COE COUNCIL MEETING

I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:02 pm by M. Kinney-Sedgwick with the establishment of a quorum.

II. Approval of the minutes for December 13, 2006 meeting – approval was deferred till January 24^th meeting as no one on the Council had received the minutes. D. Choudhuri requested that she get an email listing of all members to send out minutes prior to the next meeting..

III. Reports of Committees

a. Basic Programs Committee:

i. SOFD 328: Schools for a Diverse and Democratic Society. New title to align with the mission of the COE. Approved.

b. Advanced Programs Committee: No report

c. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee:

i. HIST 329: Power, Place and Image in Florence and Rome. Approved.

ii. GERT 219: Around the world in 8- years: Adult Development across cultures. Approved.

iii. STS 200: Global Awareness in a technological world. Approved.

iv. STS 170: Global Technologies. Approved.

v. Journalism major/minor changes: JRNL 309: Sports writing; JRNL 310: Digital Journalism; JRNL 455: Journalism Law (revision) Approved.

d. Planning and Finance Committee – No report

e. Diversity Committee – Hosting along with the Black Faculty & Staff Association, D. Choudhuri described the kick-0ff event for MLK 2007 with the 2^nd Annual Town hall Meeting focusing on a forum on discussing Michigan in the Post Proposal 2 era and the implications for the community.

f. Assessment Committee – S.Quilter reported that the President Elect of LiveText was visiting EMU campus on January 22^nd and meetings with involved persons were being set up. J. Tracy asked if meetings had been scheduled with Continuing Education and ICT to discuss future collaborations. None have been set up yet. The Assessment conference for the Professional Education Unit will be on February 2^nd, 2007 in the new Student center. Additionally, LiveText training for faculty and students is on for winter 2007.

g. Course and Program Approvals

i. New Courses: HRM 585; HRM 385; HRM 460; HRM 465; ATM671; ATM 371; EM 699; STS 300; NITA 354; NITA 364. Approved.

ii. Program revision in coordinated program in Dietetics. Approved.

iii. Master of Science in Engineering Management program revision. Approved

IV. Reports from other College or University Groups

i. Faculty Council – No report

ii. Graduate Council – No report

iii. Continuing Education Advisory Council – No report

iv. EMU Research Advisory Council – No report

v. COE Resource Development Board – No report

vi. COE Student Advisory Committee – S. Ginsberg reported that all members have been confirmed and selected and a meeting will be taking place.

vii. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee – no report

viii. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee – No report

ix. Other COE Groups – No report

x. COE Departments or Offices – no report

xi. Porter Building status – M.Bretting reported that there are technology problems in 202 and 214 that are indicative of a larger problem. Since there has been no designated maintenance for the installed technology, breakdowns require going to outside vendors constantly to diagnose and fix the problems.

xii. Dean’s report – The Dean will be sending out an electronic copy of the latest issue of Education Week that contains some interesting articles on how to prepare our students to be competitive in a global market. There is a new webmaster for the COE, Shelly Andrews. She is helping to pull together a comprehensive annual report for the COE which will be released to all members. The next issue of EFocus on Student Learning will be released shortly. The Dean will be requesting that senior faculty send in their curriculum vitas on a voluntary basis and he will have graduate students incorporate them into the electronic format to go online so that faculty only need to update as needed. He has also invited Dr. Loren Blanchard from the University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA to be the speaker at the Assessment Conference.

V. Old business – NCATE letter sent. Dean requested a copy to send through the Dean’s Office representing the Professional Education unit.

VI. New business – none

VII. Adjournment

Next meeting January 24, 2007, Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

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