COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Friday, February 16, 1996 - 1:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149 _________________________________________________________________ AGENDA Not Available on the Web ________________________________________________________________ MINUTES Members Present: J. Clough, M. Anderson, J. Blomquist, D. Horn, J. Krogman, D. Logan, A. Richert, R. Shultz, C. Sundin, and J. Wilson 1. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. In Judy Stephen's absen ce, Charles Sundin was chosen recording secretary. 2. The Dean introduced Jon Blomquist, a member of Vector, as the new student representative to the Executive Council. 3. The minutes of the February 9 meeting were approved as distributed. 4. Announcements: a. News clips: The Dean asked if the members were receiving News clips. The members reported that they no longer received them. The Dean said he would circulate them. b. John Deere Grant Proposals: The Dean noted that he had received two prop osals by today's deadline and knew of one other that was just being finished. He inquired if there were going to be any more and if so, 8:00 a.m. Monday morning was the absolute deadline. c. Department Chair elections: Electrical Engineering has reelected Rich Shultz for another three year term. Mathematics is almost completed with its election process. Mathematics allows chairs to serve for no more than two consecutive three-year terms. Al Richert is finishing the last year of his second term and can not stand for reelection. Upon completion of these advisory elections, the Dean will make recommendations to the Chancellor and the Chancellor will appoint the department chairs. d. Placement Statistics: Judy is preparing the report for the recruiters but still is missing data from Mathematics. e. Physics, Statics, and Dynamics Committee: The Dean reported that volunteers included: Fred Doman, Howard Dwyer, P. Ravikumar, and Joanne Wilson. Several others had volunteered, but their names have yet to b e forwarded to the Dean. f. Distinguished Alumni Award: The Dean reported that three of the five Distinguished Alumni to be honored at the Spring Commencement are graduates of our College. They include: Keith Faherty, Bob Hoffland, and Tinstman. They will be on campus the Friday before Commencement and would be available to talk to classes. Make arrangements with Joanne Wilson. A College reception for these three honorees is also being planned. g. Awards Reception: The date for the 1996 Awards Rec eption is October 3. h. College Advisory Committee: The College Advisory Committee meeting data has been finalized for March 29 so that members can visit the Engineering and Science Expo. I. Senior Valedictory Speaker: Nominations from the college are required by Wednesday, March 13. Faculty should make suggestions to the Awards Committee who will make college nomination. j. Chancellor Search: The Chancellor Search will proceed. Names are needed for persons to serve on the committee. 5. Discussion Topics: a. Awards Committee: The Honors Committee reported that they would like some changes. They would like the name changed to the EMS Awards Committee so that it would not be confused with the Honors Committee that is in charge of the University's Honors Program. They would like to put announcements and other information on the College Web Page. They want to make the final selections rather than recommendations to the Executive Council. They would like the teaching award to be open to Tenure Trac k and Academic Teaching Staff and that an award winner can't be nominated until two years after receiving an award. They would like the criteria to include: effectiveness, dedication, and innovation. Also, they wanted nominations to come only from other individuals or student organizations. Council members asked if the committee has come up with a fixed format. Joanne suggested that they use the Underkofler Award format since these winners would also be likely candidates for that award. The Dean noted that if there is ever any conflict of interest, the member will simply be replaced by the Dean. The members of the Council were in general agreement with the proposed changes and approved them by consensus. b. Display and Survey Equipment: Larry Austin reported to the Dean that we have some antique surveying equipment that has become quite valuable and should be cared for and displayed. He would like to display some in the front display cases. Jon Blomquist also noted that ASCE wants more display spac e. There was a general discussion on the history of display space allocation and it was decided the display space would be rotated by program so as to allow each program to have enough room for a proper display and to let the program decide which group or groups would design and set up the display. c. Summer Contracts: Provost Ralph Curtis has reemphasized that there would no longer be any Tier II summer courses. Several Council members noted that summer courses could be offered on campus through UW-Ext ension. The Dean noted that the summer instructional salary budget is $65,100 this summer. The Dean inquired as to how funds were allocated in the various departments in the past. Faculty in the Engineering Departments were paid $1,000 per credit irrespective of rank or salary. Faculty in the Arts and Sciences Departments were paid a fraction of their regular salary depending on the number of credits. The Dean advised the members to think about how we should allocate summer salary and be prepared to di scuss this at an upcoming meeting because summer contracts will have to be offered soon. d. Salary Increases for 1996-97: Provost Curtis reported to the Faculty Senate that UW-System will not accept the Senate's plan for only two salary increments. The Faculty Senate feels that it is up to the Senate to make the final decision and does not want to budge from its position. Several members commented that perhaps there then won't be any salary increases. Discussion followed on how faculty could encourage the Senate and the Administration to sit down and negotiate an alternative plan. Sundin suggested that the matter could be brought to a full Faculty Meeting. Others wondered if one could get a quorum. There was general consensus that too much time and effort was being spent on too little raise money. e. Budget for 1996-97: The Dean reported that the university will get the same dollars as last year. He also noted that the great increase in faculty use of information technology suggests that the Office of Information Technology Budget be increased. The question is how to pay for it. Should funds be simply taken off the top or should we have a charge-back system? The Dean also expressed concern for the number of "discipline" related computer labs. He suggested that their time has come and gone. He wondered if Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering could have a shared computer lab. The members did not appear to be convinced. f. Masters in Project Management: Steve Becker (Business and Account ing) believes the campus should be able to offer a masters degree in Project Management. He is seeking several volunteers to serve with him on a committee to investigate the possibility and perhaps draft documents. He feels that it would be a natural tie-in for our graduates in business and engineering. 6. Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. Submitted by: Charles Sundin