COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,
MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE MINUTES—EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
Members Present: R. Shultz, S. Owusu-Ababio, M. Anderson, L. Riedle, J. Clough, J. Clifton, P. Young, K. Rolle, D. Ellestad, J. Miller, F. Tufte, and J. Krogman
Visitor
Present: T. Salmon
The
October 2, 2000 minutes were approved as distributed.
Announcements:
1.
ABET--Rich
reminded the Executive Council (EC) that the ABET team visit to campus will be
in two weeks. Departments need to update tabular information for Appendix I
(Additional Program Information) of the self-study report. The updated
information should be ready for the ABET team.
2.
Accreditation
Request for Software Engineering (SE)—John
wanted to know when SE will request for accreditation visit. Rich
responded that it will happen as soon as SE has its first graduates (probably
in 3-4 years) and the program is ready.
3.
All-USA
Academic Team—Rich distributed nomination forms/guidelines for the 2001 All USA
Academic Team. Departments are to encourage faculty to nominate students.
4.
Teaching
Fellows—Nominations for teaching fellows are due in Rich’s office by November
16, 2000. Carol will soon distribute the guidelines.
5.
The
Academic Planning Council’s (APC) schedule for Review of Academic Programs was
presented by Rich.
6.
Information
on the 2000-2001 Library allocations for departments was distributed by Rich.
Discussion
Topics
1.
Co-op—Lisa
indicated many companies are looking for co-op students from UWP but not many
students are taking advantage of the opportunity. Rich asked departments to
continue to stress the benefits for participating in a co-op program and
encourage students to get involve in the program.
2.
Recruiting—Rich
indicated there is an ongoing effort to update recruitment plans for UWP. Lisa
is updating the EMS component of the plan and is requesting information on all
recruitment related activities that faculty and student organizations generally
undertake in the college.
3.
Senior
Valedictory Speaker—Departments are encouraged to nominate students.
4.
University
common meeting time—The consensus
reached by the (EC) was that the best times for the college are: before
8 a.m. any weekday and after 3 p.m. on Friday.
Other
Business
1.
Room
105--Sam expressed concerns about the location of the control switches for the
projection screen in Room 105 and the supply of markers and cleaners in the
room. Rich indicated that a podium has been ordered to provide easy access to
the switches. A short-term solution proposed by Lisa is to take the movable
projection screen in Room 118 and put it in Room 105 for use by instructors.
Rich also indicated that each department is responsible for furnishing its
instructors with markers and marker board cleaners.
2.
Ballot
count—Lisa suggested that, to strengthen faculty trust in election results it
will be more appropriate to have a second person present when ballots are being
counted. The EC decided to have one member each time (on a rotational basis) to
help Lisa count the ballots.
3.
GE
student status—John distributed summary report on the GE student status changes
covering the period February 2000-October 2000. Questions should be addressed
to John after reviewing the document.
4.
Timeliness
of EC meeting minutes on the Web—John pointed out that postage of EC meeting
minutes on the web are about 6 months behind schedule. Rich indicated that
Carol will soon update them.
5.
Advising
related research—Tammy attended an “advising” conference in Florida where it
was revealed that not much research has been done on the subject. Anyone interested
in pursuing research in this area may contact Tammy for possible team work.
Meeting
adjourned.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Sam
Owusu-Ababio