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College of Sciences and Arts

College Council - meeting, September 9, 2014

Rekhi Hall 101, 9:00 – 11:00 AM

I. Information

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A. Enrollment update: handout

B. Start of year reminders from Provost:

1. Changes in Student disability notices – now online

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Students must register to attend –review rosters, please

Finals can only be 2 hours; no other activities during finals week. http://www.mtu.edu/deanofstudents/academic-policies/exam-policies

C. Personnel changes: Max announces stepping down; search being launched

New position: Chief Financial Strategist David E. McConnell (handout)

D. C2E2 Proposal deadlines: Mon Oct 6 –ALL C2E2 requests within our College to Bruce and Karen Salo

CSA review schedule, see Sept 5 th email from Salo

FINAL deadline for proposal submission to Cathy Codere is Thur Oct 16 4:00pm

University Senate agenda: note new proposal for annual review of chars and deans

Changes in authorization of on-line courses (Huntoon email, 9/2)

Scantron – going away after 2014-15 (Mayer email, 8/22)

Announcements from president (Mroz email: 8/22)

Learning Goal 2 Committee (tentative)

Mahesh Gupta (ME-EM); Sarah Green (CH); Yu Cai (SOT); David Flaspohler (SFRES);

John Jaszczak (PH); Mark Gockenbach (MA)

Please check certification of faculty at

Refresher sessions – 1/19-23, 2015 http://www.met.eud/advance/training/certification

Diversity Literacy Workshops: Sept 8-26 and 10/27-11-14;

K. Conflict of Interest reports submitted? ( Charlesworth memo, August 8)

L. Meeting: Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse (Seel memo, 9/2)

II. Discussion

A. Department faculty hiring plans , 2014-15

Summary (handout)

B. Information from Dave Reed re: Core Facilities additions

III. Upcoming

College Faculty Meeting and Social – 9/10/14 @ 4:00 PM, MUB Ballroom B

IT Survey Results: Discuss with Josh Olson and Walt Milligan – 9/23/2014?

Planned visit: Salish Kootenai College, September 24-27

Strategic Planning: CSA priorities and recommended changes – need chair comments

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