1. Call to Order - The meeting came to order at 1:04 p.m. in Holton Hall 241.
   
   
2. Automatic Consent - None
   
   
3. Non-action Items - Receipt of the following items was acknowledged.
1. Minutes
1. Academic Planning Committee Minutes #8 (May 7, 2004)
2. Committee on Committees Minutes #5 (April 28, 2004)
2. Annual Reports
1. Academic Planning Committee
2. Committee on Committees
   
   
4. Procedural Matters
1. Election of Chair - Kathleen Dolan was elected unanimously as chair for 2004-2005 academic year.
2. Election of Co-Chair - The Committee unanimously elected Mark Amsler as co-chair for 2004-2005 academic year.
3. Recommend Parliamentarian to the Dean - Connie gave a brief explanation of the position. David Mulroy has served as Parliamentarian regularly in the past. Last year, the Committee attempted to identify other possible candidates without success. Members asked that David Mulroy be contacted to ask him if he would be willing to serve as parliamentarian this year.
4. Meeting Schedule - The Committee unanimously approved the meeting schedule for Fall 2004-2005.
5. Review of Committee's Charter - Connie summarized the duties of the committee. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Faculty that section four of the charter be amended as follows:
   
   

4.

Subcommittees. The committee may establish ad hoc or permanent subcommittees to consider special matters within the general functions of the committee. The membership and functions of the subcommittees are expressed in writing and approved by majority vote of the committee. Subcommittees may include as voting members faculty, academic staff, and student members not already members of the Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee, provided that a majority at least one of the voting members of the subcommittee are is concurrently a voting members of the full committee. Recommendations of a subcommittee must be approved by the full committee before being forwarded to the College Faculty or Dean for further action.

5. Old Business
1. Distinguished Professors Policies - Connie Jo briefly described the actions of the Committee on Committees the past two years concerning distinguished professor policies. Mike Allen had looked into the policies for the Faculty Senate; he summarized his findings. The Distinguished Professor designation with which people are most familiar is an honor conferred by the Graduate School, not an all-university honor. Any school/college or other academic unit could create distinguished professor designations. Mike indicated that there was support for increasing the number of distinguished professors. UWM has significantly fewer than most institutions its size. Mike discussed a number of advantages to bestowing distinguished professor titles.
   
   Kristin Ruggiero commented that she felt the new chancellor would be interested in this issue. Mark Amsler suggested a formal recommendation for a university-wide distinguished professorship committee. After much discussion, members asked Mike to send them copies of the information he gathered. The Committee agreed to continue this discussion at the next meeting. Mike Allen indicated that he would be willing to attend meetings to pursue this matter.
   
   
6. New Business
1. Recommendations to Serve on Sabbatical Review Groups - The following individuals were recommended to serve on sabbatical review committees:
   
   

Humanities	Social Sciences	Natural Sciences
Jack Johnson	Bettina Arnold	Tom Holme
Greg Iverson	Mark Ethridge	Jonathan Kahl
Michael Liston	James Peoples	Mark McBride
Sheila Roberts	Joe Rodriguez	Delano Saldin
Andrea Stone	Ron Weber	Kristene Surerus



2. Faculty Meetings - Members of the Committee approved Thursday, November 4 at 3:30 pm for the first L&S Faculty meeting. If necessary, a December meeting will be arranged. A spring Faculty meeting will be scheduled.
3. Faculty Meeting Agenda Items - The Committee adopted the Faculty meeting agenda and agreed that any additional annual reports submitted could be added to the agenda.
4. Nomination Process - Members of the Committee agreed to use the same forms and letters that were used previously by the Committee on Committees.
5. L&S Faculty Policies and Procedures, Cha. 2. - Connie briefly explained that Cha. 2 needs to be updated to reflect changes in Faculty Committees and to make the language gender neutral. Members asked Connie prepare a draft of proposed changes for the next meeting.
   
   
7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.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, Schuster
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger
Secretary of the University

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