TAS Unit Council
Sept 14, 2011
Meeting Minutes
Opening:
The regular meeting of the TAS Unit Council was called to order at 11:30 am, in G301 by
Dean Ed Saiff.
Present:
P. Anderson; S. Anderson; P. Bagga; A. Beecher; A. Brandolini; C. Brisson; K. Burke; S.
Carberry; J. Carreon; L. D’Antonio; O. Dogru; A. Felix; J. Fitzgerald; S. Frees; C. Frishberg; J.
Gillespie; M. Goldberg; M. Greene; C. Johnson;; K. Kowal; D. McFeron; K. McMurdy; R.
Mentore; V. Miller; W. Mitchell; K. Moskin; T. Owen; E. Patterson; E. Rainforth E. Saiff; A.
Stuart; S. Suarez; X. Valderrama; G. Viglino; E. Wiener; Yan Xu.
Staff Members: S. Petro, S. Kuplinsky.
A. Announcements
Dean Saiff introduced Dr. Julie Fitzgerald, a new FT faculty member of the Nursing Program.
The Dean gave the update on travel funds.
A tenured faculty member is needed to replace Ed Saiff on the Career Development Committee.
Eric Karlin reported on the Dean’s search. Two members of TAS are needed for replacements on
the committee. Members will serve until the search is complete. Please submit your names to
Eric via email. If more than two people volunteer, he will set up a ballot for voting via email.
Ginny Bonnett will receive the unit’s votes by email and will submit the anonymous ballots to a
selected faculty member (s) for tallying.
Sandra Suarez announced a Family Picnic sponsored by the AFT at Darlington Park on Sept 18.
There will be a guest-lecturer on Malaria and Aids. Sandra will send an announcement with all
info via email.
Funding is available for scholarships for students who are going to teach math and science in
high needs areas. Carol Frishberg will send an email with details. Contact Larry or Carol with
any questions.
Art Felix spoke briefly on TAS Research Honors.
The Journal Club will have their first meeting of the semester today.
Max Goldberg will be the TAS rep on the All College Promotion Committee.
B. Committee Reports
The reappointment and tenure committee recommended the following for 4th, 5th year
reappointment.
Ozgur Dogru, Seung-Sup Kim, Thomas Owen, Sarah Bolton-Carberry, Jay Carreon, James
Gillespie, Donovan McFeron.
The following were recommended for reappointment with tenure:
Anita Brandolini, Caroline Brisson, Clyde Johnson, Kenneth McMurdy, Kathleen Moskin,
Cristina Stearns.
All were voted on with a closed ballot and accepted by the unit.
FAEC: Max Goldberg gave the report. Among other topics, FAEC elections will be held this
year.
ARC: Emma Rainforth gave the report. The deadline for new courses or revisions is Oct 15.
This also includes any regularly offered topics courses that should be converted to a permanent
course. “Dead” courses should be removed from the catalog and updated syllabi for any course
must also be completed by this deadline.
Assessment: Larry D’Antonio gave the report
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 12:30 pm by Dean Saiff
Addendum: Vic Miller was elected to the Unit Career Assessment Committee via an
email vote on Sept 20, 2011
Minutes submitted by:
Ginny Bonnett