Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee

Mission Statement

With members of the committee appointed by President Dr. Mary Papazian and working in conjunction with the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employment Office, the committee endeavors to make itself available in any way it can to achieve the university's goal of recruiting and retaining minority faculty. According to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the role of the Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee is to assist search committees in their recruitment of minorities and other protected groups, as well as support departments in the retention of said individuals. See (Art. 3.4.1; 3.4.2; 3.44; 12.10.3) Collective Bargaining Agreement section on MRRC.

MRRC Committee Members

Sousan Arafeh, Educational Leadership
Ken Armstrong, Diversity and Equity
Jess Gregory, Educational Leadership
Brandon Hutchinson, English
Gladys Labas, Educational Leadership; Co-Chair
Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Women's Studies
Doris Marino, School Health Education; Co-Chair
Virginia Metaxas, History
Alba Reynaga, Library Services
Paula Rice, Human Resources
Winnie Shyam, Library Services

Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee Grant Request for Proposals

MRRC Moving Expense Reimbursement Application

"Preparing Yourself for the Promotion and Tenure Process" (PPT file from workshop held December 7, 2011)

OTHEr Grants, Funds, & Applications - SCSU & CSU

Faculty Development Supported Opportunities For details on Faculty Development Advisory Committee Grants, Curriculum-Related Grants, CSU Research Grants, J. Philip Smith Award for Outstanding Teaching, Junior Faculty Fellowship Award, Yale Library Card, Large Format Posters, New Faculty Mentoring Program and the Teaching Innovation Program, please see details within the Faculty Development home page using the menu bar to your left. For applications please click "Most Commonly Requested Forms."

CSU Research Conference The CSU Research Conference is held on a different CSU campus each year.

Connecticut State University System - Faculty Awards

Institutional Review Board - Human Research Protection Program, Forms & Applications

The Research and Scholarship Advisory Committee (R/SAC)

Promotion and Tenure

Renewal Document

Sabbatical Leave Procedures for Faculty SCSU

Sponsored Programs and Research (SPAR) SCSU (External Grants)

Grant writing resources

Proposal Writing Short Course The Foundation Center. A suggested approach to proposal writing that can be adapted to fit the needs of any nonprofit and the peculiarities of each situation.

National ACademic ADvising Association

Proposal Budgeting Basics The Foundation Center

additional scsu resources

AAUP - Southern Connecticut State University Office

Affirmative Action Policy Statement

Diversity & Equity Programs

Faculty Senate: The Department Chairpersonship

Human Resources

Retraining Procedures for Faculty

Professional Assessment

Promotion and Tenure Procedures For Faculty

Southern Connecticut State University Faculty Senate

The Termination Hearing Committee

Hilton C. Buley Library Databases of Interest:

• CollegeSource Full-text college and university catalogs searchable by location, major, tuition, keyword, and more.

• Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost) A bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education.

• Educator's Reference Complete (Gale/iCONN) Formerly Professional Collection. Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators.

• ERIC (EBSCOhost) with selected full text ERIC on Ebsco provides online access to some full-text articles and ERIC Documents (EDs).

• Foundation Directory Online Covers U.S. foundations and corporate donors, lists recent grants, and provides the names of more than 400,000 key decision-makers.

• Proceedings (FS) Index of conference publications.