DELTA Grants Recipients for 2021-2022 Announced
DELTA is pleased to announce nearly $280,000 in 20 new and eight continuing DELTA Grants to 41 recipients across the university. Recipients represent nine academic colleges and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost’s Office.
DELTA is providing continuing support to three Critical Path grant recipients and five Faculty Fellows from the 2020-2021 grant cycle, whose cohort will also welcome four new additions.
In collaboration with our faculty and campus partners, we look forward to creating innovative solutions to instructional challenges and increasing student success. As we leverage the latest technologies, apply research-based standards of excellence and explore advancements in instructional design, DELTA Grants enhance the digital learning environment at NC State. The DELTA Grants orientation will be held on Aug. 31.
This year’s grant types include Course Design, Critical Path, Exploratory and Faculty Fellows.
| Recipient(s) | Grant Type | Title | College | Department |
| Elaine Bohórquez | Faculty Fellows (Continuing) | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Agricultural and Life Sciences | Prestage Department of Poultry Science |
| Matthew Koci | Course Design | Food Fight: Developing Online War Games to Teach Core Concepts in How we Protect our Food Supply | College of Agricultural and Life Sciences | Prestage Department of Poultry Science |
| Shannon Phillips, Alaina Cross, Callie Fogle, Katie Sheats | Exploratory | Trot to Trophy 2.0 | College of Agricultural and Life Sciences | Animal Science |
| Nicola Singletary | Course Design | Improving Students’ Understanding of Participant Experience and Government Structure in Food Insecurity and Federal Nutrition Programs | College of Agricultural and Life Sciences | Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences |
| Julianne Treme | Faculty Fellows (Continuing) | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Agricultural and Life Sciences | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Katherine Greder, Mary Hauser | Course Design | ADN 475: The Integration of Online Learning in Pre-Industrial World Textiles | College of Design | Art + Design |
| Michelle Bartlett | Faculty Fellows (Continuing) | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Education | Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development |
| Michelle Falter | Faculty Fellows | Fostering Anti-Racist and Dialogic Learning in Online, Hybrid, and F2F Learning Environments through Instructional Technology Use | College of Education | Teacher Education and Learning Sciences |
| Julia McKeown | Exploratory | Game Changer: Designing a New Course on XR (AR/VR/MR) in Education | College of Education | Teacher Education and Learning Sciences |
| Jamie Pearson | Exploratory | Exploring the Impact of the Virtual Reality IEP Experience on Student Learning Outcomes | College of Education | Teacher Education and Learning Sciences |
| Lina Battestilli | Faculty Fellows (Continuing) | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Engineering | Computer Science |
| Shuyin Jiao | Critical Path | Critical Path Course Redesign of CSC 111: Introduction to Computing – Python | College of Engineering | Computer Science |
| Kate Saul | Critical Path (Continuing) | Year Two of Adaptive Learning Redesign of MAE 208 Engineering Dynamics | College of Engineering | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Christine Cranford | Faculty Fellows (Continuing) | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | English |
| Xiaolin Duan | Course Design | Using Digital Projects in Teaching Asian History: Civilization of Asia to 1800 | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | History |
| Maria Inmaculada (Inma) Navarro Galisteo, Rebecca Ronquest, Jim Michnowicz | Exploratory | Virtual Library of Spanish Dialects | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Foreign Languages and Literatures |
| Steph Jeffries | Critical Path (Continuing) | Year Two of Learning Applications for Dendrology | College of Natural Resources | Forestry and Environmental Resources |
| Megan Lupek | Critical Path | Increasing Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration in the Environmental First Year Program | College of Natural Resources | Academic Affairs |
| Vaishnavi Thakar | Course Design | GIS 550: Geospatial Data Structures and Web Services | College of Natural Resources | Center for Geospatial Analytics |
| Claire Gordy | Faculty Fellows | Lessons Learned from Pandemic Teaching: Access, Flexibility, and Human Connection | College of Sciences | Biological Sciences |
| Erica Kosal | Critical Path (Continuing) | Year Two of LSFY Majors & Career Exploration Modules to Help Students Find Their Right “Fit” Early in Their College Careers | College of Sciences | Biological Sciences |
| Bevin Maultsby | Faculty Fellows | Faculty Fellows Grant | College of Sciences | Mathematics |
| Karl Wegmann, Ethan Hyland | Exploratory | Enhancing Student Learning with the MEAS Em4 Geosystem Stream Table | College of Sciences | Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Luo Xiao, Jonathan Stallrich, Emily Griffith | Course Design | Student Success in Statistical Theory: Targeted Support for First-Year Doctoral Students in Quantitative Research | College of Sciences | Statistics |
| Sarah Khan | Faculty Fellows | Using Blended Learning Design to Achieve Agile Learning Environment in BUS 340 | Poole College of Management | Business Management |
| Carlos Goller, Melissa Srougi, Stefanie Chen | Course Design | EASEE: Enhancing Access to Science Through Equitable Online Education | Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost’s Office | |
| Wei Gao | Course Design | 360 Lab Module of PCC 414 | Wilson College of Textiles | Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science |
| Caitlin Knowles, Amanda Mills, Jess Jur | Exploratory | Augmented Reality for a Virtual Textile Experience | Wilson College of Textiles | Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science |
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
