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Minutes January 22, 2001 Present: Brown,
Campanella, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Ramos, Sibirsky, Smith, Teron There was much
discussion and a general consensus about refocusing the agendas of KPG
meetings to include discussion of substantive issues, rather than just the
reporting format that has been the practice until now.
Some suggestions for discussion included: self-sustainability of
specific Kellogg and other urban initiatives; the role of community
partners and engaging the community; engaging more faculty in the process;
discussion of the following Kellogg research questions – 2.
Can
a prestigious liberal arts college help the surrounding, troubled urban
neighborhood transform itself? 3.
Can
the college build and sustain a common ground of understanding and
communication between itself and the surrounding neighborhood? 4.
What
role can technology play in building an extended learning community? Elly will solicit
agenda suggestions from KPG members before the monthly meetings. There
will be fewer items on the agendas. Student
involvement in Smart Neighborhood initiatives has increased significantly
with the addition of 18 new volunteers this semester. The neighborhood is
making good use of the TrinFo Café. Discussion ensued about capturing
information on the numbers of student volunteers and doing a better job
communicating about the work being done by students. The Community
Forum component has a line item of $25,000 for faculty research in the
Learning Corridor. Jackie, John and Elly will make a recommendation to the
KPG about process for and distribution of that money. Each of the SINA
institutions has designated a person to sit on a new development committee
for the Learning Corridor. Jackie suggested that we encourage
administrators to become involved in initiatives at the Learning Corridor. The Ritmos de
Pueblo documentary will be aired on CPTV February 7, 2001. Minutes November 30, 2000 Present: Miller Brown, Linda Campanella, Alan Sauer, Paula Russo, Jackie Mandyck, John Langeland, Yanil Theron, Elly Jacobson, Maria Simao Smart Neighborhood Trinfo open house will be held the afternoon of November 30th. Trinfo staff is working out training schedules with the Aetna Center for Families. Smart Neighborhood staff is working to encourage more students to get involved with the neighborhood technology effort. College/Community Innovation Fund Spanish classes have begun at the CT Puerto Rican Forum. The enrollment is somewhat disappointing. Maria will explore ways to involve interested campus personnel, providing books and tapes and arranging lunches with Spanish majors. The college is exploring options in the community for an archival building to house Hartford-related materials. Evaluation The results of interviews of KPG members by the evaluation coordinator will be circulated via email in a few weeks. Jackie mentioned the value of having time to reflect about the Kellogg initiatives. Cities Data Center The Department of transportation photolog of the 15 block area around the college will be online shortly. Ivan is working with methods teachers in the social sciences and with an education research project which evolved from the Social Science Research Initiative. The Center will collect and archive student research projects and will prepare profiles of each neighborhood in Hartford for students who are engaged in out of classroom learning situations. The Center may engage with the Community Court to provide data collection, analysis and evaluation. Learning Corridor A math event at the Corridor attracted 500 11th and 12rth graders from high schools around the state. Minutes October 26, 2000 Attending were: Miller Brown, Linda Campanella, Alan
Sauer, Janice Perlman, Jackie Mandyck, Yanil Teron, Kent Smith, Elly
Jacobson, John Langeland, Val Ramos, Daniel Sibirsky, Alta Lash, Paula
Russo Jackie introduced new community member Yanil Teron of
the CT Puerto Rican Forum. Luis Colon of the Spanish American Merchant’s
Association and Marie Spivey, newly appointed CEO of the Learning
Corridor, will also be joining the KPG. Janice suggested that a binder,
with a compilation of Kellogg materials, be assembled and distributed to
all members of the group. At November’s meeting we will discuss the
business and implementation plan for the Kellogg grant. The Smart Neighborhood effort continues to move
ahead. The feedback from focus groups points to the need for more student
involvement. The needs of the community are coming into better focus.
