EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, January 7, 1997 - 10:00 a.m. - Ottensman 149

AGENDA
        1.      Approval of Minutes of December 17, 1996.
        2.      Announcements
        3.      Discussion Topics
                        a. Computer Support for College
                        b. Student Privacy Issues (Exam Copies)
                        c. 1996 Annual Placement Report
                        d. Enrollment Statistics - December 1996
                        e. Handouts From Cabinet R
etreat
        4.      New Business
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE
MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, January 7, 1997 - 10:00 a.m. - Ottensman 149

Members Present: M. Anderson, T. Ceylan, J. Clough, D. Horn, J. Krogman, Y. Li
(proxy for R. Shultz), C. Sundin, F. Tufte and J. Wilson

1.      Dean Horn welcomed members back from Christmas break.
2.      Minutes of December 17, 1996 were approved.

3.      Announcements
                a.      J. Krogman announced that the Masooms were the proud parents of a baby
			girl.  He also reported that interviews would begin January 17 for the
			position of Director of the Women In Engineering Program and
			Engineering Advising Office.
                b.      T. Ceylan reported that the proposal by Drs. Lee and Li for a
			Mechatronics Laboratory had been funded $25,000 by Caterpillar.  He
			also reported that Christina Vosberg, a Civil Engineerin
g student and	
			a Wisconsin Academic Excellence recipient, had been killed in a car
			accident.  Flowers have been sent by the College.
                c.      J. Clough indicated that the US FIRST competition will kick off with a
			workshop this weekend.
                d.      Two new faculty members in the Department of Chemistry and Engineering
			Physics are now on campus: Mark Lynch (replacing Jody Redepenning),
			and Doyle St.John (replacing Qingnan Zhang).
                e.      F. Tuf
te announced that Jamie Weber, a graduate of UWP, would give the
			first Mathematics Colloquium a week from today.
                f.      A brochure was given to J. Krogman for dissemination regarding
			participation at a Texas conference on integrating design in the
			engineering curriculum.
                g.      The Dean requested the chairs to alert their faculty to the March 14-15
			Milwaukee Conference on "Integrated Scholarship: Bringing Together
			Research, Pedagogy, and Service".
4. 
     Discussion Topics
                a.      Computer support for the college was discussed with the following
			possibilities:
				(l) expand use of student support by funding a co-op
				    position,
				(2) expand the number of student help hours,
				(3) hiring another computer technician,
				(4) using program assistants as "Help Desk" support,
				(5) using Clyde Holverson on a part-time basis,
				(6) or a combination of the above.  The	Dean was asked to
				    explore the hiring of a 
co-op student for both semesters
				    with a summer overlap, and using C. Holverson on a
				    regular, part-time basis.
                b.      Student privacy issues were discussed.  The Dean will prepare a memo
			indicating that no classroom materials will be placed in the hallways
			for student dissemination, and that distribution of graded materials
			in classrooms should be handled so that student confidentiality is
			respected.
                c.      UWP's Placement Report was discu
ssed.  It was felt that the information
			for the College of EMS needs to be more complete to make it a more
			meaningful report.
                d.      An update of enrollment statistics was relayed by the Dean.  With the
			decrease in overall admitted students from last year, efforts need to
			be made to get a better yield from initial student applications, with
			the possibility of faculty taking an expanded role in making phone
			calls to the applicants.        
5.      New Business
    
            a.      The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering submitted a
			proposal for a new course, 431 Groundwater Hydrology.  J. Krogman
			moved to accept the proposal.  The motion was seconded by T. Ceylan.
			Motion passed.
                b.      J. Wilson brought up the issue of approval signatures for building
			passes.  The building passes must be signed by the department chair or
			program coordinator.
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