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The Arts and Sciences Council and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting, October 24, 2017, 3:30-5:00

Meeting Minutes

Representatives present:��Christine Brennan, SLHS; David Boonin, PHIL; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Brian Cadena, ECON; Cathy Comstock, RAPS; Kim Dickey, AAH; David Ferris, HUMN; John Gilbert, CLAS; David Grant, MATH; Saskia Hintz, GSLL; Leslie Irvine, SOCY; Daniel Jones, HNRS; Keller Kimbrough, ALC; William Kleiber, APPM; Carl Koval, CHEM; Joanna Lambert, ANTH; Jill Litt, ENVS; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Yuko Munakata, PSYC; David Paradis, HIST; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Fernando Riosmena, GEOG; Kelly Sears, FILM; Ted Stark, THDN; David Stock, EBIO; Masano Yamashita, FRIT

Representatives not present:��Scott Adler, PSCI; Julio Baena, SPAN; James Cowell, LING; Erica Ellingson, APS; David Ferris, HUMN; Holly Gayley, RLST; Kwame Holmes, ETHN; Janet Jacobs, WGST; Julie Lundquist, ATOC; Ding Xue, MCDB;

Also in attendance: Katie Holdgreve-Resendez; Andrew Martin; Jim White

Stephen Mojzsis called the meeting to order at 3:32PM.

 Chair’s remarks, Stephen Mojzsis

Professor Mojzsis will be providing more robust agendas for the ASC meetings with links to supporting materials; very few, if any, paper copies will be provided at the meetings so bringing a laptop is encouraged.

Dean’s Remarks, Jim White

Dean White thanked the representatives for their service to the College. In response to a question about declining enrollment in the Humanities, Dean White said that A&S spends very little on advertising and recruiting; more can be done to get a better balance of students in the College.

First Year Admissions Programs, Ted Stark and Katie Holdgreve-Resendez

Mr. Stark introduced the topic by discussing Theater and Dance’s involvement with Focus Fridays, a program where students who had applied to CU could come on campus to meet with faculty from the areas they were interested in studying. The yield of matriculating students who came to those Focus Fridays was high. The program has been cancelled. Ms. Holdgreve-Resendez, the Associate Director of Admissions, was invited to talk about the Admissions Programs and the various programs Admissions supports for first year students.

Ms. Holdgreve-Resendez described the first year programs and tours at CU and how important faculty involvement is.

• Faculty and staff are important in this process but students say, repeatedly, “I want to talk to the people who will be teaching me in the classroom.”
• Student comments reflect how important meeting with faculty is to them
• Focus Fridays had a good return on investment. The program started in 2015 with one program for each of the 3 divisions. Matriculation rates were tied to the amount of faculty involved. Holdgreve-Resendez reported that Admissions stopped getting backing from the Associate Deans and faculty and discontinued the program in 2017.
• Student feedback consistently reflected the importance of faculty in new student programs.
• Admissions wants to support underrepresented programs but it can’t be done without faculty involvement.
• Admissions can provide support for faculty-driven programs like advertising and admissions information
• Tours are 90 minutes long and cannot showcase every building and program.
• A&S needs to come up with the program; Admissions will provide the audience and support.
• Stark asked faculty to reach out to him if they want to get involved. Programs need representation from all departments.
• Dean White has asked Clint Talbot to put together quality materials representing A&S departments as other colleges have.

Professor Mojzsis suggested a possible ASC recommendation would be for divisions to put together first year student programs; programs are also important involving departments and special interests (e.g. Engineers interested in Chemistry)

Academic Advising Center, Carl Koval

Carl Koval, chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry, spoke on the changes in Academic Advising Program.

CHEM previously had “in-house” advisors, PhD’s in Chemistry who also taught part time. The department was very satisfied with the level of advising given by these advisors. A year ago, the AAC went to a different model where academic advisors were no longer assigned to CHEM but centralized. Professor Koval’s understanding is that the centralized model stresses counseling over knowledge or a particular discipline.

Academic Advisors were asked to accept full time appointments in spring of 2017 or leave the University. Professor Koval posed the following questions: Is this a time to look at this situation? Are other departments concerned? To what extent has the centralized model been implemented? Is t