There will be an article in the N.Y. Times soon. Val said the Community
Outreach Leadership Team (COLT) has been discussing how students can be
more effectively involved in the Smart Neighborhood and the Learning
Corridor. Janice suggested that we prioritize within the overall Kellogg framework and keep in mind that the products of the Kellogg project are both for learning and dissemination. Janice distributed four handouts; a proposal on Life Histories and Community Trajectories in Hartford’s Neighborhoods: 1970-2000; a memo from her to Miller re clarifying the Kellogg professorship role at Trinity; a chart on the components of Global Citizenship in an Urban Context, with a workplan and timeline for effectuating this concept; and a syllabus for her course Cities, Mega-Cities, and our Global Future. The Cities Data Center, under the direction of Ivan
Kuzyk, is exploring how to collect and archive student data. Ivan has met
with about 40 faculty and administrators at the college. The Center has
distributed information to all the Problem Solving Committees in the city
and is working with the Department of Transportation on a photolog survey
of the adjacent neighborhood. Ivan is working with 6 members of the
faculty interested in developing more specific data for their community
learning courses. The Center is working toward systematizing access for
city data. TCN and the Center will be starting a newsletter shortly. A College/Community Innovation Fund project will
begin on Nov 7th at the CT Puerto Rican Forum, where 10 weeks
of conversational Spanish will be offered to people who work in and with
the neighborhood. Trinity faculty and students are also involved in the
project. Discussions with Juan Fuentes about the archiving of his
photography collection have been revived and hopefully the project will
begin soon. Linda spoke glowingly about the Ritmos de Pueblo documentary
and suggested we view the short piece at our next meeting. Paula reported that the second annual report to
Kellogg has received all the requisite stamps of approval. Daniel will be interviewing each KPG member about
goals and outcomes. A focus group of employment-based trainers
participating in the Smart Neighborhood project revealed that participants
are using e-mail to communicate and collaborate in substantive ways. CLI
student course evaluations indicate that students consider community
learning to be a positive personal and academic experience. Daniel will
write reports every six months that will respond to questions and outcomes
developed by the Evaluation Committee. Shelley Jallow has replaced Jim Longo as principal of
the middle school at the Learning Corridor. The next KPG meeting will be on Thursday, November 30th at 9:30 a.m. in Terrace C. Minutes September 1, 2000 In attendance: Miller Brown, Alan Sauer,Alta Lash, Daniel Sibirsky, Paula Russo, John Langeland, Janice Perlman, Maria Simao, Val Ramos The Smart Neighborhood Project has benefited from the addition of Carlos Espinosa, who is making connections to community organizations and expanding the reach of the computer recycling program. The first round of computer giveaways has been completed through a competitive process which awarded the computers to four neighborhood organizations. Smart neighborhood staff will move into the Trinfo Café next week. A café coordinator will be hired shortly. The College/Community Innovation Fund has awarded a grant to the Puerto Rican Forum to teach conversational Spanish to people living and/or working in the neighborhood. Modern language faculty at Trinity and students majoring in Spanish, will assist with the classes. Ivan Kuzyk, the new director of the Cities Data Center at TCN has been meeting individually with faculty and administrators and has attended a meeting of the neighborhood problem solving committees. In response to the community, the data center will enhance crime data reporting by mapping and comparing data. In addition, the Center will map hot spots, which will emerge from overlaying data on dilapidated, abandoned buildings areas and crime data. Ivan is developing a one-year workplan for the Center. TCN is the recipient of a HUD grant of $150,000 to expand its community organizing program to include metropolitan Hartford. Trinity is the only 4 year liberal arts college in the country which successfully competed for this grant. The first draft
of the annual report has been circulated to the Evaluation Committee for
comments. Daniel will be developing Program Logic Models with program
administrators and staff that will specify the resources, activities,
outputs, and early, intermediate and long-term outcomes. In the process of
developing the Program Logic Models with program directors and staff, he
will also help to develop or assess program goals and objectives. The
Program Logic Models will allow the evaluation to compare and investigate
potential differences between the program plan and implementation. Receptions for faculty of the new Learning Corridor magnet schools, the Greater Hartford Academies of Math and Science and of the Arts will take place at Trinity in September Faculty from the magnet schools will be welcomed by the dean and by Trinity's math and science faculty at the first reception and by theater, dance and studio arts faculty at the second. The Learning Corridor ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on October 13th. Minutes July 24, 2000 Present: Brown, Campanella, Smith, Sauer, Sibirsky, Russo, Jacobson Smart Neighborhood support staff will be moving from 71 Vernon to the Trinfo Café at 1300 Broad. The move will enhance the project’s neighborhood presence. The College/Community Innovation Fund has awarded a $15,000 grant for a neighborhood history project. The project was conceived by Janice Perlman, who is overseeing the work of faculty researchers studying migration patterns in the neighborhood. Another proposal, involving teaching Spanish to people doing business in the neighborhood,will soon be ready for review by the funding panel. The search committee for a director of the Cities Data Center has narrowed the field to two candidates who will come to campus for a more intensive and extensive interview process. Miller underscored the need for this person to work well with the social science faculty as well as to provide the neighborhoods with a useful service. Daniel Sibirsky, the new Kellogg Evaluation Coordinator, will prepare a draft of the Kellogg annual report, which will be available for review by September 8th. The Evaluation Committee will meet on August 3rd, with the key goal of pulling the draft together. Daniel also suggested that we consider doing a community needs assessment. Linda raised a concern about the lack of community input into the project and the lack of information going out into the community about the project. She suggested articles in the neighborhood media and newsletters of community based organizations. Daniel suggested focus groups with different neighborhood constituencies and spots on local radio and television stations. It was agreed that Linda would talk to OCIR and other people who could suggest community representatives. Alan Sauer will send out a memo reminding Kellogg project administrators about keeping track of Trinity’s in-kind contributions. James Longo has been hired as principal of the middle school. Mitzi Yates has resigned as director of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts to take a position in Washington, D.C. There will be a community open house event at the Learning Corridor on October 4th and a national conference on engaged communities on November 16th. Minutes May 22, 2000 Present: Simao,
Mandyck, Brown, Langeland, Campanella, Perez, Smith, Ramos,
Jacobson Kellogg VisitPaula Russo will send an e-mail to the group
summarizing the Kellogg visit and soliciting feedback from all the
participants. Smart NeighborhoodJim Trostle’s class presentation on the Smart
Neighborhood effort was informative. The main question raised is how the
community is defining itself vis-ŕ-vis technology.
Carlos Espinosa will be helping to define and implement this aspect
of the project. A meeting of neighborhood groups is scheduled for June 28th
In addition, an IDP student from the class will continue working on the
assessment this summer. With Jocelyn Schneider’s departure, SN is
undergoing a reorganization. 15 computers are available for setting up a
laboratory. SN will ask for proposals from the community. SN will start a
training program similar to that run by TCN. College/Community Innovation Fund
A short (10 minute) piece on the Ritmos de Pueblo
project was presented to the Kellogg team. The neighborhood contemporary
history project is still being developed with input from more faculty. The
Spanish lesson proposal has been reworked and will be resubmitted to the
funding panel shortly. Classes should start in September.
Miller will meet with a few key people to discuss the status of
cataloguing the Juan Fuentes photograph collection. Miller would also like to see more collaborative, innovative
science projects funded by Kellogg. Evaluation
The new
evaluation coordinator, Daniel Sibirski, will be starting on June 19th.
A directory on a server will be set up as a location for
initiatives to post internal documents and other materials as an easy way
to share material for the evaluation process and that other initiatives
might find useful. The
Kellogg team was particularly interested in seeing more cross
fertilization among the initiatives, and this may be one way to facilitate
it. Learning CorridorSite tours have been suspended until September. An extended-day programming grant has been awarded to the LC. Noemi Flores is the new director of the Aetna Family Center. She is thinking about developing a mentoring program with Trinity faculty and students. Miller suggested that staff should also be involved. The middle school has an acting/interim principal. OCIR is moving to Allen Place. Minutes April 26, 2000 Present: Linda Campanella, Jackie Mandyck, John Langeland, Kent Smith, Val Ramos, Janice Perlman, Miller Brown, Elly Jacobson The College /Community Innovation Fund panel will be discussing two new proposals next week – one to establish a course of study in the humanities for neighborhood adult learners and one to establish a neighborhood history project. Linda expressed concern about the lack of neighborhood representation on the Kellogg Project Group. Jim Boucher, who recently stepped down as HART president, had been serving as a community representative. Jackie will suggest new names to the group. Linda also asked that we provide item of interest updates on Kellogg projects. The Kellogg site visit on May 8th and 9th is both an opportunity for Kellogg to see the Learning Corridor and to conduct an informal mid course review. Linda suggested including more neighborhood people in the 2 day event. Kellogg’s new initiative, Engaged Institutions, could provide opportunities for additional funding. Linda will be presenting on engaged institutions at a corporate foundation conference next week. John Langeland reported that activity is increasing at the Trinfo Café. Efforts are underway to hire a full time staff person at the Café. A new initiative on community building using technology will be managed by Carlos Espinosa. Jim Trostle’s Anthropology Methods class will be presenting their analysis of the Smart Neighborhood process on May 10th. The search committee for the director of the Cities Data Center has met and revised the job description. The position has been announced. Linda suggested that in the future, job descriptions be brought to the group for review. Kent noted that the entrepreneurial nature of the job was not well articulated in the description and hoped that it would be stressed in the interviews. The search for the evaluation coordinator is almost complete, with an offer in the making pending a final meeting with Linda. Linda said that Kellogg considers the evaluation process very important and that the 1st year report was well received and well read. The Learning Corridor has received notice of two grant awards; $160,000 from Lincoln Financial for books in the Montessori School and a three-year $210,000 grant from Toyota K-12 Initiatives for development of a physics curriculum. Janice suggested to Jackie that she contact the new Goldman-Sachs Foundation for K-12 education. On October 12, 2000, Trinity will host a national town/gown conference showcasing the College and the Kellogg project. Campus Compact is supporting the conference. Minutes March 29, 2000 Present: Langeland, Jacobson, Russo, Simao, Ramos, Sauer, Smith, Brown, Perlman. Urban Professor Miller introduced and welcomed Janice Perlman to the Kellogg Project Group. Janice was recently appointed Professor of Comparative Urban Studies. Janice's professorial offices are located in McCook. She can be reached there at x4047. Her assistant, Tracy Knight, can be reached at x4148. The Mega-Cities offices are located at 71 Vernon St. The office manager at Mega-Cities, Wendy Moore, can be reached at X4035. Janice discussed three Kellogg-related initiatives with which she would like to proceed: 1) The transfer of successful projects from megacities to mid sized cities in areas of environment, poverty reduction and democratic participation; 2) The development of Hartford's grassroots leadership capacity; and 3) The establishment of a research project, similar to one she has conducted in Rio, which trains community residents to work with students on cutting edge research projects in the community. College/Community Innovation Fund The College Community Innovation Fund is exploring the possibility of a neighborhood history project, which would develop contemporary histories of neighborhoods surrounding the college. The project would involve Trinity students and faculty and neighborhood residents in the creation if these histories. Smart Neighborhood The Trinfo Cafe is open for business. A person from the community has been hired to staff the cafe. A web internship program is underway and neighborhood computer interns are learning on the premises. Staff is starting a competitive, computer hardware grant program for neighborhood organizations. This process will help organizations focus on their needs. Cities Data Center Miller has appointed a search committee, which will begin the process of seeking a new center director. Evaluation Candidates are being interviewed for the evaluation coordinator's position. Learning Corridor A director for the Aetna Center for Families will be in place very soon. The Center will be housed temporarily at the Institute of Living and then move to and operate out of the middle school until their new facility is completed. The middle will open with only sixth grade classes operating. 