Minority Recruitment and Retention

Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee Mission Statement:

With members of the committee appointed by the President, Dr.Cheryl Norton 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 retent ion 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

Dr. Carlos Arboleda/Foreign Languages
arboledac1@southernct.edu

Dr. Brandon Hutchinson/English
hutchinsonb1@southernct.edu

Dr. Jane McGinn/Information & Library Science
mcginnj1@southernct.edu

Dr. Virginia Metaxas/History
metaxasv1@southernct.edu

Dr. Gladys Labas/Educational Leadership
labasg1@southernct.edu

Dr. Tricia Lin/Women's Studies
liny4@southernct.edu

Dr. Byron Nakamura/History
nakamurab1@southernct.edu

Alba Reynaga/Library Services
reynagaa1@southernct.edu

Paula Rice/Diversity & Equity Programs
ricep1@southernct.edu

Dr.. Marcia Smith/Diversity & Equity Programs
smithglaspm1@southernct.edu

Dr. Caleb Rosado/Sociology
rosadoc3@souternct.edu

Grants, Funds, & Applications - SCSU & CSU

CSU - Connecticut State University Research Grants Guidelines

CSU Research Conference The CSU Research Conference is held on a different CSU campus each year. The 2007/8 conference will be held at ECSU.

Connecticut State University System - Faculty Awards:

Curriculum Related Activities Grants

Faculty Development Advisory Committee Grants

Minority Recruitment & Retention Committee Grants

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

J. Philip Smith Award for Outstanding Teaching

Junior Faculty Research Fellowship

Large Format Poster Application The Faculty Technology Walk-In Center (FTWIC) and the Office of Faculty Development have teamed to provide a new service to assist faculty with their research. The FTWIC has recently purchased a large format printer which can be used to create posters for faculty who are presenting their research in a poster format at conferences.

Market Pay Adjustments (Article 12.5.6 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement) SCSU

MRRC Moving Expense Funds 2007-2008

Reassigned Time for Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, and Instructional Enhancement (See 10.6.5 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement)

The Research and Scholarship Advisory Committee (R/SAC)

Retraining Procedures for Faculty

Sabbatical Leave Procedures for Faculty SCSU

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Wiki

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Group Calendar

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

Teaching Innovation Program

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.

University of Michigan Proposal Writer's Guide By Don Thackrey

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

Hilton C. Buley Library Databases of Interest:

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