COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE

MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - 3:00 p.m. - Ottensman 149

Members Present: M. Anderson, T. Ceylan, J. Clough, J. Krogman, J. Miller, M. Muslu, S. Owusu-Ababio, L. Riedle, R. Shultz, F. Tufte and P. Young

Visitor Present: C. Butts

The Dean welcomed members back and introduced the group to the Provost.

Announcements

J. Krogman updated the Council on the search for a new Dean. Two finalists will be in terviewed on Monday and Wednesday of next week. Interview schedules will be announced shortly. Faculty are invited to participate in the luncheon and/or the open session.

Information has been disseminated on the 8^th Annual Student Leadership Awards. The Dean's Office has the forms on disk.

The Dean reminded the chairs that he needs a list of faculty interests and expertise for Learning Innovations.

L. Riedle asked for help in recruiting students for co-ops. T he first meeting will be held January 26 at 3:00 p.m.

A departmental and program code (maximum of four letters) will be required for use in the new catalog. The codes should be submitted to L. Riedle by next week's meeting.

The Dean reported that AutoCad was now under a state contract. The company will supply us with unlimited sites for $25,000/year. A decision should be made by early March on which Cad program the College will select. J. Krogman will e-mail the members regarding information on an alternate Cad program.

Discussion Topics

T. Ceylan presented a document for a Web-based graduate course, Applications of Control Theory to Dynamic Systems for three credits. A motion was made and seconded to approve the document. Motion passed.

M. Anderson reported that the forklift (Big Joe) had been purchased thirty years ago, and was in need of a new battery and eventual replacement. The Dean proposed that the Coll ege purchase a new battery with charger at a cost of $l,200. This would allow the forklift to be used until a new forklift could be purchased at a cost of $ll,700. The Council felt that the forklift was necessary, and that the Dean should pursue that option.

Items 3.b. and 3.c. will be tabled until the next meeting.

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Other Business

Dr. Butts expressed her appreciation for the invitation to attend the meeting. As additional background to the discussion held for the Web-based graduate course, she gave an overview of the four on-line programs being developed in Business, Criminal Justice, Engineering and Project Management. UWP would be the only university in this area to have an entire program on-line. The University would market these progra ms to companies and not to individuals. Companies are looking at programs which would lead to a certificate, diploma or degree. Learning Innovations is conducting the national marketing, includingYahoo which has a banner with a link to UWP for the next two to three months. Dr. Butts indicated that these on-line programs would not impede on the undergraduate programs on campus.

Dr. Butts responded to questions from the Council. 1) She reported that a study was being conducted concerning room utilization. The completion of the BILSA remodeling should alleviate some of the demand for rooms. 2) In responding to a concern regarding retirements and hiring new faculty, a task force has been developed to provide advice to the Provost. The data collected over a five-year span will include the number of SCH's produced by each area and the number of teachers, and then comparing the data to other programs within the System, or out-of-state in the case of the eng ineering programs. New hires should be viewed as an opportunity to make better decisions about limited resources. 3) Regarding the RST process, the Provost indicated that there was a committee working on this issue, and she would be willing to send someone to a workshop in this area. 4) The Provost felt that UWP was doing a better job of making sure that salaries were competitive. 5) A question was raised about the point system. The Provost responded by indicating that the Deans have set up a fu ll load to equal twelve credits. If a faculty member is not assigned twelve credits, an explanation needs to be given identifying the additional assignment. Advising, scholarly activity and committee assignments should not be used as a justification since these are already expected of a faculty member.

Dr. Butts asked that she be invited to attend future departmental and faculty meetings.