December 12, 1996

Present: Henning, Dolphin, Vegge, Galyon, Walker, Sullivan, Heykants, Bystrom, Vivian, Theile, Naylor-Ojurongbe, Heising, Morgan, Vrchota, Evans, Brooks, and Zanish.

Guest: Barbara Caldwell

Celia introduced her guest, Barbara Caldwell, a faculty member in the College of Design.

Tanya reported on the Faculty WomenĚs Network, which held a meeting on Monday, December 9. The following dates have been set for the Spring Semester: February 10, March 17, and April 11 from 12-1 in the Gold Room in the Memorial Union. There will be a topic for each date.

Tanya then reported on the University Relations search. The Committee met this morning and will meet again next week. The field has been narrowed down to 11 which includes a strong woman candidate (with a possible 12th candidate who is a woman). The field will be narrowed down further next week.

Mikie reported on the Isolation Task Force Lunch that was held on Friday, December 6. There were between 25-30 attendees and the lunch was reported in the ISU Daily. This will be an ongoing program.

Awards sub-committee: Tanya again reiterated that the Awards/Recognition subcommittee will act as a clearinghouse for information. Jane noted that out of ca. 80 nominations received by the ProvostĚs office, ca. 20 were for women, which is a big improvement.

Celia said that Francie Kendall will again be visiting Iowa State and would like to meet with UCW. UCW will probably be meeting (possibly 9-12?) on February 13 and Francie might be able to come.

Nancy reported that UCW has taken on the sponsoring of the Way Up Conference and that she booked the Gateway for the November dates. Stephanie will possibly be the liaison with the Conference (she is still deciding). Jane will assist the Conference and Mary Ann suggested that there be two co-chairs with volunteers to actually run the Conference.

Nancy then moved on to discuss the surveys that need to be done on campus and the need for volunteers. Robie discussed a survey that she would like to do on safety issues. It turns out that Mary Ann, Celia, Lisa Stefanelli (DPS) had already developed a survey that was never used, so Robie can use that.

Nancy then reported on the meeting with the Provost, that was attended by Provosyt Kozak, Faye Whitaker, Tanya, Mary Ann, and Nancy. The Provost would like to come to a UCW meeting and discuss issues raised by the Committee. Some of the possible issues: funding for activities, the importance of UCW (Francie Kendall, Women in Touch), networking, and the status of affirmative action at ISU.

Searches:Jischke has received 50 suggestions for the interim replacement for Tom TheilenĚs position and will make a decision by next week.

There was a brief discussion about the search for Associate Director of Facilities and how the open forums were held without UCW realizing it. Tanya and Mary Ann will draft a memo to Warren Madden, with copies to the appropriate people concerning this problem.

Affirmative Action -- will be the Associate Director of Affirmative Action. Nancy will check with Carla about the status.

WomenĚs Studies: Linda was happy to report that the Search Committee has been formed, the descriptions sent out to the appropriate venues, and that applications will be accepted through January 15th or beyond if necessary.

Additional Announcements and Discussion:Joyce suggested Mary Sigmann for a Women in Touch program. The Women in Touch program evaluations were passed around.

Mary Ann announced that the Program for Women in Science and Engineering will hold a 10th anniversary banquet on March 21st in conjunction with a career conference, science fair and workshop that weekend.

Celia noted that University of Iowa President Mary Sue Coleman will be visiting campus on March 18. She and Pat also noted that there will be an all music celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr.Ěs birthday and the Black Student Government Conference will be held Feb. 20-23. Pat also said that there will be a special diversity calendar because of all the diversity speakers during the semester.

The meeting was adjourned at ca. 11:30 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Tanya L. Zanish

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