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Message from the Dean

University of Guam

College Academic Affairs Committee (L to R): Dr. Chris Garcia (DEAL); Dr. Michael Clement (Humanities); Dr. Stephen Bednarzyk (Communication and Fine Arts); Dr. Sharleen Santos-Bamba, Acting Associate Dean; Dr. James Sellmann, Dean; Dr. Kyle Smith (Social and Behavioral Sciences).

Thank you for visiting the webpage of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. This page provides a variety of introductory and supportive materials that will be useful to visitors as well as to the College community of students, faculty, and staff.

This is a place where words and pictures describe activities in the College via the current newsletter and other participant contributions. You can see glimpses of our courses in action: in the classroom and laboratory; in the field; during study abroad opportunities; and in community and performance settings.

Another part of the site, The Learner Focus Series, is devoted to academic quality and learner assessment. A discussion and examples of “best practice” course syllabus development are provided in the lead article. This is followed by assessment studies of academic operations, such as student registration; assessment studies in which faculty report on what they include in their course syllabi; and learner assessments in various courses and programs. We envision this as a rich and evolving part of the Office of the Dean webpage that will provide tools for faculty: to use as they begin their assessment work; to view as examples similar to assessments they hope to initiate; and to review as examples of assessment reports that document a wide spectrum of student growth in the College’s teaching/learning experience. We expect the public to also be interested in these assessment reports as a source of accountability information.
 
Materials on this webpage provide administrative support to College faculty and staff. A section is provided for all of the College handbooks:

We hope you found our webpage useful. Please let us know if there is any other information you would like to see on it.

James D. Sellmann, Ph.D.
Dean

Sharleen Santos-Bamba, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Dean

  

CLASS Faculty & Student Grants

  • Faculty Travel Grants are awarded for a maximum of $1,500. Priority is given to presenting at academic conferences. The overall budget for Faculty Travel Grants is $29,000 this year. There will be roughly $7,250 per quarter to award. The application link, which includes more criteria, is below.

    https://uguam.asia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bOf7FejgCsGaKyh

    Deadlines are on Wednesdays, with deliberations usually on the Friday of the same week. The deadlines are September 5 and October 31 in the Fanuchånan (Fall) Semester, and January 30 and May 1 in the Fañomnåkan (Spring) Semester.

  • Student Travel Grants are generally awarded at a maximum of $1,000 for Graduate Students and $500 for Undergraduates. Again, priority is given for presenting at academic conferences. Either the student or the faculty member may apply, but the student must have a faculty sponsor. The budget for student travel grants is $15,000 this year. There is roughly $3,750 per quarter to award. The application link, which includes more criteria, is below.

    https://uguam.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8p5yuzbkeWDF17T

    Deadlines for Student Travel Grants are the same as Faculty Travel Grants. Again, those deadlines are September 5 and October 31 in the Fanuchånan (Fall) Semester, and January 30 and May 1 in the Fañomnåkan (Spring) Semester.

  • CSR Grants have a maximum award amount of $3,000. These are seed grants intended to either fund small one-time projects or to start fledging projects and help faculty in applications for external funding. The budget for CSR grants is $24,000 this year. There is roughly $12,000 per semester to award.

    https://uguam.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0c5KNkIk7dsqNLv

    There are only two deadlines for CSR Grants, October 3 in the Fanuchånan (Fall) and April 3 in the Fañomnåkan (Spring). Grant funds are valid for one year.

  • For questions or more information, please contact the Acting Associate Dean Sharleen Santos-Bamba; sbamba@triton.uog.edu
 

Documents

 
College Handbooks

 

Faculty Forms and Policies

Advisement Forms

Communications and Fine Arts

English & Applied Linguistics

Humanities

 

CLASS Advisement