Present:	Karen Brucks, Eduardo Douglas, Glen Fredlund, Peter Geissinger, David Heathcote, Joyce Kirk, Michael Liston, Kris Ruggiero, Gabrielle Verdier
Excused:	Pat Kissinger
Guests:	Connie Jo, Kim Romenesko, Cindy Walker

1. Call to Order - The Chair, Glen Fredlund, called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m. in Merrill 148.

   The agenda was suspended to accommodate the guest.

   IV.D.

   Cindy Walker, chair of the subcommittee on the evaluation of administrators, discussed the progress of the subcommittee's work and answered questions about the role of the AP&GC in the review process. The evaluations of the dean and associate deans have been sent to those individuals, who will be given some time to respond. The role of the AP&GC is to get the information disseminated in the College. Cindy recommended that the reports be sent as hard copy to department chairs. Individual faculty members interested in reading the reports could do so in the department office. The Committee also should brainstorm with the dean and associate deans ways to improve their performance. Cindy reported that the review process involved drafting a survey and meeting with the deans and Provost, who could suggest questions for the survey. The survey was conducted online. The rate of return for L&S was 25%. This was about the same rate of return as for previous review surveys that had been done via hard copy. Cindy noted, however, that the online results included much more qualitative feedback, which was summarized in the final report. The subcommittee is scheduled to meet next week to respond to the deans' feedback. Cindy indicated that the Office of the Secretary of the University might be able to help with copying the report for distribution to departments. She will get back to Glen about that possibility.

   The committee returned to the order of the agenda.

2. Automatic Consent
   1. Minutes #3, 2006-2007 (November 2, 2006) and #4 (February 14, 2007) were approved as submitted.
3. Old Business
   1. L&S Faculty Recruitment - The Committee members reviewed the 2007-2008 L&S Faculty Recruitment Plan. They requested for the next meeting a report on the status of these recruitments. There was a brief discussion of various issues that affect the success of recruitment, including such things as spousal hires and the availability of partner benefits. Members expressed some concerns about the impact of spousal hiring on the ability of departments to recruit for faculty members in the areas of their top priorities, particularly because outside help for such hires is only temporary.
   2. Resource Planning - Committee members had a few suggestions related to the distribution of DIN funding, if the campus's request is funded. Library resources need to be enhanced; campus should provide more funding for spousal hires so this burden does not fall so heavily on the College. Concern was expressed about the current inadequacy of computer resources for research, a problem that will be exacerbated by additional hiring. Members wished to ask the Dean if the DIN proposals included the support resources needed for the faculty clusters that would be hired.
4. New Business
   1. Nominations - The Committee members identified nominees for L&S and Graduate School committees. Because of a shortage of willing individuals from the natural sciences, Peter Geissinger agreed to ask some faculty members if they would be willing to be nominated. The report will be presented to the Faculty at its next meeting.
   2. Faculty Meeting Date - The Committee approved March 29, 2007 as the next meeting date for the L&S Faculty.
   3. Faculty Meeting Agenda - Members reviewed the draft agenda for the Faculty meeting and prioritized items of new business.
   4. Role of the APGC in the SSEA Evaluation of Administrators - See above
5. Adjournment - As the Committee was about to adjourn, Gabrielle Verdier suggested another item to include in the Committee's recommendations for the College's resource planning: that funds should be made available to make a counter-offer to Connie Jo that was sufficiently attractive to induce her to remain at UWM. The members unanimously charged the Chair with writing to the Dean to communicate this sentiment. The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Romenesko
Senior Administrative Program Specialist

 

Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Gajdardziska-Josifovska, O'Bryan, Schuster, Swain
Assistant Deans Horstman, Jo
Secretary of the University

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