COUNCIL OF DEANS

June 21, 2000

The Council of Deans met in regular session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 21, 2000, in the Provost's Conference Room. John Mosbo presided, and the following council members were present: Bob Everding, Neil Hattlestad, Joe Horton, Elaine McNiece, Sally Roden, and Ron Toll. Kathleen Atkins was represented by Debbie Barnes. Sam Buchanan and Maurice Lee were absent.

The COD minutes of June 14 were approved as circulated.

McNiece reported on her involvement in a committee of graduate deans appointed by ADHE to review the possibility of certificate programs at the graduate level. She asked the COD to consider whether UCA should participate in such a program. Discussion followed.

Mosbo asked the deans to consider ways to increase program visibility.

Mosbo led a discussion of university positioning.

Dean Reports

Toll reported that the CNSM Council of Chairs met off-campus for a retreat on Tuesday.

Roden informed the deans that 15 faculty recently returned from a productive visit to Wake Forest University to attend a conference on incorporating technology into the classroom. She announced that Dr. Gordon McCray, technology consultant from Wake Forest, will again visit UCA next week.

McNiece asked the deans to let her know if any department was interested in hiring a graduate assistant from the IMBA program. She briefly led a discussion of course delivery differences using WebCT or Blackboard systems.

Mosbo (1) discussed scholarship stacking issues; (2) asked if there was interest in re-developing a "dean's fund"; (3) distributed materials regarding withdrawals; (4) distributed a draft revision of the lecturer/clinical instructor/laboratory instructor advancement process; (5) distributed printouts and asked the deans to review course enrollments for fall and adjust accordingly; (6) distributed draft copies of the NCA review team report. Items 3 and 4 will be discussed at the next COD meeting.

Following a motion by Horton and a second by Everding, the meeting adjourned at 10:50.