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Academic Council
Meeting Notes
January 29, 2001
Present: Curtis Johnson,
Dean of the College; Dinah Dodds; Dean of Arts and
Humanities; Gary Reiness, Dean of Mathematical and Natural
Sciences; Harold Schleef, Dean of Social Sciences; Terri
Banasek, Administrative Assistant and recorder; and Rosie
Felton, Administrative Assistant for Budgets and
Contracts.
Announcements
- Dean Johnson distributed information from ACE on
workshops for department chairs and divisional
deans.
- Dean Johnson received a copy of a search committee
checklist prepared by Sharon Barnes. Copies will be
distributed to the divisional deans for their review. A
summarized copy should be given to each search committee
chair. The Academic Council decided to hold a brief
information session for all search committee chairs in
the fall.
Agenda Items
- Alumni Afternoons with Faculty: Beth Hiller,
director of donor relations, would like to arrange
afternoon gatherings on campus with groups of alumni from
one or two academic departments. Faculty from those
departments would also be invited. She provided a list
of social sciences alumni by year and degree. Academic
Council agreed to move forward with the program. Dean
Schleef suggested that all Portland-area alumni from two
or three departments in the social sciences be invited.
College Relations will create the letters to be signed by
faculty.
- Status of Searches:
Invertebrate Systematics Biology: Interviewing third
candidate; committee hopes to make a recommendation this
week.
Developmental Biology: Committee has interviewed one
candidate and plans to interview a second.
Computer Science: Search is just getting underway;
application deadline is Feb. 5.
East Asian Art History: Lisa Claypool has accepted the
College's offer.
French: The committee has interviewed two candidates,
with a third arriving on campus next week. All three are
strong candidates.
Chinese: The committee is bringing four candidates to
campus; one of the candidates is Keith Dede, a current
visitor.
Spanish: The committee is in the process of deciding
which candidates to interview.
Japanese: There is one very strong candidate.
Theatre: Stephanie Arnold and Stephen Weeks are reading
files.
Political Science: Offers to two candidates were
declined; the committee is bringing a fourth candidate to
campus this week.
Pamplin Chair in Economics: The committee has
interviewed two strong candidates. One candidate has not
met with President Mooney yet.
Social Psychology: Bringing in a third candidate.
Luce position: Bringing in two candidates.
Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience Psychology:
Candidates are scheduled to be on campus the next couple
of weeks. Pools for both positions are strong but
small.
- The deadline for salary review letters to be in the
office of the divisional deans is extended to Friday,
April 6.
- Michael Ford asked if he could attend an Academic
Council meeting to discuss a way to better coordinate the
distinguished speakers (Steinhardt, Throckmorton,
Chamberlin, and Pamplin Society) coming to Lewis &
Clark during the year. He would like to assemble
decision-makers from each of the four groups well in
advance to coordinate schedules and explore the
possibility of a common theme. Dean Johnson will
instruct Mr. Ford to meet with the departments on this
matter.
- Dean Schleef asked if there should be a letter from
the interdisciplinary program director in the promotion
and tenure files for faculty teaching in those programs.
Dean Johnson suggested the matter be taken up with
department chairs. The Committee on Promotion and Tenure
should make recommendation to the faculty.
- Ms. Felton distributed staffing costs for 2001-02 to
each of the divisional deans, asking for their review and
corrections.
Next meeting: Monday, Feb. 5, Dean's Office.
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