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Faculty Development Committee Meeting
Approved Meeting Minutes
December 10, 2004
9:30 a.m. – MH 240B


Members Present                                           Members Absent
Christophe Veltsos, Faculty Chair             Autumn Benner
Barb Bergman                                                Nancy Fitzsimons
Sandra Mullins
Anne O’Meara                                                Ex Officio Member
Claudia Pragman                                            Stewart Ross

1.    Approved the minutes from the October 8, 2004 meeting.

2.  Teaching and Learning Mini-Grant Applications
•    Applications are due to CETL by February 25, 2005 and successful applicants will be notified by April 1, 2005.  There is approximately $33,000 available for all of the grants and individual grants will be capped at $3000.
•    The Faculty Development Committee will serve as the selection committee; there will not be a Sub Meet and Confer meeting.  We hope to review the applications and make our selection before Spring Break (March 14-18, 2005).
•    This round of mini-grants is the last round currently funded.  However, Stewart Ross is hopeful that President Davenport will budget for these grants again or that the MSU Foundation will seek funding from donors to continue the grants.

3.     CETL Report
•    Stewart Ross provided a written report about CETL’s activities.  The Faculty Resource Guide is now available on the CETL web site.  Christophe Veltsos suggested it also be made available on CD-ROM.
•    Dr. L Dee Fink will conduct a workshop on Friday, February 11, 2005.  He is the author of Creating Significant Learning Experiences, a book read by members of a faculty learning community during spring semester 2004.  Please ask your respective Deans to encourage their faculty to attend this workshop.
•    The Faculty Teaching Certificate Program (FTCP) and the Mentor Program will have their final luncheons on May 25, 2005 and April 21, 2005, respectively.  Members of the Faculty Development Committee will be invited to attend these luncheons.

4.    Mini-Grants Rubric
•    The committee altered the original rubric designed by Stewart Ross and Warren Sandmann.  Because the announcement about the mini-grants has already been made, it was decided that we could not change the criteria or rubric too dramatically for this round.  Christophe Veltsos will send committee members a draft of the rubric we designed.  Please review the draft and respond to Chris by December 17, 2004.

5.    Tenure and Promotion Seminar
•    This item was tabled until the next meeting due to time

Submitted by:
Claudia Pragman