University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women

Meeting Minutes

3:00-5:00 p.m., 500 Swanlund Administration Building

1. Approval of Minutes from April 23, 2002 meeting: Minutes Approved (with corrections noted)
2. Announcements
3. Old Business
   1. A request for proposal (RFP) is being prepared for a sick childcare program. The program, modeled after those provided by other higher education institutions and corporations, contracts with private vendor to provide in-home care for mildly ill children who are not quite well enough to return to their regular child care providers. It has been suggested that an elder care program could be combined with sick child care, since the service providers will have a pool of trained and certified staff and many of these members would be suited to serve both populations.
4. New Business
   1. Kal Alston discussed concern for data from previously conducted Senior survey. Kathleen Pecknold will follow up on location on information and/or report.
   2. Kathryn Anthony discusses new procedure for submitting reports in order to reduce paperwork for committee members. Committee members suggest that we submit reports via website/URL.
   3. Undergraduate student Michelle Pincus was delegated as CCSW representative to serve on Rape Awareness and Prevention Committee for 2002-2003. In addition to Rape Awareness, education of date rape drugs (GHB and Rohypnol) will also be discussed.
      1. Kal Alston told the committee about the latest innovative date rape drug indicator. A drink coaster has been developed on which individuals may test beverage content for the presence of date rape drugs. Coasters will be delivered and tested on two university campuses, one in the US and one in Canada.
   4. Distribution and brief discussion of National Initiative for Women in Higher Education, Agenda for the 21st Century. Committee members were urged to read the Agenda before the next meeting. Members are to identify and e-mail (to lrjohnso@uiuc.edu) 2-3 issues believed to be most important at the UIUC campus by Tuesday October 1, 2002.
   5. Recap of meeting of Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Kathryn Anthony, and Kathleen Pecknold on September 19, 2002:
      1. The Chancellor's request for CCSW to consider flexible appointment structures, such as part-time tenure-track positions for faculty and academic professionals and staff at UIUC was discussed. Such positions can benefit both women and men. Delegated member Kal Alston and Lynda Cabrales will analyze national trends, identify the structure of the position(s), how candidates are evaluated, etc. and prepare a document specifying future actions. Lynda to report on progress at next meeting.
      2. The need to follow-up on the faculty mentoring initiative for 2002-2003 was also discussed. Delegated member Kathleen Pecknold with the assistance of Sarah Maglesdorf will notify units of the completion of the CCSW mentoring report and inform them of completion of next steps/future action. Kathleen Pecknold will also be responsible for establishing a website at the Provost's office about mentoring programs and follow up on the progress.
      3. An additional concern includes the need to analyze deficiencies and improve the state of women's restrooms across campus. Delegated member Deanie Brown will begin to examine the following issues: buildings on UIUC campus where restroom conditions are poor, building locations with diaper changing stations, no-touch toilets and sinks and areas for breastfeeding.