Professional Standards Committee
February 7, 2000
Bruce Mann called the meeting to order and acknowledged a visitor for the day. Peter Austin,
nephew of John Hanson, attended as part of his assignment to shadow a professional for a day.
Committee members introduced themselves to Peter and attempted to adopt a stance of elevated
decorum.
The committee discussed a proposed interpretation of the Faculty Code clarifying the process for
including non-departmental letters in faculty evaluation files. After discussion of a draft of this
interpretation, the committee agreed to return to the document at the next meeting for a formal
vote.
A committee member suggested that PSC memos had often arrived in departments without a
specific signature attached and, hence, seemed to come from no particular person or group of
people. The committee agreed that a list of all committee members should be provided at the
bottom of future committee memos to departments or individuals.
The committee then returned to its ongoing process of reviewing departmental statements of
standards and procedures submitted to the committee for approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Terry A. Cooney