AGLSP News & Events
Call for Nominations for the 2012 Annual Faculty Award
The AGLSP Annual Faculty Award is offered each year by the Association to honor an outstanding faculty member who teaches in a Full Member program. The award was established by the Association’s Board of Directors in 1991 to recognize outstanding faculty who exemplify the qualities of interdisciplinary, liberal teaching and who have participated significantly in teaching or advising students and/or have actively participated in other faculty service in a Graduate Liberal Studies program.
The 2011 AFA was awarded to Professor Sheldon Solomon of Skidmore College. Professor Solomon is recognized for his staunch, tireless support of the MALS program and its students since its inception in the early ‘90s.
Nominations for the 2012 award are now open (deadline is March 31, 2012). Download criteria
Welcome New Members
Congratulations Dr. James P. Pappas, Dean of the College of Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma — Fellow of the AGLSP!
Fellow Membership is bestowed upon individuals to honor them for substantial service to the Association, through long-time participation and leadership.
Welcome New Associate Members!
- University of Houston-Downtown (Houston, TX)
- Lourdes University (Sylvania, OH)
2012 Graduate Liberal Studies Symposia
East Coast Graduate Liberal Studies Symposium, April 6-7, 2012 at East Tennessee State University
The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, invites you to submit proposals for the 2012 East Coast Regional Conference, April 6-7, 2012. Please note that the deadline for proposals has been extended to February 15, 2012 at midnight. Call for proposals
For more information, visit http://www.etsu.edu/academicaffairs/scs/mals/
Call for Papers — West Coast Graduate Liberal Studies Symposium, June 22-24, 2012 at University of Southern California
The University of Southern California Master of Liberal Studies Program, with the USC MLS Student Association, will host the sixth annual 2012 Joint Graduate Liberal Studies Joint Symposium June 22-24, 2012 on the USC campus. Participating in the symposium will be students, alumni, and faculty from GLS programs at Dominican University of California, Maastricht University, Marylhurst University, Mount St. Mary’s College, Reed College, Simon Fraser University, Stanford University, and USC. Proposals for papers are due March 1.
Check here for call for papers and symposium information: http://dornsife.usc.edu/mls/2012-gls-symposium/.
USC Urban Biology Course Visits Habitat Restoration Sites
As part of their “Urban Conservation Biology” course, USC Master of Liberal Studies students visited coastal habitat restoration sites, including the Augustus Hawkins Nature Park in South LA, the El Segundo blue butterfly restored habitat in the Palos Verdes Peninsula, beach restorations in Redondo Beach and Torrance, the Madrona Marsh, and the Ballona Wetlands. On a separate field trip, USC MLS conservation biologists-in-training also compared wildlife observed in the Dominguez Gap restoration areas in north Long Beach and in the Los Angeles River.