22 February 2010

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Present: Ernie Ackermann (Ernie), Karen Anewalt (Karen), Aaron Clemmer (Aaron), Stephen Davies (Stephen), Jennifer Polack-Wahl (Jennifer), Ron Zacharski (Ron) and Marsha Zaidman (Marsha).

Absent: Schli Hamadi

  1. Ernie made a motion to approve the 27 January minutes. Jennifer seconded. Motion passed.
  2. All of our adjunct positions (Jim Groom (106), Alan Dean (106), Jeff Hlywa (125), David Jennings (110)) were approved. Mike Kutchinski is interested in offering something as well. Any preference on what we have him teach? Marsha recommends 105.
  3. Our fall teaching schedule was approved without question by the Dean’s office. Rosemary thanked all departments for their efforts in offering courses across all time slots. The fall schedule is posted online.
  4. The Curriculum Committee voted to approve the change to the 415 prereqs and course description as well as the change to make 370/470/491 variable credits. Each will now be 1-4 credits.
  5. The Speaking Intensive Committee approved our proposal to have CPSC 310 approved as SI for all instructors.
  6. Karen is sending a letter to the students who were accepted during early admission.
  7. Discussion of Senate motions. Marsha reports that there are 2 motions. An FSEM motion that says if an instructor wants to teach an FSEM submitted by another instructor, that instructor needs to submit a sample syllabus and a statement. The other motion has to do with language proficiency. If you speak another language you can test out of the language requirement if you take a test you have to pay for. There was some discussion about what is meant by "non-English speaking country". Ernie would like to know what the long term plan is for growth.
  8. Need volunteers for Showcase & Discovery Days
    1. Saturday March 13
      1. 10:00-12:00: Ron
      2. 12:00-2:00: Stephen (Ernie backup)
    2. Friday April 2
      1. 9:45-11:00 Marsha
  9. Advising update (Karen) We need to tell students that after fall 2010 we will NOT be offering 330 in the fall. Marsha recommends sending out email to students. Ernie says we could have signs on the bulletin boards. Marsha says students would like to know when 310 and 414 are offered.
  10. Budget requests Last call for items to spend our budget on. On the list currently are:
    1. David Dean/Bob Gartland requested $4500
      1. a few spare keyboards/mice for B13
      2. a few SunRay terminals (we currently have no spares)
      3. a few monitors (as spares)
      4. 1 replacement printer for B13
      5. Chairs to replace the missing chairs in B12 and a few spares - $2500
    2. PC for Jodie $600
    3. Laptop for Stephen $1500
    4. Macbook for Jen $1500
    5. Macbook for Marsha $1500
    6. Handcart $150
  11. All of these figures are approximate.
    1. This is approximately $1500 more than we can spend. I’m working on getting better estimates from David Dean and purchasing to figure out if we can swing it all.
  12. Business would like to phase out the MSMIS accelerated masters. There is a problem in that Ron's position is 1/2 in that program.
  13. Focus group on masters degrees. Karen would like to invite local alums and Dahlgren folks (Alan Dean and anyone else we want to target) to spend an afternoon or evening (sometime over the summer) talking about current academic programs offered at the base and their perceived interests/needs. Is anyone else interested in this concept? Maybe we could announce the opportunity in the upcoming newsletter? Stephen and Marsha are interested in helping with this. Alan Dean has done some survey work to see what is needed at Dahlgren. Ernie suggests we notify the dean to get suggestions on what techniques work.
  14. Marsha mentioned that the scholarship plaques have not been engraved. Ron will work on this.
  15. Marsha mentioned that a new scholarship is in the works, with a preference given to women.
  16. Alumni Survey and Outcomes Assessment. Marsha mentioned that we need to do this for CIS. Everyone approved the alumni survey draft (Ron)
  17. Should we lock the labs 24/7? Jennifer is in favor of this. Ernie suggests that we deal with the wiring issue (one problem is that wires are hanging down).
  18. Tomorrow, a Virco rep will be meeting with people in Keith's office regarding the possible furniture for B52.
  19. UPE induction is April 11 at 1pm. in the Red Room.
  20. Newsletter update. Ernie reports that he would like a message from the chair, a note about donors --why they contribute. Ernie is aiming toward an early April release. Stephen suggests mentioning students who graduate with honors.
  21. Summer school publicity update. Stephen reports that there is no update. Enrollment opens on March 8.
  22. CD/Handbook update. Jennifer has almost everything to go to print the CDs.
  23. Any other upcoming events? Grad school? Career night? Guest speakers? No one announced anything definite.
  24. Time preferences for the May retreat? Dead week = May 3-7. Marsha will not be here during dead week. Stephen suggests Monday April 26th. Dates to avoid: Faculty Academy is May 12-13; Speaking Intensive Workshop? (anyone know dates for these?); Writing Intensive Workshop?; First Year Seminar Workshop? Preliminary topics for discussion at the retreat
    1. updating the requirements major for CPSC
    2. and/or moving to a 4 credit model for some/all of our courses
    3. updating our outcomes assessment plan; determining appropriate
    4. outcomes assessment tools for CIS
    5. idea of creating a MS in CPSC (or a specialized field) – let’s try to figure out what we ARE interested in offering
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