EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Friday, May 3, 1996 - 1:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149 AGENDA 1. Approval of Minutes of April 26, 1996 2. Announcements 3. Discussion Topics a. Course Committees b. Retreat c. DIN Funds 4. New Business ________________________________________________________ MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Friday, May 3, 1996 - 1:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149 Members Present: M. Anderson, J. Clough, F. Domann, D. Horn, J. Krogman, D. Logan, R. Shultz, C. Sundin, F. Tufte and J. Wilson 1. Minutes of April 26 were approved as distributed. 2. Announcements a. D. Logan reported on the progress of the position openings in Mechanical Engineering. Offers have been made to two candidates. b. D. Horn indicated that a copy of "Leadership at the Level of the Department Chair" would be distributed to all members. c. J. Krogman reported that the UUCC had approved 132 Engineering/Computer Graphics. 3. Discussion Topics a. An ad hoc committee will be formed t o look at the mechanics sequence of courses, the needs of the departments, and content of the courses. Representatives from Civil, General, Mathematics, Mechanical and Physics will serve on the committee. Names should be submitted to the Dean by the end of this semester. The Dean will then convene the committee. An ad hoc committtee will also be established to look at Electrical's field course and vector calculus with the same procedure to be followed. It was felt that a graphics committee should not be formed, but have the Curriculum Innovations Committee deal with the issue. This will be discussed at the end of the summer. b. The Curriculum Innovations Committee felt that there were a number of issues that couldn't be resolved in a one hour meeting per week. The committee is planning a two day retreat at the end of the summer which will include the Executive Council and other participants from the faculty. A facilitator will be selected from outside the campus. c. J. Wilson reviewed the status of current DIN accounts. Dean Horn distributed a summary of proposed DIN funding and asked that departments prioritize their requests with a $50,000 limit. 4. The next meeting of the Executive Council will be May 17.