ACADEMIC,
APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2007-2008
Academic Year
COMMITTEE: ________Teaching
Grants_______________________
1. Membership
(include ex-officio members).
Jan
Tovey
Jennifer Bugos
Mary
Pickard
Gail
Ratcliff
John
Bort
Boni Boswell
Melissa Engleman
Omar Cinar Elci
Yong Zhu
Jason
Yao
Steve
Culver
Carol
Winters-Moorhead
Tom
Douglass
Todd
Fraley
2. Meeting
Dates (include members present*).
* and
members who contributed to committee action, but were not at the meeting.
August 30, 2007
October 11, 2007
November 1, 2007
November 29, 2008
February 6, 2008 (subcommittee
meeting)
February 25, 2008
(see minutes
for attendance)
3. Subcommittees
established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).
An Ad Hoc subcommittee headed by Jan Tovey
was formed to review and revise grant application and evaluation forms.
Revisions were completed and approved by the Faculty Senate on March 18, 2008.
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.
Reviews 36 proposals, 35 of which met the criteria for full review.
The
committee recommended 15 for funding. All were funded. One
proposal
which did not fall under the committee’s charge was also
referred to the
5. Reports
to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).
6. Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
7. Evaluation
of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge:
Accomplished
B. Personnel:
Very good interaction
C. Attendance: All meetings were held as scheduled
D. Responsibilities: Everyone completed their tasks
E. Activities: N/A
8. Suggestion(s)
to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness
of the committee. None
9. Does
the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the
date set this year? NO
Signed: Chairperson, John Bort
Secretary, Omur Cinar Elci