Faculty Meeting Minutes
Friday April 6, 2007 10:30 a.m.
CP 206C Conference Room
Attendees:  O. Baiocchi, L. Wear, A. Urbanec, L. Crum, G. Mobus, S. Hanks, E. Hong, D. Zimmerman, M. Muppa, S. Chung, Z. Chavez, I. Bichindaritz, M. Rosenfeld, D. Chinn, D. McLane

1.  Approval of Minutes
•	February 2, 2007
•	March 2, 2007
(motion:  L. Wear  second:  S. Chung, approved)

2.  Updates- Orlando Baiocchi

3.	New Business

A.	Vote on faculty position for the proposed program "Information Sciences" – Orlando Baiocchi
A faculty vote to elect the candidate for the new Information Sciences position was held.  Voting was performed by secret ballot.  Votes were as follows:
 	By a majority of votes, the faculty decided to extend an offer to Dr. Ankur Teredesai.

B.	Discussion of Senior Faculty recommendations regarding release-time, 
   course assignments, etc. – Steve Hanks and Orlando Baiocchi 
Junior Faculty – 1 release 3rd year – funded, there will be no uncompensated releases.
NSF Grant covers release time in some cases.  Courses taught outside the institute are considered releases.
Global honors gives $5,000 for our faculty who teach a course for them. These funds cover the cost of a lecturer to cover the CSS class.
Teaching needs to come first, the number one thing to take into consideration is enrollment numbers.
Faculty agreed to take five days to look at the handout, Guidelines for Allocating Teaching Releases at the Insitute of Technology and vote via e-mail.

(Tabled for next meeting) 

Undergraduate Admissions – Chris Rials
Information on student admissions, population, spring enrollment, etc.  Recruitment efforts are a priority.  Several dates and flyers have been arranged and sent to the various community colleges. 
Undergrad numbers are down by 12%, graduate numbers are down by 11%.

Undergraduate and Graduate Program Report – Chris Rials
New advising list of students was provided by Chris Rials for each faculty.  Advising pre-CES students are coded as TPR CES in the SDB system.
The window for students to meet with their faculty advisor is two weeks, beginning on April 30, 2007.  
•	Registration starts May 5, 2007, Need to have 209 students taking 2 full-time classes in order to be 100% FTE.

E.	Student Advising – Chris Rials
	See D above.

F.	Executive Council Update – Donald Chinn
Cheryl Greengrove currently Interim Director for IAS, will step down next year.  If IAS program grows, a dean will be appointed.  In the past there was a desire to convert programs into colleges.  Marjorie Dobratz, Director of school of nursing is also stepping down. 

G.	Visiting Scholar – Sam Chung
Dr. TaeWan Kim was suggested as a visiting scholar from Korea.  Beginning August 1 for one year.  His vita was reviewed by the faculty.
(motion:  S. Hanks, secon  M. Rosenfeld, approved)

H.	Undergraduate Committee Report – Sam Chung
The undergraduate Committee recommended that CSS be changed from “major with prerequisites” to “open”.
(motion: L. Wear second: G. Mobus, approved)

•	Physics courses in quarter system count for 5 credits. 5 + 1 non-required credit.

 I.	Meeting Maker – Larry Wear
Discussion took place regarding the need to have everyone on Meeting Maker. This will assist in scheduling meetings allowing for needed efficiencies.  The cost per license will be investigated.  If the cost is reasonable the Institute will pay for those that need the program.  .

J.	Classroom request form – Alina Urbanec
A new form from the registrar’s office is being tested to assist with the scheduling of rooms for classes.  Each faculty must sign the form and request their class identifying their specific technological needs.  A template will be created to facilitate this process. 

K.	Updates for the program review – Alina Urbanec
Augustine from the graduate school will be here on Monday to discuss the steps that need to be taken for the program review site visit.

Announcement

If you want to use the Carwein Auditorium for Autumn 2007 quarter.  We need to let Char Cron know by Friday April 6, 2007.

George requested that everyone take the goals and values survey.