October Faculty Development Commitee Minutes
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OCTOBER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES


FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
October 1, 2010
10:00 am - 2-509
MINUTES

Attending: Jerry Cerny, Silvan Chung, Carol Hasegawa, Norman Takeya and Cyndi Uyehara
Unable to attend: Monir Hodges, Ralph Kam and Steve Mandraccia

Handouts - the following handouts were distributed to the committee members

Old Business

  1. Entertainment Book Fundraiser - Jerry collected checks for book sales. He will make a deposit into the UH Foundation account on Monday. Most of the 40 books have been sold. The fundraiser will be completed no later than December 1.

  2. Chicken Sales Fundraiser - Jerry reported that 50th State Poultry Processors, Inc., conducted a chicken sale on campus on August 29 and will be having another on this Sunday, October 3. Ken Kato allows Faculty Development to sponsor a chicken sales event once a quarter. Following this Sunday's sale, 50th State Poultry Processors will send Jerry a check. He'll report the amount at the next committee meeting.

New Business

  1. Fall Activities - The follow are possible activities for the fall semester

  2. Faculty Professional Development Fund Awards - Jerry passed around the application form which will be used this year. After Carol's suggestion, he asked several past awardees to comment on the application and all reported it was straightforward and easy to fill out. The form was approved for use for the 2010-11 Academic Year. Friday, October 29 was set as the deadline for fall applications. Money will be awarded at the November 5 Committee meeting. If any major requests are made for Mainland conferences and travel, they will be deferred until the spring.

Open Discussion

  1. Cyndi reported that Iris Saito has been very busy but still plans on offering a puppet making workshop. The timing was discussed. It could either be in the early to mid afternoon for faculty and staff or later in the afternoon when colleagues could go home and return with a child. It was decided that early to mid afternoon would be best. Cyndi will set a day and time with Iris.

  2. Silvan reported that she and her Student Services colleagues are meeting to revisit their mission statement and formulate program review procedures. External consultants will be coming to help them with program review.

  3. Norman gave an overview of the Solar Decathlon project. The University of Hawaii entry is one of twenty selected nationwide. The habitat will be designed and built through a partnership between the UHM School of Architecture, UHM College of Engineering and several HCC programs. It will take part in the competition in Washington, DC next September and be displayed in Honolulu at the APEC Conference to follow. The habitat will permanently be housed in a museum in Korea after the competition. Norman also stated he has a ukulele course beginning tonight with new students building an ukulele and old students coming to finish theirs started in earlier classes.

  4. Carol reported that she and Moana Nikou are discussing a public art workshop to be delivered before the end of the semester.

  5. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, November 5 at 10:00 am in a location TBA.

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 am.

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