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April 25, 2006 |
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Minutes of Meeting
FACULTY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
10:00 AM @
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JoAnn Nolin (Chair), Richard Chant (Vice-Chair), Krista Paulsen (Secretary), Diane Kazlauskas, Gordon Rakita (incoming member), Cathy Cavanaugh (incoming member) and Jace Hargis (Director, Office of Faulty Enhancement). Steve Paulson, and Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, and Sanjay Ahuja were not present. |
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| Meeting called to order at 10:05 am, Office of Faculty Enhancement Library
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Review of Minutes:
Minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and approved.
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Director’s Report BUILD seminar this year will have an iPod theme, as UNF has been selected as an iTunes University. This entitles the institution to services from Apple and will allow for server space to store audio files.
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Application for the Faculty Fellows program are due by June 2. This year there will be one Faculty Fellow, who receives a $6,000 stipend and two course releases.
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The Fall Schedule is in progress. Faculty are encouraged to check the OFE/CIRT website’s “events” page to learn of upcoming fall events. A shortcut for reaching the OFE/CIRT webpage will be included in the next OFE/CIRT newsletter.
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OFE/CIRT will have 20 minutes to present at New Faculty Orientation; committee members should forward any suggestions for material to be included. |
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Summer Projects: Richard Chant will continue work on streamlining the review process for Summer teaching grants.
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JoAnn Nolin and Cathy Cavanaugh will work on a White Paper discussing the need for continued financial support and development of faculty enhancement resources at UNF. UNF’s faculty development budget lags behind many in the state despite its contributions to faculty’s success. The committee discussed elements of the White Paper extensively, including the use of data to substantiate OFE/CIRT’s positive contributions to faculty. The committee also made suggestions for increasing attendance at events. |
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Review of 2005-6 Goals: Two goals were met: assisting OFE/CIRT with events, and including a second COAS member. The goal of presenting OFE/CIRT events and opportunities at Faculty Association meetings was not met, and the committee discussed strategies for work in this area in 2006-7.
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Officers and next meeting: Cathy Cavanaugh has agreed to serve as secretary. An email will be circulated in the coming weeks soliciting nominations for a new vice-chair and the subsequent election will be held by email vote. Meeting times for 2006-07 will also be arranged by email.
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Meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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