Faculty Development Committee Minutes
13 September 2005
Present:
Jeanine Grenberg, chair
Doug Beussman
Paddy Dale, ex-officio
Dan Hofrenning, ex-officio
Tony Lott
Kris MacPherson
Timothy Mahr
The meeting was convened at 8:35 am in Buntrock 221
Order of Scheduled Business
The first order of business was the assignment of tasks for the 2005-2006 year.
- Jeanine has agreed to plan the workshops for released-time grant applications
- Tony has agreed to be the official minutes keeper
- Kris has agreed to produce the Faculty development brochure
- Doug has agreed to organize Steve Reece’s Mellby Lecture on 20 October at 7pm
- Timothy has agreed to organize Gary Gisselman’s Mellby Lecture on 16 February
It was agreed that a workshop on Summer and Teaching/Curriculam Development Grants would be a good idea
The second order of business was securing a committee representative to be present at each of the Grant workshops in September.
- Kris will be present at the workshop on 19 September at 12pm in Buntrock 142
- Jeanine will be present at the workshop on 20 September at 3:30pm in Buntrock 146
- Paddy agreed to have Abbey Showalter-Loch attend the session on 19 September as well as distribute material to Jeanine for the session on 20 September
The third order of business was a discussion of Dan Hofrenning’s CILA proposal to co-sponsor the ‘Collaborative Research with Students’ Workshop on Tuesday, 4 October from 11:45 – 1:15 in Buntrock 142. The committee agreed to co-sponsor this event.
The fourth order of business was the construction of a schedule of FDC meeting times for the Fall term. The following dates have been agreed to:
- 27 September- (optional)
- 11 October- to discuss the progress on the Mellby lecture and distribute posters
- 1 November- to discuss Released-Time and FaCE grant applications
- 8 November- to discuss Released-Time and FaCE grant applications
- 15 November- to discuss Released-Time and FaCE grant applications
The committee hopes to have letters to grant applicants before the Thanksgiving Break.
Other Business
Kris suggested and it was agreed that FDC would co-sponsor the Library Spring Symposium.
Jeanine suggested and it was agreed that inclusion of FaCE and NEH grant information should be made in the FDC brochure. Paddy agreed to pass on brief summary of NEH grant information to Kris MacPherson.
Kris will contact Shelly Dickinson to locate a list Mellby lecture preparation tasks. Doug will begin the task of Mellby preparation at Boe House and contact the committee if issues arise in the planning.
Dan will confirm FaCE grant application deadlines and report back to FDC.
The meeting adjourned at 9:05am
