College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science

Executive Council Minutes

April 13, 2006

 

Members Present:    M. Anderson, J. Clifton,  C. Cornett, M. Gill, P. Jinkins, A. Masoom, M. Muslu, S. Owusu-Ababio, L. Riedle, K. Rolle, R. Shultz, D. St.John, S. Wills

 

Visitor:  Carol Sue Butts, T. Salmon-Stephens

 

Minutes from April 6, 2006 were approved.

 

Announcements:

 

  1. Rich mentioned that he had put Service Learning Forms in everyone’s mailbox and they are

     due back to the Dean’s Office on April 19th.

2.  Tammy said that she has 97 students, faculty, and Durrant employees signed up for the

      Durrant Banquet.  If anyone is interested in attending, they need to contact Tammy today.

  1. Tammy mentioned that she has 40 participants signed up for the Women in Engineering Career Day on April 24th.  She is considering having only a fall Career Day because the numbers have been low for the spring.
  2. Abulkhair reannounced that there will be a 40-passenger bus going to the General Electric Medical Facilities in Milwaukee for final presentations in the General Electrical Competition if anyone is interested in attending.  Please contact Abulkhair right away if interested.
  3. Mohan said they have hired a Software Engineering person.
  4. Mesut announced that Electrical Engineering has hired a person for the Fox Valley position and has made an offer for the Rock County position.

 

Agenda:

 

  1. Carol Sue Butts distributed a copy of the University Assessment format that the Assessment Oversight Committee would like everyone to adhere to.  This includes assessing graduating seniors to see if the student outcomes have been met.  Department Chairs should meet once a year to discuss and review assessment results and any changes which might occur.  The Committee will be asking instructors who teach general education classes to spend 10 minutes on the first day of classes to tell students the importance of general education.  Academic Majors and General Education items will be reviewed every three years by the Assessment Oversight Committee.

 

  1. Fall Teaching – Rich Shultz

Rich has talked with Abulkhair on the needs for teaching in General Engineering.  He will be contacting people individually to make these adjustments.

 

  1. Budgets – Rich Shultz

Rich said that each Department should look at their budgets closely.  The end of the fiscal year is coming soon.

 

  1. EMS Support Specialist Work Request – Lisa Riedle

Lisa said that the University has postponed the University-wide Tech Support format until a later date.  Our Tech Support people are checking the work requests on the “S” drive and also completing the pink forms.


  1. Senior Design Funding – Lisa Riedle

Lisa wanted to ask for the faculty’s input on the budget for Senior Design.  She would like this account to be used for client-based expenses for projects only, i.e., copies, travel, small items, etc.  Copies that are for educational purposes should be charged to the Department and not to Senior Design.  The number of copies has doubled since last year.  Everyone concurred that if copies needed were client-related, it could go through Senior Design.  If educational, it goes through the Department.

 

Other:

 

The meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.