ASC Meeting Minutes- December 17, 2019
听The Arts and Sciences Council (ASC), December 17, 2019, 3:30-5:00, Old Main Chapel
Representatives present:听Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, MATH; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; David Stock, EBIO; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Juan Herrero-Senes, SPAN; Daniel Jones, Honors; Andy Cowell, LING; Annje Wiese, HUMN; Michaele Ferguson, PSCI; Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Tania Barham, ECON; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Christina Meyers-Denman, SLHS; Ding Xue, MCDB; Leslie Irvine, SOCY; Gerardo Gutierrez, ANTH; Deborah Whitehead, RLST; Angelica Lawson, ETHN; Francoise Duress-Stimilli, AAH; Evelyn Shh, ALC;
Representatives not present:听Daniel Appelo, APPM; Erica Ellingson, APS; Julie Lunquist, ATOC; Robert Kuchta, BCHM; Tanja Cuk, CHEM; Hanna Rose Shell, CINE; Peter Hunt, CLAS; Roger Pielke, ENVS; Masano Yamashita, FRIT; Tim Weston, HIST; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Rebecca Wartell, JWST; Daniel Kaufman, PHIL; Lewis Harvey, PSYC; Karen Auvinen, RAPS; Cecilia Pang, THDN; Alison Jaggar, WMST; Tim Kuhn, CMCI; Robert Ferry, BFA; Sarah Altshuler
Ex-officios present:听 Kristy Tiampo, GEOL; Roshanne Ebrahimian, SAC;
Also in attendance:听 Jim White, A&S Ernesto Acevedo-Munoz, CINE; Mike Barnett, Music; Dale Miller, ENVS; Jessica Brunecky, CUAM; Arturo Aldama, Ethnic Studies; Jenny Schwartz, HONR; Hope Saska, CUAM; Bob Ferry, BFA
The meeting was called to order at 3:30 pm.
Chair鈥檚 remarks, Stephen Mojzsis
Stephen Mojzsis welcomed the ASC members and A&S chairs, directors and staff attending. He reminded attendees that these end of semester meetings are an opportunity to hear the outcomes of the ASC committees. After the committee reports, there will be an open discussion on the direction of the college.
Yesterday, Mojzsis met with Russ Moore and others. At this meeting, Moore explained that the situation with restructuring the college is complicated and asked for patience. Moore is currently going through three reports: college structure, budget, and faculty governance. Mojzsis strongly encourages everyone to read the three documents; they can reach out to Stephen or Marysia for them.
Mojzsis says we should be asking for transparency, inclusiveness, honesty, and involvement in decision making from administrators handling the restructure. The College of Arts & Sciences is the first and largest college on campus, and a major source of revenue for the CU System. How should we evaluate the suggestions made in these documents? How do we enhance faculty governance?
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Reports from the ASC Standing Committees
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Budget Committee Report, Patricia Rankin
The Budget Committee has been working to push for transparency in the campus budget and to better understand how the college plays a role in the big picture. If anyone has any data that they think could be useful, please send Rankin an e-mail. Rankin expressed concern over Kelly Fox鈥檚 departure and no national search being done. Stephen reminded all that last meeting鈥檚 budget presentation was posted to the ASC website.
Curriculum Committee Report, Juan Herrero-Senes
This committee does technical work related to curriculum in the college. This semester, they have reviewed 51 proposals related to curriculum in several categories. Some examples of what they have done: vetted some revisions to majors, new minor in Linguistics, approved two new certificates, discussed interdisciplinary minors, and participated in meetings having to do with the re-accreditation process.
Diversity Committee; Daniel Jones
This committee has been trying to grow its membership. They are currently in need of a new chair and if anyone is interested, they should contact Mojzsis. Jones says the committee has been working on changes to FRPA and currently, there is no policy in place for changing FRPA. They are moving positively towards changes. Teaching activities is the only thing mentioned in FRPA; they would like to add outreach.
The Diversity Committee also drafted a response to the diversity engagement survey, which has recently been presented to President Kennedy.
The committee鈥檚 future efforts include working with the BFA, turning attention to FCQs, best practice documents for departments, seeking membership on Council for Community Inclusion and collaborating with the Center for Teaching & Learning. Jones opens the floor up for questions.
Attendee asks about the role of the viewpoint of diversity in these discussions. Jones says that they will be looking into this.
Attendee asks about the issue of students seeing FCQs. Jones says the committee agrees that this is problematic and will look into this also.
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Grievance Committee, John Gibert
This committee acts as advisory to the dean. They hear cases only on referral, and the cases are limited to salary and merit grievances. Ca