Present: Drs. Burgos, Clark, Curtin, Elhamdadi, Isaak, Ismail, Jonoska, Krajcevski, Ma, Manougian, McColm, McWaters, Mukherjea, Pothoven, Rimbey, Saito, Shekhtman, Stark, Suen, You, Zerla and Mr. Jim Tremmel.
Absent: Drs. Kartsatos, Liang, Nadarajah, Rakhmanov, Ramachandran, Rao, Ratti, Totik, Tsokos and Williams.
Dr. Marcus McWaters
Meeting called to order at 3:00 p.m.
Election of Members to Department Committees
Presented the advisory committees' recommendations for the 2003/2004 term.
| Lecture Series: | Ismail, Pothoven, Elhamdadi, Mukherjea, Ma |
| Colloquium: | Elhamdadi, Suen |
| Computer: | McWaters and Curtin |
| Graduate Admissions: | Jonoska, Ratti, Ma |
| Graduate: | Ismail, Kartsatos, Saito, Mukherjea, Suen |
| Library: | Rakhmanov, Burgos, You |
| Publicity: | McColm, Shekhtman, Stark, Williams |
| Travel: | Ratti, Williams |
| Undergraduate: | Krajcevski, Manougian, Pothoven, Rimbey, McColm |
Called for discussion. Motion to accept slate as presented. Seconded and Carried. Advisory Committee Recommendation Approved as presented.
Election of Nominees to the College Committees
Noted that the nominees must be a tenured Assosicate or Full Professor. The three committees are: Tenure and Promotion, Undergraduate, Graduate. Dr. McWaters called for recommendations.
| Tenure and Promotion: | Boris Shehtkman |
Discussion held. Motion to close nominations. Motion Seconded and Carried. Recommendation Approved.
| Undergraduate: | Ken Pothoven |
Discussion held. Motion to close nominations. Motion Seconded and Carried. Recommendation Approved.
| Graduate: | Natasa Jonoska |
Discussion held. Motion to close nominations. Motion Seconded and Carried. Recommendation Approved.
Summer Funding
Dr. McWaters gave an overview of what is available for summer. Noted that this summer schedule will be similar to last year's. Discussion held. Dr. McWaters to put together Summer schedule with assignments.
Textbook Committee Status Report
Dr. Rimbey gave an update on the proposed changes in textbooks, which would be implemented Fall of 2003.
In an effort to reduce the number of books students are required to purchase, a proposal has been made to use "Pre-Calculus" (4th Edition) by Stewart, Redlin and Wilson for MAC 1105, MAC 1114 and MAC 1140.
In the case of Bridge to Abstract Math (MGF 3301), we are currently using course lecture notes by Oberste-Vorth. A proposal has been made to utilize "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics" (5th Edition) by Smith, Eggen and Andre.
Faculty Minutes of March 3, 2003
Copies of minutes distributed to all for review and approval. Call for motion to approve. Dr. Shektman made a motion to approve as submitted. Seconded, Carried. Minutes Approved as submitted.
Current Search Committee Status Report
Dr. McWaters noted that the Biostatics position is still in a search mode. There is an offer out for the Algebra position. Dr. Rimbey stated that the Instructor Search Committee has five (5) candidates on the short list. The committee should finalize their recommendations later this week.
Vote for Analysis Candidates
Dr. You distributed an outline of the Analysis Search Committees progress, which listed the six candidates interviewed, without ranking. Discussion held. Dr. You called for a motion to approve the slate of candidates. Seconded, Carried. Explained the ballot set-up. Explained the 1-3 ranking system for each column with 1 being the highest. Distributed ballots. The ballots were collected and counted. The results noted that the Analysis Committee ranking stands:
| Column 1: | (1) Skrzypek, (2) Bu, (3) Dryanov |
| Column 2: | (1) Bieske, (2) Pan, (3) Zvavitch |
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:39 p.m.