UCW January Meeting 2001

1.Welcome & Introductions

2. Volunteer note taker and minute distributor

3. Working Team Reports
a. Campus Climate
b. Mentoring
Pilot Program is not going to happen in Spring. Survey will be done as soon as possible. Draft in middle of February sent to UCW for comments of online in April. May take a look at results, hopefully to start next fall.

d. Provost Advisory Committee
Provost Advisory Committee Meeting on 2-5-01
Nancy: Concern with Faye Working with the “Leave” policy and she is slowly phasing out. Agenda item will be Faye

4. Faculty Conduct Policy
-Family Policy
-Sex harassment policy needs to go back to the faculty senate so that there is “one” policy.
-Non-Tenured Faculty
-Temp. instructors-what percentage is women on campus.
-Faculty Advisor Committee
-Non-Tenure 15/5 rule
-No department should have no more than 15% non-tenure/ISU as a whole no more than 5% all faculty should be involved in research and teaching. Temp. positions 3 yrs. and some cases another 3 yrs.
-Sex harassment policy has not been discussed.

Faculty Conduct Committee

Conduct was accepted

Provost is doing a discussion next month.

Need to get latest version of conduct policy.

5. Together in Power Series - formerly Women in Touch Series.

Tuesday, March 27, 2001
12:00 am to 1:30 pm
Great Hall, Memorial Union

Speaker: Tracy Owen Patton will be talking about cross-cultural communication issues.

6. Women’s Center Director Search Update

Judy Dolphin

Meeting on 2-08-01

Review of Applications by 1-31-01

To discuss the next step on whom we are following up on. There are no “official” timetables. A number of the applications were rejected because they did not meet the criteria. Approximately 18 did not meet the criteria. About 5 people will hopefully be interviewed. May be an April 1, 2001 start date. Timeline will be set on 2-08-01. Faye’s retirement should not affect the search.

7. Presidential Selection

Comment on UCW for attending the Diversity Forum. There were opportunities for people to speak with the candidates. Members were concerned about the amount of time that people were together. The Regents were given information quickly. Geoffrey was offered KY as well-therefore it was something to make a more.

8. Announcements

Dianne Bystrom

Faculty Orientation for Department of Agriculture: Brought up data from the research from the Agriculture demographics, which was great.

New faculty senate committee on women and minority issues. Will take anything to the group.

Women in Athletics: Open Spirit Rally at 4:40 pm in Sheaman Building to meet and greet past student athletes about 40-60 athletes from ‘79-‘85.

Monday at 4 pm. in Gold Room, Spanish professor candidate, “Jewish Women Writers in Mexico”

Women of Achievement Luncheon on March 28, 01

Keynote Speaker-See Agenda

Humanities IA-

Symbols of Civil War

Panel Discussion

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