College of Education Senate
University of Northern Iowa
February 18, 2013
Minutes #405
I. Call to Order
The meeting of the College of Education Senate was called to order by
Windee Weiss, Chair, at 3:20 P.M. on Monday, February 18, 2013 in the
Room 528 in Schindler Education Center.
Senators in attendance [in bold]
Windee Weiss, Chair [HPELS]
Robin Lund, Vice Chair [At-large]
Mike Waggoner [ELPE]
Oksana Matvienko [At-large]
Suzanne Freedman [EPF]
Chris Kliewer [SPED]
Todd Evans [At-large]
Elizabeth Zwanziger [TCHG]
Leigh Zeitz [C&I]
Heather Olsen [At-large]
Alternates
Kelli Snyder
Jennifer Waldron
Dewitt Jones
Oksana Grybovych
Katheryn East
Peter Neibert
Rick Knivsland
Ping Gao
Fabio Fontana
Term expires
2011-12
2012-13
2011-12
2013-14
2011-12
2011-12
2013-14
2013-14
2013-14
2012-13
Ex-Officio Members in attendance
None
Guests in attendance
Mary Herring
Amelia Holden-McMurray
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved by Kliewer and seconded by Zwanziger that the minutes of
the COE Senate meeting (#404) February 4, 2013 be approved as read. All
ayes. Motion carried.
III. Guest
Amelia Holden-McMurray who is the new Communications and
Marketing Coordinator, attended the meeting. She previously was the
Interim Director of Grants at Wartburg College and Communications
Specialist at Upper Iowa University. She will be working closely with the
dean and department/division heads to develop, implement and maintain
marketing, communication and promotional activities for the College of
Education. Herring stressed that she is not the Web master, however, she
is available to help write copy, address information on the Web, getting
pictures of the Web, etc. People should continue to work with University
Marketing & Public Relations in terms of photos, etc.
IV. Dean’s Report
In the absence of Dean Watson, Herring reminded everyone that we are
reviewing Web sites and she asked Senators to check their departmental
Web pages to ensure they are in the right spot and where they belong. She
also stated that monies have been made available from the Dean’s Fund to
support travel and undergraduate research. A question was raised if we
want to handle travel grants directly and she will seek clarification from
the dean. (Herring left at 3:36 P.M.)
V. Reports/Announcements
There were no reports and/or announcements.
VI. Old Business
A. Elections: Lund reported that he is close to having the Call for
Nominations go out. There are also two open spots for University
Faculty Senate. He stated that there was much turnover due to last
year’s non-elections and also that there was low voter participation
last year. Some conversation took place on how to encourage
people to put their name in nomination. It was agreed that new
senators should be invited to attend the last meeting of the year.
B. Web Site: Weiss reported that she forwarded all the requested
information to Zeitz so that he can put it on the Web.
VII. New Business
A. Curriculum Proposals:
1. Department of Curriculum & Instruction: No one from the
Department of Curriculum & Instruction appeared, so this
was tabled for the next meeting.
2. Graduate Program Certification in Curriculum & Instruction:
Weiss reported that Deb Rick, Program Administrator in the
Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy, recently sent
an e-mail clarifying the need for the Jacobson Center for
Comprehensive Literacy to return the Literacy coach
certificate to the committee for review. Originally she had
brought three certificates forward for expedited review this
fall. The Graduate Council granted provisional approval, but
also felt “it was imperative that the committees who already
reviewed the certificate(s) were apprised of this change and
were provided the opportunity to approve it”. After some
discussion, it was moved to Kliewer and seconded by Olson
to approve this. All ayes. Motion carried.
B. Other:
1. Scholarship Event: There was discussion about moving this
from an evening event to 3:15 P.M. on either a Monday or a
Wednesday in April. There was consensus to ask last year’s
travel grant awardees to make presentations – 12 minute
presentations with 3 minutes for Q&A. We would like to
have one faculty present from each department/school.
Senators were asked to see if they would be willing to do this.
Olsen asked what else we could use this time for. It was
suggested that we condense the time they are each given and
then devote some time where we can talk about scholarships
and increased collaboration.
VIII. Dates
Upcoming Senate Meeting Dates: (3rd Monday of each month)
 March 25, 2013
 April 15, 2013
 August 19, 2013
Upcoming UNI Dates
 March 11, 2013
Meeting
 March 18-22, 2013
 May 11, 2013
Upcoming COE Events
 February 21, 2013
 February 22, 2013
Conference
 March 13, 2013
Teacher Education Spring Faculty
Spring Break
Commencement
African American Read-In
African American Children & Families
Christine Sleeter on campus
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April 2, 2013
April 11, 2013
April 12, 2013
April 22, 2013
April 29, 2013
Teacher Induction Convocation
COE Alumni-in-Residence
COE External Advisory Committee
Poster
COE Spring Faculty Meeting
IX. Adjournment
It was moved by Kliewer and seconded by Oksana that the meeting be
adjourned. All ayes. The meeting was adjourned at 4:14 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary-Sue Bartlett, Secretary
College of Education
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