ACS Member Notes

A new partnership between Spelman College and the University of Michigan School of Public Health will offer an accelerated pathway to earn a master’s degree in three public health disciplines. Find out more >

Applicants to Millsaps College will not be required to submit standardized test scores to be considered for admission for at least the next application cycle, the college announced. Find out more >

Millsaps College has announced the selection of Beth Clarke, current senior executive director of admissions strategy and counseling at Sweet Briar College, as vice president of enrollment. Find out more >

Grant Cornwell, President of Rollins College, wrote an Orlando Sentinel op-ed on August 5^th inspired “in no small part by the faculty efforts I see throughout the Associated Colleges of the South.” The article can be read here, Rollins president: Bravo to faculty, preparing for uncertain fall.

A short podcast series called “Postcard Pedagogy” has been launched. It highlights untold stories about global learning off-campus study programs at liberal arts colleges. You can find these 10-15-minute episodes wherever you get your podcasts or listen at Buzzsprout. 

Lever Press, a digitally native, Open Access press has released Faculty as Global Learners: Off-Campus Study at Liberal Arts Colleges co-authored by Lisa Jasinski, Special Assistant to the VP for Academic Affairs at Trinity University. The book can be read online or downloaded for free at this https://bit.ly/2EiSA95. An early pre-cursor for this book was a grant from the ACS to hold a “Study Abroad Summit” that involved bringing faculty members to Trinity to talk about pedagogy and study abroad.