COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE

MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, March 24, 1998 - 3:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149

Members Present: M. Anderson, T. Ceylan, J. Clough, J. Krogman, J. Miller, M. Muslu, L. Riedle, R. Shultz, P. Young and J. Wilson

It was announced that S. Tandon had suffered a heart attack and was in ICU at Mercy.
Ron and Maril Yeske sent their greetings from the Final Four Competition in Virginia.
Attendance at the Annual Student Life Cere mony (April 23) and the Fieldhouse Late Night (March 27) would be appreciated.
Deadline for nominations for Faculty College '98 is Wednesday, March 25.
Grants for Excellence deadline is Friday, March 27.
There will be another opportunity to apply for a $10,000 Opportunity Fund Award later this spring.
The 1998 Office Professional's Day Conference for Program Assistants will be held Thursday, April 23 at the Sinsinawa Mound Center. Supervisors were encoura ged to support the attendance. R. Curtis will cover travel funds.

Faculty attendance is encouraged at the Order of the Engineer Ceremony following Commencement.
The Department of Chemistry and Engineering Physics submitted two proposals for approval. The changes in requirements for the Biotechnology Minor were discussed. The Department will no longer be listed in the catalog as a sponsoring department. It wa s suggested that the justification be revised. The proposal was approved. The second proposal involved a change in credit for Biology 451. Proposal was approved.
Exceptions to the Four-year Graduation Guaranty will be submitted for those EMS majors involving teacher certification. J. Wilson asked that advisors encourage students to be involved with student organizations and co-ops. She also indicated that the Advising Task Force recommends that one person from each department be assigned t o advise these students.
Scholarly Activity Improvement Fund (SAIF) Awards were approved for Max Anderson, Abulkhair Masoom, Fahmida Masoom, Faramarz Mossayebi, Piyare Sharma, and Yuan Ling Wang.

The EMS Advisory Board will be meeting on Friday, April 3 during the Engineering/Science Expo. Engineering classes will be canceled on that day.
A draft prepared by the Student Evaluations Committee was distr ibuted by M. Muslu and will be placed on the next agenda for action. The Mathematics Department will use their own evaluation form.