7th and 8th grade classes will be phased in over the next few years. 50% of the entering class of 6th graders will come from the neighborhood. Pinnacle One has been retained to oversee the administrative functioning of the Learning Corridor. Minutes February 29, 2000 Present: Langeland, Simao, Jacobson, Campanella, Smith and Brown. Urban Professor Janice Perlman, Professor of Comparative Urban Studies, will be moving her offices to campus the week of March 6, 2000. Miller and Elly will attend the Mega-Cities Board meeting in NY 3/1/00. College/Community Innovation Fund The Urban Environment Project (phytoremediation) results were presented at a luncheon on February 15, 2000. Local, state and federal officials attended the student/faculty presentation. Remediation results were dramatically positive, resulting in a plot of land suitable for gardening. The CT Puerto Rican Forum/Trinity College "teaching Spanish" proposal should be ready for review this week. Langeland suggested that the proposers consider on line, as well as classroom teaching. Evaluation The search to fill the coordinator's position has produced 26 applicants. The search committee (Smith, Langeland, Trostle, Jacobson) will meet this week to cull the list and invite 3 to 4 prospects to campus. Smart Neighborhood The neighborhood technology center is officially open. Both UCAN and the HART Jobs Center are using the facility. The backlog on getting connections up with community agencies should be caught up next month. Other than an office manager, the program is staffed up. Cities Data Center Marta Fisch has resigned effective 4/15/00. The search for a new director will begin immediately. Learning Corridor Interviews for an executive director for the Center for Families are underway. There is a good pool of 6 or 7 candidates. Rosaida Rosario is serving as the interim director. A "Smart Leaders" program, funded by the State, is being run by the Center in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club at Trinity College. Middle school principal interviews are still taking place. Ads are out for teachers and program planning continues. The CEO search is not active. Minutes Minutes of the Kellogg Project Group meeting January 31, 2000 In attendance: Brown, Campanella, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Perez, Ramos, Russo, Simao, Smith Urban Professor Miller reported on the successful hire of the Kellogg Professor of Comparative Urban Studies, Janice Perlman. In addition to her Kellogg responsibilities, Janice will be bringing her Megacities project to Trinity's campus this semester and further down the road, perhaps her International Honors Program. Janice will be on campus intermittently this semester, meeting with various key people and constituencies. College/Community Innovation Fund The Kellogg College/ Community Innovation fund has made awards to the Ritmos de Pueblo Festival to be held at Trinity on February 4th and 5th. The fund has underwritten one of the performances and will contribute to the filming of a documentary chronicling the planning of the festival with community partners. A new community-based concept for teaching Spanish will shortly be before the funding panel for consideration. Evaluation The evaluation coordinator's position is currently vacant. A search is underway. Faculty response to working with the evaluation team has been positive. Jim Trostle's qualitative research class is currently working on a Smart Neighborhood related project. The Cities Data Center has collected trend data on the neighborhood. The evaluation component of the Kellogg website is being updated. Smart Neighborhood Contacts have been established with 50 neighborhood groups and labs have been set up with about 20 of those groups. A technologist from the neighborhood will be hired. SN is exploring routes to financial independence including the sale of services to CPTV. SN is interested in facilitating technical support groups for parents and families of public school students who will be working with and/or possibly receiving laptop computers for home use. Mary Hooker and the new middle school will be targeted for this effort. SN is working with TCI to bring data and video resources into the neighborhood. Website building presents an opportunity for skill and job development. Learning Corridor Construction is on time and there are ongoing meetings with principals and directors. The primary focus is getting schools and programs up and running for the fall. The CEO and middle school principal searches are active but inconclusive. The neighborhood initiative was recognized by the American Planning Association with its "A Special Community Initiative" award. Kellogg Education Program meeting Trinity administrators and community representatives visited the Kellogg Foundation on January 18-19 for a series of meetings regarding the College's/SINA's neighborhood initiative. The team also assisted the Kellogg Foundation's Education Programs Division in presenting to the Kellogg board of directors a picture of how Trinity is engaging and working with the neighborhood. The success of the Trinity/SINA initiative and the presentation to the Kellogg Board by the visiting Trinity team, led by President Dobelle, figured positively in the Board's decision to approve two new initatives being proposed by Kellogg staff: Learning Links and Engaged Institutions. Throughout the country, Kellogg holds up our neighborhood initiative as an exemplary project. Hartford, Trinity and SINA are well positioned to receive more money from Kellogg. Bill Richardson, Chairman of the Foundation, has agreed to keynote a town/gown conference at Trinity in