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��The Arts and Sciences Council (ASC), November 19, 2019, 3:30-5:00, Old Main Chapel

Meeting Minutes

Representatives present: Tania Barham, ECON; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, MATH; James Cowell, LING; Françoise Duresse-Stimilli, AAH; Erica Ellingson, APS; Michaele Ferguson, PSCI; Gerardo Gutierrez, ANTH; Elizabeth Huard, SPAN; Peter Hunt, CLAS; Leslie Irvine, SOCY; Daniel Jones, HNRS; Dan Kaufman, PHIL; Robert Kuchta, BCHM; Angelica Lawson, ETHN; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Christina Meyers-Denman, SLHS; Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Cecilia Pang, THDN; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Evelyn Shih, ALC; David Stock, EBIO; Rebecca Wartell, JWST; Deborah Whitehead, RLST; Annje Wiese, HUMN; Mike Zerella, RAPS

Representatives not present: Daniel Appelö, APPM; Tanja Cuk, CHEM; Lew Harvey, PSYC; Alison Jaggar, WGST; Julie Lundquist, ATOC; Roger Pielke, ENVS; Hanna Shell, CINE; Tim Weston, HIST; Ding Xue, MCDB; Masano Yamashita, FRIT

Ex-officios: present:��Roshanne Ebrahimian, SAC; Robert Ferry, BFA; Meghan Perea, SAC: Kristy Tiampo, GEOL

Also in attendance: David Brown, CAS; David Carpenter, Advancement; Bud Coleman, THDN; Jackie Coombs, ALC; Sandra Firmin, CUAM; Nick Flores, ECON; Wendy Franz CSF; Jennifer Ho, ETHN; Lori Hunter, SOCY; Vilja Hulden, HIST; Nina Molinaro, SPAN; Jenny Schwartz, HNRS; Bernadette Stewart, CAS; Zack Tupper, CAS; Sharon Van Boven, CHA; Katie Walker, BFP; Jim White, A&S

The meeting was called to order at 3:30p.m.

Chairs remarks, Stephen Mojzsis

Stephen Mojzsis welcomed the ASC members and the A&S chairs, directors and staff who attended to hear the presentation on the budget by Ann Schmiesing and Carla��Ho-a.

Dean’s remarks,��Jim White��

No word has been received on the Growth Enrollment Funds; an estimation, taking into account growth was slower than last year, is that GEF’s will be about $2,000,000.��When the funds are received, the Dean’s Office will move ahead on funding some of the Instructor Task Force initiatives.

Anna Jensen from the Dean’s Office is putting together the comments received from the departments concerning disability accommodation requests.��Dean White wants to have information to take to Disability Services when he talks to them about the difficulties faculty are having providing accommodations.

In response to a request from the ASC Executive Committee, Dean White has sent a list of all the formal and informal groups he meets with.��The members of the Dean’s Advisory Board, a group of CU Alumni, will be published.��The ASC is hoping to identify parallel governing structures.��Dean White has an open door policy and he welcomes feedback and concerns from all members of the CU community.��

CACD response to the recent Diversity Engagement Survey,��Daniel Jones

Most members of CU faculty and staff received the Diversity Engagement Survey and the CACD (Committee on Academic Community and Diversity) received feedback from many that it was a “curious” survey that didn’t clearly indicate who it was from or what is was intended to accomplish.��The Diversity Committee would like to send a formal response [Appendix A] and to respond in a timely manner while receiving ASC approval; the response will be sent with a Qualtrics survey asking for an up or down vote.��There will be a place for comments.

Motion to form a new ad hoc Faculty Affairs Committee,��Lonni Pearce

Lonni Pearce previously distributed a copy of the motion to form an ad hoc Faculty Affairs Committee [Appendix B].��From the description:

While the Chair and Executive committee can urge the Council to address important issues that affect A&S faculty, there is no committee dedicated to addressing issues such as recent decisions made by upper administration with very little faculty input (e.g., appointing an Interim Dean) and the protection of faculty rights.

Pearce let the assembled representatives know that there will be a vote on the following motion during the December meeting.

Motion: Shall the A&S Council establish an ad hoc Faculty Affairs committee to represent all A&S faculty in matters relating to the rights and responsibilities of faculty in their teaching, research, and service?

After 3 years, the ad hoc committee’s work will be evaluated and the ASC will decide if the committee should be made a standing committee of the ASC.

Motion to form a new ad hoc Strategic Plan Implementation Committee

During the previous academic year, the Strategic Plan implementation committee, chaired by Michaele Ferguson and Elaine Paul, reviewed the Strategic Plan. One of the first charges of this new committee would be to report to the Provost’s restructuring committe