EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE

ANNUAL REPORT

 

2003-2004 Academic Year

 

COMMITTEE:  Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee

 

1.       Membership (include ex-officio members).

Yu (Frank) Yang, Seodial Deena (Co-Chair), Elias Katsoulis, John Collins, Jane Painter   Secretary, Carol Brown, Steve Estes (Co-Chair), Mark Sprague, Marieke Van Willigen , Paul Gares, Leslie Omoruyi, Jonathan Reed, Mark Jones, Francisco Souto, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS (with vote), Clovia Hamilton, Holly Hapke, Anne Dickerson , Alan Schreier, Joy Stapleton, one open seat

 

2.      Meeting Dates (include members present*).

September 3:  Rick Niswander, Lori Lee, Marieke Van Willigen, John Collins, Jonathan Reed, Seodial Deena, Steve Estes, Frank Yang, Mark Jones, Paul Gares, Francisco Souto, Carol Brown, Mark Sprague, Jane Painter, Al Schreier, Holly Hapke, Joy Stapleton, Anne Dickerson

October 1: Marieke Van Willigen, John collins, Jonathan Reed, Seodial Deena, Steve Estes, Frank Yang, Mark Jones, Paul Gares, Francisco Souto, Carol Brown, Mark Sprague, Jane Painter, Al Schreier, Holly Hapke, Joy Stapleton, Anne Dickerson

October 22: Marieke Van Willigen, John collins, Jonathan Reed, Seodial Deena, Steve Estes, Frank Yang, Mark Jones, Paul Gares, Francisco Souto, Carol Brown, Mark Sprague, Jane Painter, Al Schreier, Holly Hapke, Joy Stapleton, Anne Dickerson

November 12:  Steve Estes, Seodial Deena, Jon Reed, Marieke Van Willigen, Claris Hamilh, Alan Schreier, Anne Dickerson, John Collins Frank Yang, Holly Hapke, Jay Stapleton, Mark Sprague, Mark Jones, Francisco Souto, Paul Gares, Jane Painter

 

 3.      Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).  Proposals were divided between two subcommittees for review and discussion.  All proposal rankings were presented to the committee(s) for further review and discussion on three occasions.

  Committee 1                         Committee 2

 

6.       Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).

Recommend that we either (1) change the name of the grant to reflect the funding process, or we (2) change the funding process to support the intention(s) of the grant.  Currently funds must be encumbered by the end of the current fiscal year.  However, the grant calls for funding throughout the academic year that follows the year in which the proposal was ranked for funding.

 

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

          committee's work during the year).

          A.      Charge: Charge is clear.

          B.      Personnel:  Personnel is adequate.  Special thanks should be given to Lori Lee, who's administrative work and advice was excellent.  Thanks Lori!  Also, Seodial Deena was an excellent co-chair.

          C.      Attendance:  Attendance was excellent.  Faculty who could not attend meetings continued to particpate through email.  No complaints about attendance or work accomplished.

          D.      Responsibilities:  Evenly divided throughout the committee.

          E.      Activities:  N/A

 

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

          effectiveness of the committee.

Please request to the VC Research that ECU continue to provide refreshments.  Our work takes a long time, and the refreshments are very much appreciated!

 

9.       Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year? 

            No.  We set our calendar for work next year

 

                     Signed:  Chairperson

The completed, typed report, including both the Chair and Secretary's signatures, is due in the Faculty Senate office (140 Rawl Annex) by May 3, 2004.