October of 2000 if his schedule permits. SINA SINA will become more active and involved in Kellogg initiatives, in particular as those initiatives relate to the 15 block area and especially the Latino community. Minutes Minutes of the KPG meeting of November, 1999 Present: Langeland, Simao, Brown, Ramos, Smith, Jacobson, Russo ANNUAL REPORT The first annual report to Kellogg, which in effect covers an 18 month period, will be completed next week. The narrative portion was constructed by Jody Brandon, with input from the various programmatic components. SMART NEIGHBORHOOD Furniture for the Technology Center has arrived. COMPAQ is shipping 20 computers. The SN group is reviewing software packages which provide computer training over the web. The SN committee is discussing how to structure, orchestrate and institutionalize a student training core. The TCI decision about their involvement with neighborhood connectivity will be known by November 8th. EVALUATION A subcommittee of the evaluation group is identifying secular trend indices (trends and changes that would be tracked over time). This group has developed mutually beneficial relationships with the city, identifying data that would be helpful to our efforts and assisting city departments with developing more sophisticated and useful data bases. The committee has identified community oriented outcomes (short, intermediate and long term) and measures for each initiative.The Evaluation Committee concluded that our community partnership is unique in that we primarily offer knowledge to the community and that there are many avenues to the community rather than a few centralized conduits, i.e. students, faculty, and various offices and initiatives on campus. Jody Brandon has been seeking out "voices in the community." She has had discussions with people in NRZs. community based organizations, merchants groups, churches etc. There are three emerging themes: technology can make a difference; involving students in the evaluation activities in neighborhood is very desirable; and the Kellogg evaluation should work with the existing organizations and mechanisms in the community. CITIES DATA CENTER Miller has sent a memo to the faculty describing the functions of the Data center and suggesting ways that the faculty could avail themselves of the Center's services. The Center's director, Marta Fisch, attended a community learning luncheon to apprise faculty of the many ways in which the Center could be useful in academic college/community collaborations. URBAN PROFESSOR SEARCH Interviews will begin this Monday, November 8th. One candidate has withdrawn but another, from the larger finalist pool, will be interviewing on campus. LEARNING CORRIDOR SINA has received a commitment from HUD for 8.2 million dollars, 2 million of which is a grant and the other 6.2 a 20 year loan. The money is earmarked for retail development at the Learning Corridor and Zion St. Middle school principal interviews are in progress. The Saturday Academy funding package should be completed shortly, comprised of foundation and state dollars. The program will be citywide for the coming year and will operate on a 17 week schedule. The Center for Families will be housed in new construction underwritten by a $3.5m State Bond Commission allocation. Recruitment for a director will begin next week. COLLEGE/COMMUNITY INNOVATION FUND Several community proposals have been received. However, most lack the comprehensive approach (student, faculty and community partnership) prescribed by Kellogg. Maria and Elly will work with the community partners to reconfigure and expand on the proposals. A public art project proposal should be forthcoming from Studio Arts. Minutes Minutes of the KPG meeting of October 1, 1999 In attendance: Boucher, Brandon, Brown, Campanella, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Smith Jackie introduced and welcomed Jim Boucher to the group. Jim, who is the outgoing director of HART, is joining the group as a community representative. 1) Smart Neighborhood - Langeland The renovation at Friendly's is complete. Phones and the data network are operational. Compaq is equipping the lab. The facility should be operational by month's end. There is no word yet from SNET on our proposal for a neighborhood outreach coordinator. Joel Sanchez is developing a web site that is responsive to neighborhood needs. The Smart Neighborhood Committee is working with TCI on connectivity to residences. Linda feels we can be of help to other organizations and planning efforts in the City by sharing our experiences with the Smart Neighborhood project. She specifically mentioned the Inner City Hartford Business Development Initiative and the Black Chamber of Commerce. 2) Urban Professor - Jacobson The search committee has selected four finalists for campus interviews, which will be held during October and November. Each candidate will give a lecture as part of the process. Miller suggested recruiting a small group of faculty who would be available to interview all candidates and attend the lectures, in order to provide a solid, comparative mechanism. 3) Cities Data Center - Brandon Jody and Kent are meeting with Marta Fisch, Noreen Channels, Diane Zannoni and Alta Lash to develop the goals, objectives and strategies for the evaluation piece of the Center. 4) Learning Corridor - Mandyck Construction is on schedule. Dr. Osborne is officially on board. Students participating in the SMTRC pilot are providing enthusiastic feedback about the program. Trinity faculty have been welcoming and supportive to the high school students and teachers. The Boys and Girls Club of Hartford began this fall to operate the Montessori after school program. If they are successful with the program this year, they may operate the program next year when the program moves to the Learning Corridor. OCIR is providing support to the Hartford Board of Education in the middle school principal search. The principal should be on board in January or February. Discussion about Supt. Amato's desire to pilot laptop projects in Hartford prompted a decision to ask Eddie and Maria to discuss with the superintendent the possibility of using this site as a pilot for the program.
