UCW Meeting
Monday, April
18, 2005
2:30-4:00 pm
311 TASF
(Ames Laboratory)
Present:
Ann Thompson, Lauri Dusselier,
Deb Covey, Pat Dobelis, Eileen Thacker, Deb Sanborn,
Judy Dolphin, Rita Marinko, Penny Rice, Jennifer Klagges, Susan Carlson, Vicki Thorland-Oster,
Jaye Stefani, Kristen
Constant, Liz Beck, Sheley Johnson
I.
Introductions/Minutens/Announcements
Introductions of present members, no guests.
Minutes from the March 21, 2005 meeting were reviewed and accepted as
written. If there are any changes,
please let Sheley know.
Announcement
– There will be dean candidates for the College of Human Sciences coming in
next week, and also the week of finals.
We will get the information out to the committee as soon as details are
available.
As you are
aware, the results from these searches are extremely important to the future of
women on our campus. Please make a
special effort to become involved in this process by attending the Diversity
Forums and provide your feedback. The
executive committee will be meeting to draft a recommendation from UCW
following the forums. We will let the
committee know when this meeting is scheduled.
If we cannot get a meeting scheduled, please send your recommendations
to Sheley, and they will be forwarded to the executive
committee for discussion.
II. Women's Leadership Summit
The Women’s
Leadership Summit that was held Friday, April 15, 2005 went very well. There has been extremely positive
feedback. The turnout for the event was
very good, close to 200 people attended the summit. The Ames schools expressed an interest to be
included in this event next year. There
is a follow-up meeting scheduled for April 28, 2005, to discuss this years summit and start plans for next years summit.
III. University Diversity Report---PennyRice
Penny Rice
reported that the Campus Climate Implementation Committee submitted their final
report, on April 15, 2005. It
is currently available online at:
<http://www.hrs.iastate.edu/AAO/eod/impl_committee.shtml>http://www.hrs.iastate.edu/AAO/eod/impl_committee.shtml
Please take a moment and review the recommendations for President
Geoffroy and the President's Advisory Committee on
Diversity (PACD). The President, PACD,
and CCIC will be meeting on Friday, April 29 at 7:30 am to discuss the report
and next steps. Penny will not be able
to attend this meeting. If you have
comments or questions regarding the report, please let Penny know. If you would like these to be shared during
this meeting, please email Penny and they will be forward to the subcommittee
members.
Penny stated ‘It was a joy to represent P&S Council, the
University Committee on Women, and the Women's Center on this committee. I am very hopeful that together we can
improve the campus climate at Iowa State University’.
The
accountability piece will be most controversial part of the Diversity
Report. With the dean searches taking
place soon for the new College of Human Science, accountability is sure to be
discussed at the Diversity Forums.
IV. Committee Reports
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
Report of Activities, 2004-2005
The strategic planning subcommittee held an open
forum for UCW on September 8 from 3-5 p.m. to
discuss the 1st draft of the strategic plan. Discussion focused on the
fact that quality of life issues were not addressed. The input from this group
was instrumental in developing the final draft of the strategic plan which will
soon be approved by the Board of Regents. The fifth priority (added in
the second and expanded in the final draft) addresses university life and three
of the nine specific goals relate to campus climate:
Priority: University Life
Ensure that the university is a great place to learn and work.
Goals
• Expand the diversity of people, ideas, and
cultures, and nurture an environment in which diversity can thrive.
• Foster an environment in which all members of
the university community can contribute their fullest while pursuing satisfying
personal lives.
• Provide a rich array of extracurricular
opportunities to learn, lead, and enjoy life.