College of EMS Executive Council

Computer Conference Room, PSC

 

 

Approval of minutes from

4/13/2011:  Hal motion.  Phil second.  Approved.

4/20/2011:  Osama motion.  Hal second.  Approved.

4/27/2011:  Philip motion.  Hal second.  Approved.

 

Announcements:

  1. Joanne announced that the contract has gone out this week to the Dean’s candidate.  Once the contract has been received back, then a formal announcement will be made.
  2. Tomorrow there will be an announcement that Joanne will be the Interim Assistant Chancellor of Student Affairs for one year.  Some restructuring may take place.
  3. Osama shared numbers of transfer students coming to the College of EMS and broke them into discipline areas. 
  4. Exploring Engineering summer program are at capacity and beyond—116 students will be attending with a waiting list.  A significant number of students received scholarships in order to attend this program thanks to John Deere and UW-Platteville.
  5. Tammy shared that the final research camp program was held this past week.  This program was a great success. 
  6. CMN—Dave provided an update from this meeting regarding our curriculum.  Progress with getting students to come to UW-Platteville is positive. 
  7. Osama talked about a FIPSE grant that might be a possibility with working with Highland Community College articulation agreement.  This would outline the necessary courses to transfer here.  Discussion followed.

 

Discussion Topics:

  1. Enrollment Management—Joanne distributed some homework for each area to complete and return to her no later than Tuesday, May 17th.  Discussion followed.  The Council walked through each question and discussed the intent.  Last year we had 385 transfer students in the fall semester.  Of that, 120 students went into General Engineering.
  2. Assessment Reports—
    1. General Engineering report was shared by Osama.  This report is on the S drive for your review.
    2. Chemistry report will be next week. .
  3. Strategic Planning—Philip and Lisa shared that the committee met yesterday.  They have started with simple data collection.  Philip distributed a handout that he requested they estimate and complete today.  The questions dealt with students involved in research and faculty working in industry.  Discussion followed.  A short update on Strategic Planning will be given at tomorrow’s meeting.
  4. Award—Joanne discussed ideas for nominating Rich Shultz for the Alumni Emeriti Award.  She also shared thoughts that she had put together for accomplishments during his tenure as Dean.  The award will be put together over the summer and presented this fall.
  5. Other: 
    1. Master Planning meeting update was given by Joanne.  An amazing emphasis was put on academic buildings.  She shared an idea for expansion of Engineering Hall.  Groundbreaking for the residence hall will hopefully be the end of June.  There is a parking stipulation attached with the City approval.  Human capital is the theme for next year’s planning—this will be our focus according to the Chancellor.  Flexibility topic of discussion between Chancellors is at a stalemate.  Differential tuition will not be happening at UW-Platteville. 

 

Adjourned at 1:57 p.m.