Congrats to the 2023-2024 DELTA Grants Recipients

The 2023-2024 recipients (listed below) will receive $219,000 in 34 new and continuing DELTA Grants spread among 40 recipients. There are 10 academic colleges, the Biotechnology Program and the Institute for Advanced Analytics represented in this cycle’s awardees.

Two 2022-2023 Critical Path recipients and four Faculty Fellows will receive continuing support from DELTA for another year.

In collaboration with our faculty and campus partners, DELTA staff 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.  

This year’s grant types include Course Design, Course Improvement, Critical Path, Exploratory and Faculty Fellows. And, with the university’s ever-increasing need for blended/hybrid/flipped learning since the pandemic, three of the grants will be piloted as a cohort this year with regular cohort sessions and individual mentoring sessions that guide instructors to work toward course design milestones at similar paces.

Biotechnology Program

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Stefanie Chen, Carlos Goller and Melissa Srougi	Exploratory	Structured for Success: A Primer for Students	Biotechnology Program

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Wendy Warner	Course Design	Promoting Meaningful Student-to-Student Interaction in an Asynchronous Course	Agricultural and Human Sciences
Misty Lambert	Exploratory	Translating an experiential learning opportunity for online students in AEE 322	Agricultural and Human Sciences
Praveen Kolar	Exploratory	Exploring Augmented Reality in Transport Phenomena to Improve Student Learning	Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Trino Ascencio-Ibanez	Course Improvement	BCH 453: Biochemistry of Gene Expression	Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
Robert Branan	Course Improvement	ARE 306: Agricultural Laws	Agricultural and Resource Economics
Paige Luck	Course Improvement	FS 201: Introduction to Food Science	Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences
Lucie Guertault	Critical Path	Flipping and Emphasizing Active Learning in an Introductory Computer-Based Problem-Solving Course (2nd Year)	Biological and Agricultural Engineering

College of Design

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Robin Moore,  Matthew Babb and Nilda Cosco	Exploratory	Interactive Virtual Visual Learning (IVVL):Integrating Video with Graphic Design to Communicate Children’s Interactions with Nature in Daily Life in Disadvantaged Communities	Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

College of Education

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Jordan Lukins	Course Improvement	ECI 571: Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities	Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
Carrol Warren	Faculty Fellow (2nd year)	Building a Pack of Community Influencers	Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development

College of Engineering

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Jessica Schmidt and Alexander Card	Critical Path	Reorganizing CSC226 Course Structure and Facilitating Student Engagement (continuing)	Computer Science
Kathryn Stolle	Course Design	CSC495: Project Management (continuing)	Computer Science
Ignacio Dominguez	Course Design	Better Web Programming by Incorporating Flipped Class Elements and Adding Structure to an Ungraded CSC 342	Computer Science
Marie Muller	Course Improvement	MAE 310: Heat Transfer Fundamentals	Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nancy Moore	Exploratory		Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Christian Doll	Course Design	Centering Social Scientific Thinking in a Dynamic and Adaptive Redesign of ANT/SOC 261: Technology in Society and Culture	Sociology and Anthropology
Dimitri Mitin	Course Improvement	LPS 400: Decisive Leadership	Political Science [in the School of Public and International Affairs]
Amanda Stewart	Course Improvement	PS 203: Introduction to the Nonprofits	Public Administration [in the School of Public and International Affairs]
Anna Gibson	Faculty Fellow	Annotating to Learn	English

College of Natural Resources

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Helena Mitasova, Caitlin Haedrich	Exploratory	Exploring Jupyter Notebook Interactivity for teaching Geospatial Modeling and Analysis	Center for Geospatial Analytics
Nathan Williams	Exploratory	NC:State of Recreation – Virtual Reality Content Creation in PRT 152	Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Megan Lupek	Faculty Fellow	Grappling with Group Work: Using Technology to Form and Assess Team Projects	Forestry and Environmental Resources
Kyle Bunds	Faculty Fellow (2nd year)	Effective Use of Educational Technologies for Virtual Classroom Community Building	Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

College of Sciences

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Lisa Falk	Exploratory	Empowering Self-Reflection and Self-Direction Under the Ungrading Umbrella	Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Miriam Ferzli and Eric Wiebe	Exploratory	LabWrite: Interactive Science Writing Tutor	Biological Sciences
Miriam Ferzli	Faculty Fellow (2nd year)	Educational Technology for Collaborative and Active Learning	Biological Sciences
Lisa Paciulli	Critical Path (2nd year)	Critical Path (CP) Course Redesign of BIO 181 001 and 002: Introductory Biology for a more “JEDI” Student Experience	Biological Sciences

Division of Academic and Student Affairs/University College

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Brenda Watson	Course Improvement	HES 211: Strength Training and Conditioning	Health and Exercise Studies
Ashley White	Critical Path	HESF 101: Fitness and Wellness	Health and Exercise Studies

Institute for Advanced Analytics

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Sarah Egan Warren	Faculty Fellows (2nd year)	Data Analytics Everywhere: Using Dashboards to Improve Student Performance and Engagement	Institute for Advanced Analytics

Poole College of Management

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Sarah Khan	Exploratory	Exploring Generative AI (Large Language Models) to Compliment STEM Courses and Student Learning Experience	Business Management
Stefanie Robinson	Course Improvement	MBA 561: Consumer Behavior	Business Management

Wilson College of Textiles

Recipient(s)	Grant Type	Title	Department
Wendy Krause	Faculty Fellow	H5P, Gradescope, Moodle, WordPress, Pressbooks, and Google: Using EdTech to Make Engaging Courses	Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science

Congratulations to all of the recipients!