UWM College of Letters and Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

1999-2000
Letters and Science Faculty
Meeting: Monday, April 10, 2000, 3:30 p.m.
Business N140

Minutes No. 3

  1. Call to Order. Dean Marshall Goodman called the meeting to order at 3:33 p.m. in BUS N140.
    1. Announcements. Rachel Baum, Coordinator of the Edison Initiative, made a brief presentation on the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. It will be offered for the first time this Fall Semester with about 12 students participating.
    2. Question Period. Professor Jay Moore asked what had happened with the CADS system that was being developed for the College. Dean Goodman explained that development was terminated when it became apparent that Peoplesoft would be adopted for the entire campus. Professor Swarnjit Arora noted that I&MT would be devoting most of its resources to the development of Peoplesoft for the next three years.

  2. Automatic Consent Business.
    1. Minutes #2 of the November 22, 1999 Faculty meeting were approved as submitted.
    2. Dean Goodman asked if there were objections to the remaining automatic consent business. It was moved, seconded, and approved to amend Fac Doc No 535, Resolutions for Retiring Faculty and Staff, by adding six additional resolutions for retiring faculty. The document was approved as amended.
    3. The faculty had no objections to the remaining Automatic Consent items, so those items, listed below, stand approved.
      Fac Doc No 536 Recommendation for Consideration of Candidates for Degrees and Honors for May, 2000
      Fac Doc No 537 Off-Campus Programs Committee Annual Report, 1998-1999
      Fac Doc No 538 Off-Campus Programs Committee Annual Report, 1999-2000
      Fac Doc No 539 Gay & Lesbian Studies Certificate Program Advisory Committee Annual Report, 1999-2000
      Fac Doc No 540 French & Francophone Studies Certificate Program Advisory Committee Annual Report, 1999-2000

  3. Old Business
    1. Dean Goodman asked if there was a motion to bring Fac Doc No 533, Recommendation from the Department of Geosciences to Eliminate its PhD, from the table. There was no motion to do so; therefore, the motion dies.

  4. New Business
    1. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 541, Recommendation of the Academic Planning Committee that the Faculty Endorse the Position Statement Regarding the Faculty Sabbatical Program.
    2. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 542, Recommendation of the Committee on Committees for an Internal College Approval Matrix.
    3. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 543, Recommendation of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Graduate Program Committee to Approve the Center for Industrial Mathematics.
    4. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 544, Recommendation of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Course and Curriculum Committee to Approve the Entitlement to Plan a B.S. Degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.
    5. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 545, Recommendation of the Department of English and the Course and Curriculum Committee to Approve the Adult/University Level TESOL Undergraduate Certificate Program.
    6. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 546, Recommendation of the Department of English and the Graduate Program Committee to Approve the Adult/University Level TESOL Graduate Certificate Program.
    7. It was moved and seconded to approve Fac Doc No 547, Recommendation of the Department of English and the Graduate Program Committee to Approve the Graduate Certificate Program in International Technical Communication. Professor Alred noted that the Graduate School had recommended editorial changes to the Admissions sections as well as the addition of a time limit. He moved that the document be amended to incorporate these suggested changes. The motion to amend was seconded and approved unanimously. The main motion, as amended, was approved unanimously. (See Fac Doc No 547 Amended for final form; posted at L&S Committees web site: http://www.uwm.edu/letsci/committees/index.html.)
    8. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 548, Recommendation of the Advisory Committee for the UWM Gay and Lesbian Studies Certificate Program and the Course and Curriculum Committee to Change the Name of the Gay and Lesbian Studies Certificate Program to "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Certificate Program."
    9. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 549, Committee on Committees Nominations Report for the 1999-2000 Election of Faculty Standing Committee Members. Dean Goodman relinquished the floor to Professor Stacey Oliker, who conducted the call for additional nominees. There were none for any committee, so the ballot will be prepared with the Committee on Committees slate of nominees. Dean Goodman resumed the floor.
    10. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 550, Recommendation of the Academic Planning Committee to Establish a Center for Canadian-American Policy Studies.
    11. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 551, Recommendation of the Department of Chemistry and the Course and Curriculum Committee to Approve an Entitlement to Plan a Major in Biochemistry.
    12. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 552, Recommendation of the Advisory Committee for Organizational Administration and the L&S Course and Curriculum Committee to Approve Offering the BAOA Program on the UWM Campus.
    13. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 553, Recommendation of the Off-Campus Programs Committee to Abolish the Off-Campus Programs Committee.
    14. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 554, Recommendation of the Committee on Committees to Change the Charter of the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee.
    15. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 555, Recommendation of the Honors Program Committee for Changes in the Parameters of the Honors Program.
    16. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 556, Recommendation of the Center for Twentieth Century Studies and the Academic Planning Committee to Change the Center's Name to the "Center for Twenty-First Century Studies."
    17. Dean Goodman asked if there was any other New Business. Professor Bill Kean moved that a recommendation concerning post-baccalaureate minors and certificates be added as Fac Doc No 557, and that three annual reports (listed below) be added as automatic consent business. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
    18. It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to accept Fac Doc No 557, Recommendation of the L&S Course and Curriculum Committee that the Departments and Programs of the College of Letters and Science be Given the Option to Participate in Offering Post-Baccalaureate Minors and Certificates.
    19. There were no objections to three additional items of Automatic Consent Business, listed below, so they stand approved.
      Fac Doc No 558 Advisory Committee of the Graduate Certificate Program in Translation Annual Report, 1998-1999
      Fac Doc No 559 Advisory Committee of the German Studies Certificate Program Annual Report, 1999-2000
      Fac Doc No 560 Advisory Committee of the Scandinavian Studies Certificate Program Annual Report, 1999-2000

  5. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 4:12 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,


Connie Jo
Special Assistant to the Dean and
Distinguished Advisor
Secretary to the L&S Faculty


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