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_.Downstate New York Regional Meeting
_.February 26, 2009
_.Host Institution: New York University
_..Meeting Location:
_..New York, NY 10012

Coordinators
Imagining America Randy Martin Professor and Chair Department of Art and Public Policy Tisch School of the Arts New York University	Campus Compact James Heffernan Executive Director New York Campus Compact
With special thanks to the New York Council for the Humanities for their support of this meeting

Participating Institutions *	Team Leaders (e-mail)
New York University (HOST-IA/CC)	name
Drew University(NJ) (IA)	Richard Greenwald
St. Johns University(NY) (CC)	name
St. Lawrence Univeristy(NY) (CC)	name
SUNY StonyBrook(NY)(IA/CC)	name
University of Delaware (IA/CC)	name
Wagner College(NY) (IA/CC)	Mary Lo Re
Wesleyan University(CT) (IA/CC)	name

* 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

Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life, fifth floor
7 East 10th Street, between Fifth Avenue and University Place

Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome from Randy Martin and Greetings from Executive Director Sara Ogger and Director of Grants and Programs Jane McNamara - The New York Council for the Humanities ( http://www.nyhumanities.org/)

9:15 - 10:30

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

Panel:

Lena Sze - Doctoral Candidate- New York University
Mary Lo Re - Associate Professor of Finance - Wagner College
Troy Richards - Assistant Professor of Art - University of Delaware

10:30 - 10:45

Break following organization of concurrent thematic working groups.
Timothy K. Eatman

10:45 - 12:00

Working Groups

Facilitator	Theme
Nina Felshin	Scholarship in Public: Broadening the definition, making the case
	Charge	Members	Outcomes
Jack Tchen	Early Career Faculty and the nontraditional academic: Mediating relationships among faculty members, campus units, and public engagement
	Charge	Members	Outcomes
Richard Greenwald	Deans, chairs and directors: Supporting mid-level academic leaders
	Charge	Members	Outcomes

12:00 - 12:45

Lunch - Greetings and reflections from Imagining America Director, Jan Cohen-Cruz

12:45 - 1:00

Report back

1:15 - 2:15

Tisch Dean's Conference Room , Twelfth floor
721 Broadway, between Waverly Place and Washington Place
The Curriculum Project

Panel discussion, featuring one faculty, one student, and one community partner 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.

2:15 - 3:15

Three small breakout groups will concurrently cover the following topics:

Share courses and projects with public scholarship components involving students at each campus.
Troubleshoot syllabi/ program descriptions which participants will have brought with them.
Discuss ways to support community partners through this economic downturn.

3:15 - 4:00

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.