FACET is pleased to announce the finalists for the fifth annual Innovate Awards.
Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. The Retreat Planning Committee was pleased to see the excellent work happening on all IU campuses. After a great deal of discussion and deliberation, the committee came to consensus on this year's finalists.
Finalists for Collaborative Activities
- Savannah Hall, IUB, “Who Wrote It Best?”: Bad News Writing Competition
- Meghan Porter, IUB, You Be The Teacher!
- Lamia Scherzinger and Allison Plopper, IUPUI, Global Exchange in a First-Year Seminar Class
Finalists for Community Engagement
- Olga Korne, IUK, VITA - Community Service and Experiential Learning
- Jamie Oslawski-Lopez and Stephanie Medley-Rath, IUK, #GetEngaged Assignment
- Christina Romero-Ivanova and Paul Cook, IUK, Crucial Events, Creating Empathy: Storytelling with Tomorrow’s Teachers
Finalists for Creative Uses of Online Tools
- Sumreen Asim, IUS, Bringing Augmented Reality to Deepen Learning
- Jared Allsop, IUB, Understanding Implicit Bias
- Mohammad Merhi, IUSB, Increasing Students’ Engagement, Motivation, and through Online Gaming
Finalists for Skills Across the Curriculum
- Sara Loy, IUB, Vampire Art
- Rebekah Dement, IUS, Reading, Writing, and Peopling: Essential Skills for College Success
- Katie Metz, IUB, "Dear Sir: The Regulations Need to Change"
Finalists for Skills Across the Curriculum
- Sara Cochran, IUB, Women and the Entrepreneurial Challenge
- Kelly Blewett, IUE, Arguing Style: Considering Students' Rights to Their Own Language
- Donna Albrecht, IUS, Using I Am From Poem Creation to Inform DEI Practices and Build Community
The finalists will now prepare a multi-media description of their activity. Once the descriptions are posted, FACET members and retreat registrants will vote for their favorite activity. Winners will be announced at FACET's Annual Retreat taking place June 8-10, 2022, at the Sheraton Louisville Riverside Hotel in Jeffersonville, Indiana.