MEETING
OF THE FACULTY
GRINNELL COLLEGE
April 18, 2005
Approval
of Minutes-Russell K. Osgood, President
Minutes from the April 11, 2005, meeting were approved.
Election
of FOC Chair and Committee Membership-Jon Andelson, FOC Chair
Andelson facilitated the voting process for the Faculty Organization Committee
Chair and Committee members; decisions were made about which names will
appear on ballots distributed to faculty later this week.
Approval
of Expanding Knowledge Initiative-Wayne Moyer, Chair
Moyer presented the final EKI document to the faculty. A motion to approve
the proposal was made and seconded. Discussion followed and a paper ballot
was requested. A motion to strike the second-year retreat from the proposal
was made and seconded. A paper ballot was requested for this motion as well.
The motion to strike the second-year retreat failed 22 to 42. The motion
to approve the Expanding Knowledge Initiative document passed 54 to 10.
Integration
of Africana Studies into the American Studies Concentration-Henry Rietz
& Sarah Purcell
Rietz presented the proposal for integration to the faculty. The motion
to integrate the Africana Studies into the American Studies Concentration
was made and seconded. Small discussion ensued. The motion passed.
Proposal
for change in German major requirements-Dan Reynolds & Wayne Moyer
Reynolds presented the proposal for change in the German major to the faculty.
The motion to approve the proposal was made and seconded. Discussion ensued.
The motion passed.
Approval
of Fall Sports' schedule-Emily Moore, Athletic Representative
Moore presented the proposed fall sports schedule to the faculty. A motion
to approve the schedule was made and seconded. The motion passed.
Remarks-Russell
Osgood
No remarks.
Remarks-Jim
Swartz, Dean of the College
Swartz congratulated the following faculty members on recent accomplishments:
Gertrude B. Austin Professor of Economics Brad Bateman was recently awarded a grant from the Lilly Endowment for support of a conference sponsored by the editors of the journal History of Political Economy titled "Keeping Faith: Religious Belief and Political Economy" to be held in April 2007 in Durham, N.C.
Associate
Professor of Biology Jackie Brown was recently awarded a large research
grant from the National Science Foundation for his work in biogeography
of the Hawaiian archipelago. He will be working in Grinnell and on site
with several of his students over the next three years.
Professor
of Psychology David Lopatto has been awarded a research grant from the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute for his work in assisting institutions
of higher learning across the country to assess the benefits of mentored
undergraduate science research over the next two years. The online survey
instrument, developed by Lopatto, will be instantiated at HHMI for sustained
administration at the end of this grant period.
Associate
Professor of Music John Rommereim, in collaboration with the Kansas
City Chorale, Seattle ProMusica, and the Phoenix Bach Choir, was recently
awarded a grant from the Commissioning Music USA and Meet the Composer
program for the joint commissioning of a choral piece by composer Steven
Stucky. The piece will be performed independently at Grinnell and at
the three other locations.
Professor
of Biology David Campbell recently published A Land of Ghosts: The Braided
Lives of People and the Forest in Far Western Amazonia, Boston: Houghton-Mifflin,
2005.
Remarks-Wayne
Moyer
No remarks.
Announcements
and new business
No announcements or new business.
Osgood adjourned the meeting at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon C. Harman
Secretary to the Faculty