Faculty Meeting Minutes
Friday January 5, 2007
10:30 a.m. Cherry Parks 206C

Attendance: O. Baiocchi, A. Fry, L. Wear, A. Urbanec, G. Mobus,  M. Muppa, D. Zimmerman, C. Rials, Z. Chavez, D. McLane, S. Hanks

1.  Approval of Minutes
	
•	 December 1st minutes were approved as amended.
o	On item #3, letter E. delete the letter “e” after maybe
o	Add space between E. Hong
(motion S. Chung, second D. Zimmerman, approved)
	
2.	Updates

•	Orlando introduced Zaide Chavez, the new Administrative Coordinator.
•	Advisor Searches – Pre-admission recruiter meeting on Tuesday, top 4 or 5 candidates.
o	Retention issues
o	Searches MSL Program
o	Candidate must be committed to the program – Will serve as advisor, recruiter, and MSL Administrator.
o	Funding the position – Soft cash, not IT, $20,000 off to run, need grant money.
o	Effectiveness of surveys, Tacoma 50% graduation rate, follow-up assessment plan development
•	Faculty/Staff Searches – Kris Martin’s last day 01-12-2007.
o	Job Posted – 12-22-2006
o	Run program - ½ time MSL Consultant, ½ time diversity, advising, community outreach, represents IT Dept.
o	Information Science – Two applicants so far, Search committee members (O.  Baiocchi, S. Hanks, A. Fry, D. McLane)
o	Computer Engineering – Search committee members (O. Baiocchi, L. Wear, G. Mobus, D. Zimmerman)
o	(motion, S. Chung, second L. Wear, approved)

3.	New Business

A.	Wendy Guthrie- What are the key pieces in the development process? (Re-scheduled for 
	next faculty meeting)

B.	EARS training- Chris Rials
o	Secure ID’s
o	Electronic Advising System
o	Name or student numbers
o	Not case sensitive
o	You can add notes
o	Policy changes posted
o	Pre-requisites
o	DARS

C.	CES CSS Double major?– Chris Rials
o	For double majors – 225 credits required, 180 basic coursework, 45 double major electives.
o	1st degree CES – Credits available
o	Is approval required? Find out from Seattle.
o	If all requirements are satisfied, does student get it, do they not get it? 
S. Hanks-tabled for further discussion and research

D.	Usage report on all major equipment purchases- Larry Wear

o	Consider who the party responsible will be for providing report.
o	Faculty involvement, ask lab staff and facilities committee
o	Establish purchasing policy (from Facilities Committee)
o	2nd Faculty meeting of academic year (approved)
o	Yearly report from faculty lab managers
o	Funds spent on equipment and software purchased
o	Donations to lab
o	Equipment and software obsolete
o	Lab equipment utilization

E.	Requirement to have faculty or staff who have attended conferences provide a report i.e. paper given, research etc.- Larry Wear
o	Suggestion – Provide a report, presentation when attending conferences/trips. (motion L.Wear, second S. Hanks approved)

F.	Undergraduate Program Assessment- Larry Wear
o	Don McLane provided one in new format
o	What needs to be covered during each course
o	Website for students to view
o	Create folder for courses
o	Use uniformity
o	Reports completed by March 30th

G.	Representation of CSS/Institute in the VCAA Search Committee
o	Nominations were taken for this committee position.  It was requested that 
	the Institute provide two names.  Faculty submitted are: S. Hanks, G. Mobus

H.	  CES, Program Entrance Requirements– 
o	O. Baiocchi, L. Wear, L. Crum, D. McLane will be the voting faculty for approval CES program entrance requirements.  

Sam Chung– New course application 1 hour lecture / 2 hour lab.
o	Sam Chung course request
o	Credit courses 390
o	College collegian open house – Final report, Present information.
o	See attachment 

I.	CS 101- what model to use- Orlando Baiocchi
	(see attachments) (tabled)
	
J.	Committees-  

o	Search committee; Info. Science- S. Hanks, D. Mclane, A. Fry, O. Baiocchi Search committee, CES position- L. Wear, G. Mobus, D. Zimmerman, O. Baiocchi
                   (motion S. Chung, second, L. Wear, approved)

	Distinguished Faculty Award Committee (Sam Chung)
o	Need 2 Campus wide faculty to serve on the search committee for Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
o	Verify and discuss committee placements
o	Institute Search Committees

4.  Other

New Temporary Course-TCSS 391- it was suggested the course be revised and 
brought to the next meeting.  S. Chung will revise.

Announcement
			
Ask students to submit papers for the Northwest Security Symposium (NWSec). Scheduled for February 15 – 16 2007, LOCATION:  Carwein Auditorium, University of Washington, Tacoma

March 9, combined Colloquium and roll out of the CES program.