MINUTES

TECHNICAL PROGRAM FACULTY

MAY 9,2003

Present: K.Hall

G. Robison

V. Ferguson

E. Patton

Jeff Montgomery

K. Shull

T. Stroup

B. Horne

P. Roark

Dr. Cronan, presiding

Also Present: G. Carver

The status of program reviews was reviewed and discussed. Virginia agreed to collect input from the other csci faculty on revision of the draft review of the computer programming and data processing programs and return to Dr. Cronan, perhaps in time to complete these programs this year.

Dr. Cronan volunteered to send a report done by Cypress Research on the economic development needs in IT, Advanced Engineering, and Bio-Medical industries in a sixteen-county region around Cincinnati, including Brown County.

The status of the Search committees was discussed. Tom Stroup will chair the EEng committee.

Dr. Cronan raised the possibility of filling the position of Dean of Technical Studies through internal posting, without using new funds or increasing the number of administrative positions. The faculty generally did not support this idea because they saw no internal candidates with the expertise and the experience to serve in a truly servant leadership role in this position and because of perceived traditional ineffectiveness of such positions, including the possibility of inappropriate faculty evaluations.

Therefore, it was recommended that this position not be filled at this time, and Dr. Cronan agreed.

The exemplary work done on program reviews and assessment by Karen Newby was praised unanimously.

Respectfully Submitted,

Ernest Cronan, Ph.D.

May 13, 2003