Food for Thoughts

Food for Thoughts:

A Luncheon to Gather Milner Faculty Feedback on Supporting Scholarship and Research

Thursday, July 30th, 10:00am through 1:00pm

Alumni Center, Room 116

Goal for event: Provide an event to capture feedback from Milner faculty to learn how FRDC can better support the research and scholarship needs of its faculty. The committee hopes to gather needs and ideas from faculty and find solutions to be implemented by FRDC (or be referred to appropriate library/university body).

10:00 – 11:00 Small group discussions of talking points
11:00 – 11:30 Review issues raised in small groups
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch [catered by Margie Yoder] -- special thanks to Dean Elzy for graciously providing funds for luncheon
12:30 – 1:00    General discussion with focus toward next steps and solutions for principal issues raised

Draft Talking Points:

1. What would provide encouragement and inspiration to help create a culture of research and scholarship in Milner? For instance,

Speaker Series
Discussions
Research Groups
Writing Circles
Opportunities for research (call for proposals)
Mentoring
Informal gatherings to talk about research ideas and shared interests
Electronic methods of sharing research topics (blog, wiki)
Brainstorming sessions
Student Interaction
Adding to universe of knowledge

2.   What would help you carve out time for research? For instance,

Time for reflection
Writing
Analyses
Collaboration

3.  What research skills would you like to learn more about? For instance,

Research methods (Quantitative or Qualitative)
University practices (Institutional Review Board, Research and Sponsored Programs)
Scholarship (Presentations, Publications)
Grant Development (Grant writing, Budgeting, Logic Models)

4.  What would help you during the process of research and scholarship? For instance,

Research assistants
Improved facilities for faculty and for research assistants
Improved resources (equipment, applications)
Online central research repository of Milner faculty research
Sabbatical
Funds for travel

5. What type of recognition for successful completion of scholarship would you appreciate? For instance,

Commemorative items
Events [with food and beverage]
Letters of recognition
Public acknowledgements

6.  Are there impediments to research that FRDC could help alleviate?

7. Do you have ideas for Milner Federal Initiatives?
http://www.rsp.ilstu.edu/documents/Federal_Initiatives_Notebook_FY2009.pdf

Federal Initiative projects are endorsed by the associate vice president for research, the provost, and the president of Illinois State.  Many of the federal initiatives are joint efforts with universities in other states, community colleges, corporations, associations, public school districts, nonprofit organizations, and state agencies.
8. Other?

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