College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science

Executive Council Minutes

April 2, 2007

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

Members Excused: S. Owusu-Ababio, R. Shultz

Visitors Present: Tammy Salmon-Stephens

Minutes approved from 3/16/07 meeting.

Announcements:

1. Mesut announced that EE has filled their position.

2. ME Search & Screen has three candidate coming in for interviews.

3. CE’s candidate turned down the offer and therefore they will be bringing in one more candidate for an interview.

4. CEP’s fifth candidate will be coming in for an interview next week.

5. Tammy reminded everyone of the upcoming advising workshops.

6. Student Shadow Day is this Wednesday.

7. The National Instruments Workshop will be held on Monday, 4/9, from 2-5 p.m.

8. The commencement banner carrier for the College of EMS will be Anne Turner—a chemistry graduate.

9. Reminder of International Night is scheduled for 4/21.

10. Lisa will forward information on NTT—a Japanese company—to everyone as they are interested in speaking to groups of individuals when they come to campus next semester.

11. Faculty College deadline is approaching quickly. If interested, contact Lisa.

12. The College of EMS faculty meeting will be held on 4/4 at 4:00 p.m. in Ottensman 140.

Discussion Topics:

1. Math 2 D’s and/or 2 F’s—Discussion was held regarding making this a policy for EMS students. The Executive Council members will take it back to their respective departments for discussion and bring back input to Lisa. Mathematics would monitor the policy.

2. Minority Student Social—Approximately 75 students will attend this function and Tammy requested that each department support funding of this event at the $100 level.

3. Ottensman Hall Space Utilization—Lisa is still looking for names of individuals interested in this issue.

4. Student Employment Statistics—If there is no response to employment, then the individuals will be counted as unemployed. Max will share his form with other members of the Executive Council. Questions and discussion followed.

5. Remedial Mathematics Plan—Beginning in Fall 2007, first semester freshman would take Math 0100 and then take Math 0150 the second semester. Discussion followed.

6. Annual Report Articles—Dave VanBuren is looking for 6-8 articles for the annual report. Suggestions include: Mems/Nano minor, Concrete Canoe competition, GE Competition, Rock County Initiative, Fox Valley Scholarship, and masters program. Please get them to Lisa by 4/27.

7. Other—

a. Chuck requested that we set aside a common time for Executive Council meetings to be held so that when you schedule classes and labs, you may schedule around this time. For the Spring 2008 semester, we will be holding Executive Council meetings at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.

b. Sick Leave reports need to be filed in a timely fashion. Colleague coverage needs to be reported. Discussion followed.

Meeting adjourned.