Faculty Meeting Minutes
College of Forest Resources
Anderson Hall Room 22
Monday January 28, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:36 a.m. by Gordon Bradley, College of Forest Resources Faculty
Chair. Minutes for the November 5, 26, and December 10, 2007, and January 14, 2008 Faculty
Meetings were considered. Tom Hinckley moved and Susan Bolton seconded the motion that Faculty
should approve the minutes as distributed. The motion carried 32 Approve, 0 Oppose, and 4 Abstain.
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Bakker, Jonathan
Bolton, Susan
Bradley, Gordon
Briggs, David
Edmonds, Robert
Ettl, Gregory
Ford, E. David
Halpern, Charles
Hinckley, Thomas
Lawler, Joshua
Manuwal, David
Moskal, Monika
Paun, Dorothy
Rabotyagov, Sergey
Ryan, Clare
Sprugel, Douglas
Torgersen, Christian
Toth, Sandor
Turnblom, Eric
West, Stephen
ABSENT
Agee, James
Allan, G. Graham
Bare, Bruce
Brown, Sally
Bura, Renata
Doty, Sharon
Eastin, Ivan
Ewing, Kern
Franklin, Jerry
Fridley, James
Gara, Robert
Glawe, Dean
Greulich, Frank
Gustafson, Richard
Hanley, Donald
Harrison, Robert
Hodgson, Kevin
Johnson, Jay
Kim, Soo-Hyung
Lee, Robert
Lippke, Bruce
Mabberley, David
Marzluff, John
McKean, William
Perez-Garcia, John
Peterson, David
Reichard, Sarah
Schiess, Peter
Schreuder, Gerard
Strand, Stuart
Vogt, Dan
Vogt, Kristiina
Wott, John
Zabowski, Darlene
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
Smith, Nevada
Trudeau, Michelle
Wagar, Al
The names that are grayed out are not eligible to vote.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Faculty Work Planning meetings are going well. Be sure to get your completed Work Plans to Lois
at least one day before your scheduled meeting time. In addition to the work planning being
required according to the Faculty Code, the meetings give you a chance to ask for what you need for
your programs.
• Steve West wants the faculty to know that the Human Subjects Division continues to work on
compliance issues. He shared a flyer he received that listed a new policy regarding Study Closure.
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Faculty who have IRB approved projects should review the changes. The flyer also stated that there
are newly revised forms posted on the Human Subjects’ website.
Dr. Bradley acknowledged the increased enrollment for Winter Quarter for both undergraduates and
graduates.
Dr. Bradley pointed out that the new text book, Urban Ecology, is also dedicated to Debra Nickel
and Robert Reineke. He only mentioned the dedication to Marsha Landolt when he acknowledged
the publication of the text at the January 14, 2008 Faculty Meeting.
PRESENTATIONS
No presentations were scheduled.
FACULTY ACTIONS
1. Proposed Graduate Faculty Appointment
Scott Pearson, Affiliate Associate Professor in the College of Forest Resources, is proposed to be a
member of the Graduate Faculty of the College. Tom Hinckley moved and Steve West seconded the
motion that this appointment should be considered. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR
Graduate Faculty to ensure a quorum majority was obtained. The faculty approved this Graduate
Faculty appointment. The results of the vote are recorded in the Faculty Office.
2. Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship
The College of Forest Resources has the opportunity to receive a Research Assistant position from
the Graduate Opportunity Program. In order to be awarded the position a diversity plan must be in
place and a report including the plan must be approved by the faculty. The report is then forwarded
to The Graduate School. Tom Hinckley moved and Doug Sprugel seconded the motion that the
report be approved. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR faculty to ensure a quorum
majority was obtained. The faculty approved the report and plan by a vote of 32 Approve, 0
Oppose, and 4 Abstain.
3. Proposed Curriculum Additions
ESRM/ENVIR/ECON 235 Introduction to Environmental Economics is a 5 credit course developed
by Sergey Rabotyagov. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the concepts, theories, and
methods used in the economic analysis of environmental and natural resources issues. David Ford
moved and Tom Hinckley seconded the motion that the faculty approve this addition to the
curriculum. The vote was solicited electronically to CFR faculty to ensure a quorum majority was
obtained. The faculty approved the report and plan by a vote of 32 Approve, 0 Oppose, and 4
Abstain.
