University Committee on Women
Meeting Minutes
March 21, 2005
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Room 302, Catt Hall
Present:
Rita
Marinko, Deb Covey, Kristen Constant, Deb Sanborn,
Penny Rice, Pat Dobelis, Lauri
Dusselier, Ann Thompson, Lisa Orgler,
Susan Carlson, Jill Bystydzienski, Camille Schroeder,
Janet Tait, Sheley Johnson
If
there are any corrections to be made to the previous meeting minutes, please
let Sheley know.
We
are pleased to announce that Lauri Dusselier will provide leadership for UCW next year,
2005-2006. Lauri
has been a very effective leader for UCW with the Title IX subcommittee in the
past and will provide excellent leadership as chair for UCW.
Ann
Thompson shared with the group an article from the Colorado newspaper. The title read, “Hiring male coach would set
Colorado University apart”. CU is facing
the same issues ISU has, concerning head coaching positions for women’s sports
programs. Women in leadership positions
in athletics, is an important issue to assist in providing role models for
women athletes and improving gender equity.
Janet
Tait reported that the verbage
of ‘mobbing’ has been added to the harassment/hostile environment policy in the
AFSCME agreement. This is a positive accomplishment
that addresses the issue of mobbing in the workplace.
Women’s
Leadership Summit—April 15, 2005
The
women’s leadership summit will be held Friday, April 15, 1:00 – 5:00 pm,
Memorial Union. Please get registered to
attend the summit. There is no
registration fee, but all participants must be registered by April 5,
2005. Register at this website: http://www.wlc.provost.iastate.edu/ Get registered SOON!
If
you know of others that would be interested in attending the summit, please
direct them to the website.
The
group discussed accomplishments that UCW has been involved with. Some of these included: new woman associate dean, mobbing verbage in the AFSCME agreement, internships, mini-grants,
renowned speakers, childcare summit, one more female
department chair.
It
was discussed as to what is next, or what is left to do? Several items were discussed: provide continued opportunities to women who
have been involved with the SLIC program, continue to stay on top of the family
leave issue that is proposed and tabled at the regent level, keeping track of
the data collected on exit interviews, set goals for future number
needed/desired of women in leadership across campus.
The
proposed Sanitary Napkin Policy was distributed to the group. Discussion of the recommendations that UCW is
proposing that Iowa State University provide both sanitary napkins and tampons
in women’s restrooms
E. Part-Time Tenure Policy
The
DRAFT Part-Time Tenure Policy was distributed for review. This draft policy was developed in 2004-2005
by a joint Faculty Senate-Provost Office taskforce; members included Claudia
Baldwin, Dawn Bratsch-Prince, Susan Carlson, Diane Debinski, Clark Ford, and Constance Post. It will be reviewed by various group during
spring 2005 and revised for submission to the Faculty Senate in Fall 2005.
This
proposed policy is in line with the report on “Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track
Faculty Careers” released by the American Council on Education in February
2005. The rationale is that a part-time
tenure-eligible policy at Iowa State University will enhance the ability to
recruit and retain excellent faculty.
UCW
reviewed the draft policy and it was motioned and seconded to fully support the
policy. The Faculty Senate will be
discussing the draft policy at its next meeting.
The
next meeting will be focused on committee reports from the committee chairs. We will send a request for the committee
chairs to prepare short annual reports.
The
agenda for the next year will be discussed.
The
next meeting is scheduled for:
April
18, 2005
2:30
– 4:00 pm
311
TASF (Ames Laboratory)
**If you know you are unable to attend, please let Sheley know!
Adjournment
Minutes
submitted by: Sheley Johnson