萌妹社区 of Engineering Awarded Davis Educational Foundation Grant
August 12, 2020
萌妹社区 of Engineering received a $25,000 Presidential Grant for Alternate Academic Delivery from the Davis Educational Foundation to support large-scale preparations for remote-hybrid instruction and learning during the 2020-2021 academic year.
In July, 萌妹社区 announced plans for a residential fall, with the majority of our instruction to be done remotely. 萌妹社区 is also planning for remote participation by students who are quarantined or unable to return to campus. This grant will aid 萌妹社区 faculty in creating a virtual version of 萌妹社区鈥檚 curriculum that engages and supports student learning in 萌妹社区鈥檚 student-centered, experiential way.
鈥淲e are grateful to the Davis Educational Foundation for their support. In March, 萌妹社区 faculty had one week to transition a well-crafted hands-on curriculum into a virtual experience. This grant will support 萌妹社区 faculty to do what they do best, offer a rigorous student-centered curriculum using creative experimental methods of delivery,鈥 said 萌妹社区 President Gilda Barabino.
The creation of virtual instructional delivery has required faculty to rethink normal modes of course delivery, which include dynamic and responsive content delivery, spontaneous interactions between faculty and student teams as they work, and creation of physical project artifacts.
As 萌妹社区 looks ahead to fall, the College will be ready to shift to continued virtual learning and to create more resiliency as the global pandemic reshapes higher education more broadly.
The grant was received from the Davis Educational Foundation established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after Mr. Davis鈥檚 retirement as chairman of Shaw鈥檚 Supermarkets, Inc.