Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Agenda items for

Faculty & Staff Retreat

Date:               Thursday 18 August 2005  

Time:               8:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Location:         Rose Creek Golf Course

                        1500 Rose Creek Parkway, Fargo

7:45 am                       Coffee & Cookies                                 

8:00 - 8:30                  Dr. Gary Smith, Dean CEA

                                    Review of agenda 

9:00 – 10:00                IME Mission

IME Goals & Objectives

Fall Course Schedule

Department Meetings

IME Laboratories 

10:00 – 10:20              Break 

10:20 – 11:00              IME Laboratories Cont.

                                    Proposals for new equipment 

11:00 – 11:30              Faculty Development

Research/Scholarly Activities

                                    Faculty Travel (Budget)

                                    Department Budget & Expenditure 

11:30 - 12:00              Undergraduate Programs

• ABET
• Curriculum
• Advising
• Recruiting

• High schools
• Community Colleges
• University

12:00 – 1:00                Lunch 

1:00 – 2:30                  Undergraduate Program Cont.

Graduate Program

• Assistantship Awards PhD program Procedure – Approved May 05
• Curriculum Changes
• Graduate Students Policy Handbook
• Graduate Assistantship Assignments – New form
• Paying Students
• Graduate Admission
• Graduate Student’s Evaluation
• Graduate student’s orientation
• Graduate Dean to address faculty & Graduate students about Graduate College policies

2:30 – 2:50                  Break 

2:50 – 3:30                  Departmental Committees

• Curriculum
• Student Assistantship Awards
• WWW Committee
• Promotion & Tenure
  • Promotion & Tenure College Committee – Dr. Cook (May 08)
  • Who is applying?
  • P & T department committee will convene  by September 15, 2005 and recommend P & T criteria for the IME department
  • Applications and Portfolios are due to my office no later than October 1, 2005
  • Department P & T Committee will meet no later than October 15th
  • Department P & T Committee forward recommendation and justification or explanation for basis of their decision  to me no later than October 20, 2005
  • Applications with the department recommendations are due to the CEA Dean’s office no later than November 1, 2005

3:30 – 3:45                  Advisory Board Meeting – October 

3:45 – 4:00                  Priorities & Assignments