Meeting Minutes, December 11, 2018

The Arts and Sciences Council/Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting, December 11, 2018, 3:30-5:00, Old Main Chapel

Meeting Minutes

Representatives present: Daniel Appelö, APPM; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Cathy Comstock, RAPS; Tanja Cuk, CHEM; Françoise Duresse-Stimilli, AAH; Erica Ellingson, APS; Michaele Ferguson, PSCI; John Gibert, CLAS; Jim Goodrich, BCHM; Paul Gordon, HUMN; Gerardo Gutierrez, ANTH; Saskia Hintz, GSLL; Jon Hughes, ECON; Janet Jacobs, WGST; Daniel Jones, HNRS; Dan Kaufman, PHIL; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Akira Miyake, PSYC; Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Christina Meyers-Denman, SLHS; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Hanna Shell, CINE; Ted Stark, THDN; David Stock, EBIO; Tim Weston, HIST; Deborah Whitehead, RLST; Masano Yamashita, FRIT

Representatives not present: James Cowell, LING; Françoise Duresse-Stimilli, AAH; Juan Herrero-Senes, SPAN; Kwame Holmes, ETHN; Joanna Lambert, ENVS; Julie Lundquist, ATOC; Mike Radelet, SOCY; Evelyn Shih, ALC; Rob Tubbs, MATH; Ding Xue, MCDB

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Also in attendance: Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz, CINE; Scott Adler, PSCI; Sarah Altshuler, CUSG; Leilani Arthurs, GEOL; Kara Bajdas, GEOL; Lorraine Bayard de Volo, WGST; Carol Bender, PSCI; Denise Bender, A&S Marilynn Bender, GEOL; Audrey Blankenheim, AAC; David Brown, A&S John Carroll, PSYC; Robert Clarke, A&S Laurie Conway, ATOC; Bud Coleman, THDN; Sandy Crowell, CLAS; Erin Cunningham, A&S Roshanne Ebrahimian, MASP; Patrick Greaney, GSLL; Vicki Grove, GSLL;  Karen Hawley, GSLL; Leisa Hesebeck, FSC;  Arne Hoecker, GSLL; Amy Lavens, A&S Rebecca Keisler, PSYC; Ruth Mansbach, GEOL; Meghan Perez, JWST; Tamara Perez, A&S Hillary Potter, A&S Stephanie Preo, CHEM; Paul Quist, A&S Matthias Richter, ALC; Vicky Romano, A&S Katherine Rousseau, IAFS; Raul San Agustin, SLHS; Jason Sanford, AAH; Ruth Seaholm, PSYC; Kelly Sears, CINE; Jason Sanford, AAH; Bernadette Stewart, A&S Carly Anderson Stewart, EBIO; Paul Sutter, HIST; Dmitri Uzdensky, PHYS; Jim White, A&S Doreen Williams, SPAN

Stephen Mojzsis called the meeting to order at 3:35 PM.

Chair’s remarks, Stephen Mojzsis

Professor Mojzsis started the meeting by welcoming the ASC, FAS and guests to the final meeting of the semester. A brief overview of the ASC was given outlining its main work including providing counsel and advice to the dean and overseeing seven standing committees that cover areas essential to the governance and functioning of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dean’s remarks, Jim White

Dean White outlined the current visioning and implementation initiatives going on in the University and strongly encouraged the A&S community to make themselves familiar this them:

Dean White said all the initiatives intersect and are working to make the college and university better.

ASC Committee Reports

Budget Committee, Patricia Rankin

The Budget Committee works to develop a detailed understanding of the college budget which will help develop the best arguments to advocate for Arts and Sciences' needs. Arts and Sciences is the major revenue driver for the campus so what makes Arts and Sciences healthy and competitive makes the campus health and competitive. The budget Committee is currently working on:

  • Course fee replacements,
  • Campus budget transparency, and 
  • How our staff to faculty/staff to student rations compare to other universities.

Please contact Professor Rankin with any budget questions or issues you would like the Budget Committee to take up.

Curriculum Committee, Stephen Mojzsis for Juan Herrero-Senés

The Curriculum Committee makes recommendations to the FAC, the ASC and the Dean on curricular matters in the College. This year the committee recruited three new members, has held seven meetings and reviewed 58 proposals: revision of major; revision of B.A.; new certificates; nominations for Gen Ed distribution requirements; 40 nominations for Diversity requirement; nominations the Skills Requirements; First year Seminars.

The Diversity Committee, Daniel Jones

The Diversity Committee has been working with the Curriculum Committee reviewing First Year Seminars that are proposed for the Gen Ed Diversity requirement and have been working on maki