October 8, 1999

The Advisory Board meeting took place at the Ullsvik Center. Daryl George, Chair, welcomed everyone and asked them to introduce themselves to the rest of the group. Faculty and staff were thanked for their commitment in attending the meetings.

Advisory Board members have been busy in between meetings responding to curriculum content. Curriculum comments have been posted on the UWP Web site. Additional comments would be appreciated from those who have not responded.

The Steering Committee met prior to the Plenary Session to discuss the Charter and membership terms. The following terms have expired: David Allison, Dan Bartel, Stacey Bucheger, Edward Busby, Charles Crawford, Jerry Dassler, Kevin Hagen, Oliver Julien, Forest Kenworthy, Purna Khuntia, Mac Klingler, Jerome Krohn, Jeff Mazanec, Arnold Mohlman, Ara Molitor, and Peter VanderGrinten. A motion was made that the terms be extended. Motion was seconded and carried.

Dean Shultz was introduced and welcomed everyone to campus. He reported that the Steering Committee had discussed the Advisory Board Charter and Bylaws. The Charter includes a membership section indicating that the members of the Board are appointed by the Chair upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee. It was felt that perhaps a more select group should be involved in the recommendations, such as the past chairs of the Advisory Board. This group represents a broad spectrum of actively involved members. The Steering Committee endorsed the recommendation. In addition, a discussion was held on changing the membership portion of the Charter to create a new membership category called "Inactive Members". These are members who would not be attending meetings or have voting privileges, but who would still stay committed to the college and to the university and be called on for their services.

The Dean gave an overview of comments received from the last meeting of the Board.

1. Members had requested a follow-up on the departmental assessment surveys. Each department chair will give a brief statement, and copies of the assessment summaries can be found in the packets.

2. Board members indicated their willingness to be involved in projects/assignments between meetings. A curriculum packet was mailed to each Board member asking for feedback. All comments were posted to the UWP Web site. The afternoon session will be used to break into discipline groups for discussion. All comments will be used by the Chair and Vice Chair in the preparation of a report to be utilized for the College's Self-Study.

3. Updates on College activities were requested. The Dean presented an overview of the goals, opportunities and challenges for the College of EMS.

Goals

Opportunities

Challenges

Lisa Riedle, Assistant Dean, distributed a draft of the Master of Engineering Program and gave an overview. The program will be reviewed by campus government bodies this fall and then seek approval from the Board of Regents in the spring.

The chairs presented an outline of their department's assessment surveys. Summaries were included in the packets.

Prior to the breakout sessions by discipline, the Dean charged the groups to conduct an open discussion on the curriculum and to prepare a report to be given to the Chair. The Dean reported that the next meeting of the Advisory Board would take place during Engineering/Science Expo '00 on March 31, 2000. The meeting will be business casual.

Daryl George congratulated Jeff Mazanec on his induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame as an All American Race Walker.

Each group gave a brief presentation on their discussions.

The Board was thanked for attending and for the information received from the discussion groups. The next meeting of the Board will take place on March 31, 2000.