University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women

Meeting Agenda

 

Tuesday, April 1, 2003, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
500 Swanlund Administration Building

  1. Approval of minutes from February 25, 2003
  2. Announcements
    1. Next meeting: Tuesday, April 29, 2003
    2. Time to look for new faculty members and replacements for those with expiring CCSW terms - suggestions for nominees? One potential nominee: Stephanie Foote, associate professor in English (nominated by former CCSW Chair Emily Watts)
  3. Old Business
    1. Rape Awareness and Prevention Committee - CCSW Representative update: Michelle Pincus
    2. Senate Equal Opportunity Committee - CCSW Representative update: Linda Beale
  4. New Business: Progress reports on Commitment to Action Chart - CCSW representative updates
    1. Flexible appointment structures for faculty - Follow-up prior draft report from Linda Beale, Lynda Cabrales, Jennifer Chung, Lakeisha Johnson, with Kal Alston (consulting role). Guest: Provost Richard Herman
      1. Follow-up - Kathryn Anthony (MIT-contacts: Nancy Hopkins and Sam Allen) and Kathleen Pecknold (Iowa, MIT, Michigan, Ohio State)
      2. Follow-up to on-campus survey or focus group about flexible appointment structures: Linda Beale
      3. Follow-up to presentation at 1/28/03 meeting, Guest: Meg Calkins, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Dept. of Landscape Architecture
    2. Recommendations for improving women's restrooms on campus - follow-up to prior report- Deanie Brown
    3. Completing the status report on undergraduate women - Susanne Aref and Pat Morey
    4. Childcare program for update - Kathleen Pecknold
    5. Mentoring initiatives follow up - Kathleen Pecknold
  5. Other Items