Physics Department Meeting Minutes -
Jarvis Hall Science Wing 103J
Members present: Mark Larchez
(chair), Robert
Foley (Recording secretary)
Mark called the meeting to
order at
I. Announcements
1. Promotion applications are
due today (
2. Custodian Dave Lee will
not be returning to work. He is
retiring. The department decided to send
him a card and/or gift.
3. Access to Leaning fund
requests are due early this year,
4. Requests for Access to
Learning funds for next year are due early this year,
II. Department Minutes
Minutes of the Department
Meeting of
III. Faculty Senate Report
The department’s faculty senator, Alan Scott,
reported on the most recent Faculty Senate meeting. Alan reported: The Chancellor announce several changes to UW-Stout’s Professorship
Grants. There was discussion of budget cuts, including several models. The
IV. Laboratory Equipment and Procedures
Laboratories and equipment
were discussed. It was pointed out that
Chemistry has a full-time lab maintenance/setup person; Biology has half-time
lab maintenance/setup person, and physics as none. It was suggest that we see if it is possible
to use learning access funds to hire a part-time maintenance/setup person.
V. Spring
Semester Offerings and Staffing
Mark Larches distributed
tentative spring semester course offerings.
There was extended discussion.
Alan Scott will be teaching a second section of Statics and Strength of
Materials due to course demand. A section
of Physics 232 will be deleted from the schedule and also possibly a section of
Physics 231 due to shifting student course requirements. As a possible replacement for Laura
McCullough who will be half-time in the school of education next semester and
for Jo Hopp who will be take so leave time during the second semester, Mark
Larchez will look into contacting Paul Henkiel to see if he had an interest in
this possible replacement postion.
Meeting was adjourned at
Submitted by Robert Foley