MINUTES - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
Thursday, April 28, 2005 – Ullrich
Members Present: M.
Anderson, J. Clifton, C. Cornett, M. Gill,
P. Jinkins, A. Masoom,
M. Muslu, S. Owusu-Ababio, K. Rolle, R. Shultz,
D. St. John
Visitors: None
Announcements:
1.
Abulkhair informed members that the copier in the GE office is
ready to be recycled within the College if another department or group is
interested.
2.
There is a new
faculty member hired in Industrial Engineering.
3.
Mesut announced that Jill Pamperin
has established a scholarship within the EE Department. Jill is an alumnus from UWP.
4.
Congratulations
to ASCE on their win at the regional Concrete Canoe competition. They will be competing at nationals at
Clemson sometime in June.
5.
Max and Rich
attended the alumni gathering at
Discussion Topics:
1.
Senior Exit
Surveys—Rich distributed copies of the survey and asked that changes be
made. Return the copy with
corrections/changes to Jean as soon as possible and provide the number of
copies needed. EP, CEE, CS/SE are
already completed.
2.
Dean’s List—Rich
informed the EC members that BILSA has decided to change their gpa requirements for the Dean’s List back to 3.5. Discussion followed. The group decided to leave the gpa requirement at 3.5 for the
Dean’s List in the
3.
SAGE—Rich
distributed handouts from Tammy. This
item was tabled until next meeting when Tammy can be in attendance.
4.
Cultural
Competence—Rich lead a discussion on the importance of understanding cultures
and not just bringing in different cultures and how this will improve the
competency of our graduates. Discussion
followed.
5.
Other—
a.
Rich reminded
everyone that ABET is less than 1 year away for sending in the self study
reports. Discussion followed. Be sure to use assessments to make changes
and continually assess your curriculum and program.
b.
Abulkhair requested placement data from departments so that this
information can be updated.
Meeting adjourned at 12:31
p.m.