College Advisory Council

COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL

Minutes March 24, 2008

PRESENT: R. Wiseman, K. Petroni, B, Knutson, M. Schroder, S. Carter, S. Talluri, S. Zwolan (UG), S. Ray (GR), S. Barr (Secretary), S. Vickery

R. Wiseman called the meeting to order at 12pm.

The agenda was read and approved.

The revised minutes from the January 28, 2008 meeting were read and approved. The minutes from the February 25, 2008 meeting were read and approved.

Alison Barber was present to provide an update on the status of the dean search process. She announced that the first candidate would be released with the next 24 hours.

Dean Vickery announced that the summer research funding for both PhD students and faculty would be announced this week. She also announced that the department chairs agreed to raise the average TA stipend to $15,500. The TA strike at U of M was also mentioned and the college will take preventative measures for the possibility of this happening at MSU.

B. Knutson opened the floor to nominations for next years CAC chairperson. There was a motion to nominate Sam Carter. There was a second to the motion and he accepted this nomination. All CAC members voted in favor of Sam being appointed as chair of the CAC for the 2008-09 Academic Year.

Dean Vickery had discussed the issue of the confidentiality of the departmental Reading Committees with K. Zayko. It was determined that the departments do not all have to be the same (confidential or not) but that they do have to state in their departmental bylaws whether or not the members are confidential. The reps will take this back to their departments.

The question was raised as to whether or not there was anything the CAC could do to facilitate a higher attendance level at Faculty meetings. Some of the CAC members felt that this was an issue to discuss with the new dean. Some other items included in that conversation would be to discuss substantive issues and not just sit through “canned” presentations. They would also like to see more of an effort made to obtain more of a team-oriented environment in the college.

Deb Dezure will be present at the next CAC meeting. Promotion and Tenure criteria will also be tabled until the next meeting.

Under new business, S. Zwolan shared that the student (College Relations) group is working on a new course evaluation form for business school classes.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:55 pm.

Minutes were taken and typed by S. Barr.