Present: S. Barber, V. Brown, L. Gregg-Jolly, M. Montgomery, R. Osgood, M. Schneider, J. Swartz, R. Vetter

The meeting came to order a 2:10 p.m. in the Nollen House Conference Room.

The 12/10/03 minutes and excerpts were amended and approved.

President's Remarks

The President noted that we continue to work on developing cost estimates for the renovation of a downtown building for potential bookstore and library storage purposes, as well as budgets for CERA and the new athletic facility.

Dean's Remarks

The Dean distributed a replacement position proposal from the Music Department. The proposal was approved.

The Dean distributed a replacement position announcement from the Math and Computer Science Department. The proposal was approved.

The Dean distributed a replacement position proposal from the English Department. The proposal was approved.

The Dean updated Council on the status of other on-going tenure-track searches.

The Dean reported to the Council a list of faculty whose departments have recommended be considered for promotion to the rank of professor. A motion was made to approve that list. The motion passed unanimously.

The Dean reported that the email server went down due to the power outage and a failure of the back-up power system to function properly. The email file was corrupted due to this inelegant shut down. ITS made a decision to restore the server using a slower method of restoration, but one which insured that no data was lost rather than using a faster method which would have resulted in loss of an entire day's worth of email.

Council Member Remarks

There were no Council Member remarks.

Physical Education Department Staffing Proposal

V. Brown noted that after considerable reassignment of responsibilities the Department is requesting two separate positions--head men's soccer coach and assistant track coach (a faculty position) and a second head women's tennis coach, assistant softball coach, director of the wellness program and physical education teacher. The proposal was approved.

Proposal for Faculty Appointment

A proposal to make a TT appointment arrived after the meeting began. A discussion ensued, but the Council decided to put off final action until a more complete proposal could be submitted.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese