Department of Physics
University of WI-Whitewater
Draft Minutes for the Faculty
Meeting for May 6th meeting
Meeting convened at 2:46 pm.
I. Attending: R.
Benjamin, J. Constantinescu; G.
Chulick; P. Rybski; S. Sahyun;
Jeffrey
Polak (SPS representative)
Absent: S. DasGupta (excused consulting)
II. Sahyun/Benjamin
move approval of Meeting Minutes of April 29th meeting. Passed on voice vote.
III. Announcements
A. Chairıs
Announcements
1. Course
revisions -- a reminder that
course revisions must be completed and
submitted
for curricular approval a minimum of nine months prior to their
being
offered
2. Major/minor
revisions A subcommittee of the department will be
appointed
next fall to complete major/minor revisions to forward to
curricular
bodies.
3. Inventory
Capital and noncapital inventory used to be maintained by the
university. Officially, capital inventory is now
maintained in Financial
Services
by Joe Kolosso, and noncapital inventory is to be maintained by
each
department. Upon completion of the
Upham renovation and Physicsı
move
into its final quarters, a complete capital and noncapital inventory will
have
to be completed.
4. Retention
of electronic documents The university does not maintain an
Email
archive, much less an electronic file archive for all documents
originated
at the university. Current
university policy requires EACH
AUTHOR
maintain her own archive for possible access by legal authorities.
The
departmental file server may be the best location of such archives.
CD/DVDıs
may not be of archival quality.
5. Journal
holdings As faculty leave from and others arrive at UWW,
departmental
research interests change.
Beginning next fall, the department
will
review the libraryıs current journal holdings for Physics and
recommend
both additions to and deletions from this list.
6. Sahyun
has received college support for the purchase of eight iMacs for use
in
UH 141 (nee UH 141E) beginning next fall.
Congratulations, Dr.
Sahyun!
7. Electronic
major field tests The Physics Major Field Tests are currently
administered
on paper but are moving to electronic form in the near future.
Dr.
Benjamin will be responsible for managing this transition
8. U
of I-Urbana College of Engineering is offering a no-obligation all-expense-paid
trip for engineering and physics undergraduate students who are interested in
attending U of I. Faculty and
students are encouraged to contact merge@cen.uiuc.edu
or to visit
<http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/mep/merge.html>
for
further information on this program
B. Committee
Reports
1. Curriculum
no meeting
2. Graduate
Council no business related to physics
3. Library
no report
4. SPS
Yerkes trip delayed to Fall 2005 to avoid Motherıs Day; students are
interested
in WSGC rocket competition; two
teams may be formed, and
SPS
members will be given preference to team membership; students who
want
to use the SPS room and its resources in future will have to be paid-up
members.
5. Upham
renovation Renovation packing and moving will begin the week
of
June 1.
6. Webpage
no report
7. Chancellorıs
Committee on Disability Concerns non-emergency building
egress
for wheel-chair users was discussed
C. Announcements
from the Floor
1. Benjamin
had a Spitzer Space Telescope proposal approved to observe
NGC
891, a small galaxy outside the Local Group, beginning Summer
2005
and ending Summer 2007.
Congratulations, Dr. Benjamin!
IV. Old
Business
A. Equipment
purchases
1. LN2
dewar scale: $500
2. Coronado
Solar Telescope: $1,680
3. Two
OS X Tiger licenses $69/each
4. LN2
handling fixture: ($1,950,
to be purchased out of next yearıs
budget)
V. New
Business
A. Department
representative to Graduate Council Benjamin will be the appointed
representative,
and Rybski will be the designated substitute.
B. Spring
2006 courses Special course proposals must be submitted to the
department
by August 15th, 2005, for review and approval by September 1, 2005,
and
forwarding to the dean of the College and to the provost.
C. Sahyun/Benjamin
move a motion of thanks to Dr. Gary Chulick for his hard work
this
year in supporting the Physics 160 sequence and the Physics 172, 174 and 411
laboratories.
The department extends our best wishes for his continuing academic
career. Approved by acclamation.
Sahyun/Chulick move to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 3:26 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul M. Rybski, Secretary of the Day
Xc: Chancellor
Jack Miller
Provost
Richard Telfer
Dean
Howard Ross
Dean
Lee Jones
Archivist
Karen Weston