The Arts and Sciences Council and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting, February 20, 2018, 3:30-5:00
Meeting Minutes
Representatives present:聽Julio Baena, SPAN; Christine Brennan, SLHS; PHIL; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Brian Cadena, ECON; Priscilla Craven, FRIT; Cathy Comstock, RAPS; Kim Dickey, AAH; Erica Ellingson, APS; David Ferris, HUMN; David Grant, MATH; Leslie Irvine, SOCY; Berit Jany, GSLL; Daniel Jones, HNRS; William Kleiber, APPM; Carl Koval, CHEM; Joanna Lambert, ANTH; Julie Lundquist, ATOC; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Yuko Munakata, PSYC; David Paradis, HIST; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Kelly Sears, FILM; David Stock, EBIO; Carol Wessman, ENVS;
Representatives not present:聽David Boonin, PHIL; Janice Brown, ALC: James Cowell, LING; Holly Gayley, RLST; John Gibert, CLAS; Kwame Holmes, ETHN; Janet Jacobs, WGST; Ted Stark, THDN; Ding Xue, MCDB
Also in attendance: David Brown, Robert Ferry, ex officio; Vilja Hulden, Jim White
Stephen Mojzsis called the meeting to order at 3:30PM.
Chair鈥檚 remarks, Stephen Mojzsis
The ASC鈥檚 statement in support of DACA students has been published in聽麻豆免费版下载Boulder Today聽and has been distributed to other news organizations; the BFA released a statement as well.
Professor Mojzsis and Robert Ferry attended the CMCI Faculty Council as ex-officio officers and are happy to have this relationship as a way to share information.
Professor Mojzsis reminded the ASC representatives that motions and agenda items are posted on the ASC website.
In 2001 a motion was brought to the ASC to invite members of the campus student government organizations to attend ASC meetings as non-voting members.聽In light of the ASC鈥檚 ongoing concern for 麻豆免费版下载students, Professor Mojzsis would like to renew contact with student government.
Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate, Vilja Hulden, Online Education Committee Chair
Last year a new certificate in digital humanities was created. "The program is meant to attract both humanities and social sciences students hoping to apply new computational and digital methods to humanities and social science research, and students from more technical backgrounds interested in engaging the question of the impact of different technologies on people and society. The certificate also aims to promote collaborations among graduate students in a range of fields."聽The certificate consists of 9 credits at the graduate level.聽Professor Hulden asked the representatives to speak about the certificate in their departments; it is hoped a wide variety of students will get involved.聽 More information on the certificate is available on the Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship聽website.
Strategic Planning Committee, David Brown, Chair
The SPC has been meeting weekly and working to give more substance to the three Strategic Imperatives:
Strategic Imperative 1:聽Teach to inspire the intellectual dexterity, rigorous exploration, and compassion required to engage with our changing world.
Strategic Imperative 2:聽Prioritize our research enterprise to define the frontiers of knowledge and solve important problems.
Strategic Imperative 3:聽Create a culture that welcomes all, inspires community, develops the individual, and engages the world.
The committee wants to share these with the college; members are meeting with various groups on campus.聽The Strategic Imperatives, along with the supporting bullet points, are on the committee鈥檚 website.
The SPC is asking the campus community to tell them, what items the committee is missing; what do you like; any other information.
Dean鈥檚 remarks, Jim White, Dean
The college is advertising for a new Associate Dean of Inclusive Practice and a new staff position: Student Recruiter.
Biochemistry is splitting from Chemistry and becoming its own department; Film Studies had many years ago requested a change of status from a program to a department; both of these should be approved by the Regents soon.
Two college buildings, Hellems and Guggenheim, are on the state list for construction projects for phased interior remodels.
Dean White has made a request to the Provost for continuing funds for additional personnel and advising; the personnel money ($560,000) was approved and Bernadette Stewart is putting together a list of immediate needs.聽The funding for advising hasn鈥檛 been approved but Dean White is optimistic.
New budget model for college聽
The ASC Executive Committee developed a list of questions concerning the new budget model that was shared with Dean White prior to the meeting.聽Patricia Rankin, ASC Budget Committee chair, led the discussion and introduced the budget:
The budget has traditionally consisted of a base budget that doesn鈥檛 adequately fund A&S needs and a growth enrollment model which has limitations as growth on the campus also has limitations.
The campus may not want or be able to grow but may want to focus more on excellence.聽The Dean was asked to comment.
Dean White told the representatives that a 3rd聽way the college gets funding is by making specific requests to the Provost; these requests are outside the growth model.
A&S produces the largest amount of tuition dollars but receives the smallest percentage in return for running the college.聽The ASC Budget Committee has been discussing ways to receive a larger return.聽Dean White stated that fact-based arguments to the Provost are the best way to make a point and the Budget Committee has been asked to see what percentage of tuition dollars our comparable institutions receive.聽Professor Rankin made the point that percentages don鈥檛 always compare if 麻豆免费版下载also has lower tuition.聽Also, a large percentage of our budget goes to buildings as 麻豆免费版下载gets less from the state than many other universities in other states.
The representatives and the Dean discussed various financial issues in the college including.
Please send further feedback on budget issues to Professor Mojzsis to be discussed at a future meeting.
Academic probation
Associate Dean Kyle McJunkin is requesting input from the ASC for his committee exploring the change of wording in academic probation; there have been concerns about the semantics in changing terminology.聽If you are interested, please contact Professor Mojzsis.
At the BFA meeting, Mary Kraus and Kenneth Anderson presented a proposal on a campus-wide late drop policy similar to the proposal A&S submitted last year.
At the next ASC meeting, the Executive Committee would like the ASC to consider a motion with the intention to invite鈥攁t the status of聽别虫-辞蹿蹿颈肠颈辞听non-voting observers鈥攖he Chair of the CMCI Faculty Council or its designated representative.聽A discussion and vote will be held in March.
Meetings with the Provost concerning the Interim Dean will be held in February and a portion of the ASC March meeting will be dedicated to that discussion.
The Provost will present a timeline for the new dean search in March.
The Guardian Scholars Program is a program on campus that assists students who have been in foster care with mentors from the community.聽Professor Mojzsis would like the ASC to learn more about this organization and find out where we can help.
Professor Mojzsis would like the representatives to consider a secession of members of the Executive Committee to be contacted if the ASC chair isn鈥檛 available: 1. Leslie Irvine (Sociology; Chair of Curriculum); 2. Patricia Rankin (Physics); 3. John Gibert (Classics).聽 There will be a discussion and vote at the next meeting.
Professor Mojzsis asks for self-nominations for parliamentarian.
There will be a vote for chair at the April meeting.
SUEP invites us to assist them in meeting campus goals for recruitment, retention and success by participating in upcoming opportunities:
Please contact Daniel Jones.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:57.
Minutes submitted by Janice Jeffryes