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The Arts and Sciences Council and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting, January 23, 2018, 3:30-5:00

Meeting Minutes

ÌýRepresentatives present:ÌýJulio Baena, SPAN; Christine Brennan, SLHS; PHIL; Barbara Buttenfield, GEOG; Brian Cadena, ECON; Cathy Comstock, RAPS; James Cowell, LING; Kim Dickey, AAH; David Ferris, HUMN; John Gibert, CLAS; David Grant, MATH; Kwame Holmes, ETHN; Janet Jacobs, WGST; Berit Jany, GSLL; Daniel Jones, HNRS; William Kleiber, APPM; Carl Koval, CHEM; Joanna Lambert, ANTH; Julie Lundquist, ATOC; Ramesh Mallipeddi, ENGL; Matt McQueen, IPHY; Stephen Mojzsis, GEOL; Yuko Munakata, PSYC; David Paradis, HIST; Lonni Pearce, PWR; Jason Potter, PHIL(for David Boonin); Patricia Rankin, PHYS; Kelly Sears, FILM; ; Ted Stark, THDN; Carol Wessman, ENVS; Ding Xue, MCDB

Representatives not present:ÌýErica Ellingson, APS; Holly Gayley, RLST; Leslie Irvine, SOCY; David Stock, EBIO

Also in attendance: Robert Ferry, ex officio; Kristy Tiampo, Jim White

Stephen Mojzsis called the meeting to order at 3:30PM.

ÌýChair’s remarks, Stephen Mojzsis

Professor Mojzsis welcomed the representatives back for the first meeting of the semester and year.ÌýIntroductions were made.

The graduate student taxation issue discussed at the December meeting by Ann Schmiesing was resolved in Congress.

The Strategic Planning Committee had completed its vision, creed and strategic imperatives document.

Strategic Imperative 1:ÌýÌýTeach to inspire intellectual curiosity, the courage to think independently, and the compassion to understand others.

Strategic Imperative 2: ÌýRecruit, engage, and develop the best students, faculty, and staff dedicated to a research enterprise that defines the frontiers of knowledge and solves important problems.

Strategic Imperative 3:ÌýÌýCreate a culture that welcomes all, inspires community, develops the individual, and engages the world.

The SPC is meeting weekly and will have a strategic plan ready to discuss in 2 months with a final version due in June.ÌýThe SPC is also working with Academic Futures.

Professor Mojzsis is disappointed that Congress made no resolution on our DACA students.ÌýHe will remain in contact with Violeta Chapin and Fred Anderson who are working on campus to support the University’s DACA students and are also training people throughout the campus to be DACA student allies.

Dean’s remarks, Jim White

David Brown (PSCI), has been selected as the new Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences to replace Ann Carlos who is stepping down.ÌýDean White thanked all those who sent their thoughts on the candidates to the Dean’s Office.

The job description has been finalized for a new position, the Associate Dean for Inclusive Practice, and it will be advertised soon.ÌýThis will be an internal search and the Dean’s Office will be proactive in contacting candidates.ÌýAssociate and well as full professors will be considered.

Concern was expressed that there was not a large enough pool of qualified candidates on campus.

The position will be responsible for development and implementation of diversity plans and will also be available to students.

A number of budget issues are ongoing:ÌýThere is a request into the Provost for a $1 million for advising and $.5 million for personnel.ÌýThis is to help with the new budget model which provides A&S with less money than the old budget model.

A working committee has been formed to discuss course and program fees; A&S is well represented on this committee. The university is now paying those costs rather than being added to tuition.ÌýThe college is working to insure other areas do not lose funds as a result of this change.

The campus inadvertently changed the charging of benefits paid by DAICR.ÌýThe College has an agreement that we will continue with the of method of payment.

There is a problem with start-up costs; historically the College has allocated half aÌýmillion dollars a year, this past year we required 6 million. Dean White is working on a tuition increase for the Natural Sciences; if approved no changes will be seen for at least 5 years.

The hiring process will be finalized by next week.ÌýDean White is asking the departments to have a broader discussing on their hiring needs; if they need more staff, instructor or graduate student support, that should be discussed rather than only considering hiring more faculty.

Dean White has started a discussion on centers and center support.ÌýHistorically, centers in the Natural Sciences have become institutes but that has not held true for centers in the Arts and Humanities and some Social Sciences.ÌýIf the college is to have strong centers, permanent money needs to be invested.ÌýDean White would like faculty’s opinions on what type of centers the College sh