1. Call to Order - The chair, Kathleen Dolan, called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m. in Holton Hall 241.
   
   
2. Automatic Consent
   1. There were no objections to Minutes #5 (February 25, 2005); they stand approved.
      
      
3. Procedural Matters - none
   
   
4. Old Business
   1. Dean's Recruitment Plan - Committee members looked at recruitment information for the current year, noting differences between the Committee's recommendations and the positions that were approved for recruitment. No further action was taken.
   2. Distinguished Professorships - After much discussion, Mark Amsler agreed to chair an ad hoc committee to generate a proposal to establish additional distinguished professorships in the College and University. Committee members suggested the following individuals to serve on that committee: Margaret Atherton, Doug Cherkauer, Tom Holbrook, Jeff Merrick.
   3. L&S Faculty by Gender - Committee members discussed information on the number of Ph.D.s being awarded to women in various fields. There was a consensus that departments probably were not aware of the extent of gender disparity in a number of departments. Members agreed that the Committee should share this information with departments, noting that the information was intended to help departments in their long-range planning and short-term targeted hiring. Kathy will prepare and circulate to Committee members a draft memo transmitting this information to departments.
      
      
5. New Business
   1. Nominations for Committees - The Committee identified from Faculty members' committee preference forms nominees for 2005-2006 L&S Faculty committees. Among the faculty members expressing an interest in Committee service, there were not enough individuals to identify two nominees for each committee vacancy. The following nominations were made:

      Academic Planning and Governance Committee: Glen Fredlund, Jay Moore for social sciences; there are no vacant humanities elected positions; there were no nominees from the natural sciences. Karen Brucks, Jon Kahl, and Paul Lyman were suggested as possible nominees; Kathy will check their willingness to be nominated.

      Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee: Bert Vaux for HU, Michael Weinert for NS, Taly Dresner and Robert Hessling for SS; Jeffrey Oxford and Graham Moran were suggested as other possible nominees for the humanities and natural sciences, respectively. Kathy will check their willingness to be nominated.

      Honors Program Committee: Nik Heynan. Carrie Costello was suggested as a possible nominee; Kathy will check her willingness to be nominated.

      If this list of suggestions does not result in a sufficient number of nominees, Kathy will contact department chairs and associate deans to ask for other suggestions.
      [Note: Kathy subsequently was able to identify the following individuals who were willing to be nominated for committee service: Karen Brucks (NS) and Barry Cameron (NS) for AP&GC; Jeffrey Oxford (HU) and Joseph Aldstadt (NS) for AP&CC; Jasmine Alinder (SS) for HPC. A copy of the Committee's final nominations report is attached.]
   2. Approval of Faculty Meeting Date (April 7, 2005) - Committee members unanimously approved April 7 as the date for the next meeting of the L&S Faculty.
   3. Approval of Faculty Meeting Agenda - Committee members agreed to set time limits for the broad categories of the agenda because there are some important, and possibly controversial, matters that should be addressed at this meeting. Agenda items were reordered, and the agenda was approved unanimously.
   4. Recruitment Requests for 2005-2006 - Kathy noted that the next AP&GC meeting will be on April 22. Members agreed that they wished to hear from the associate deans concerning their priorities for hiring. Connie Jo was asked to contact the deans to invite them to the next meeting. The final Committee meeting is scheduled for May 13. At that time, the Committee will make its hiring recommendations.
      
      
6. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 2:24 pm.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Jo
Assistant 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 #6, 2004-05.apgc