Translational Health Research Initiative (HO) Dean Hennessy announced a Texas State Health – Scholar Showcase poster session to be held on February 10, 2017. Liberal Arts can have up to six posters, featuring programs and research initiatives, from teams in LA and other colleges. Jessica Schneider will contact chairs and/or faculty about possible ideas for posters. Jessica and Dr. Bousman will screen in order to group together poster ideas from COLA. Dean Hennessy will distribute a URL to chairs for a site that contains more information, including a sample poster High Quality Faculty Awards (HO) A handout describing the criteria for moving to NRUF status – was distributed. Chair were encouraged to be aware of these criteria and to encourage faculty to pursue these awards. Off agenda University and administrative responses to issues related to the turmoil after the elections – were discussed. Around the table: Dr. Bousman reported that the Council for Funded Research will recommend that colleges should help to identify research clusters on campus. Dr. Kelemen reported that a Texas State thesis, submitted to the Texas State Repository, was accepted then rejected by a journal because it had been previously published in the Repository. Dr. Smith reported a security concern by IT Security that led to a faculty member being told she cannot analyze her ICPSR data. The meeting ended at 3:37 PM.
Translational Health Research Initiative (HO) – Dean Hennessy announced a Texas State Health Scholar Showcase poster session to be held on February 10, 2017. Liberal Arts can have up to six posters, featuring programs and research initiatives, from teams in LA and other colleges. Jessica Schneider will contact chairs and/or faculty about possible ideas for posters. Jessica and Dr. Bousman will screen in order to group together poster ideas from COLA. Dean Hennessy will distribute a URL to chairs for a site that contains more information, including a sample poster High Quality Faculty Awards (HO) – A handout describing the criteria for moving to NRUF status was distributed. Chair were encouraged to be aware of these criteria and to encourage faculty to pursue these awards. Off agenda – University and administrative responses to issues related to the turmoil after the elections were discussed. Around the table: Dr. Bousman reported that the Council for Funded Research will recommend that colleges should help to identify research clusters on campus. Dr. Kelemen reported that a Texas State thesis, submitted to the Texas State Repository, was accepted then rejected by a journal because it had been previously published in the Repository. Dr. Smith reported a security concern by IT Security that led to a faculty member being told she cannot analyze her ICPSR data. The meeting ended at 3:37 PM.
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