Present: C. Hunter, E. Marzluff, J. Meehan, R. Osgood, S. Rebelsky, T. Roberts, J. Swartz, E. Willis.

 

The meeting came to order at 4:15 p.m. in room 226 of the Joe Rosenfield Center. The minutes and excerpts of 4-25-07 were approved.

 

President’s Remarks

 

The President thanked members of Council for their many thoughtful comments written after interviews with candidates for term and tenure-track appointments this year. Council members reaffirmed their earlier decision that Council members would not, in future, be involved with interviewing candidates for term positions.

 

The President noted that the Board of Trustees met in Grinnell last week. They voted to undertake construction drawings for Phase II of the Athletic Center. They also voted to elect three new members of the Board. They are Karen Shaff, Paul Risser ’61, and Joel Spiegel ’78. The President is now in the process of planning for the summer Board retreat in Minnesota.

 

Dean’s Remarks

 

Berkenbile, Nelson, Immenschuh, and McDowell Architects are on campus meeting with the Center Directors regarding their program related space needs for possible renovation of 1205 Park Street.

 

The Dean asked Council for any input to his decisions regarding selection of a new Associate Dean.

 

Council Remarks

 

E. Willis noted that over a period of years the procedure outlining the selection of a Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree recipients has lagged and in order to get back to the forward planning mode envisioned by the Handbook she will be taking steps to move this along more quickly for next year. She noted that anyone from the campus community can make suggestions to the Committee.

 

E. Willis noted that there is a need to bring the Rosenfield Program Director position in line with that of the other Center Directors. There is also a question regarding the relationship between the professorship and the Program Director. The President responded that the two are not linked except in fact. Dean noted that Wayne Moyer will retain the professorship when he steps down as Director.

 

Willis raised the question of how the administration plans to properly dispose the fate of the elementary education program. The President recalled that the decision of Council, after receiving a strong proposal for pursuit of a secondary science education program last year, was to suspend but not terminate the elementary education program.

 

C. Hunter noted that he had sent comments regarding the Special Assistant search to the President and Human Resources.

 

T. Roberts raised an issue with scheduling catered events in Grinnell House.

 

Music Position

 

There was discussion of the history of the search for a Jazz tenure-track appointment.

 

Faculty Position Proposals

 

There was continued Council discussion of faculty position proposals in Art-Digital Film/New Media, Film History & Theory, and Philosophy-Neuroscience.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

 

Secretary

Karen Wiese