Faculty Assembly Please check off your name 12 December 2003

Quorum Detection Of those members who are here, I detect that 2/3 of them are present.

Approval of last meeting’s minutes

Dean Retention Vote Results For: 45 Against: 15 Abstain: 6 Comments –Do this with less waste of paper and envelopes next year –Has shown improvement in rewarding success over the past year

Announcements

Introduction of new faculty

Reports Senate Council –Joseph O’Sullivan Arts and Sciences –Christopher Gill (Nothing to report) SEAS –Ron Cytron See Click on “executive committee” –See if you can match the quote with the person who said it

Approval of December 2003 graduation list Changes? –Add Zhenning Hu, D.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering Motion needed to approve

Motion from Jonathan Turner Resolved. That the Dean and the Executive Committee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science develop a plan to advance the school's performance in national rankings, such as the U.S. News ranking. The plan should have an objective of moving the school into the top 20 by 2010 and into the top 10 by Resolved also that the Dean make annual reports to the Faculty Assembly on the progress being made toward achieving the plan's objectives, starting in September of 2004.

CSE course renumbering Introduction (Sally Goldman) Motion to approve Second Discussion Vote: [outcome]

New Courses BME 523 Biomaterials Science CHE 454/554 Industrial Accidents and Disasters Case History Studies EP 510 Graduate Engineering Communications

B.S. in Engineering Management Dual Degree Introduction (Bill Darby) Motion to approve Second Discussion Vote: [outcome]

M.S. in Biomedical/MBA Dual Degree Program Introduction (Frank Yin) Motion to approve Second Discussion Vote: [outcome]

Other business? Need ¾ to add to agenda, else must wait until next meeting

Good and Welfare Idea to move these meetings to Whitaker –Cannot because of conflict with seminar that takes place there at 4 PM. –Other suggestions? –Want food?

Adjournment Motion? (no second needed)