Meeting Minutes
Faculty Senate
Honors and Awards Committee
Sept. 19, 2008
Room 130 Hullihen Hall
Mark
Serva was selected to record the minutes.
The
first meeting of the semester started with introductions of new and returning
members of the committee. New
members in attendance included Meghan Schulz and Jim Magee.
Michelle Provost-Craig is new to the committee this year, but has served
previously. Returning members
included Ismat Shah (Committee Chair), Mark Serva, and Linda Gottfredson.
Ismat
Shah reviewed the committee’s responsibilities, meeting dates, and recurring
duties. A brief discussion was held
on the importance of increasing the number of nominations, a challenge the
committee faces every year.
The new
nomination system is expected to be in place for the spring semester.
Two CITAs started working on the system last year.
The committee hopes that the process of reviewing and selecting the
University-wide awards will be much easier, since the system will combine
multiple databases and ad hoc systems that have been in place for many years.
Ismat will invite the CITAs to the next meeting to provide a summary of
their progress and to plan for committee training during the fall semester.
Ismat
reviewed a letter from a member of the Alison Society, desiring greater input
into the selection of the Alison Award winners.
After a brief discussion, the committee decided to table further
discussion until more members committee are present.
No new
business was reported.
No old
business was reported.
Meeting
was adjourned.
Next
meeting will be October 10, 2008 at 8:45 in Room 130 Hullihen Hall.