1. The Chair, Doug Cherkauer, called the meeting to order at 9:03 a.m. in Holton Hall 241.
   
   
2. Automatic Consent
1. Minutes #9, 2002-2003 (July 9, 2003) were approved unanimously.
2. The 2002-2003 Annual Report was amended to include the actions taken by Dean Meadows with regard to the committee position recommendations. The amended report was approved.
   
   
3. Procedural Matters
1. Election of Co-Chair - Stacey Oliker was elected unanimously as co-chair for the 2003-2004 academic year.
2. Review of Committee's Charter - The Committee reviewed the charter. There were no questions.
   
   
4. Old Business - None
   
   
5. New Business
1. Discussion with the Dean - Dean Meadows gave a brief summary of the state of the L&S budget for the current academic year. He expressed concern about the deficit, but told members the College needed to move forward in hiring new faculty. Dean Meadows informed members of the Committee that he would like to discuss with them the following items:
1. College enrollment management (are we trying to serve too many students this semester?, how might we determine the optimal number of students we should serve given current resources available to the College?);
2. planning for future program investments across the College;
3. opportunities and responsibilities associated with the two new teacher-training grants received by the campus (Carnegie $5 million, NSF $20 million); and
4. College-wide assessment of teaching and learning.
Members of the Committee discussed these topics and requested that Dean Meadows be invited to the next meeting.
2. Nomination of Faculty Members to Review Sabbatical Proposals - Members of the Committee nominated the following Faculty members to review sabbatical proposals:

Humanities: Kenneth Bendiner, Bernard Gendron, David Mulroy

Natural Sciences: Gerald Bergtrom, William Kean, Kristene Surerus

Social Sciences: Marcus Ethridge, Uk Heo, Doreatha Mbalia

Doug Cherkauer agreed to contact the nominees to ascertain their willingness to participate in this process.

Note: the following additional nominations were obtained via email subsequent to the meeting:

Humanities: Mickey Noonan

Natural Sciences: John Isbell, Jon Kahl

Social Sciences: Chava Frankfort, Susan Lima, Lex Renda

6. Adjournment - Members of the Committee agreed to meet on Fridays at 8:00 a.m. when necessary. The meeting was adjourned at 10:08 a.m.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

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

Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Harris, Miller, O'Bryan
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger
Secretary of the University

Minutes #1, 2003-04.apc