Present: Paul Sestak, Dan Rich, Pamela Brown, Nancy Brickhouse, Kathleen Minke, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Chris Clark, Barbara Curry, Janet Hethorn, Bahira Sherif, Martha Buell, Michael Gamel-McCormick, Sylvia Brooks, Bob Nelson, Aparna Bagdi, Ruth Fleury. Excused:  Maria Aristigueta.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Sestak at 12:03. 

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion to approve the Minutes of November 10, 2000 : Brown, second: Sherif, Pam Brown offered two minor corrections;  vote: unanimous. 

CHAIR'S REPORT

• Chair Sestak encouraged members of the Council to encourage discussion of the CHEP planning process (to be reviewed at this meeting) among members of the units. 

 
• Chair Sestak reported that CHEP community members should be receiving an email from their representative to Occupational Health and Safety encouraging people to report any safety concerns (e.g., loose steps, cords/wires, and other potential hazards). 

Dean Rich reviewed the space reaollocation process. Next up is renovation of the third floor of Willard Hall Education Building for use by Medical Technology. The renovations will begin this summer. The College School will move to Allison Hall; the R & D Center and Office of Technology will move to Pearson Hall. This work should be completed by October. During 2001-02 renovations will occur in Raub Hall for use by HRIM. No other major moves are anticipated in the next 12 months, but the plan remains to have CHEP represented on Academy Street, with space opening up in Allison and Pearson Halls.

• Election of committee members: Chair Sestak reported that this process is complete.

 
• CHEP Survey/Planning report
• Pam Brown reported that the survey results were presented at the CHEP Forum; they are still on the web and a brief summary of the report was delivered to community members' mailboxes. 
• Separate analyses from the larger units (e.g., Education, IFS, and Urban Affairs) have also been completed. The council agreed that these should be distributed; Dr. Brown stated that a note will be sent to units not receiving a break out report so that they understand that too few responses were available for analysis in these units.  These analyses will not include demographic data in order to protect respondents' anonymity. 
• Dean Rich reported that plans are underway for the Leadership Retreat in St. Michaels, January 11-13, 2001. Chairs and Directors of academic units and centers will participate. The purposes of the retreat include the opportunity for these individuals to develop working relationships, to plan how the college can support individual unit priorities and to begin developing a set of college-wide priorities. Following the retreat, Dean Rich will develop a draft of the college-wide plan. This draft will be reviewed and revised by the unit Chairs/Directors and the College Council.  A CHEP Forum will be held to discuss the draft in late March; by April a working document should be in place.
• College Council members were urged to encourage conversation about priorities within their units and offer suggestions to Dean Rich by January 11.

• No new business on the agenda.

 
• Next meeting of the College Council will be in the latter half of February; date and time TBA.

• Committee on Committees 

No report 
 

• College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 
  
  Bob Nelson reported that the committee has met four times this fall. They approved a new course in IFS, a number of course revisions, and an honors degree in Education;  minutes of latest meeting are available on the web.
   
• College Graduate Curriculum Committee 
  
  Martha Buell reported that the committee approved a masters degree in HRIM that is focused on technology in institutional management. Several course changes were approved in Policy; several courses in Education were changed from 600 to 800 level. The committee is still considering a proposed masters in science education. Minutes of latest meeting are available on the web.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm. 
Minutes submitted by Kathleen Minke (minke@udel.edu, Ext. 1648 )