University Councils and Committees

University Committee on Women

Debra Sanborn, 294-0632

Committee Meeting Date: September 26, 2005

Major agenda items discussed/committee action taken:

• College oversight subcommittee draft report

• Goals for College oversight subcommittee in 2005-06

• Goals for Marketing subcommittee in 2005-06

• Goals for the Workplace and Campus Climate Issues subcommittee in 2005-06

Potential impact on P&S employees:

Campus issues affecting women P&S employees

There was discussion of the draft of the College of Engineering report.  The report was written during the past summer by Ann Thompson and Judy Vance, who put together the data that was collected.  The statistics from this report show that there has been a dramatic decline in the hiring of women in the College of Engineering.  For the purposes of this report, UCW will make recommendations of ideas on how to improve the declining trend.  The discussed changes will be made to the draft report, and then the final report will then be presented to the Dean of Engineering.

The goals for the UCW college oversight committee for this year, 2005-2006 are:

1.  Follow-up on engineering report to Dean Kushner. 

2.  Continue formulating the Vet Med college committee to develop a status of women report. 

3.  Begin discussions with the Business College faculty regarding a future study for that college on the status of women.

Mission for the Marketing Committee for UCW:

• To educate the campus community about UCW activities, mission, and goals
• To enhance networking opportunities for women by sharing information

The Workplace and Campus Climate Issues subcommittee will address the following issues this year:

• Inclusion of language in the Faculty Governance Document and the P&S contract regarding bullying, mobbing and harassment.
• Track the implementation of the Campus Climate Survey recommendations for changes at ISU.

Next committee meeting date: November 28, 2005, 11:30 – 1 p.m., Jacobsen Building