Present:
Dean Duggar
Dr. Bill Roe
Dr. Sandra Bevill
Dr. Len Frey
Carleen Marburger
Dr. John Seydel
Dr. Jim Washam
Alan Decker in place of Mark Young

Others:
Chris Collins

Absent:
Mark Young

Dean Duggar called the meeting to order at 3:40 p.m.

STUDENT INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOCATION
A copy of the Student Infrastructure Allocation was distributed to each of the members of the committee. $59,368 will be available July 1st. The remaining funds will be released mid-January, 2005. Dean Duggar asked Dr. Seydel to start on the big items, such as, the classroom computers.

FLEXIBLE LOAD ISSUES
Other faculty members who are doing research and teaching other classes, we are flexible in assigning teaching loads and have to absorb the cost over and above what we’re doing now. Don’t have to go through approval process unless we’re asking to provide funds. We still have 6 research releases, but we can’t increase the number of adjuncts we’ve asked them to pay for.

Dean Duggar would like us once a year to review those who have asked for reduction, make sure we’re getting productivity.

RESOLUTION
Dean Duggar distributed a copy of the resolution to the board regarding special fee for the College of Nursing and Health Professions and the College of Business.

Salaries – errors made in merit – truly are errors. Women or minorities that have not been taken care of – let Dean Duggar know. Dean Duggar needs this discussion with committee members – Wednesday morning. Then focus on the issue of their relationship with the market.

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Melodie Philhours – asked to be offered a tenure-tract position. Raise from instructor position to tenure-tract position starting in August. This does not set a precedence for others. She has publications etc.

DRAFT ON QUALITY & REPUTATION ENHANCEMENT PLANS
Dean Duggar is very interested in the students. Alumni contact is still not good. Please review, mark up and if you can think of better ways to improve our program, please let him know. Maybe have Jrs. and Srs. go and visit high schools and meet with students to recruit. Ask Terry Cardy to meet with us to redesign office space.

Dean Duggar suggested offering an 8 week nighttime program – offer a Fri/Sat class, Mon/Wed/ or T/Thurs.
Dean Duggar is looking for ideas to build our enrollment, reputation, more attractive to students. He would like to meet with anyone on it.
Dr. Washam suggested partnering with businesses, like with Nestle to offer courses.
Dean Duggar has asked Carleen to update the View Book.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CINCO DE MAYO – RESCHEDULED for 5/15/04 (quince de mayo)

FACULTY BUY-OUT, SALARY SAVINGS – if you’ve got faculty on regular semester salary and they’re bought out by a grant, 80% of the salary savings comes back to the department. After you pay adjuncts, it goes into the rollover account.

INDIRECT DISTRIBUTION

LIBRARY PLANNING
George Grant would like to meet with us, particularly the department heads. They are getting $500,000 next year and he wants input as to what is important to our programs. Dean Duggar asked the department heads to look at their programs and get assistance in what we need moving forward.
Economic Development area fits into that as well.

ANDY SUSTICH ACTING FOR DON COTTON - Has been asked to serve as the interim Director of Research and Technology Transfer for Don Cotton.

SUMMER SCHOOL
Summer Enrollment – need to exceed the minimum for classes. 20 for lower level, 15 for upper level and 8 for graduate classes.

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Dean Duggar asked Dr. Seydel to check with someone regarding the “Global Contacts” - being able to e-mail students in a class to find out why there’s not a message coming back stating that the students haven’t received the e-mail.

Dean Duggar asked Chris to get together with all the secretaries on the academic calendar to put together a common calendar.

Doing Spring in Sept (schedule) and Summer earlier. Dean Duggar suggested doing Spring and Fall together.

Dean Duggar invited the committee members to attend the COB Wall of Honor unveiling and reception at Dr. Wyatt’s. Let Chris know if you or spouse will be coming.

Dr. Wyatt is in Texas rooting for the COB and Delta Center. Charlie Appleby is covered up with activities.

Dean Duggar thanked Alan Decker for the wonderful Golf Tournament.

Teaching Assistants have priority over Graduate Assistants.

Next meeting scheduled for May 17, 2004 in the COB Conference Room BU105 at 4:40 p.m.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins