Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Karen Turner (Vice-Chair), Paul LaFollette (CST), Robert Aiken (CST), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), Zdenka Delalic (Eng), Pauline Hurley-Kurtz (Ambler), Luke Kahlich (BCDM), Diane Maleson (Law), Lois Millner (SSA), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Roy Stevens (Dental), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:08 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes from the previous meeting were approved as corrected.
3. Guest: Chair of the GEEC (Terry Halbert):
Halbert reports that since her last meeting with us, a T-26 level assistant has been approved for Senior Coordinator of GenEd. The position was posted today.
Halbert will meet with President Hart later today to finalize the recommended changes to GenEd which came out of the GenEd summit meeting earlier this semester.
GenEd will now focus on three themes, Sustainability, Community Based Learning, and Globalization.
Concerning the question "How is GenEd different from the old core?" Halbert explained that GenEd is about making connections across disciplines and between the academic world and the "real" world.
GenEd has a website with video interviews of various GenEd teachers. She would appreciate our encouraging our students to go there and leave feed back. It would also be good for them to spread the word to other students.
Two members of the GenEd committee will be leaving the committee next year, one from Engineering and one from CST. Turner will send out a request for CV's from those interested in being considered as replacements.
There followed considerable discussion about finding suitable area coordinators. The FSSC expressed a strong consensus that it we are not comfortable with one person trying to coordinate three or four areas, especially if that person were to be available for only one year.
4. President’s Report:
With respect to the question raised last week about the difference between the Commission on the Arts and the Taskforce, Evans clarified that the only thing that exists now is the Commission.
The newly appointed Provost, Lisa Staiano-Coico, will visit on Monday, April 23 and would like to meet the FSSC.
The FSSC end of year luncheon will be on May 1 in the President's Room of the Diamond Club.
The last Senate meeting will be on May 11 and Dr. Hart will attend.
5. Vice-President’s Report:
The list of people nominated for committees and officers went out today. We are still short of people on several key committees.
The slate of officers from the nominating committee consists of:
President: Robert Aiken
Vice President: Karen Turner
Secretary: Paul LaFollette
President Evans' response was "YAY!"
6. Old Business:
There was no old business.
7. New Business:
Aiken moved that we distribute the courses off that were approved by the Provost as follows:
2 for the incoming president.
1 each for the incoming vice president and secretary.
1 for Jane Evans because she has served for two years without any such recognition.
The motion was unanimously approved.
8. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul S. LaFollette, Jr.
Secretary
