TO:  Faculty & Staff

FROM:  Susan Coppersmith

SUBJECT: Department Meeting
Friday, 10^th November 2006
Business Meeting at 12.15 p.m.
Room 5310 Chamberlin Hall

TOPICS: 

• Announcements – Coppersmith
• Building Report – Huber
• Discussion with Prof. William Tracy, University Committee, asking our opinion about which matters that committee should consider
• Interdisciplinary Course (Engineering) 198 proposal
• Discussion/Decision re Changes in Qualifying Exam Policies
• Emeritus Status for Jim Hanesworth
• Matters Arising

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1)  A reminder from L&S Administration re LTE’s beginning work:  LTE’s may NOT begin working until after their appointments have been approved.  This is more important now than ever, with the new LTE working restrictions.

2)  UW System Applied Research Grant Competition for FY 2007-08:  The internal campus deadline is Thursday, 11 January 2007.  The request for proposals and other information about the UW-System FY 2007-08 Applied Research Grant Program can be found at this web site:  http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/applres/index.htm   There is no limit to the number of proposals that can be submitted from UW-Madison this year, so no campus internal competition is required.  However, a designated UW-Madison campus official must endorse the proposals that are submitted to the UW-System competition.  A hard copy of the proposal should be routed with a T-form for appropriate department and college signatures and submitted to the Graduate School, Room 333, by 12:00 p.m., January 11, 2007.

3)  A reminder that the format for copying requests has changed.  For more information, please see Dave Lockman (Mailroom, 2309 CH) or Lynn Rettig (Main Office, 2320 CH).

Meeting Minutes (pdf)