COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE

MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Friday, October 30, 1998 - 3:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149

Members Present: M. Anderson, J. Clough, J. Krogman, J. Miller, M. Muslu, S. Owusu-Ababio,

L. Riedle, R. Shultz and F. Tufte

Visitor Present: T. Salmon

• Minutes of October 16, 1998 were approved as distributed.

• Announcements
• The last draft of the "Final Employer's Evaluation" was distributed. The document was approved and will be distributed to this semester's co-op students.
• Departments need to select which student evaluation form will be used for this semester.
• The current procedure for Exit Surveys is that they are collected and summarized in General Education. The Exit Surveys are then passed on to the departments. Prior to this procedure being established, Exit Surveys were filed in the Dean's Office. These older surveys will be delivered to each department for their use or disposal.
• The Dean asked chairs to encourage the DRB's to deliver the criteria to his office prior to the deadline.
• No nominations were submitted from EMS for commencement speaker.
• Information on the Sea Grant College was distributed to M. Anderson and P. Young.



• Discussion Topics
• The Dean's office has traditionally kept office supplies for departmental use. It was decided that only tablets, black and red writing pens and white chalk would be maintained.
• Agenda items were proposed for this semester's college faculty meeting. The items included updated Admissions and Academic Standards, Social Sciences and Humanities, and a change in the calculus sequence.
• A discussion was held on the requirement for depth and breadth in Social Sciences and Humanities as it affected transfer students with earned bachelor's or associate degrees. A college policy should be established which reflects what the college believes each graduate should complete. Each department should discuss this issue at a departmental meeting so that an informed debate can take place at the college meeting.
• A draft of the suggested changes in OIT hardware and software support was disseminated for discussion. The Council felt that the "next semester" date for the ending of support for application software was unrealistic.
• The Provost asked all Deans to report that final exams will take place and that there must be an educational experience during finals week in every class. This information should be reported to all faculty.
• Dr. Butts will be meeting with the Executive Council on December 4.
• The final draft of the expectations for department chairs was distributed along with the call for participants for the Curriculum Reform Institute and the position vacancy as Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Administration.
• The new Textbook Center forms were distributed. One textbook per course will be supported by the Textbook Center. Additional texts would require purchase by the students or placement on reserve in the Karrmann Library. Any special concerns about the new policy should be submitted to the Dean.