COMMITTEE:           Academic Awards Committee

 

MEETING DATE:    September 6, 2001

 

PERSON PRESIDING:      Bob Morrison

 

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:       Rose Allen, Ellen Arnold, Charles Boklage, Jeffrey Phipps

 

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:    Peter Makuck, Max Poole, Rick Niswander, Mark Taggart

 

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:        Lori Lee

 

ACTIONS OF MEETING

 

Agenda Item:  Remarks by Bob Morrison, Chair of the Faculty

 

Discussion:   Dr. Morrison convened the meeting, introduced committee members, and charged the newly formed Academic Awards Committee, which assumes the roles of the now disbanded Teaching Effectiveness Committee and the Research/Creative Activity Policies Committee. 

 

Action Taken:

 

Assigned additional duties to:

 

Agenda Item: Election of committee officers

 

Discussion:

 

Action Taken:  Karl Wuensch was elected Chair, pending his acceptance; Rose Allen was elected Vice Chair, and Ellen Arnold, Secretary.

 

Assigned additional duties to:

 

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Agenda Item:  Goals and objectives for coming year

 

Discussion:  The committee reviewed the awards it will be responsible for and the deadlines for each.  Of the 3 Alumni Teaching Awards given previously, one will continue to be funded by the Alumni Association (Robert L. Jones Award), and two will be funded this year by other sources within the university, per Chancellor Muse.  These two awards will need to be renamed for future years to reflect the funding source. Award winners will continue to be selected from the same applicant pool.  Still under consideration is the renaming of the Alumni Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award in order to make a clearer distinction between it and the BOG Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award.  Calls for nominations for the teaching awards have already gone out; a call will need to be issued for nominations for the Research/Creative Activity Awards.  A proposal has been made to increase the number of these awards to 4, but at the present time, there are 2.

 

Action Taken:  Committee representatives volunteered to serve, or if absent, were appointed to serve on the following subcommittees.  Members may request changes at the next meeting.

 

Alumni Awards (3 awards):  Jeffrey Phipps (regular member); Max Poole (ex-officio member)

Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Award (1):  Rose Allen (regular); Mark Taggart (ex-officio)

Boards of Governors Excellence in Teaching (6):  Ellen Arnold (regular); Rick Niswander (ex-officio)

Research/Creative Activity (2):  Charles Boklage, Karl Wuensch, Lou Everett, and Louis Eckstein (regular); Peter Makuck and John Wiggen (ex-officio)

 

Assigned additional duties to: Charles Boklage and Mark Taggart agreed to be responsible for getting the call out for nominations for Research/Creative Activity Awards immediately.  Clayton Sessoms will be invited to the next meeting to discuss the committee’s role in the Max Ray Joyner Service Through Continuing Education Award.

 

NEXT MEETING:    October 4, 2001

 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

 

     1.   Approval of Sept. minutes.  

 

2. Update from Taggert/Boklage re: Call for Nominations for Research/Creative Activity Awards

 

3. Discussion of Max Ray Joyner Service Through Continuing Education Award

 

4. Discussion on naming of former Alumni Awards

 

5. Update procedures/criteria for Research/Creative Activity Awards (for November meeting)