Present: C. Hunter, J. Meehan, R. Osgood, S. Rebelsky, T. Roberts, J. Swartz, E. Willis. E. Marzluff was present by conference telephone.

The meeting came to order at 4:15 p.m. in room 226 of the Joe Rosenfield Center. The minutes and excerpts of 2-21-07 were approved.

President’s Remarks

The President thanked the Facilities Management staff for their extraordinary and successful efforts at keeping the campus on the power grid and for their post-storm cleanup work.

Dean’s Remarks

The Dean reported that there have been objections voiced recently to the current calendar policy regarding finals week. He has asked Rachel Bly to convene a meeting of the Calendar Committee to see if some event scheduling accommodations can be made.

He commented on the considerable number of departments requesting to be relieved of their tutorial duties. E. Willis asked where we are in relation to our tutorial goal. The Dean said that we are still on target if we do not lose tutorials or over-enroll the first year class.

The Dean updated Council on the status of faculty searches.

Council Remarks

J. Meehan noted some concern that the President and Dean had met with E. Willis regarding the issue of an additional course reduction for the Chair of the Faculty rather than discussing the issue with the entire Council. While she expressed her discontent with the outcome of that meeting, she also stated that she was pleased that the President and Dean had agreed to reduce duties for the Chair to half-time.

S. Rebelsky expressed his congratulations to Elaine Marzluff who was participating in the annual Gordon conference which is a very great honor in the sciences.

C. Hunter reviewed the status of the search for a new Athletic Director. S. Rebelsky reported that there are concerns being expressed regarding the conjoining of the Physical Education Department Chair and Athletic Director positions.

Faculty Voting

S. Rebelsky distributed a memorandum dated February 28, 2007. It presents background and recommendations of the Task Force on Faculty Voting. He reviewed the major points in advance of a faculty discussion on March 5th.

Faculty Meeting Agenda

There was discussion of the agenda for the March 5th faculty meeting since there are several issues which can be expected to take considerable time.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:07 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese