Sponsor the Teaching Research Ethics Workshop

Sponsors of the 2009 TRE workshop (as of August 19, 2008)

• DePauw University
• Michigan State University
• Michigan Technological University
• Northwestern University
• Purdue University
• University of Arkansas
• University of Illinois-Chicago
• University of Michigan
• University of Missouri-Columbia

In its fifteen years, the Teaching Research Ethics Workshop (TRE) at Indiana University Bloomington has gained an international reputation for excellence, attracting nearly 600 participants from 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 14 foreign countries. We accept a maximum of 45 participants each year, to allow for extensive interaction among participants and between faculty and participants. Workshop evaluations always include effusive praise.

For the first three years of its existence, TRE received major funding from the United States Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. When the grant expried, the Poynter Center organized the workshop to operate on fees and contributions from sponsors.

The sponsors of the 2008 workshop are listed above. Inquiries from institutions wishing to sponsor the workshop are welcome.

Sponsors contribute $1,250 to support the workshop, and must make a solid commitment to sponsorship by October 10, 2008. Payment of the sponsorship fee is due by November 3, 2008.

Benefits of sponsorship

Sponsors receive a 50% discount on the workshop fee for two workshop participants. (Sponsors are welcome to send more than two participants, of course, but the discount will only apply to the first two.) We will reserve two workshop slots for sponsoring institutions until February 27, 2009, and send e-mail notifications to sponsors as the workshop fills up. Sponsors are listed on our direct-mail flyer, our Web site, and other workshop-related materials.

Workshop date

The Sixteenth Teaching Research Ethics Workshop will be held in Bloomington May 12-15, 2009. The workshop fee will be $700. Details can be found at http://poynter.indiana.edu/tre/workshop.shtml).

For more information

Glenda Murray, Ph.D., Program Associate, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University, 618 East Third Street, Bloomington IN 47405-3602; (812) 855-0262; FAX 855-3315; email Glenda Murray.