December 16, 2013

Present: Bernard-Donals, Cook, Fair, Farrar Edwards, Meyerand, Petty 

1. The meeting began at 1:31 p.m.

2. Minutes of the meeting of December 9, 2013 were approved as distributed. 

3. The University Committee and the provost received an update on the Ad Hoc Diversity Plan Committee from Ruth Litovsky, Patrick Sims, and Ruby Paredes.

4. The UC will seek guidance from the Office of Legal Affairs about academic staff dual roles (1.03.A and 8.02.B).  The UC will also seek data from APIR and/or the Registrar’s Office about which departments have academic staff who are instructors.

5. Associate Deans Wendy Crone, Daniel Kleinman, Lea Jacobs, and Donna Paulnock provided perspective on the structure of the Graduate School.

6. The meeting adjourned at 4:19 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Andrea Poehling, secretary of the faculty