Dr. Stephan J. Nix (SJN) Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik (SO) Dr. Larry Peel (LP)

College Council Meeting November 16, EC 302 ______

Dr. Stephan J. Nix (SJN) Dr. Selahattin Ozcelik (SO) Dr. Larry Peel (LP) Tamara D. Guillen (TDG) Dr. Breanna Bailey (BB) Dr. Jianhong Ren (JR) Dr. Kim Jones (KDJ) Dr. Bruce Marsh (BM) Dr. Patrick Mills (PM) Dr. Rajab Challoo (RC) Dr. Sheryl Custer (SC) Eusebio Torres (ET) Dr. Joseph Sai (JS) Eric Hollingshead (EH) Austin McCoy (AM) ______Not present: E. Torres, T. Guillen 1. Welcome/Introductions- None

2. Announcements -None

3. Reports/Updates/Announcements from departments and dean’s staff EVEN -Jones will be taking his UNIV students on a field trip soon. Ad has been placed for faculty position. AM

EECS -CS proposals have been approved. RC

Dr. Ren -Eagle Ford proceeding (meetings, planning, workshops, etc), watch for emails. Need ideas for core research facility.

Dr. Bailey -Univ will be having open forum today w/ candidate for strategic planning, mtg on Monday also.

Dr. Custer -Graduation reception will be held on Dec. 14th.

Mr. Hollingshead -There will be a software update over the holiday break.

Mr. McCoy -Bishop HS coming today w/about 20 students. Degree works still not working, contact myself and I will send a report to Dr. KingSanders. I will be out all next week.

Dr. Mills -Will be having audio conference w/new Director of CREST, also will be traveling to D.C.

4. Items for discussion/Action  Faculty searches- ME- description finalized, will send in. LP  New academic degree programs, minors, cert- CE- talk on new programs. JS  Writing Intensive courses- send in proposals and Dr. Bailey will pass on. BB  Recruiting- want to involve girl scouts + engr to do STEM visits in Harlingen & McAllen. BB  “College Software Plan” comm.- met once, pushing on survey to determine needs. RC  “Wireless Laptop requirement”- Challoo, Jones, Marsh & Ozcelik on comm. RC  Science Academy Visits- Medellin attended Nov. 30th session. PLTW personnel will also be here on Mon. if anyone wants to sit in on mtg. BM/SJN  Engineering Marvels- won an award for episodes. SJN  UNIV 1101 classes- Senior design classes will start presenting at UNIV classes. BB  Coastal Bend Business Plan Competition- Deadline to submit is Nov. 30th. SJN  Co-op/Internship initiative- Nathan making company contacts, encourage students to submit resumes, will be having info session for students soon. SJN/SC  Tenure, Promotion, Post tenure review- already processed, sent comm. 2 cases. Annual reviews due in Jan. 2013. SJN  IEP’s- were due on Nov. 7 th, send email labeled “IEP 2012- Dept of_____). SJN  Update on South Texas “Engineering Vision”- Laredo, Corpus & TAMUK, suggested more coastal oriented business. SJN  Catalogs- still need cleaning up. SJN  Websites- need updating, EECS are working on theirs. SJN  One-time merit allocation- turned in and asked for another 3-4K, which we got. SJN  HEF requests- were due by Nov. 15 th (send via email labeled “HEF 2012- Dept of ____). Only ½ were turned in. SJN  IEF requests- were due by Nov. 13 th (send via email labeled “IEF 2012- Dept of ____). I need to know today! Lab upgrades need to be presented as a group. SJN

5. Items for Discussion/Action  Articulation Agreements- TAMIU, will send electronic copy to depts. SJN  Standards of classroom conduct- faculty needs to enforce. SJN  Javelina Preview Days- one tomorrow, see attached schedule. SJN  “C” grade minimum?- What we are really talking about is raising standards, will talk more on next meeting. SJN  Others- computer based FE testing (LP). Looking for new PI to take over the summer camps, want a tenured faculty taking over (JR/SJN). ABET retreat on Dec. 6th at CKWC for faculty (BB).