by Susan Griffith

As Case Western Reserve University gears up to implement the Seminar Approach to General Education, or SAGES, program for all its undergraduates in 2005, President Edward M. Hundert has announced the new Presidential Fellowship Program to complement existing faculty teaching in the program and to expand the program as a new first-year class arrives this fall.

Presidential Fellows will teach University seminar classes in the areas of their expertise that come within SAGES themes of "Thinking about the Natural World," "Thinking about the Symbolic World" and "Thinking about the Social World."

Jill Korbin, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, chaired the committee that designed the Presidential Fellowship Program. She described the fellows as providing students with an opportunity to tap into the diverse experiences of a wide range of professionals from inside and outside the University.

Working with her were committee members Jim Cawley, Case School of Engineering; Melvyn Durchslag, School of Law; Mark Hans, School of Dentistry; Diana L. Morris, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; Gary Previts, Weatherhead School of Management; Roy Ritzmann, College of Arts and Sciences; Elizabeth Tracy, Mandel School of Social Sciences; Peter Whitehouse, School of Medicine, and Peter Whiting, College of Arts and Sciences.

Among the people eligible to become fellows are faculty from professional schools that do not offer undergraduate classes or degrees; emeriti faculty; CWRU administrators; accomplished individuals from University Circle, Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio's cultural, scientific and policy-oriented institutions; and distinguished individuals from around the world and nation.

A selection committee will review all applicants who apply for the program and recommend to Hundert three fellows for the fall semester and eight for the spring semester.

"By finding new ways to draw our extraordinary graduate and professional faculty into our undergraduate experience, we can provide the depth and breadth of faculty-student contact," Hundert said.

Presidential Fellows will be responsible for teaching University seminars during a 15-weeklong semester. Fellows also will meet with students outside class to discuss classroom materials and student progress. Each fellow will attend an orientation session prior to the start of classes. They also will receive a $5,000 honorarium.

Individuals interested in becoming a fellow must apply. The original deadline was July 21 but the committee will accept applications until all fellow positions are filled. An application form, with detailed information, is available at the SAGES Web site at http://www.cwru.edu/sages/fellows.htm.

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