Gaines Center Goals, 2017-18 Enhance the fellows’ experience Enhance our ability to provide funding for valuable summer experiences between the junior and senior years (upon return from the China trip). We’d like to make this a target for fundraising, in conjunction with UK’s capital campaign. Try to make last May’s China trip a recurring possibility. We’ve been able to take this trip 3 years in a row, and we’re working with UK’s Confucius Institute to try to make this a fixture of our program. Ensure widespread Gaines participation in established UK venues, notably the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars and and regular participation in national meetings (such as the National Conference on Undergraduate Research). Work closely with the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards to optimize opportunities for Gaines fellows. Take a targeted approach, in close consultation with Dr. Pat Whitlow (UK Director of Nationally-Competitive Awards). This fall, Gaines fellows are competing for campus nominations for the Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright Scholarships. Continue to closely superintend the thesis advising process. Orientation meeting for thesis chairs, regular schedule of thesis workshops with series of deadlines (incl. extensive peer review). A coordinated approach to thesis advising has yielded excellent results over the last 3 years. Get interested Board members involved in informal mentorship of individual fellows. Work with the Board to think up more informal ways to develop fellows’ cultural capital Enhance alumni and current fellow relations Keep alumni well informed. I have endeavored to send a director’s message 3 times per year (August/September, December, May). Alumni have let me know their appreciation. Targeted solicitation of alumni cohorts for summer-experience fundraising for rising seniors.
Gaines Center Goals, 2017-18 Enhance the fellows’ experience Enhance our ability to provide funding for valuable summer experiences between the junior and senior years (upon return from the China trip). We’d like to make this a target for fundraising, in conjunction with UK’s capital campaign. Try to make last May’s China trip a recurring possibility. We’ve been able to take this trip 3 years in a row, and we’re working with UK’s Confucius Institute to try to make this a fixture of our program. Ensure widespread Gaines participation in established UK venues, notably the Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars and and regular participation in national meetings (such as the National Conference on Undergraduate Research). Work closely with the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards to optimize opportunities for Gaines fellows. Take a targeted approach, in close consultation with Dr. Pat Whitlow (UK Director of Nationally-Competitive Awards). This fall, Gaines fellows are competing for campus nominations for the Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright Scholarships. Continue to closely superintend the thesis advising process. Orientation meeting for thesis chairs, regular schedule of thesis workshops with series of deadlines (incl. extensive peer review). A coordinated approach to thesis advising has yielded excellent results over the last 3 years. Get interested Board members involved in informal mentorship of individual fellows. Work with the Board to think up more informal ways to develop fellows’ cultural capital Enhance alumni and current fellow relations Keep alumni well informed. I have endeavored to send a director’s message 3 times per year (August/September, December, May). Alumni have let me know their appreciation. Targeted solicitation of alumni cohorts for summer-experience fundraising for rising seniors.
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