Faculty MeetingApril 25, 2014

AgendaMEETING OF THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE

OF EDUCATIONApril 25, 2014, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., LWSN 1142

1. Welcome – M. Santos de Barona

2. *Approval – Minutes of the January 24, 2014 Faculty Meeting

3. Introduction of New Faculty and Staff

4. Dean’s Report to the Faculty

5. *Reports of Standing Committees

6. *New Business

7. Adjournment

* Action Items

Approval of MinutesFaculty Meeting MinutesJanuary 24, 2014

Introductions Meet Our New

ColleaguesAcademic Services

Degrees Held/Universities Attended• BA in history from Wayne State University, Detroit• Currently working on Masters of Library and

Information Science online, Wayne State University

Recent Professional Experience• Technology and library aid for Tippecanoe School

Corporation; taught Library and Computer Lab to special K-5.

Professional Interest: I have a pet project for website creation and design for rural libraries in Indiana without a web presence. I am taking an HTML5 class right now.

Hobbies/Interests: • Reading• Gardening• Some painting (I have a painting that I did myself

hanging in my office)• General craftiness (i.e. sewing, knitting, jewelry making)• All things nerd (comic books, video games, super

heroes, Dr. Who, etc.)

Introductions Meet Our New

Colleagues

SecretaryAcademic Services

Angela White

Introductions Meet Our New

ColleaguesDean’s Area

Degrees Held/Universities Attend• BS from the College of Technology from Purdue

Recent Professional Experience:• Interned at Tattoo Projects, HNTB • Worked as graphic designer for Asterisk Creative

Professional Interest: • Web and Graphic Design

Hobbies/Interests:• Wake Boarding, slalom skiing, playing video

games and making art

Introductions Meet Our New

Colleagues

Web Media Specialist

Nick Coma

Recent Professional Experience: • Krannert School of Management - 7 years;

Biomedical Engineering - 3 years; Admissions Department - 3 years

• Gena has worked at Purdue for 13 years. Her mother, Jane Flora, worked in Beering Hall for many years. Working her now, Gena says she feels like coming home.

Professional Interest: Working at Purdue University and the opportunities provided; such as classes, workshops and various other opportunities provided on campus.

Hobbies/Interests: • Spending time with her husband and her three

grown children, two who are Purdue grads, and her two grandsons

• Gena farms, volunteers in her community, and participates in 4-H/Ag programs

• She enjoys learning new things, and going on adventures

Introductions Meet Our New

Colleagues

SecretaryCATALYST

Gena Cox

Dean’s Report

Maryann Santos de BaronaDean

ADVOCACYLEARN Coalition Day on the Hill meetings

offices of Reps Brooks, Buschon, Messser, Rokita

Senate Appropriations Committee

IES: John Easton NSF: Joan Ferrini-Mundy &

Barbara Olds

Indiana Legislation HB 1388

public testimony craft language Frisbie is awesome!

LEARNINGNew Programs

Accreditation

Alignment with Purdue

Core Curriculum

Recruitment

Legislation

Awards

LEARNING

ENGAGEMENT

Stronger Partnerships

• IDOE• PEC• Wabash

Valley Education Center

• School corporations

STEM Initiatives

• STEM Road Map

• STEM Goes Rural

• Radio Disney• Lilly Planning

Grant

In Planning Stages

• Strategic Partnerships

• Engagement Fellows

• PD Portal

GLOBAL AFFAIRS• 3 Study Abroad SAIL grants• Involved in Purdue’s Strategic

Partnership in Colombia • Christie Vilsack’s visit• Benjamin Franklin Institute• Developing International

Development proposal

EXTERNAL FUNDING ACTIVITY

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• Awards to date for the current year stand at about $4 million (2nd best of past 5 years with a quarter still to go).

• Across campus, we have been part of about $11.5 million in awards.

• Keep up the great work!

SPS Sponsored Program Data for COE

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-140

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20

30

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60

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32 31

51

34

55.8

23.9

13.916.9

12.2

3.3 4.9 3.7 2.3 4.0

Official SPS Award Data

Proposals

Proposal $

College of Education Awards

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEARFaculty Development and Support

• College Faculty Mentoring Committee established, and early career faculty members linked with mentors

• Conference travel support program made available to all faculty, grant incentives increased, and faculty development for developing online courses offered in fall

• Launch the Future Seed Grant program developed to target strategic initiatives in STEM education and diversity/social justice; three proposals funded in the first round:

• Eric Deemer & Brenda Capobianco

• Carol Hopkins &Trish Morita-Mullaney

• Helen Patrick & Youli Mantzicopoulos

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEARCollaborative Research Environment

• Interdisciplinary collaborations initiated in response to Launch the Future program

• Undergraduate research activities featured more prominently on college website

• New Collaboration Corner (BRNG 6104) opened and has been getting regular use

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR

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Graduate Recruitment and Support

• New Dean’s Graduate Research Assistant Seed Grant Program was launched in the fall; six academic year graduate assistantships were funded for 2013-14

• Plans for institutionalization of college support for graduate assistantships going forward

• Additional donor funding for support of graduate student travel will be available in the coming year

FACULTY HIRES• Ming Ming

Chiu

HICKS PROFESSOR

• Wayne Wright

COOK PROFESSOR

• Matt Della Sala

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Stephanie Zywicki

CURRICULUM STUDIES

• Toni Rogat

LEARNING SCIENCES

• Amy Gaesser

SCHOOL COUNSELING

• Rachel Roegman

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Ann Traynor

MEASUREMENT

• Selcen Guzey

STEM CLUSTER – BIOLOGY

• Minjung Ryu

STEM CLUSTER – CHEMISTRY

• Paul Asunda

STEM CLUSTER – TECHNOLOGY

• Matt Brodhead

SPECIAL EDUCATION– AUTISM CLUSTER

• Aaron Rogat

POSTDOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

EDCI

EDCI

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EDST

EDST

RETIREMENTS

Roslynn Bol

Sidney Moon

Maribeth Schmitt

Sydney Zentall

Reports of Standing Committees

Nominations and Elections CommitteeYouli Mantzicopoulos, Chair

Reports of Standing CommitteesSLATE OF NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS,

2014-2015AWARDSCURRICULUMAt-Large – Marilyn Hirth EDCI – JoAnn Phillion

FACULTYL AFFAIRS GRADE APPEALSAt-Large – Ayşe Çiftçi EDCI – Jake Burdick

EDST – Yukiko Maeda

Alternate EDST – Youli Mantzicopoulos

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONSNone EDST – Yan Ping Xin

Approval of CandidatesTeresa Taber Doughty, Associate Dean

May 2014 August 2014

New Business

Adjournment

College of Education

Awards CeremonyCongratulations to all of

our honorees