DISCUSSION
CURRICULUM OPTIONS
Clare Ryan, Chair of the Curriculum Committee, presented information regarding the Curriculum
Options for discussion. Distributed with the agenda materials were three items: the descriptions for the
Sustainable Forest Management and Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture Curriculum
Options and a Capstone Project information document. The option descriptions are being revised to
present a consistent format. In addition, the each option’s summary is being revised. The faculty are
asked to review the descriptions and provide the lead faculty with feedback. Please confirm that your
name is listed on the option with which you are affiliated. Also, the faculty groups listed on the
descriptions are asked to meet to confirm the course listings and the total number of credits. Please note
that faculty voted last year to limit the total number of credits required for each option to 35. If the
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option has more than 35 required credits listed, then the number of required courses will need to be
reduced to adhere to this limit.
Clare also presented a document prepared to provide information regarding the Capstone Projects. The
purpose of this document is to have something to hand out to students that describes what is required.
The idea is to have consistent elements across programs. Each project should have written and
presentation components. Students Services plans to collect projects to develop a library that would
serve as examples for future students. It was suggested that all students should prepare brief
presentations about their projects to be presented at a forum that would be modeled after the Program on
the Environment’s student research presentations. This would mean scheduling and organizing the
presentation days on a regular basis whether it’s every quarter or twice a year.
Student Services is developing a Capstone Project Registration Form. Each student would need to fill
out the form and have their faculty sponsor sign off on their project before the project is started. The
form will include a description of the project and will have a checklist so that students will know when
they have completed the requirements. Having this information will help with comprehensive
assessment of the options.
Providing clear requirements about the Capstone Projects will help with student recruitment. Faculty
are encouraged to identify potential projects and determine whether the projects can be completed as
individual or small group projects. Having a variety of choices will provide students with flexibility to
choose what will work best for them. Clare acknowledged that this is a lot of on-going work, but this
work is necessary to continue to develop the Curriculum Options.
COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Chair Gordon Bradley presented a timeline of the College of the Environment development process that
began with the charette last summer and ended with recent meetings with the Provost and the units
exploring the possibility of joining the new college. Gordon stated that while the charette ended without
consensus the Provost reported the College of the Environment emerged as the preferred model. The
four broad categories or “grand challenges” the new College would be involved with:
Climate, Water, Energy
Global Environment and Ecosystem Health
Conservation and Urbanization
Human Dimensions
She wants an expression from each unit’s faculty regarding how they want to participate. She does not
see Ocean and Fish and Forest Resources continuing in their current modes. Gordon presented the
original list of units who were exploring participation.
The Provost will attend the CFR Faculty Meeting on February 25, 2008. It is anticipated that faculty
will have questions for the Provost. “What do you need to know before you cast a vote?” Faculty will
eventually be asked to express a preference regarding whether CFR should participate in COE. It was
noted that CFR is the only unit that is being asked to move from being a College to being a School or
Department. The Provost has stated publicly that she wants the College of Forest Resources to move in
toto to the new College.
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Gordon and other faculty believe that in addition to the process that is being undertaken currently the
formal RCEP (Reorganization, Consolidation, and Elimination of Programs) Process will have to be
followed in order to make the new College official. The RCEP process is published in the University
Handbook:
http://www.washington.edu/faculty/facsenate/handbook/Volume2.html
The Faculty Senate would have to approve the new College and final approval would rest with the
HECB (Higher Education Coordinating Board of Washington).
Faculty expressed concern that the B.S. from our unit may not continue. They wonder what changes
will be made to our curriculum. Concern was also expressed regarding a seeming lack of understanding
of the diversity of our College. It appears that the original vision statement for COE that was worked in
the committee process has been changed to only include natural science components. It seems the
process is drifting from the original four grand challenges
Tom Hinckley suggested that CFR should “be” the College of the Environment, that we should drive the
process by presenting the Provost with our plan to develop this new College.
Gordon said the faculty should expect to be sent an anonymous survey that will give them a chance to
pose the questions they would like to ask the Provost when we meet with her at the February 25th
Faculty Meeting. The responses to the survey would be compiled and brought to the CFR faculty at the
next faculty meeting on February 11th before sending them to the Provost before the meeting on the 25th.
UPCOMING EVENTS
• Next Faculty Meeting: Monday, February 11, 2008, 10:30 to 12:30 a.m. in Anderson Room 22.
• Provost Wise will attend the February 25, 2008 Faculty Meeting to discuss the College of the
Environment.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 11:39 a.m.
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