Jim Boucher will share information about extended day initiatives currently on the drawing board in Hartford. 5) Evaluation - Brandon A sub committee addressing the community level evaluation will be compiling a list of available quality of life indicators to determine baseline indicators and what information is currently not available about the neighborhoods. Based on this information, KEC will propose a community level evaluation plan by early November. Kent and John will take the lead integrating the narrative and financial portions of the annual report to Kellogg and forward it to Paula Russo. John and Elly reviewed the budgets for program categories and found all in order, although some categories were notably underspent. Minutes September 3, 1999 In attendance: Brandon, Brown, Campanella, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Ramos, Russo, Simao, Smith, 1) Smart Neighborhood - Langeland Planning work is proceeding at the Friendly's site, which will be called the Neighborhood Technology Center. Connections should be in place next month. There will be a ceremonial opening. Another meeting will be scheduled with the non profit sector when the facility is opened. Smart neighborhood and user-support staff have moved into their new offices at 71 Vernon. A student cadre is being developed to provide user support in the neighborhood. The Smart Neighborhood Committee is working with SINA on a round of meetings with residents of the 15 block target area in November. The model home will serve temporarily as office space for neighborhood residential development staff; the Smart Neighborhood will wire this and other homes. 2) Urban professor search - Jacobson The search committee is making significant progress, having identified an extremely interesting and diverse group of about 15 candidates from which a group of 5 or 6 finalists will be brought to campus for interviews in October and November. Personal networking was the key to developing the candidate pool. The actual interviews and guest lectures will help us develop our vision and get a better idea about what this appointment can bring to the college. 3) Cities Data Center - Langeland Marta Fisch is hard at work with providers of local data to translate it into pedagogically useful forms. 4) Learning Corridor - Mandyck Dr. Osborne has accepted the position of Director of the Science, Math and Technology Resource Center (SMTRC). He will have laboratory space either here or with other SINA partners. Two teachers have been hired for the Center. 40 young people will be participating in the SMTRC pilot project beginning September 15th on Trinity's campus. Jackie also mentioned the possibility of a summer program. Linda and John raised a caution flag about a summer program on campus as the college is trying to cut back on external summer use. A job description is being developed for the CEO search, which will be handled by a search firm. The CEO will be on by the summer of 2000 at the latest. It is expected that a principal for the middle school will be on board before the next school year. Trinity will participate in the search. The Smart Neighborhood will coordinate with the school on its needs and the school will also have to be involved in planning and coordinating the residential piece. The Connecticut Children's Medical Center will be the lead agency for the Family Resource Center. Diane Stamm has been hired as a fundraiser for the neighborhood initiative. 5) Evaluation - Brandon A draft of the annual report to Kellogg will be circulated by 9/17/99. Jim Sequin, planner for the City of Hartford and Marta Fisch, Director of the Cities Data Center, will be joining the Evaluation Committee. A list of outside consultants for the community component is being developed and the Evaluation Committee is working on plans for how consultants could best be used and which ones would be most appropriate. Any decisions will be vetted by the KPG. Barbara Holland will be spending Friday, September 17th on campus. Jody will check if she's open to media coverage. Harvard University has contacted us about the neighborhood initiative. OCIR has developed a log for recording Kellogg related activities. They will share it with others who need to record Kellogg activities. 6) College/Community Innovation Fund - Simao Maria is working with Drew Hyland and Jack Dougherty to develop a proposal for funding an expanded Classical Magnet Program with a new component involving Trinity students. Miller would like to be kept informed as the proposal develops. 7) Budget - Langeland At Alan Sauer's request, John distributed new account numbers and codes for the grant. Trinity expenses related to Kellogg can be recorded using special program codes. KPG has authority to determine what gets charged to Kellogg but would like guidance from Kellogg before the fact. Kellogg budget questions re appropriate expenditures should be sent to John. The meeting day and time for this semester is the first Friday of the month at 9:00 a.m. Next meeting is Friday, October 1 at 9:00 a.m. in the Tom Smith Room at Mather Hall. (in back of the main dining room) Minutes Attending: Jody Brandon, Miller Brown, Linda Campanella, Elly Jacobson, Jackie Mandyck, Val Ramos, Paula Russo, Alan Sauer, Maria Simao, Kent Smith 1) Smart Neighborhood - Elly Jacobson in John Langeland's absence a) The June 16th meeting with churches and nonprofits netted the following new partnerships: Emmanuel Lutheran Church, St. Augustine Church, Salvation Army, Trust House and Southend Community Services. More such meetings will be held. b) A pilot project at the Boys and Girls Club will develop a student technology group which, if successful, will be expanded into a student/neighborhood technology core. c) A grant proposal has been submitted to SNET to fund a Neighborhood Technology Training Coordinator. d) Smart Neighborhood staff will move to new quarters at 71 Vernon St. this week. 2) Urban Professor search - Jacobson Polling the entire Trinity faculty has netted an additional 25 national contacts as possible candidates and/or referral sources. Ads have been placed in two additional publications - The Wilson Quarterly and The New York Review of Books. 3) Cities Data Center - Jacobson The new director, Marta Fisch, came on board July 1st. She has been meeting with city planners to determine which data sets are maintained and can be made available to the Center. She will also explore the availability of state data from UConn. 4) Learning Corridor - Mandyck a) The Learning Corridor web site is now live at www.trincoll.edu/orgs/corridor/. Please get comments to Jackie within the next 30 days. Jackie will explore linking with Kellogg and the method to get access counts, both internal and external. b) The SMTRC search is closing in on a good candidate. This candidate would bring NIH and AHA research money and would have an adjunct appointment in biology and neuroscience. The director will serve as liaison to Trinity. The start date would be prior to October 1. 