Minutes

Present: E. Talbott, K. Holzworth, D. Crossman, T. Metzger, D. Aaron, B. Steel, E. Baylis, R. Prosser, T. Ridley

1) The approval of Minutes: The use of Blackboard was discussed in detail. The staff from CIDDE encourages full and part-time faculty to take advantage of the multitude of resources with regard to educational instructional consulting. With the available publicity and programs offered, faculty should make use of the multiple resources and program at their disposal

2) New Business

a) A total of 26 proposals for innovative teaching are currently being reviewed and will be considered on March 15, 2003 for funding. There does not appear to be as m any proposals as in previous years. It was thought that perhaps there are more internal educational grants available. Some Schools have their own proposals for grants.

b). The University of Pittsburgh Faculty diversity seminar will be held May 12-13, 20003 and is sponsored by the Officie of the Provost. This two-week course redesign experience provides faculty with an opportunity to learn about diversity issues while allowing the faculty member to make it more inclusive in terms of gender and race. The member will work with colleagues who have experience in diversity and course revision. This year's topic concerns tools to increase exposure of issues related to diversity in class curricula. These include examples of differences with regard to outcome/attitude abased on social class, ability, sex, age, social justice and inclusiveness. Dr. Aaron had attended the class previously and reported that she found it very beneficial. She indicated that some of the most valuable aspects of the lass were the interchange of various disciplines.

c). The University is supporting the University of Michigan's ruling on affirmative action. As a committee, the SEPC wanted to add their strong support for this action. There was a motion by Dave Crossman and a second by Ellen Baylis to formalize this view regarding affirmative action.

3) There were suggestions to invite Dr. Betsy Porter or Dr. Jack Daniel, Dean of Students to speak at the next SEPC Meeting concerning their vision for the Office of Student Affairs

4) The next meeting will be held on April 22, 2003 at the GSPH, the meeting room will be announced. Lunch will be provided..