Minutes Provost's Office UHV

Academic Council Minutes, June 18, 2001

I.  General Agenda
  • Joe Ferguson reported on the clean-up at UH, following the flood, and indicated that, with some exceptions, technology capabilities are about back to normal.  He said some desk top cameras will be purchased and installed on a trial basis.
  • Chari Norgard reported that an orientation for online courses is now itself online and will be fully operational by fall.  UHD shared some of its online orientation package.  It was noted that the orientation needs to incorporate library use.
II.  Specific Items
  • Student Appeals
--Denied student appeal for admission with 1.82 G.P.A.
 
--Tabled appeal of student requesting credit for courses for which he was not registered, pending determination of whether course work was completed and grades assigned.
  • Faculty Development and Grants/Reports
--Approved a FY 02 request of Dr. Li Chao for a travel grant ($1,100) to present at the WebNet 2001 Conference, in Orlando, FL, in October.
 
--Approved early requests of Dr. Peggy Cloninger for travel grants ($1,100) to present at the 2001 Business and Economics Society International Conference, in Paris, France, in July; and ($600) to serve as a caucus leader at the 2001 Academy of Management National meeting, in Washington, D.C., in August.

--Approved a request of Dr. Estella De Los Santos for a travel grant ($255.50) to present  at the Conference of the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, in San Antonio, TX, in July.

--Approved early a request of Dr. Yong Glasure for a travel grant ($342.11) to present at the Western Economic Association International Conference, in San Francisco, CA, in July.

--Approved a request of  Dr. Richard Gunasekera for a travel grant ($1,100) to present at the American Institute for Cancer Research, in Washington, D.C., in July.

--Approved a request of Dr. June Lu and Dr. Chun-Sheng Yu for research funds ($2,400) for a research project titled "Assessing the Management of Equity in China:  Revisiting After 13 Years."

--Approved early a request of Dr. Massoud Metghalchi for a travel grant ($1,100) to present at the 2001 Business and Economics Society International Conference, in Paris, France, in July.

--Approved a request of Dr. Barba Patton for a travel grant ($265.50) to present at the Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, in San Antonio, TX, in July.

--Accepted reports on grant-funded travel from Dr. Mel Damodaran, Dr. Luh Yu Ren, and Dr. Sandy Venneman.
  • Other
--Discussed lapses in the curricular approval process.  Registrar will develop a process sheet to help with tracking.  Provost will provide registrar with a description of the process, as in the Faculty Manual.
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