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

2000-2001
Academic Planning Committee
Meeting: Monday, October 30, 2000, 2:30 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 3

Present: Margaret Atherton, Gerald Bergtrom, Alice Gillam, Mark Harris, Renee Meyers, Eleanor Miller, Mark Schwartz (Chair)
Excused: Swarnjit Arora, David Schultz, Pat Kissinger (ex officio), Connie Jo (ex officio), Erland Olfe (ex officio)
Guests: Celi Jeske

  1. The chair, Mark Schwartz, called the meeting to order at 2:35 p.m. in Holton Hall 241.

  2. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes #2 (October 24, 2000) were approved as submitted.

  3. Procedural Matters - None

  4. Old Business
    1. Proposals for "Investing in UWM's Future" were discussed at length. It was moved and seconded that the committee recommend to Dean Goodman the following six proposals/themes. These seem to stand a legitimate chance of securing GPR monies, deferring the others for later consideration.
      1. "Biotechnology Initiative"
      2. Water - combination of:
        • "Department of Water Resources"
        • "Aquatic Molecular Biology, Genomics and Protemoics"
        • "Water: the Globe's Most Precious Resource"
        • and others, specifically more involvement from the Social Sciences Departments needed.
      3. Distance Learning - combination of:
        • "Expanding Pre-professional Global Studies for UWM and the UW System"
        • "Distance Learning Technologies in the Life Sciences, Part I"
        • "International Distance Education Degree in Physics"
        • "Online MA degree program in Communication"
        • "Degree Linkage - BAOA and Communication at the UW-Colleges and On-Line"
        • and others.
      4. International/Global Initiatives: Cultural Understanding - combination of:
        • "Initiative in Globalization and English Studies"
        • "Globalization and Cinema Studies"
        • "UWM Film Archive"
        • "Artists Create and Music in an International Context"
        • "Communities in a Global Context"
        • "Transcultural Studies Research Initiative"
        • and others.
      5. Cognition and Neurosciences - combination of:
        • MA Program in Cognitive Studies
        • Neuroscience: Molecular Signaling
        • Neuroscience: Mechanisms and Clinical Disorders of Memory
        • and others.
      6. Spatial Analysis – combination of:
        • Institute for Advanced Imaging
        • Institute for Visualization and Spatial Analysis
        • and others.
      The committee felt these themes should be sent back to the College and elsewhere on campus to try to generate additional involvement. The goal would be to develop the details of these programs so that they could be implemented if successful in attracting funds.

    2. Parameters for a School within a College - Deferred

  5. New Business - None

  6. The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Celi Jeske
Program Assistant
L&S Administration


cc: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans Meadows, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Special Assistant to the Dean Jo
Secretary of the University

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