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Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa Regional Meeting
Friday,.March 6, 2009
_.Host Institution: Macalester College
_..Meeting Location:
_..St Paul, MN 55105


Coordinator

Imagining America
Paul Schadewald
Associate Director, Civic Engagement Center
Macalester College		  

Participating Institutions * Team Leaders (e-mail)
Macalester College(HOST) (IA) (CC) Paul Schadewald
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (IA) (CC)Greg Jay
Winona State University (IA) (CC) Ted Reilly
University of Minnesota (IA) (CC) Sonja Kuftinec
Carleton College (IA) (CC) Cathy Yandell
St. Olaf College (CC) Pat Smith
College of St. Catherine (CC) Rafael Cervantes
University of St. Thomas (CC)

Amy Muse
SUNY Fredonia (CC) Ginny Horvath
Iowa Campus Compact Sandra Hansen
Minnesota Compus Compact Jim Scheibel
Wisconsin Campus Compact Pamela Proulx-Curry
National Campus Compact Julie Plaut
Pangea World Theater Dipankar Mukherjee
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Sandy Spieler
Intermedia Arts Marlina Gonzalez
Neighborhood House Sandy Agustin

* Click the links above to read a synopsis of the current status of promotion and tenure policy development for public scholarship at each institution.


Agenda
AM: Tenure Team Initiative
 PM: The Curriculum Project
8:30 - 9:00

Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15

Opening speakers

Welcome and introduction by Paul Schadewald, Associate Director of the Civic Engagement Center at Macalester College, Karin Trail-Johnson, Associate Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College, Julie Plaut, Director of National Academic Initiatives for the National Campus Compact, and Tim Eatman, Research Director of Imagining America
9:15 - 10:30

Engaging the Tenure Report: Voices in Response
Moderator: Timothy K. Eatman, Imagining America Director for Research, Syracuse University

Panel:

  • Gregory Jay -Director, Cultures and Communities Program and Professor, English Department - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Ginny Horvath - Vice President for Academic Affairs - SUNY Fredonia
  • Paula Rabinowitz - Chair, English Department - University of Minnesota
  • Cathy Yandell - Director of the Humanities Center - Carleton College
10:30 - 10:45 Break following organization of concurrent thematic working groups.
Timothy K. Eatman
10:15 - 12:00

Working Groups

Facilitator
Theme
Scribe
Andy Furco
 		 Scholarship in Public: Broadening the definition, making the case  
Members
Outcomes
Adrienne Falcon  Early Career Faculty and academic support: Mediating relationships among faculty members, campus units, and public engagement  
Members
Outcomes
Tamara Berg  Deans, chairs and directors: Supporting mid-level academic leaders  
Members
Outcomes
12:00 - 1:30

Lunch - Greeting and overview of Imagining America from director Jan Cohen-Cruz
Report back
1:30 - 2:30

The Curriculum Project

Panel:

  • Marlina Gonzalez -Independent Programs Consultant, Intermedia Arts - Community-based administrator's perspective
  • Gregory Jay - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Translating report's findings for community-based humanities courses
  • Sonja Kuftinec - University of Minnesota - Arts faculty point of view
  • Sandy Spieler - Artistic Director of In the Heart of the Beast Theatre - Perspective of artist-partner
  • Macalester Student Presentation - Art + Fire Project

Panel discussion, responding to The Curriculum Project report, downloadable from The Curriculum Project website. Followed by general discussion of challenges and opportunities in engaged curriculum and each person sharing a burning question they have about such work. In preparation, read either the whole report or the 7 page Overview.
2:30 - 3:45

Three small breakout groups will concurrently cover the following topics:

Facilitators
Theme
Scribe
Share community-based courses and projects with multi-cultural emphasis at each campus.  
Jan Cohen-Cruz

Sandy Spieler		 Troubleshoot syllabi/ program descriptions which participants will have brought with them.  
Sandy Agustin Discuss ways to support community partners through this economic downturn.  
3:45 - 4:30 Report back to the whole group. The scribes from the previous session will sum up the key ideas. We'll talk about what we most need as next steps in both The Curriculum Project and the Tenure Team Initiative. At the very end, we'll fill out brief evaluations.