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 School of Arts & Sciences Faculty Meetings


Minutes of the School of Arts & Sciences
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
  1. PASSED:
    Proposal to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the Selection of Peer Committees, as amended:
    "One committee member is elected to the school peer committee from each department in the School of Arts and Sciences during the first week of Fall Semester. This representative should be a full Professor but may be chosen from tenured Associate Professors. Three full Professors are elected at-large by the tenure-track faculty of the school to serve on the School Peer committees for ACC, CSE, and ETM. In the absence of eligible full Professors, representatives may be elected from tenured Associate Professors as long as the majority of the committee members hold the rank of Professor."

  2. Presentation of new faculty and staff.

  3. Dean's comments: Alan spoke of the A&S achievements, the need to command numbers, the A&S priority for hiring faculty because of documented need, the campus-wide facility repairs and new staff, as well as the budgetary issues and their impact on the School this AY.

  4. Announcements
    Interface, STS, appreciation of Department Chairs, cross-departmental lunches were announced

  5. New Business

    Election by acclamation of A&S faculty to serve on School Peer Committees:

    • Carol Barnum to ACC
    • Steve Edwards to CSE
    • Russ Patrick to ETM

  6. The meeting was adjourned.



Respectfully submitted,
Bernice Nuhfer-Halten

Approved by Meg Dillon