MARIETTA COLLEGE FACULTY MEETING
October 15, 2001
MINUTES (approved 12/3/01)

The regular meeting for October of the Marietta College faculty for the 2001-2002 academic year convened at 5:00 p.m. October 15 2001, in the Selby Science Center, Room 101. Dr. Sidney Potash, Chair of the Faculty, presided.

1. Announcements

1. Marcolian. Dr. Potash reported that he had approved the attendance at Faculty Meetings of a reporter from the Marcolian.

2. Faculty Council website. Dr. Potash announced that a Faculty Council website was under construction and could be consulted at www.marietta.edu/~fcouncil. The webmaster was Dr. John Michel and the site contained Council minutes and other documents. He added that the Faculty Development Committee had also established a website: www.marietta.edu/~fdevelop which included instructions for various fund applications.




2. Minutes.
   Minutes of the regular faculty meeting of September 10 were approved as submitted.




3. Provost's Report

   1. Dr. DeWine opened by remarking on conversations she had had with various individuals off campus and that these had reinforced for her how good a place the College was to work at.

   2. She reminded faculty of coffee, etc. available daily in the Faculty Lounge in Andrews Hall.

   3. She commended the McDonough Leadership Program for the excellent Leadership Conference just concluded.

   4. She reminded the faculty of the invitation to have lunch with the trustees on Friday October 19. Dr. DeWine noted that the Science Division and the Department of Education would be making program presentations during the trustee meetings.

   5. Dr. DeWine indicated that she intended to establish an international advisory council and invited interested faculty to contact her.

   6. Dr. DeWine reminded faculty of the letter she and President Scott had distributed after their visit to Southeast Asia and in which teaching opportunities were described. Again, interested faculty should contact her.

   7. A brochure for the Masters of Arts in Physician Assistant Studies was distributed. Dr. DeWine indicated that the details of the program would shortly be submitted to the Curriculum Committee. A copy of the brochure is attached as Exhibit A (ivory).

   8. Reflecting a change in emphasis, the Office of Continuing Education had been renamed the Office of Graduate Programs and Continuing Education.

   9. Dr. DeWine closed her comments by reporting that the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geology had successfully concluded a mid-term accreditation visit. She added that the assessment component had been a major feature of the visit.




4. Comprehensive Campaign

   The Chair introduced Ms. Marcia Koester, Vice-President for Advancement. Ms. Koester reminded faculty of the approaching ground breaking for the Recreation Center and also of Homecoming. Mr. Koester reported that the College was entering the final year of the comprehensive campaign and outlined the status of various projects. Her report followed the outline provided by the Powerpoint slides attached as Exhibit B (pink) to these minutes.




5. First Year Task Force.

   Professor Jeanne Arbuckle, chair of the President's Task Force on the First Year Program, reported on her committee's work. This work was reflected in a handout distributed through campus mail prior to the meeting and attached as Exhibit C (green).

   During the discussion following Professor Arbuckle's comments which focussed on the first two pages of her handout, issues raised included: assessment, class size, meaning of "research skills", the mathematics requirement, the goals identified were for specified courses and other experiences, complementary courses such as courses most first year students enroll in, e.g. Hist 101, the benefit of having students taking a course from each division in their first year, the role of student life.

   It was agreed that the discussion would continue at a special meeting of the faculty on October 22.




6. President's Report

   Dr. Scott opened by thanking Professor Arbuckle and her task force for their work.

   Dr. Scott indicated that the only major actionable item at the upcoming board meeting was approval of the 2001-2002 budget. The budget currently showed a deficit of $0.2 million compared to a $0.7 million surplus at the end of 2000-2001, but while the deficit was not a cause of major concern it certainly called for caution. She introduced Mr. Daniel Bryant, Vice-President for Administration and Finance. Mr. Bryant provided a summary of the 2001-2002 budget by using PowerPoint slides, copies of which are attached as Exhibit D (yellow).

   An opportunity was provided for questions and among the issues raised was the increase in financial aid and also the expected reduction in the draw down from the endowment because of the depressed nature of the stock market.




7. Adjournment.
   The meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.

Fraser G. MacHaffie
Secretary of the Faculty

Exhibit A (ivory): Physician Assistant Program brochure
Exhibit B (pink): "The Campaign for Marietta College"
Exhibit C (green): The Freshman Year Task Force Preliminary Document
Exhibit D (yellow): Marietta College Operating Budget, 2000-2001 & 2001-2002.

cc. Dr. Jean A. Scott
Dr. Sue DeWine (2)
Dr. Sidney Potash
/Reserve Collection, Dawes Library