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Academic Council Minutes, April 9, 2001
I. General Agenda
- Chari Norgard noted WebCT downtime is now scheduled for May 16-24
and thus should not pose a problem. She noted that Dr. Linda Hayes
will do a presentation at the COW workshop in May.
- Joe Ferguson said SPSS CD's had been provided to UHV faculty in Fort
Bend, if they had requested SPSS.
- It was noted that the open house announcement for Cinco Ranch
contained errors and omissions on programs offered.
- ITV availability in Sugar Land for meetings with Fort Bend faculty
has been a problem. Provost is to pursue blocking out certain ITV
times for meetings.
- A proposed late start for summer I for UHD Education courses was not
considered a problem--so long as there was no conflict with the summer
II schedule.
- The provost distributed copies of the Cinco Ranch floor plan and
CampusNet budget.
II. Specific Items
--Granted the appeal of a student to graduate under an earlier
catalog, pending further review by school [which subsequently approved].
- Faculty Development and Grants/Reports
--Approved a request of Dr. Joseph Ben-Ur for a research grant
($1,000) for developing, testing, and validating a student evaluation
form for on-line courses.
--Approved a request of Dr. June Lu for a travel grant ($1,100) to
present at the 6th International Conference of the Decision Sciences
Institute in Chihuahua, Mexico, in July.
--Approved a request of Dr. Dennis Riedesel for a research grant
($700) for developing an ExCET study module.
--Approved a request of Dr. Chun-Sheng Yu for a travel grant ($1,100)
to present at the 6th International Conference of the Decision Sciences
Institute in Chihuahua, Mexico, in July.
--Accepted reports on grant-funded conference travel from Dr. Horace
Fairlamb, Dr. Roy Foley, and Dr. Mary Natividad.
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4/10/01
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