5) College/Community Innovation Fund - Jacobson/Simao a) Funded projects are moving along well. The Urban Environmental Initiative may get some press attention. b) New proposals are expected soon for the Classical Magnet Program and a cataloguing/exhibition project for the works of prominent photographer Juan Fuentes. The Hartford Studies Project will be consulted and the possibility of also cataloguing and preserving (at a later date) the works of photographer Riley Johnson will be explored. 6) Evaluation - Smith a) A scope statement, which clarifies the depth, breadth and general guidelines for evaluation was favorably received. It was clarified that Learning Corridor projects will be primarily chronicled. The Kellogg Grant emphasizes and is funding catalytic leadership. It is important for us to track the wide range of developments that can help document the scope of those catalytic effects. The Learning Corridor and other projects related to Kellogg should routinely provide Jody Brandon with copies of material that document possible catalytic and "ripple" effects. b) Noted scholar Barbara Holland, who has studied several dozen institutes of higher education which have worked with neighborhoods, will probably visit Trinity in September and hold meetings and open forms. c) It was underscored that Kent and Jody will be crafting the October 15th report to Kellogg. Paula will distribute a recent communication from Kellogg which delineates guidelines for the report. A draft will be distributed to the KPG between mid and late September. 7) Budget categories - Sauer Alan advised of the need to identify and record money spent in support of Kellogg initiatives. He will set up budget codes to capture that spending be it in-kind or parts of other grants used to support the initiatives. Paula will check with Kellogg about allowable charges against administrative support. 8) Community representation on KPG - Mandyck Jim Boucher, Executive Director of HART and Eddie Perez, Executive Director of SINA, have been tapped to represent the community on KPG. ------- Elly Jacobson Minutes Terrace Room A Minutes May 3, 1999 Wean Terrace Room C In attendance: Brown, Miller; Campanella, Linda; Herzberger, Sharon; Jacobson, Elinor; Langeland, John; Mandyck, Jackie; Sauer, Alan; Smith, Kent 1) Communications with Kellogg Foundation (Elinor Jacobson) Jacobson reported on a Kellogg Foundation Conference Call (Remington, Langeland, Jacobson, and Cynthia Koch from Kellogg) on 4/15/99. Koch is traveling in Europe over the next few weeks, and reported that she would be talking about this initiative; she asked permission to share e-mail addresses and URL address for the WWW site during her trip, which was (of course) granted. Koch seemed particularly interested in the Smart Neighborhood, Community Forum, and the Inter-Neighborhood Collaborative. Koch also encouraged Trinity to take a careful look at Kellogg's efforts in Michigan in support of math/science education at the middle-school level. Materials from Kellogg have been received and forwarded to Maria Simao for possible use in Learning Corridor middle school planning. A question was raised about responsibility for the Kellogg annual report (which will be due October 1999). The core element of the report is based upon the ongoing evaluation effort; primary responsibility for the drafting the annual report rests with Kent Smith. 2) Learning Corridor Update (Maria Simao) The Learning Corridor was represented at the CPTV Family Science Expo; model of the Learning Corridor was exhibited and well received. The mason's union has a training facility established at the corner of Broad and Vernon; OCIR will provide the press release for inclusion in the Kellogg WWW site and Kellogg annual report. Sixteen neighborhood residents are involved in the training program. The search for the high school principal is going forward. Langeland raised a concern about the Chief Education Officer search. Given demands on OCIR staff, and increasing faculty/community interest in the LC program, this position could help begin the larger planning process to encourage community/faculty involvement. The group asked that a projected timetable for this search be presented at the next KPG meeting. Langeland asked if it made sense to arrange some kind of a meeting with CREC to begin discussions of operational issues, particularly as they related to Smart Neighborhood support issues. Questions about CREC evaluation concerns and how they might relate to those of Kellogg were also raised. 3) Urban Professor Search (Miller Brown) The search committee has been reconstituted, but may have additional members. The nature of the position is unusual; it may be appropriate to engage a search firm. This position will probably not be filled before September 2000. 4) Data Center Position (Langeland) Marta Frisch has been hired, and will begin work on July 1. 5) College/Community Innovation Fund (Jacobson) Three projects have been funded; there are other good proposals "in the pipeline." Details on funded proposals are available on the Kellogg WWW site at http://ursamajor.hartnet.org/kellogg/CollCommInov.htm 6) Kellogg WWW Site (Langeland) Site is up (http://www.hartnet.org/kellogg) but not currently linked to Trinity's WWW site. 7) Smart Neighborhood (Langeland) Space is a critical issue, and is beginning to impact morale of some staff. The Smart Neighborhood Working Committee is actively exploring wireless strategies for linking several of the neighborhood organizations to Trinity. Letters have gone out to all neighborhood churches, an information exchange meeting will be held in mid-June to develop strategies and timetables for meeting the technology needs of these organizations. 8) Evaluation (Smith) The evaluation team has been making progress in laying out evaluation strategies for various Kellogg initiatives. We are in the closing stages of hiring an evaluation coordinator to keep the process moving. Revised working papers will soon be on the Kellogg WWW site. Given the breadth of two of the five issues that Kellogg requires us to evaluate, there was general agreement that the evaluation should be "broad" but not "deep." The major emphases in terms of process and feedback would be on the Kellogg funded initiatives, other community and college-related developments would only be chronicled. ---- The next meeting of the Kellogg Project Group will be on Monday, June 7 at 9:00 in Terrace Room C. Minutes March 1, 1999 Terrace Room C, 9:00 a.m. In attendance: Miller Brown, Linda Campanella, Sharon Herzberger, Elly Jacobson, John Langeland, Brodie Remington, Alan Sauer, Maria Simao, Kent Smith 1. College/Community Innovation Fund (Jacobson/Simao) The committee to recommend funding is now operational. Kevin Sullivan and Miller Brown have made the first round of recommendations to the President; Elly Jacobson, John Langeland, and Maria Simao reviewed proposals. 