Executive Council Minutes                        

 

Thursday, September 15, 2011

8:00 a.m.

Conference Room, 211 Engineering Hall

 

Introduction of Kim Sargent by Tammy Salmon-Stephens.  She is a new hire for the Advisor position within the College. Kim gave an overview of her career to date. She is located in Ottensman 172.

 

Members present:  B. Barnet, J. Clifton, B. Collins, H. Evensen, W. Hudson, O. Jadaan, J. Kile, D. Kunz, M. Meyers, L. Riedle, T. Scanlan, P. Sealy, T. Zauche

 

Guests present:  J. Clough, M. Muslu, T. Salmon-Stephens, K. Sargent

 

Approval of Minutes—September 8, 2011.  Motion by Mesut.  Osama second.  Carried.

 

Bill provided an overview of his activities throughout the week.

 

Discussion Topics:

  1. General Engineering Course Rotation—Osama summarized our discussion from last meeting.  Some thought has been given to letting the student choose 7 or the 8 disciplines.  Another choice may be to have it become a 9 week course.  Discussion followed.  Another idea was to eliminate the final and have that exam period be an instruction module class.  Possible 2 hour discipline lecture and then allow the student to choose which areas are of interest to them for laboratory instruction.  Scheduling problems arise with Mathematics courses if the class is taught on Tuesday and Thursday.  Osama suggested that we test pilot an option during the fall 2012 semester.  Joe motion to hold them TR 8-10 and 3-5 for the Spring 2012 semester for nine weeks.  Tom second.  Motion carried.  Four abstentions. 
  2. Chemistry for Engineers—Tim brought forth a concern about advisors recommending Chem 1140/1240 instead of Chem 1450.  This creates situations where students are closed out of classes and scheduling problems for professors.  If this is where we are going to go, then we need to hire additional faculty and adjust the schedule accordingly.  Discussion.  Some students taking this route are transfers to UW-Platteville.  Information was shared about other programs across the nation and how other campuses handle Chemistry. This will come back for next week’s meeting.
  3. Review Rich Shultz Plaque Information—Bill shared a draft of proposed content.  Please get any comments to Mesut by the end of the week.
  4. Strategic Growth of College—There were a number of meetings held on Monday regarding growth and strategic planning on campus.  Bill shared some of these discussions regarding the increase of students on campus.  We should have a discussion regarding how we would like that to happen for the College of EMS and the justification to go along with our proposal for the next five years. Copies of guidelines for some programs areas were shared.  Bill asked that you review these guidelines to see if and how they may apply to your program areas.  Discussion followed.  Please review before the next meeting for further discussion.
  5. Positions (Update and Ordering)—Bill needs to get our priorities for the College of EMS to Mittie within the next few weeks.  He will also need to set forth a five year plan.  Keep in mind that we need to keep our vision for the future in mind and not get bogged down with semester to semester issues.  Let’s put forth a plan that outlines growth for programs and our vision.  Discussion.  Identify which programs we can integrate into our existing structure. 
  6. Other: 
    1. Tammy shared some Women in Engineering and Mentor Center events.
    2. Tammy asked to share ideas for the advising issues. 
    3. Bill asked that people bring issues to him before taking them outside of the College of EMS. Thanks.

 

Adjournment at 9:02 a.m.