learning

2021-2022

2021-2022 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

Mental Health First Aid	Brandon Aigner and Stacie Finley COE Reading, Foundations, and Technology
Creating VR Content for Immersive Geoscience Courses	Matt McKay CNAS Geography, Geology, and Planning
Bringing Novel Experiences and Experiments into Experimental Economics	Benjamin Beranek CHPA Economics
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Elementary Education	A. Minor Baker and Chloe Bolyard COE Childhood Education and Family Studies
Seeking Inclusive Excellence through Indigenous Histories of the Americas	John Gram and Julia Troche CHPA History
Food Photography, Food Styling, and Set Design	Deborah Piland MCHHS Biomedical Sciences
Using a Common Reading across an Elementary Education Graduate Program: Promoting Equitable Practices to Transform Teachers' Classroom and School Communities	Mandy Benedict-Chambers COE Childhood Education and Family Studies
Enhancement of Acute Airway Management and Endotracheal Intubation Skills in Physician Assistant Students	Nathan Miracle MCHHS Physician Assistant Studies
Integrating Trauma Informed Care into the Nursing Curriculum to Meet the Needs of a Trauma Impacted World	Cindi Aurentz, Stephanie Nikbakht, Melissa Penkalski, Jeanie Skibiski, and Diane Smith MCHHS Nursing

2020-2021

The 2020-2021 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

Technological Solutions for Improved Inclusion and Online Experiences for Field Trips and Field Based Courses in Geoscience	Damon Bassett Geography Geology and Planning
Enhancing Students’ Classroom Experience with Innovative Technology	Melissa Penkalski, Shelley Carter, and Ronda Entlicher-Stewart School of Nursing
E-portfolios and Diversity Statements to Advance Diverse Perspectives and Encourage High Impact Practices in the Writing Classroom	Lori Rogers and Judy Tarbox Department of English
Fostering Social Justice Practices in Spanish Upper-level Courses	Vanessa Rodriguez de la Vega World Languages and Cultures
Incorporating Anti-racism into Undergraduate Methods and Statistics Courses in the Social Sciences	Kyler Sherman-Wilkins Sociology and Anthropology

2019-2020

The 2019-2020 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

Teaching Diagnostic Assessment Procedures via ZOOM Online Format to a Diverse Student Population	Tamara Arthaud Counseling, Leadership and Special Education
Simulated Patient Experience to Supplement Skill Development	Christian McCall and Tona Hetzler Sports Medicine and Athletic Training
Enhanced Learning: Flipping Online Social Work Practice Courses	Amanda Keys and Michele Brown Social Work
Developing Cultural Competence in Technical and Professional Writing	Leslie Seawright English
Strengthening the Curriculum to Support the Online Program in Blindness and Low Vision	Paul Ajuwon Counseling, Leadership and Special Education
High-Impact Learning in Ancient History Instruction	Julia Troche History
Student Success and Learning Foundation Development in a Large-scale Introductory Biomedical Sciences Course	Joseph Williams Biomedical Sciences

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Teaching & Learning Grant Recipients

College of Business

Proposal to Increase Knowledge, Skill, and Confidence with GPS Technology Among Achaeology Students

Management Accounting: Experiential Learning Strategies for Engagement, Recruiting, and Retention

College of Education

Assessing the Development of complex Cultural Competence among Students and its Relationship to Diversity/Global Learning as a High-Impact Practice

McQueary College of Health & Human Services

Impact of 3D Printing on Experiential Learning of Master's Level Occupational Therapy Students

Increasing Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Using a Prosocial Approach

Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities

Evaluating High-Impact Teaching Practices in Geography: The Tennessee Refugee Game

Previous Award Winners

The 2022-2023 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

2021-2022 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

The 2020-2021 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

The 2019-2020 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients