University
Service Details
Randy
M. Brooks, Ph.D.
August 15, 2002
Introduction
& Administrative Service & University
Committees
Faculty Development Leadership & Grants
& English
Dept. Service
Administrative Service
served as the chair of the Humanities Division, coordinator of the Media
Arts Center and director of the writing major
University-Wide
Committees
served on 18 university-wide committees including Council on Curriculum,
ITAC, Tabor Graduate Education committee, Pre-professional committee
and various curriculum development committees for Service Learning and
MPSL development
Faculty
Development
participated in or led 25 faculty development opportunities developing
and sharing my expertise in service learning, teaching with technology
and curriculum design
Grants
helped write and received 11 grants to fund research and curriculum
development
Other
University Service
shared my expertise in publication design, web design and writing to
help offices, faculty, administrators and programs across campus
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Administrative
Service 1995-2002
Humanities
Division, College of Arts & Sciences
Chair, 1999-present
•
chaired Humanities division meetings
• co-authored (with Dr. Jacobs & Dr. Money) new Humanities
division unit plan
• assisted with MPSL reforms of Humanities department majors
• promoted grant & program opportunities for Humanities faculty
and students
• coordinated award opportunities and nominations for Humanities
students
• supported Humanities Undergraduate Research Forum
Media
Arts Center
Coordinator (with Ed Walker & Mary Rivers), 1997-present
•
provided ongoing tutoring support to students, faculty and staff
• coordinated courses, workshops and events scheduled in the MAC
lab
• provided daily trouble-shooting and maintenance
• provided demonstrations to visitors including trustees &
university donors
• coordinated upgrades plans and budget request priorities
• co-authored reports to the Lumpkin Foundation on the five year
grant for MAC lab
Director
of the Writing Major, 1990-present
•
assisted in hiring of faculty for writing courses
• advised English department chair on writing courses scheduled
• led the curriculum redesign of the writing major
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University-wide
Committees
University
Capstone Faculty Learning Community
Faculty Coordinator (with Dr. Jodi Kupper), 2001-present
•
helped plan & coordinate University Capstone faculty meetings &
development
• helped lead the University Capstone faculty teaching forum
• co-authored University Capstone teaching goals and guidelines
• designed and maintained the University Capstone web site
• co-authored the “University Capstone Story" and internal
marketing plan
• co-authored 2001 "State of the University Capstone"
report
• helped plan and lead the University Capstone Teaching Forum,
October 9, 2001
Information
Technology Advisory Council, (ITAC)
Humanities Division Representative, 2000-present
•
helped with integration of technology and instruction at Millikin
• led study group on integrated student computing experiences
• reviewed and helped plan Academic Technology's orientation for
first year students
Tabor
School of Business Graduate Education Committee (MBA committee)
Humanities Division Representative, 1999-present
•
designed rating scale for evaluating application writing samples
• reviewed applications for admission to 2001 & 2002 MBA program
classes
Pre-Health
Professional Advisory Committee, 1999-2002
•
interviewed students for Millikin evaluation of medical school applicants
• ranked candidates for medical school
Millikin
University Web Site Advisory Committee, 1999-2001
•
assisted with revision of web site and design implementation strategy
• served on search committee for university webmaster
Undergraduate
Fellows Review Committee
Founder & chair, 1995-1997; member, 1999-present
•
promoted and developed student fellowships program
• solicited and reviewed faculty/student collaborative project
proposals
Council
on Curriculum Sub-committee on Senior Capstones, 2000
•
reviewed summer faculty seminar report on senior capstone experiences
• developed guidelines for university-wide senior capstone experiences
in MPSL
Service
Learning Advisory Committee, 1995-2000
•
coordinated development of promotional hypermedia for community service
and
promote Millikin’s Service Learning program
• reviewed proposals for summer faculty and student fellowships
• participated in the Indiana Campus Compact Institute on Integrating
Service with Academic Study
• wrote draft of service learning action plan for Millikin
• helped prepare for service learning program review
University-wide
Internship Committee, 1996-1997
•
reviewed existing internships from across the disciplines
• helped establish university-wide internship policies for commonalties
Assessment
Advisory Group Committee, 1996-1997
•
co-drafted initial goals document for faculty participation in assessment
plans
• helped develop guideline for assessment teams and plans
Council
on Curriculum
Humanities Representative, 1994-1997 and Chair, 1996-1997
•
considered course proposals, proposed new five year calendar
• considered revision of majors according to New Program for Student
Learning
• reviewed new honors program proposal and presidential scholars
requirements
Oversight
Committee on the New Program of Student Learning, 1995-1997
•
reviewed and assessed pilot projects for the curricular reform initiative
Campus
Communicators Council, 1996-1997
•
discussed Millikin’s marketing image and communications strategy
• coordinated publication design processes and resources with Terry
Bush
Council
on Faculty Small Grants Committee 1995-1996
•
considered and approved small grant applications
Information
Technology Pilot Projects Learning Resources Support Team, 1995-1996
•
established immediate and long-term goals for IT support
• served as consultant to pilot projects
• surveyed all faculty and staff on computing expertise and training
needs
• developed faculty mentor and Millikin computing resource guides
New
Program Pilot Course Development Committee, 1995-1996
•
planned pilot of new program course, CWRR1, to be taught in fall semester
• coordinated development plans with other pilot teams
Writing-in-the-Disciplines
Program, Director, 1993-1995
Writing Consultant for the Humanities Division, 1991-1993
•
Provided guidance and support for faculty writing projects
• Administered program budget and student Writing Fellows
• Conducted & participated in writing workshops for faculty
• Developed & edited Millikin University Journal of Writing
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Faculty
Development 1995-2002
Presenter
(with Susan Avery). “Teaching IN151: An Inquiry-management Approach
to Critical Writing, Reading and Research.” Fall CWRRII Faculty
Development Workshop, Millikin University, (Decatur, IL), November
27 & 28, 2001.
Co-leader
(with Jodi Kupper). “Teaching the University Capstone.”
Millikin University Teaching Forum, (Decatur, IL), October 9, 2001.
Co-leader
(with George Bennet), Nyberg Summer Faculty Development Seminar. “University-wide
Senior Capstone.” Millikin Summer Faculty Seminar (Decatur, IL),
May-August 2001.
Workshop
leader (with Susan Avery, reference librarian). “Personal Knowledge
Management: Enhancing the Inquiry Process with Technology.” Teaching
and Learning Mentor (TLM) Institute, Sponsored by the Associated College
of Illinois and the Ameritech Faculty Development Technology Program,
Millikin University, (Decatur, IL) August 3, 2001.
Workshop
leader. “Advanced Web Graphics.” Teaching and Learning Mentor
(TLM) Institute, Sponsored by the Associated College of Illinois and
the Ameritech Faculty Development Technology Program, Millikin University,
(Decatur, IL) August 3, 2001.
Course
Development Team. “University-wide Senior Capstone.” Millikin
Summer Faculty Seminar (Decatur, IL), May-August 2000.
•
developed objectives, common course assignments and assessments
• discussed teaching resources and shared syllabi
Information
Technology Educational Initiative Development Team. “Plan of
Study, Electronic Portfolios, Personal Knowledge Management and a
Distinctive Hybrid Platform Support Strategy.” Millikin, June-August
2000.
Seminar
Team Leader. “Learning Outcomes and Pedagogies for Capstone Educational
Experiences.” Millikin Summer Faculty Seminar (Decatur, IL),
June-July 1999.
•
led the review of current capstone courses in majors at Millikin
• reported on pedagogical approaches to senior capstone experiences
Seminar
Team Leader. “The Web at Millikin: Creating a Vision, and Managing
the Nuts and Bolts of Implementation.” Online Faculty Seminar,
June-August 1999.
•
assisted with general planning and the session on community building
Participant.
“Changing Face and Challenges of Higher Education” Millikin
Summer Seminar (Decatur, IL), June-August 1998.
Summer
Seminar in Rhetoric and Composition, Millikin University, June 7-13,
1998.
Ira
Shor, workshop leader. “Critical Teaching” Millikin University
Freshman Studies Course Development Workshop, (Decatur, IL), June
6, 1998.
Faculty
Development Grant to participate in “The Psychology of Multimedia:
Principles of Perception and Cognition” tutorial and the Conference
on Human Factors in Computing Systems, (Los Angeles, CA), April 18-23,
1998.
Academic
Technology Grant to attend the Ninth Annual Information Technologies
Workshop “The Network: A Resource for Learning and Student Service,”
Council of Independent Colleges, (Pittsburgh, PA), March 26-28, 1988.
Visiting
Professor, University of Missouri-Rolla, November 1997. Sponsored
by the English Department, Visiting Professor Fund, the Institute
for Software Development, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the Excel
Center for Leadership and Communication Studies.
•
conducted workshop on web design and creating web resources for courses
• met with creative writing and technical writing course sections
• gave public poetry reading
• interviewed by public radio station on the role of the web in
poetry publishing
• consulted with chairs, deans, and faculty on teaching with technology
• presented visiting faculty lecture on user personalities and
web page design
Faculty
Excellence Grant, “Poetics of American Haiku: An Annotated Bibliography
of the Assimilation of Japanese Aesthetics by Diverse Communities
of American Poets.” Millikin University, September 1996–August
1997.
•
provided support for study and books on haiku in English
• helped with travel expenses to Haiku International Conference
in Japan
Faculty
Excellence Grant to attend the Summer Seminar in Rhetoric and Composition,
Millikin University, June 1-7, 1997.
Faculty Participant, “Compassion in The Humanities Curriculum.”
Grant submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities, October
1996. Funded for 1997.
Participated
as a member of the Millikin CAPHE Faculty Excellence team in the Illinois
Campus Compact for Community Service Institute on Service Learning,
(North Central College, Naperville, IL) September 27, 1996.
Participated
in the fall workshop on Pilot Projects in Student Learning, August
14, 1996.
Participated
in the New Program for Student Learning Pilot Courses Development
Workshop, Mueller Lodge, August 12, 1996.
Participated
as a Millikin University faculty excellence team member at the Faculty
Roles, Faculty Rewards, and Institutional Priorities Grantee Conference
sponsored by the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher
Education, (Kansas City, MO) June 20-22, 1996.
•
developed proposal for faculty growth plans with percentage weighting
Participated
as a Millikin University service learning action plan development
team member at the Indiana Institute on Integrating Service with Academic
Study, sponsored by the Indiana Campus Compact at Indiana University,
(Bloomington, IN), February 22–24, 1996.
Liberal
Learning Study Group on Majors, 1994–1995
•
reviewed and reported on reform of majors across in current higher education
curricula
• wrote guidelines for reforming the majors at Millikin
Participated
as a Millikin University faculty service learning team member at the
Council of Independent Colleges National Institute on Learning and
Service, Arthur Andersen Center (St. Charles, IL) June 1, 1995.
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Grants
Funded
Arts
in Community Grant, “Decatur Area Writers Fair.” Decatur
Area Arts Council, Friends of the Decatur Public Library, (Decatur,
IL), summer-fall, 1999. (funded)
Faculty
Excellence Grant, “Poetics of American Haiku: An Annotated Bibliography
of the Assimilation of Japanese Aesthetics by Diverse Communities
of American Poets.” Millikin University, September 1996–August
1997.
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purchased haiku books and collections published from 1985-1996
• provided support for study at the Haiku Archive in Sacramento,
California
• helped with travel expenses to Haiku International Conference
in Tokyo, Japan
Service
Learning Course Development Grant, “Integrating Service Learning
into Computer Aided Publishing Instruction.” Service learning
partners included the Macon County Soil and Water Conservation District,
Keep Decatur/Macon County Beautiful Education Committee, YMCA Students
offering Services Program, Decatur School District 61, and Macon County
Schools, Spring 1996.
JMS
Pilot Course Development Grant, “Computers in Society: The Mind
Tool” multidisciplinary approach to new electronic media, July
10–December 30, 1995.
