JANUARY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
January 16, 2001
10:00 pm - 2-509
MINUTES

Attending:  Jerry Cerny, Linda Buck, K. Gopal, Cynthia Smith
Not Attending: Sharon Ota, Ivan Nitta, Allen Tateishi, Eric Holmberg

1. The January Faculty Development Committee calendar of activities and
flyers for upcoming events were distributed.

2. The October committee meeting minutes were approved.

3. Jerry thanked Gopal for the great tour of his fish and lab at the
November meeting.  Several HCC colleagues have expressed regret that they
could not attend this tour.  Gopal volunteered to conduct another during
one of the spring Faculty Development meetings.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Jerry thanked Cynthia and Eric for the work they did on approving the
Professional Development awards for the fall semester.

2. The Entertainment Books sales are final and the bills paid.  Forty
books were sold for a profit of $240.  There were some donations accepted
for the Faculty Development Foundation account, also.

NEW BUSINESS

1. January Activities:  The first Teachers Talking Seminar will be held
this Thursday, 1/18, at 3:30 pm in 7-635.  The topic for discussion will
be students as customers.  Jerry stated that he has received a request to
offer the series of ethnic presentations covering the characteristics of
students.  The first will be held on 1/23 and will cover Chinese students.
Three teachers from the Guangdong Teachers group will be the presenters.
Others workshops on ethnic groups (Filipino, Hawaiian, Pacific Islander,
Southeast Asian) will be offered with speakers from off campus if this
first one is well attended.  Cynthia summarized her efforts on the UHCC
System Committee for setting the up the procedures to spend the Faculty
Development money donated by the Wo family. 

2. Professional Development Awards:  An announcement for spring
Professional Development Awards will be sent out within the next two
weeks.  Applications will be evaluated at the March Faculty Development
Meeting.  Jerry stated that clearer directions for submitting receipts to
those who receive money are needed.  Several of the fall reimbursements
are still not finalized due to incomplete paperwork.

3. Newsletter:  A spring Faculty Development Newsletter will be issued in
April.  Jerry asked all to gather activities of division faculty
colleagues to be included in the Faculty Spotlight section.  The
information will also be used for the UHCC System Taking Notice
publication which will be issued at the beginning of the next school year.

4. Sample Reappointment Applications/Dossiers for Library:  Several
requests have been received to update the samples in the Library.  Jerry
stated that he received a volunteer response from a faculty members whose
dossier is currently be evaluated.  This will be copied next fall for
inclusion at that time.  He also suggested having one of the spring
meetings in the Library where the committee can look at the old dossiers
and determine if any should be kept.

OPEN DISCUSSION

1. Cynthia stated that from the Faculty Development suggestions she has
received in regards to the Wo family donation, requests for the following
activities were made;

- Web course development workshops
- Multimedia room operations and tips workshops
- Drop-in computer trouble shooting 
- More content-oriented seminars in addition to the technology topics

2. Linda suggested that a web course mentoring program be established.
Those who have been successful in developing web courses could be teamed
with those who are interested in learning.  Faculty Development can
coordinate this.  Jerry stated that he would send out an email soliciting
mentor volunteers and asking for those interested in being mentored.

3. Linda and Gopal, as a follow-up to the information gathered by Cynthia,
stated that seminars be coordinated to allow all faculty to present topics
of interest to others on campus.  Linda suggested an ethics in education
series.  One seminar, possibly presented by Terry Haney, would set the
foundation of ethics and a follow-up seminar would be held with a
discussion on ethics.

A short tour of the renovations of the 5th floor of building 2 was held.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 am.

Cc:	Committee Members
	Sam Rhodes, FSEC Chair
	Ramsey Pedersen, Provost