Date: October 26, 2001
Time: 1130 a.m.
Place: Faculty Senate Room
Present: Joe Kruger, Laura McKnight, PhiIii Nitse,
Alyce Sato, David Squires,
Janet House, Catherine Kunicki, Alan Egger (guest).
Excused: Patricia Dean, Patricia Packer
Absent: Sudip Das, Tracy Montgomery, Malinda
Reynolds, Richard Wabrek,
Dennis Walsh, Undergraduate Student
Absent (non voting members): Jennifer Fisher, John
Jones, Donald Paulson
Presiding: Joe Kruger
In the absence of a quorum, official business could
not be conducted. Discussion was held on the following topics.
1. Minutes of 5-I l-01 and g-28-01 were tabled.
2 . Phil reported that advertisement for a Director
for the Center for Teaching and
Learning has been started. There is not a closing
date. Dr. Lawson is helping the
search committee by writing personal letters to
colleagues in higher education to invite names of candidates.
3. Alyce reported that Rudy Kovacs has consented to
chair the committee to assess
goal 6. Alan suggested that assessment of the goals
be documented to show the
Northwest Accreditation team that assessments are
conducted on a regular basis not
just once every ten years.
4. David and Cathy reported on the history of the CTL
and presented a draft of Article
ll;Purpose of the Bylaws. After much discussion, it
was suggested that David, Cathy and Malinda revise the ByLaws and Functions of
the CTL incorporating suggestions that were discussed such as the linkage
between the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Council for Teaching and
Learning.
5 . Presentation of the Innovated Teaching Grant for
Council approval was tabled.
6. The next meeting will be November 30,200l at 1130
in the Faculty Senate Room as discussed at the September 28 meeting.
The meeting disbursed at 1255 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alyce Sato, Acting Secretary