College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science

Executive Council Minutes

September 28, 2006

 

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

 

Absent:  M. Gill

 

Visitor:  T. Salmon-Stephens

 

Minutes from September 14, 2006 were approved.

 

Announcements:

 

  1. Rich said that the Career Fair was going well with quite a few companies here.
  2. Tammy passed out the postcards for the College of EMS 2007 Expo that will be sent to schools in a 200 mile radius announcing the date.
  3. Tammy also mentioned that GE Medical has committed to giving prizes for Expo and will bring a large display along with them.  She said that the Committee will be asking the Departments for paperwork for projects from students soon.
  4. Abulkhair said that the first Pioneer Preview went well.
  5. Max said that when he was making the rounds at the Career Fair, Transocean Offshore Drilling Company is looking for engineering graduates.  Of all the companies he visited with at the Fair, Transocean has the highest starting wage of $70,000.  Others mentioned that several companies have quite a few open positions to fill.

 

Agenda:

 

1.      Advisory Board – Rich Shultz

Rich said that Advisory Board is scheduled for Monday, October 16th.  He is putting together the agenda and asked if any program was interested in having the Advisory Board members input before the ABET visit, on the agenda or as a break out session?  No one felt it was needed.  Rich said he would go ahead with the agenda.

 

2.      APC Reviews – Sheryl Wills

Sheryl passed out two handouts for the Academic Planning Council (APC).  One was the 2007 Meeting dates and the other was the Guidelines for Program Self-Study Review.  She said that each program should submit all the information requested as identified in the Review packet.  Most engineering programs could take the information submitted for ABET review and downsize for APC review.  Sheryl said that this is everyone’s notification scheduled for the spring semester of the APC Self-Study Report Procedure.  Those scheduled for fall review should have received their notification.  All presentations should be limited to 20 minutes.  The question of how often were the APC Reviews was asked and they were given an answer of every 6 years.  A lengthy discussion took place. 

 

3.      Overload Limits – Rich Shultz

Rich announced that anyone getting paid for overloads from one source is limited to $12,000 a calendar year and limited to two/ninths in the summer.  Anyone requesting three/ninths needs a special waiver from the Provost no later than March 1.  If a person goes beyond the $12,000 amount in a calendar year, they will be asked to pay the difference back along with a penalty as of January 1, 2007.  This is a System rule.  Rich asked everyone to make sure that all their faculty know this.  Rich will not be keeping track of everyone’s overloads.  It is the faculty member’s own responsibility to keep track of this.  Duane Ford and Dawn Drake have been asked to put together some information on the overload requirements.  If any faculty member has questions, please direct them to Rich.

 

4.      General Education Outcomes – Math, Chemistry, Physics – Rich Shultz

Rich announced that everyone in Math, Chemistry, and Physics are to list the General Education Outcomes in all syllabi for general education courses.  A copy of the UUCC General Education Resolution dated May 3, 2006 was given to Chuck, Sheryl, and Doyle.

 

5.      High Tech Classrooms – Rich Shultz

Rich said that all requests for high tech classrooms need to go through Rich first.  Some requests have bypassed him and gone to John Krogman directly.  He did mention that Ottensman Hall is not on the list for upgrading classrooms for high tech because it will be remodeled in three years.

 

6.      Big M Journal – Lisa Riedle

Lisa announced that the date for requests for the Big M Journal as been extended.

 

Other:

 

  1. Rich mentioned that there is $3,500 now available for Grant Writing proposals.
  2. Tammy said that any new faculty is invited to attend the opening workshop for UW System Good Teaching Friday, November 3, 2006.  If there is room, then second year, third year can also attend.  Rich asked everyone to submit names to Tammy.
  3. Rich said that Mick Viney, Academic Affairs, said there have been a couple of instances where new students were not able to register for classes because their advisor, the chair, and the secretary were not around to give out PIN numbers to a faculty member assisting the student.  After some discussion, Rich said that if this happens, the student and person advising should come to the Dean’s Office for the PIN number.  This should not happen very often.

 

The meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.