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Anguelina Popova & Rukhsana Zia · 20 September 2023

Project Incubator follow-up: Rethinking CLTs

The two project leads gathering feedback from other faculty developers at AMICAL 2023.
Image: The two project leads (second and third from left in front row) gathering feedback from other faculty developers at AMICAL 2023. This is the fifth in a series of posts about outcomes of the Project Incubator at AMICAL 2023. The Project Incubation…
24 July 2023

Join AMICAL’s Coordinating Committee: Nominations open for 2023-2025 Officer elections

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AMICAL is currently seeking candidates from within the consortium for three open Coordinating Committee Officer positions for the 2023–2025 term. The elected Officers will participate in all aspects of the Coordinating Committee’s work. The Coordinating…
Christine Furno, Meredith Saba, Michael Stoepel · 26 June 2023

Project Incubator follow-up: IFLA-AMICAL Book Project

Photos of the project team: Meredith Saba, Chris Furno and Michael Stoepel
This is the fourth in a series of posts about outcomes of the Project Incubator at AMICAL 2023 The IFLA-AMICAL book project team, comprised of Meredith Saba (American University in Cairo), Michael Stoepel (American University of Paris), and Christine Furno…
Anish Arif, Madiha Asghar, Adeel Khalid, Dalal Rahme, Mehreen Tahir · 23 June 2023

Project Incubator follow-up: Adoption of Open Educational Resources at FCCU (Forman Christian College)

This is the third in a series of posts about outcomes of the Project Incubator at AMICAL 2023 The rising costs of traditional textbooks and issues of affordability by students are a primary concern for the library, faculty, and students. Open Educational…
Jeff Gima · 21 June 2023

Asma Al-Kanan receives AMICAL award for outstanding volunteer service

Jeff Gima (AMICAL Director) and Maha Bali (AMICAL Coordinating Committee Chair) present the award to Asma Al-Kanan (connecting remotely) at AMICAL 2023. AMICAL is a 30-institution consortium with a paid staff of about 2 FTEs. Like any good membership based…
Nadine Aboulmagd, Alex Armstrong, Elena Berg, Jeff Gima, Antonio Lopez · 19 June 2023

Project Incubator follow-up: AMICAL’s EcoJustice OER Initiative

Teaching resources posted on AMICAL’s EcoJustice OER demo site
Image: Teaching resources posted on AMICAL’s EcoJustice OER demo site This is the second in a series of posts about outcomes of the Project Incubator at AMICAL 2023 Environmental justice, and environmental sustainability more generally, have become urgent…
Alex Armstrong & Jeff Gima · 13 June 2023

Project Incubator at AMICAL 2023

Green plants sprouting out of black soil.
One of the goals of AMICAL’s current grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the development of “Community and Infrastructure for Collaboration”. We’ve been pursuing this through a broad range of efforts supporting connections across consortium membership –…
9 June 2023

Recorded sessions from AMICAL 2023

The recordings for AMICAL 2023 are now available on YouTube! The conference, which took place from May 24-26, 2023 at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, brought together staff and faculty from the consortium’s 30 international liberal arts institutions…
22 March 2023

Small Grants program updates & final deadline: 3 April 2023

This year’s final deadline for our Small Grants program is coming up on the 3rd of April 2023. It is earlier than usual due to the conclusion of our grant funding on 31 July 2023. This program funds training, staff exchanges and projects that support AMICAL’s…
16 February 2023

Registration now open for AMICAL 2023 & overview of program

We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for AMICAL 2023, the consortium’s 20th annual conference! The deadline is March 2. We have updated the conference website to include information about registration, financial support, accommodation, visa…
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