EGEP Team Minutes 3/6/08
Present:
T.Sandrin
S. Sandrin
Rettig
Wresch
Meyerson
Jambunathan
Freed
We need further work to disseminate this call and drum up interest. It’s important to
speak to smaller groups such as faculty meetings, and COLS division meetings as well as
to distribute e-mail announcements. COBA and COEHS have both declined to have us
speak at college meetings.
The survey is nearly ready for distribution; timeline constraints have been lifted by the
Provost’s office. We also need to build interest in the survey so that we get a good
response; Wresch suggested some interviews might supplement the information we
gather from the survey.
Members of the Team will likely be asked to answer questions as “program
representatives”. They will need to be prepared to clarify program requirements, and to
differentiate this from the faculty development program grants mentoring activity and
research component. They should also emphasize the need to contact funding agency
representatives before preparing their EGEP proposal. It is important to emphasize
strategies for long-term external funding support as a key element of these proposals.
Jambunathan suggested, T Sandrin concurred that we should post FAQ’s about the
program as questions come in.
The group discussed correspondence from Greg Wypizinski regarding graduate students
as lab instructors/teaching assistants.
Next meeting will likely be in late April to review survey results.