October Faculty Development Commitee Minutes
OCTOBER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
October 3, 2006
1:30 pm - 2-510
MINUTES
Attending: Jerry Cerny, Steven Chu, Pat Gooch, Ralph Kam, Femar Lee, Mario
Mediati, Rona Wong and Rick Ziegler
The following handouts were distributed:
- Committee Meeting Agenda
- Flyer for International Negotiations Module Project (INMP) Mini-Workshop
at Leeward CC
Old Business
- Introductions: Pat and Ralph, who were unable to attend the first
meeting in September, introduced themselves to the other committee
members.
- Entertainment Books: The sales are progressing nicely. Mario,
Femar and Steven still have books to sell. Mario and Femar reported their
remaining books have been spoken for. Steven will continue to sell the
books he has. Jerry stated if book requests are received, books would be
obtained from Steven until they are all sold. After, book purchase
requests will be referred to Entertainment, Inc.
- Fall Activities:
- Rick summarized the preparation for the upcoming 1st Friday
Presentation taking place this Friday in 7-634. Rick stated the
presenters have met and will be ready for the presentation. Jerry
encouraged all members to help spread the word and encourage folks to
attend so the attendance will be large. He stated he would send out
another email announcement tomorrow for the presentation.
- Rick stated he is obtaining the movie, Obsession - Radical Islam's
War against the West. He will preview it and suggested it be shown at
some time in the spring semester as a springboard to discussions about
this topic. This could be similar to the campus discussions we had after
the 911 attacks.
- Rick commented on the recent rise in tagging and vandalism here at
HCC and the emails that have been sent out. He suggests the committee
sponsor a round-table discussion on the topic facilitated by someone with
knowledge of this problem. He suggested we partner with the Health and
Safety Committee on this and perhaps we obtain a facilitator from HPD. It
was suggested that Chulee Grove, Bert Shimabukuro and/or Bob Vericker be
contacted for names of presenters.
- Jerry stated that Vern Takebayashi has volunteered to offer a
series of web development workshops, which would interest faculty. Jerry
suggested that perhaps Vern could lead a discussion on the book and topic,
The World is Flat.
- Jerry also stated that Chulee has agreed to present an armchair
exercise workshop. It is scheduled for Monday, November 6, at 12:00 noon
in 2-214. Ralph mentioned that perhaps a follow-up Office Olympics event
could be scheduled.
- It doesn't appear that Fridays are good days for activities.
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons will be tried for upcoming events.
- Faculty Development Newsletter: Jerry stated that he and Rona
will be working on finalizing the Newsletter, which will be finished by
October 20. He asked members to send items of faculty professional
development activities of their division colleagues for the Faculty
Spotlight section. Ralph mentioned that Jerry Saviano and Brenda Kwon
recently competed in a Poetry Slam and that Ron Takata has been involved
with the Arliss Camsat project.
New Business
- Professional Development Fund Application and Procedures: The
members agreed the current form fillable form posted in the Faculty
Development Website is adequate and only needs the dates changed. The
application deadline is October 27 with fall funding decisions to be made
at the November committee meeting. Jerry stated he would send an email
announcement to the faculty about the application deadline. He also
stated if any major travel fund requests are received, they will be
deferred and evaluated with other major travel fund requests during the
spring semester.
- David Cleveland Refreshment Funding: Rick recently reported, and
David Cleveland send Jerry an email, that David has received a $500 check
from the Japanese Cultural Center for a presentation. The check was given
to Ramsey for his Chancellor Enrichment Account. David suggested that
some or all of this money be given the Faculty Development Committee for
refreshments at activities. Jerry said he would contact Ramsey about this
when Ramsey returns from his current Mainland trip.
Open Discussion
- Center for Teaching Excellence: Ralph shared his ideas for such a
center here at HCC. Similar to Kapiolani CC, UH Manoa and HPU, Ralph
envisions this center encompassing all teaching and learning resources,
including the Faculty Development Committee, and having dedicated College
funding to support it. He suggested that it also has a assessment
component including resources and people to perform mid-semester
evaluations for faculty.
- Templeton Grant: Ralph discussed this project and suggested that
HCC could have viable applicants for a $50,000 science and religion grant.
He asked if the Faculty Development Committee is the appropriate
organization to advertise and facilitate discussions on this. The members
agree that the committee is and Jerry stated a discussion workshop could
be scheduled to begin discussions and present information on this grant.
Ralph believes that Hawaiiana and Biology faculty could collaborate and
apply for funding from this organization.
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 2, in the ABRP
facility hosted by Steven.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 pm.
cc:
- Committee Members
- Ramsey Pedersen, Chancellor
- Sharon Ota, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Rob Edmondson, FSEC Chair