{"id":3834,"date":"2024-02-28T22:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/?page_id=3834"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T17:23:45","slug":"public-interest-technology-faculty-fellowships-2024-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/public-interest-technology-faculty-fellowships-2024-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for 2024-2025 Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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APPLICATIONS DUE BY ARPIL 26, 2024<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Public Interest Technology at UMass (<\/strong>PIT@UMass<\/a><\/strong>)<\/strong> is pleased to announce our third round of PIT Faculty Fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year. The theme for this year is <\/span>Building Capstone Courses and Experiential Learning Opportunities for the Undergraduate PIT Certificate.<\/i><\/b> Faculty from all schools and colleges are invited to apply to be a part of the 2024-2025 PIT Faculty Fellowship cohort<\/strong>. Selected faculty will be provided stipends of up to $6,000 to develop capstone courses and experiential learning opportunities eligible for inclusion in the <\/span>PIT Undergraduate Certificate<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Public Interest Technology (PIT) focuses on the development and realization of socially responsible solutions to the challenges of a technology-driven world. It serves as a critical foundation for 21st century education for people who create technologies, and for those who work with them, which is all of us. PIT@<\/span>UMass<\/span> is an initiative to build PIT content, community, skills, and expertise throughout UMass.  The PIT Faculty Fellows program builds community among UMass Amherst faculty across campus to support key areas of the PIT@UMass initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s PIT Fellows program provides an opportunity and resources for faculty to build content, engage with one another and the broader PIT community, and work with the Center for Teaching and Learning and the IT Program on their efforts. This year\u2019s cohort will join the growing community of PIT Faculty Fellows at UMass Amherst.<\/span><\/p>\n

2024-2025 PROGRAM FOCUS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND CAPSTONE COURSES
<\/b>The 2024-2025 PIT Faculty Fellowship is focused on developing or increasing PIT-focused content in undergraduate capstone and experiential learning courses.  These courses will be developed to be eligible for the PIT Undergraduate Certificate and should provide students experience with real-world PIT-related applications.  PIT@UMass will partner with the UMass Amherst <\/span>Center for Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/strong> and the <\/span>IT Program<\/a><\/strong> to provide PIT Fellows support for course development during their Fellowship.<\/span><\/p>\n

We invite applications from faculty in every college and school at UMass Amherst<\/i><\/b>.  Fellowship applicant\u2019s courses should promote public interest technology by providing undergraduates experiences to:<\/span><\/p>\n