3:05 p.m.

( See tables, distributed to UC members by Jeff Dense, beginning with "EOU Team Grade Point Average, Fall 2007") Discuss grade distributions & retention of freshmen, and special admission students and importance of academic advising.  
 
 
 
 
 

Briefly discuss difficulty of advising students whose athletic practice schedule conflicts with class schedules. 
 
 
 
 
 

Provost may begin grade distribution analyses to address concerns about grade inflation expressed by FAR. 

Athletic Committee plans to forward proposal for a required one-credit academic success course for all freshmen and transfer student athletes.   

Jeff Dense will share concern of practice and class schedule conflict with Athletic committee.  
 
 

Future of Technology in the Context of the Repositioning Plan

Partnerships-

Importance of technology in increasing and maintaining partnerships & communication among universities & community colleges

Pedagogy-

Classroom applications, creating hybrid courses, need for increased bandwidth to support instruction, need to compete with other universities in providing students with quality instruction and educational technologies

Professional development-

virtual training opportunities will replace costly travel out of area. 

Currently in triage mode with technology.  Need a plan to ensure that we do not get further behind as we struggle to catch up.

of technology on campus 
 
 

Paul distributes an information sheet titled “Information Technology: Plans & Issues.” 1/30/08 
 
 

IT’s current projects:

The budget is limited and decision making bodies must consider how each expenditure fits into vision for EOU’s future.  Working in conjunction with the new IT Steering Committee and the Tech-Fee Committee, the IT department would like to address items on list in prioritized fashion.

• Virtualization of servers
• Documentation/Disaster Recovery for regional universities
• Reorganization of IT staff into work teams
• Encouraging users to rely more on 3^rd party service for Blackboard support

As a result of their collaboration,

the directors of IT and the Pierce Library have made recommendations for a Media Loan library and Help Center in Pierce.

Stephen Tanner (Faculty Senate rep) 
 
 
 

Kathryn Shorts 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Steve Clement, Chair

Paul invites questions from UC members and others in attendance 

Where are we in conducting transfer articulation and degree audits electronically? 

Referring back to the IT list of Plans & Issues, and our students’ use of I-Pods and MP3 players, have we considered the technology of downloading texts?  
 

Interim Positions

UC members are invited  to direct any questions regarding interim appointments to Provost Jaeger 

• Storage area network
• Media streaming server

ATLAS software will be used for transfer articulation and degree auditing. There is also a need for software for course & classroom scheduling.  
 

More textbook publishers are offering download options for texts and supplemental materials.  This technology would help decrease the costs of recording texts for students with disabilities and increase the quality of the final products. 
 
 

Provost Jaeger outlines the policies governing hiring members of administration, faculty, classified staff and administrative faculty.

• Administration, which includes vice-presidents and deans, may be appointed by the President
• Faculty and classified staff hiring processes are governed by union policies
• Administrative Faculty – prior to Dec. 2007, the University did not have a formal agreement with the Administrative Faculty Committee governing the process for hiring administrative faculty.

Provost Jaeger explains how and why the current Admissions Director was appointed to the position he now holds.

Tech-fee Committee is looking favorably at the current proposal to double bandwidth that will make media streaming possible. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UC Recommendation

The IT Steering Committee is encouraged to include students on the committee, or utilize student focus groups for input on the types of technological support that students need and are likely to utilize. 
 

No action on part of UC

Currently, the individuals serving in the Blackboard Administrator position vacated by Kurt Whittaker and the Financial Aid Director position are interim appointments.  A search for the Blackboard Administrator will begin soon.  The search for a new Financial Aid Director will not be conducted during this academic year.

The Administration and the AFC are close to signing an agreement  that will formalize the process for appointing and hiring administrative faculty.

discussion

Administrators’ titles because the term communicates the wrong message to students, potential students and the community.

Applications up substantially most likely due to a number of factors including 1.) the critical second visits the Admissions staff has made to many high schools and 2.) fee remissions.

Report updates to UC members.

Questions from EPCC members

UC members will go back to the Constitution to try and decipher the policy.  May need to convene a meeting with members of Faculty Senate to discuss process. In the meantime, Dan Mielke will send the UC Chair the EPCC agenda.

4:45 p.m.

Adjourn