2. Evaluation (Kent Smith) The full evaluation committee (Noreen Channels, John Langeland, Maria Simao, Kent Smith, James Trostle, Jack Waggett, and Diane Zannoni) met for the first time on February 26. Significant progress on the development of an analytical framework for outcomes and impacts was reported. The evaluation committee is now meeting on a weekly basis. 3. Smart Neighborhood (John Langeland) a. WWW site is currently under development (www.hartnet.org/kellogg), and should be complete by April 1. The site is still very much in progress, and "homework assignments" for some of those involved in the Kellogg effort are not yet complete. Comments, criticisms, and corrections are actively solicited. b. The College has been asked to provide both data and telephone services to the Learning Corridor Schools, and negotiations will need to begin fairly soon with CREC (who will operate the campus. John Langeland hopes to involve Mike West in the planning for the "business aspects" of the Kellogg initiative. We expect these business services to be constructed in some kind of an affiliation with the Cyber Café. c. Progress on space for the Cyber Café was reported (even though it doesn't look as though we will make our commitment to have space ready by March 1, 1999!). The possible role of the Cyber Café in the context of a larger renewal effort was also (briefly) discussed. d. Programming for the Cyber Café and the larger Smart Neighborhood initiative was reviewed. Services include a commitment to connect Learning Corridor participants, non-profits institutions and businesses in the neighborhood. We expect to create a computer recycling center at the Café, as well as a training facility. Efforts to date include connectivity and hardware to the Boys and Girls Club, and a connection to the Broadview Community Church. Planned strategies for deploying services include the use of neighborhood resources (e.g., Troop 105, Churches with active neighborhood programs, and A. I. Prince High School) to facilitate training and outreach activities. 4. Kellogg Funded Positions a. Urban Professorship (Brown) A good committee is in place, but there is some concern as to whether this position can be filled this summer. A number of advertisements have been placed and additional efforts are underway to publicize the position. Options were discussed for dealing with the possibility of this position not being filled this year. b. Cities Data Center (Langeland) Second search has turned up a number of promising candidates; initial selection for interview on campus should be completed today. c. Evaluation (Smith) Interviewing should begin within the next two weeks. d. Chief Education Office (Simao) Search is waiting on hiring of Director of the High School. e. Neighborhood Technology Specialist (Langeland) No space to house staff already hired, search delayed. Minutes December 7, 1998 Terrace Room C, 9:00 a.m. In attendance: Baker, Campanella, Herzberger, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Mullen, Smith 1) Smart neighborhood and plans for business with the Learning Corridor Langeland reported on plans for Trinity to provide data and telephone facilities support to the Learning Corridor schools. 2) Director of the Data Center search (Langeland) Langeland reported that an offer had been made to fill the position, and that we were optimistic. (Subsequent to the meeting, our offer was declined.) 3) Assesment Implementation Kent distributed the current draft of the assessment plan. 4) Urban Professorship Search Baker described the status of the search: the search committee has been selected, and the nature of the issues involved with an "extra-departmental" search. 5) Neighborhood Technology Training Center Langeland expressed his hopes for space, and reviewed program elements for this facility. 6) No Meeting of the KPG in January The next meeting of the KPG will be held on Monday, February 1, 1999 in Terrace Room C. Minutes October 5, 1998 Downes 201 In attendance: Baker, Campanella, Herzberger, Hyland, Jacobson, Langeland, Mandyck, Mullen, Simao, Sloane, Smith, Sullivan 1. Introductions and review of roles: Betsy Sloane will provide primary focus for connections with Kellogg foundation; Sharon Herzberger will ensure appropriate consideration of student involvement in Kellogg planning; Linda Campanella as Evan's delegate. 2. Jackie Mandyck distributed budgetary and other exhibits that were developed by Langeland and Mandyck (with help from Campanella) to delineate responsibility and document startup of Kellogg. Discussion of budget issues and need to plan for Kellogg on-going impacts prompted consensus that KPG should be enlarged to include Alan Sauer. Action Item: Sauer will be asked to join all future KPG meetings. 3. Evaluation Issues. Kent Smith described plans for Kellogg evaluation and distributed handout highlighting implementation issues. Evaluation committee members will include: Simao, Langeland, Jacobson, Noreen Channels, Diane Zannoni, James Trostle, and the to-be-hired evaluation coordinator. The position description was the evaluation coordinator was distributed; it will be advertised not only in higher ed but also in not-for-profit/social service/community channels. 4. Smart Neighborhood. Langeland proposed that the Smart Neighborhood planning committee include: Simao, Mandyck, Peter Sobering, the to-be-hired Director of the Cities Data Center, Scott Aikens from CPTV and a representative from Hartford Hospital (to be determined); this committee would also benefit from the addition of a member to help understand and address entreprenurial issues.Tito Victoriano will be moved into one of the two funded Kellogg slots, and will begin to work immediately to provide WWW support for Kellogg documentation efforts. Langeland once again repeated his concern about adequate space for the "Neighborhood Technology Center" (previously knows as the "Cyber Café") and space for Kellogg-related staff. 5. Mandyck described progress in filling Kellogg-related positions; she agreed to provide a summary of personnel actions and positions provided by Kellogg to all KPG members. 6. Next Meeting: It was agreed that the regular meeting time for the KPG would be the 1st Monday of the month; detailed information will follow under separate cover. (Due to a scheduling conflict for many of the KPG members, the next meeting will be held on October 9; all others will be on the first Monday of the month at 9:00.) The next Kellogg Project Group meeting will be held on November 9 at 9:00 a.m. in Terrace Room C. |
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