College of Human Resources, Education & Public Policy

Present: Sine, MacArthur, Brooks, Morrison, Golden, Cole, Barnekov, Jabbar-Bey, Hermes, Mayhew, Stotko, Roe, Okolo, Warren, Ferrari, Eyman, Wearne, Taggart, Rys, Carter, Brown, King, VanDornick, Gottfredson, and Denhardt. Excused: Piscolish, McLaughlin The meeting was called to order near the end of a delicious box lunch at about 11:37 a.m.

The Chair opened the meeting by introducing the new council members present: Brooks, Morrison, Golden, Carter, and Brown.

She then reviewed the many accomplishments of the Council’s first year (and thanked the Dean for lunch). Both Rich, on behalf of the Dean’s Office, and Denhardt, on behalf of the Council, praised the Chair eloquently and effusively for her hard work and dedication during the year. The council agreed without dissent!

1.   The minutes of the May 19 meeting were approved.

2.   Dean's report

The Dean reported that the new School of Education had been approved by the Board, that the search for an interim director of the school continues, that the college expects to continue to benefit from state allocations, that several hiring decisions are still pending, that undergraduate enrollments in the college and at the university are both up, and that a commission will be established to review clinical education at the university.

3.   Promotion and Tenure

On behalf of the Promotion and tenure Committee, Barnekov presented a set of changes in the college’s Operational Procedures for Promotion and Tenure, most requested by the university committee. After some helpful discussion (and some that was just pointless), Barnekov was asked to revise the proposal and return it to the Council in order that a mail ballot be conducted on the proposed changes.

4.   HEPP Courses

A new draft policy on HEPP courses and programs was distributed and passed unanimously. See Appendix One.

On behalf of the committee, Denhardt reported that the committee is alive and well, and is expecting to report at the beginning of the fall semester.

6.   Committee on Committees

A. The Chair announced postponement of a discussion of the “openness” issue until the next meeting.

B. The Chair reported that a proposal to create a student council will be developed during the summer and presented to the Council in the fall.

C. The Chair reported that the chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Taggart) plans to propose a college by-laws change to include review of existing programs as part of the charge to the curriculum committee.

D. The Chair led the Council through a discussion of proposed procedures for the Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum Committees, noting places in which the two documents might be reconciled. The Council voted to approve the procedures in principle, subject to the Chair’s consultation with the committee chairs and their arriving at final language.

E. Warren presented slates of candidates for the various Council Standing Committees for next year. The slate proposed for the Promotion and Tenure committee was held in abeyance so that an effort could be made to balance membership on that committee. The slates of candidates for the Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum Committees were approved as proposed and as follows: Graduate (K. Denhardt, Unger, Van Name, Whitson, Wilder) and Undergraduate (Ames, Gamel-McCormick, Helfman, Nelson, St. Julien.

7.   Lacking a motion to adjourn, the Council simply disbanded in good spirits and with a few extra brownies about 1:47 p. m. A good time was had by all.

The next meeting of the Council: to be announced.

Minutes submitted by Robert Denhardt.