Minutes
Committee on Professional Development and Scholarship
January 17, 2006
12 Noon - 1:15 P.M.


The meeting was called to order by V. R. Nemani.
Three items on the agenda were:
1.      Roundtable
2.      Third Year Review
3.      De-briefing about Middle States information that was collected from the committee for Chapter 5: Faculty Resources.

Members of the committee discussed some items that they felt should be included in the Middle States report, Chapter 5. One suggestion is to include more detailed information about faculty accomplishments in Chapter 5. The information could include conventions attended and how faculty modified teaching techniques to meet the needs of students at Trinity.
Mary Hayes will write a paragraph and circulate it to the rest of the committee members. After the members have a chance to review it will go to Nemani, who will forward it President McGuire.

The future of the Roundtable Meetings was discussed. Scheduling is the major problem the committee has been having. Also, getting faculty to commit to a presentation is a problem. V. R. will ask Roxana Moayedi if she would like to present at a future Roundtable.

Because of time, the committee decided to table discussion about Third Year Review until the next meeting, which is scheduled for February 7.

Submitted by
Raul Tovares