SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Department Chairs’ Meeting

Minutes

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

PRESENT:   Paul Altieri, Ali Antar, Cassandra Broadus-Garcia, Joan Calvert, Tim Craine, Gil Gigliotti, Lani Johnson, Kristine Larsen, Joseph McKeon, John Mitrano, Ki-Tai Pae, Michael Park, Susan Pease,

Pam Perry, Paul Petterson, Ruth Rollin, Richard Roth, Timothy Shine, Susan Vial, Robert Wolff

EXCUSED:   Stephen Adair, Louis Auld, Stephen Cox, Frank Donis, Serafin Mendez-Mendez,

Brian Sommers

STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION TO UPBC: 

Susan Pease will present the strategic plan to UPBC on December 1.  Some of the initiatives listed in the strategic plan have been completed or are in progress.  Please review the strategic plan listed on Arts & Sciences website and let Susan know if you would like anything added.

UNIVERSITY/CENTRAL COLLEGE: 

Rick Roth:  The committee members (Stephen Adair, Michael Gendron, Meg Leake, Daniel Mulcahy, Evelyn Phillips, Rick Roth) recently attended a conference titled, “Students in Transition”.  After speaking to many people on campus and attending the conference, the committee drafted a proposal and has presented the proposal to UPBC.  Some items on the proposal list resource requests, help for students in transition from high school to college and at various stages while at CCSU, serve as an academic home for undeclared students, FYE program, assistance for transfer students, and a place where students can go to get direction regarding issues that pertain to all students regardless of which school they are in.

A teleconference has been scheduled for December 2 on improving the first year experience for students.  A panel discussion is being organized to follow this with further discussion the following afternoon.  The committee will send out an announcement before Thanksgiving.

BUDGET:

Paul Altieri:  This year’s travel budget is about the same as last year’s.  If your department budget is not able to cover all travel requests, Arts & Sciences will try to cover the balance through the end of this fiscal year within contractual limits.

Other Issues: Most of the bond money that was given to us towards the end of the 2003/04 fiscal year has been spent. There is no new bond money for this fiscal year. Paul has your bond money requests for this fiscal year, but let him know if you would like to make any new changes at this time. 

Items purchased with the P-Card are not posted immediately.  Paul suggested starting early to spend money so that you have the majority of purchases completed by March 2005.  We need to make sure we spend all of the money allocated to the departments by the end of the fiscal year.    Paul will try to meet with department secretaries over the winter break to discuss Banner budget.  If you have any pressing department budget needs that come up, let Paul know and he will try to help if resources are available.

SPRING SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS WITH RICK: 

Rick Roth:  Please call the office at ext. 22600 to schedule an appointment to discuss the spring schedule/enrollment.  The meetings should be scheduled between Monday, Nov. 22 through Tuesday, November 30.  Registration will be back up on December 1. 

REASSIGNED TIME FOR RESEARCH - UPDATE: 

Rick Roth:  The committee members will meet next week and will then submit recommendations to Susan.  You will receive information regarding reassigned time by the end of the semester, and there will be time between the two semesters to make schedule adjustments for professors receiving reassigned time.

OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Susan Pease:  The Excellence in Teaching Awards will be held on Friday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. in Founders Hall. Please show your support by attending this event.

There was a discussion regarding the changing role of the chair, possible alternatives to the scheduling of classes, and having course schedule changes made online.

The next “Re-Upholstering the Chairs” meeting will be held on December 13 from 11:30 to 1:30 in the Mountain Laurel Room.  Please bring a brown bag lunch.  You may contact Gil for more information.

The next department chairs’ meeting currently scheduled for Tuesday, December 21st at 3:30 p.m. may be changed.  We would like to have our December meeting at the Planetarium in Copernicus Hall.  We will get back to you regarding the new date.