COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE

MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Wednesday, September 8, 1999 - 3:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149

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

L. Riedle, K. Rolle, R. Shultz, F. Tufte and P. Young

Visitor Present: T. Salmon

T. Salmon announced that the National WECE (Women's Engineering College Experience) Survey had received a 33 percent response rate from women engineers in our college. A Web-based survey will be conducted in October for the faculty, and T. Salmon will supply the names, titles and e-mail addresses.
S. Nicol distributed a memo regarding a call for proposals for the Winter 2000 Faculty Development Conference of the Collaboration. A registration form for the Mentor, Colleague, Boss Workshops on October 1 in Waukesha was also distributed. This information should be shared with any interested faculty members.
The Admissions recruiters will be meeting with each of chairs on Thursday for quick tours and a highlight of programs.
The Dean distributed a document to update the Council on the initiative to offer undergraduate engineering education in the Fox River Valley.

L. Riedle met with J. Clough and P. Young to develop a draft concerning EMS faculty membership to the Advisory Board. A draft proposal was discussed. At present, only the Dean is an actual member of the Advisory Board. The faculty and chairs are contributing participants and serve as a liaison group, but not as voting members. All EMS faculty are invited to the open session of the meetings. Item 3 was changed from "degree granting program" to "each program" and will include General Engineering.. The Dean felt that T. Salmon's office should also be included, and that the length of terms should be consistent for each department. The suggestions and changes will be incorporated into a new draft for next week's meeting. All Advisory Board members are now reviewing the curriculum and fact sheets, and their comments will be placed on the Web. The Advisory Board Steering Committee will publish a final report to be used for ABET.
Goals and objectives should be included on all program Web sites. There are two student helpers who are available to complete this task.
Teaching loads should be turned in to the Dean by the 10^th day of classes.
The Dean requested job descriptions for all program coordinators by

September 22.

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Executive Council Meeting

September 8, 1999

Information on the Opportunity Fund will be distributed at the end of this month with proposals due in November. Proposals should be submitted for special projects that would fall outside the usual budget realm. M. Anderson pointed out that letters are not sent to those proposals not receiving funding.
The Chancellor has requested that all departments hold regular meetings so that faculty have a voice and a forum for issues and concerns. The Provost indicated that if a department would like her to join them for a department meeting, she would do so as her schedule allows. Last year the Provost said that she was impressed with the level of discussion of educational issues and with the high priority of service to students which took place at EMS department meetings.
Darla Banfi is seeking an advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta, a freshman honor society, to replace Carol Sands.

L. Riedle asked the Council for their input on tracking Degree Program Change Forms. It was decided that when the Assistant Dean's signature is affixed, a copy will be placed in the chair's mail box.
Questions were raised on reporting capability for this semester. Transcripts should be available at the end of this month for advising.