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2. Meeting Dates (include members present*).

MEETING DATE: March 1, 2005, 2004 3pm

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Ballard, Bort, Capehart, Ewen, Jenkins, Jubran, Ratcliff, Russoniello, Scemama, Stone, Webb-Corbett

MEETING DATE: November 16, 2004 3pm

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Abaza, Bort, Capehart, Ewen, Jenkins, Jubran, Ratcliff, Russoniello, Scemama, Stone, Williams

MEETING DATE: October 26, 2004 3pm

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Abaza, Ballard, Bort, Brown, Capehart, Culver, Jubran, Ratcliff, Russoniello, Scemama, Stone, Mooney

MEETING DATE: September 2, 2004 4pm

MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Brown, Capehart, Ewen, Jenkins, Russoniello, Scemama, Stone, Webb-Corbett, Williams,

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Rigsby, Peel, Lee

3. Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work). N/A

4. Accomplishments during the year, especially as addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any University agency other than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under #5.

Action Taken: A motion requesting that nine (9) proposals of seventeen (17) reviewed by the Teaching Grants Committee be recommended for funding.

The motion passed 11-0-1 (Abaza abstained).

5. Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).

6. Business carried over to next year (list in priority order). None

7. Evaluation of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the

committee's work during the year).

A. Charge: The charge was effectively met.

B. Personnel: Except for issues clarified and corrected in Instructions Addenda below, the committee performed effectively

C. Attendance: Quorum was always met

D. Responsibilities: Effectively performed

E. Activities: Effectively performed

8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.

Approved Addenda to the Teaching Grant Instructions:

1) Teaching grant committee members cannot submit proposal for consideration.

(Approved 8 – 1)

2) Proposals cannot be submitted to both the Teaching Grant Committee and the Research and Creative Activities Committee in the same year. Submission to both funding sources will disqualify the proposer from evaluation in either grant. (Approved 8 – 1)

3) Grant recipients cannot receive funding for the Teaching Grant in any two subsequent years. (Approved 9 -0)

9. Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year? no

Signed: Harold Stone, Chairperson

Carme Russoniello, Secretary