•
honors students studied the history and theory of writing as a technology
• students analyzed the cognitive processes of using a variety
of new media
• students created a hypermedia, multimedia or web site online
publication
Computer
Writing Classroom Upgrade Grant, Information Technology Initiative,
Millikin University, November 1995–May 1996.
•
facilitated integration of web publishing and hypermedia in two courses
Service
Learning Faculty Internship with Communities in Partnership, June-Aug.
1995
•
trained CIP and Decatur Public Library staff on computer kiosk operations
• coordinated translation of data between kiosk and network systems
• conducted user testing of touch screen kiosk
Japanese
cultural studies experience with the Mt. Zion Elementary School to
teach haiku writing and publishing. Grant funded seventeen workshops
and extended work with a student editorial team, in order to publish
a student anthology. Funded by the Decatur Area Arts Council, October
25, 1995.
American
Hospital Association National “Community Care Network Demonstration
Program” Communities in Partnership, Decatur Memorial Hospital
and the City of Decatur, May-July 1995. The grant funds ongoing development
of the community service information kiosks. Funded at $300,000 with
matching grant from DMH Foundation on August 18, 1995.
Police
Education Teams Project, A writing / hypermedia / in school presentations
project funded by Communities in Partnership (Decatur, IL), November
1994–June 1995.
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teams helped DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) and VEGA projects
Community
Service Information Kiosk, Funded by the Decatur Public Library, (Decatur,
IL), June 1994–July 1995.
"Curriculum
Review Strategies: Liberal Learning in Majors” Curriculum Development
Small Faculty Grant, Millikin University, Feb.–August 1995
•
examined recent literature on curriculum design of majors
• compared rationales for various undergraduate writing majors
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT SERVICE
JULY 1995 – JULY 2002
DEPARTMENT
COMMITTEE SERVICE 1995-2002
English
Department Course Schedule Committee, 2001-2002
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helped chair plan course offerings schedule for 2002-2003
Faculty
Search Committees, numerous positions, 1995-present
Faculty
Search Committee Chair, tenure-line journalism position, 1999
English
Department Assessment Committee, 1996-1997
ADVANCED
ENGLISH STUDIES & STUDENT GROUP ADVISING 1995-2002
Advisor
(with Dr. Guillory) to Folio, the department newsletter, 2001-present
Professional
Writing Internships Coordinator, 1995-2000, 2001-present
•
placed about 10-12 students in professional writing internships each
year
• helped direct student learning contracts & plans for internships
Advisor
to Technical Tutors in the Media Arts Center, 1997-present
Teaching
Writing Internships Assistance, 1995-present
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led dialogue with interns on teaching writing
• mentored various students in teaching internships
Advisor
to Collage Literary Magazine, 1996
Advisor
to Decaturian newspaper, 1995-1996
ENGLISH
STUDENT RECRUITMENT & ADVISING 1995-2002
Advised
about 15 English majors each year, 1995-present
Advised
many incoming transfer students (and new majors), 1995-present
Reviewed
English courses & requirements for computer audit with registrar,
2002
Prepared
guidelines for double major in literature and writing, 2001
Featured
new courses in Folio: English Department Newsletter, 2001-present
Middle
School Students Visit Day, Decatur Community Partnership, April 26,
2001
Advised
incoming transfer and Freshman English majors, summer O&R
1996, 1999, 2000 & 2001
Helped
with holistic scoring of O&R pretest writing samples, June 1998,
1999 & 2000
Proctored
pretest writing samples, 1999
Campus
Preview Day, English Department Representative, September 18, 1999
Taught
a mock class on web publishing for Admitted Students Day, March 3,
1997.
Talked
to English students about jobs and strategies for careers in English,
Millikin University, March 3, 1997
Taught
a mock class session on computer aided publishing for visiting admitted
students during their Millikin University campus visit, April 19,
1996.
Campus
Preview Days, 1996-present
Represented
the English department at Millicamp, August 20, 1995
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Randy Brooks • last updated
August 27, 2002
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