CFR FACULTY MEETING MINUTES
11 October, 2005
PRESENT : Bare, Briggs, Brubaker, Doty, Eastin, Edmonds, Ewing, Franklin, Fridley, Greulich, Gustafson, Hinckley,
Manuwal, Marzluff, Paun, Schreuder, Sprugel, Turnblom, Vogt (D), Vogt (K), West,
EXCUSED: Johnson
ABSENT : Agee, Allan, Bolton, Brown, Ford, Gara, Halpern, Harrison, Hodgson, Lee, Lippke, Mabberly, McKean,
Perez-Garcia, Peterson, Raedeke, Reichard, Ryan, Schiess, Strand, Wolf, Wott, Zabowski
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rick Gustafson reminded everyone about the lecture by Mike Dombeck, Former Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. It will be on Wednesday, October 12 th at 4:00 pm in 207 Anderson Hall with a reception to follow and
everyone is encouraged to attend.
Visiting Scholar Kine Halvorsen Thorén from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences was introduced. Thorén
is a Professor of Landscape Architecture. And the new administrative assistant in Bloedel 292, Amanda Davis,
was also introduced.
Faculty Searches
Dean Bare discussed the open faculty positions and the faculty searches that are in process or will take place
within the next year to fifteen months. CFR could potentially have 11 new faculty members at the end of this
process. He also gave a brief overview of the historical background of the new hiring push from 1999 to the
present. The Dean emphasized that these new positions will need to fulfill our mission and vision, and contribute to our research focus. He also reminded everyone that they may be approached to serve on a faculty
search committee and possibly serve as a chair.
Faculty shared ideas with the Dean regarding wording of the ads for the positions and the focus of the new
candidates. Several concerns were raised regarding multidisciplinary candidates (versus specialties) and hiring
those who will skillfully teach as well as continue research projects. The Dean acknowledged all of the comments and reiterated that it is a top priority to get the best qualified candidates to fill these positions. More
information about the searches will be forthcoming.
Appointments
A motion was made to appoint Christian Torgersen an Assistant Professor WOT by Ivan Eastin. Eric Turnblom
seconded the motion. The qualifications of Dr. Torgersen were discussed.
Favor: 24
Oppose: 0
Abstain: 0
Additional ballots were distributed for voting on visiting scholar, Kim DoHwan and affiliate faculty Linda Chalker-Scott and Anne Kearney.
Visiting Scholar Kim DoHwan
Favor: 21
Oppose: 0
Abstain: 3
Affiliate Associate Professor Linda Chalker-Scott
Favor: 20
Oppose: 3
Abstain: 1
Affiliate Assistant Professor Anne Kearney
Favor: 22
Oppose: 1
Abstain: 1
ESRM 303 and 304
Tom Hinckley discussed the changes in the ESRM 303 course. A committee headed by Gordon Bradley has
worked over the summer to review the core course and they identified two weakness: 1) the frequency of
guest lectures created a challenge to build cohesion in the course 2) the style of lecturing with a high density
of PowerPoint materials that did not fully engage and captivate students. Tom shared the new course syllabus
with learning goals and rationales stated plainly for students. As the biggest complaint from students in the
past has been the mode of instruction in this course, Tom is working with Dean McManus to lead a workshop
to help these faculty members improve their teaching skills. The workshop has not been announced to date.
Eric Turnblom explained that ESRM 304 is one of four interdisciplinary courses in the core of Environmental
Science and Resource Management curriculum. 304 is a comprehensive assessment course that builds on what
the students learned in 301, 302 and 303 with goals to teach them how scientific investigation and measurement is done and how scientists use these methods in their respective areas of study. The end result is to help
students integrate these tools in the context of the larger resource problem. The course concentrates on five
modules (ex. surveying, remote sensing, stream ecology) and hands-on experience in the field that help students produce a nine point report at the end of the course. The students are taught how to develop the tools
that will assist them in following the Forest Stewardship Workbook produced by the state of Washington .
Adjourned 11:45 am