Patterson-Strauss Travel Grant - Cincinnati Country Day

Tony Strauss and Bob Patterson

JOURNEYS IN SELF ENRICHMENT

Unencumbered, senior faculty are encouraged to give free reign to their imaginations and to those deeply felt and enduring intellectual concerns that, because of too little time and funding, have been left unattended and unexplored. The intent of the Patterson- Strauss academic travel grant is that teachers will return to their classrooms inspired with new energy, new ideas, and new experiences.

GOAL

The goal of the Patterson- Strauss Grant is to fund a summer sabbatical program for senior faculty. Teachers will be responsible for bringing back to Country Day findings of their summer experiences in any variety of formats: a new or expanded elective, an assembly presentation, an article in Connections, or some other presentation.

SOURCE

Each year the Patterson-Strauss Grant is funded from the faculty leave pool and any interest earned from monies raised from the Patterson Memorial Fund.

ELIGIBILITY

Full-time teaching faculty who have completed 15 years of service at Country Day are eligible to apply for the grant.

SELECTION

Eligible full-time teachers will write a brief proposal. A committee of faculty members will select two individual proposals for approval by the Head of School. The committee’s primary criteria will be length of service and commitment to the school. Each applicant will be fully funded by a grant not exceeding $6,000, including transportation, meals, and living accommodations for immediate family members. Those receiving the grant will be informed in January of each year by the Head of School. Members of the selection committee will be ineligible to apply. Prior grant recipients will replace current members of the selection committee, serving on the committee following their summer away.

GRANT ORIGINS

The Patterson-Strauss Travel Fund honors long time faculty members Bob Patterson and Tony Strauss. They each had many interests and passions, but prominent among these passions was their love of teaching and teachers, and of course, students. Their legacy is to refresh and renew Country Day faculty through the travel grants, to expand and reignite curiosity and allow faculty to bring new perspectives and ideas into their classrooms.

MORE GRANT INFORMATION

For more information on the Patterson-Strauss Travel Grant, please contact Jenn Weinheimer at (513) 979-0319 or weinheimj@countryday.net.

Year   Teacher                       Trip
2005   Bob Plummer              England
2006   Elvira Carrillo              Spain
            Mary Paden                South Africa
2007   Sam Tumolo               Italy
            Kathy Winter               Italy
2008   Bobbie Menter      Italy
            Marshall Adams          US National Parks
2009   Susie Lewis                Germany
            Howard Brownstein Italy and Greece
2010   Pat Dunn      England and Ireland
            Jeanne Corbus           US National Parks
2011   Paula Butler                London and Scotland
            Anna Hartle                Germany
2012   Tim Dunn                    France and Italy
             Ully Marin                  Paris
2013   Merle Black                California coast: SF and LA
            Andrea Rogers           Ireland/Scotland
2014   Louise Hausman        Vermont (Art New England program)
            Molly Petre                 Ireland/Northern Ireland
2015   Steve Conner             Northwest U.S.
            Jan French                 Galapagos Islands
2016   Beth Langenbahn       Alaska
      Laura Rue                   France and Italy
2017   Tresonne Peters   Italy
      Jane Kairet                 Croatia
2018   Lois Rust                    Spain
      Carole Lichty-Smith   Polynesia
2019   Ginger Halterman       Nat. Parks of Western US
            Peter Fossett              Paris