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Present: Richard Chenoweth, Laura de Haan, Allyn Kostecki, Joe Latimer, Jim Lindley, Mary Kuzel, Richard Shaw, Brad Strand, Bob Harrold. Unable to attend: Bill Martin, Ines Rothe, Tom Sherer, Minutes of the previous meeting: 1. There were no corrections to the minutes of the meeting of January 20, 1999. Announcements: 1. It was decided that the time that would have been involved for the UAC meeting on March 16 will be used for subcommittee discussions. 2. Bill Martin and Richard Shaw will develop a budget for the General Education Subcommittee. 3. Laura de Haan volunteered to join the Luncheon Subcommittee. 4. Richard Chenoweth and Bob Harrold met with Chuck Harter, Chair of the Faculty Development Committee, to discuss the Small Grant Program. 5. Harrold sent a message to Dr. Schnell reporting overdue Assessment Reports. Ten reports were on that list. 6. Harrold called for participants to attend the 105th Annual Meeting of the NCA on April 1-4, 2000 in Chicago. The NCA Web-site, www.ncacihe.org/conference/index.html has more information. Bob Harrold will be one of the participants. Please contact him if you are interested in attending. The Office of Assessment and Institutional Research will be covering travel expenses. 7. Harrold announced that the AAHE Conference will be held in June in Charlotte, NC. Closing date for this meeting will be May 8, 2000. There is an opportunity for two committee members to attend. The AAHE web site, http://www.aahe.org has more information. Please contact Bob Harrold if you are interested in attending. Reports: 1. Harrold recognized de Haan and Kostecki for speaking on the UAC's behalf at the January meeting of the University Senate. Student Affairs, Extension and VP Academic Affairs will be represented on the future standing committee of the University Senate, pending approval at the February meeting of the University Senate. Old Business: 1. Discussions for the Assessment Speaker Series and Department Luncheon Series were discussed. The Bush Grant budget will allow for a possible 500 lunches. The subcommittee will try schedule two luncheons this spring. Flyers can be sent to departments inviting those that wish to attend also targeted invites can be mailed to departments the subcommittee would like to see attend the luncheons. The subcommittees for the Assessment Speaker Series and the Luncheon Series were combined into an Events Subcommittee. 2. The possibility of one external speaker per semester was discussed for the Speaker Series. For the Luncheon Series one or two speakers from campus departments could be invited per event to make short presentations. 3. It was decided that Bob Harrold would invite William Wresch and Susan Hatfield to serve NDSU as consultants/speakers. New Business: None The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Recorder: Bonnie Erickson Next meeting: Thursday, February 17, 2000 in the Morrill Hall, Conference
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