Undergraduate Studies Committee
Minutes of a Special Meeting, 1/29/01
Members Present: P. Anderson, M. Bauer, S. Cooper, S. Elbaz,
J. Kallend, J.
LoCicero, A. Megri, P. Nash, J. O'Leary, C. Orze, R. Price,
G. Pulliam,
G. Saletta, R. Schleser, S. Sitton, E. Stueben, T.
Tagliavia, G. Voland,
C. Wark, J. Way.
Visitors: P.
Barrett, W. Grimshaw.
1. Prof. Kallend opened the meeting, stating that it had
been called at the
request of Profs. LoCicero and O'Leary, and that Dean
Myerson had asked
Prof. Kallend to open the meeting. Kallend read
the following statement
from Dean Myerson:
"Please inform the committee that I do not feel I can
participate or be part of this activity and I would request
that any action
taken by the committee note that I have recused myself.
"
2. Prof. Kallend asked
for nominations for a member to serve as acting chair
for this special meeting. Prof. LoCicero nominated Prof.
Kallend. The
nomination was seconded . There being no further
nominations, Prof. Kallend
agreed to act as chair.
3. Prof. LoCicero passed out copies of a resolution (attached)
and moved
that the resolution be approved by the committee. Professor
O'Leary seconded
the motion.
Extensive discussion followed (Bauer, Saletta, LoCicero,
Barrett, Grimshaw, Sitton, Orze, Kallend, Voland, O'Leary) . VP Stuart
Cooper answered a number of questions clarifying the
proposed role of the
Dean of the Undergraduate College.
Prof. O'Leary moved that consideration of the main motion be
by secret
ballot. This motion was seconded and approved.
A secret ballot was conducted on the motion to approve the
attached
resolution, with the following result:
votes in favor : 12,
votes against: 2
Prof. Kallend stated that a copy of the resolution will be
forwarded to the
chair of the Main Campus Faculty Council.
4. Meeting adjourned
RESOLUTION
Undergraduate Studies Committee January
29, 2001
Be it hereby resolved at a Special Meeting of the
Undergraduate
Studies
Committee, that
Whereas Vice-President Cooper addressed the Undergraduate
Studies
Committee
three years ago regarding the administration
of
Undergraduate Programs at IIT, and
Whereas Vice-President Cooper, at that time, disassembled
the
Undergraduate
College and the Office of the Undergraduate
Dean,
and
Whereas Vice-President Cooper informed the Undergraduate
Studies
Committee
that said disassembling of the Undergraduate College
was
to make way for an Armour College Dean, and an
Interprofessional
Projects Director, and
Whereas the organization of an Armour College Dean, and an
Interprofessional
Projects Director, has been efficiently
administering
the Undergraduate Programs, and the
Interprofessional
Projects, since their appointments,
The Undergraduate Studies Committee recommends to the
Faculty Council,
that
said administrative structure should be maintained for the
betterment of IIT, and that the Undergraduate Programs in
engineering and
computer science, in the sciences and mathematics, in
humanities and social
sciences, should be the sole responsibility of the Armour
College Dean.
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John Kallend