Present:  Jose Martin, Douglas Ferrier, Wayne Lewis, Victor Fuhro, Marilyn Dyer, Farhat Iftekharuddin, John Ronnau, Betsy Boze, Jon Steingass, Jill Zimmerman, and Raymond Rodrigues, presiding.

1. Disney Internships
The Disney Corporation has accepted several UTB/TSC students for their College Internship Program.  The experience has been positive for our students.  Disney has been so pleased with UTB/TSC students that they have accepted a disproportionate number from our campus into subsequent cohorts.  Representatives from Disney want to discuss options for granting academic credit for these internships.  Accordingly,
Disney representatives will be on the UTB/TSC campus May 16.  They will first meet with the Provost and President.  From 12:00 – 3:00 they will meet with deans and faculty (lunch included).  Please RSVP to Dean Zimmerman ASAP.

2. E-mail to all faculty (W. Lewis)
The Provost requested that options (in addition to the current practice that all such mail goes through Academic Computing) be explored for sending email messages to all faculty.  However, Wayne Lewis raised the concern of security – who would be authorized (and responsible) for messages that go out from various campus sources?  It was the consensus of the group that Academic Computing should continue to serve as the sole portal for these messages.  However, steps will be taken to allow that messages from the President and Provost offices will be so identified.

3. Deans and Chairs Workshop (R. Rodrigues)
The Provost requested suggestions for topics for July 2000 Deans and Chairs workshop.  The following potential topics were listed:
 Dual Enrollment
 TECH PREP
 Sexual Harassment
 Teaching Excellence
 Expectations & Standards
 Legislative Briefing
 SCANS
 Integrating GENED competencies throughout the major
 Motivational Speaker
 Time Management
 Team Building Exercises
 Opportunity to set goals for each department
 Benchmarking
 Best practice in faculty searches
 Effective partnerships with support staff
 Best practices in program reviews

 Deans were asked to poll their chairs for potential topics and forward them to the
 Provost.

4. Budget Items (V. Fuhro)
Victor emphasized the following guidelines for search teams:
? UTB/TSC faculty should not use personal credit cards to purchase airfare or lodging for candidates.
? The number of people included for search team lunches or dinners should be limited to six (6)
In addition, Victor advised that the Division of Academic Affairs funds that are used to reimburse for meals and lodging are almost depleted.

Meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.