1. Agenda 28 August 2007 Organization Group Reports Short Discussion
Faculty Affairs (Stefan)
Undergraduate (Beth)
Graduate (Roger)
Facilities/Infrastructure (Juyang)
Short Discussion

2. Faculty Affairs (Group 1)
Departmental research emphasis
Faculty hires
Rankings
Review of departmental guidelines for tenure and promotion
Mid-tenure review
Teaching Evaluation Committee
Comprehensive Performance Review
Graduate faculty review …
Membership:
Estreicher
Borst
Cheng
Myles
Wigmans

3. Undergraduate Affairs (Group 2)
Recruitment, enrollment, retention
Assessment
Course sequences
Advising
Curriculum review
Develop majors’ introductory courses
Review/upgrade introductory labs
Undergraduate research (Senior thesis)
Intermediate and advanced labs
TA roles …
Awards and scholarships
SPS
Demonstration equipment library
Options (Med Phys, Astronomy, Engineering physics, etc)
Undergraduate Student Booklet
Membership:
Thacker
Grave de Peralta
Lamp
Park
Wilhelm

4. Graduate Affairs (Group 3)
Program assessment (Graduate School Review this Fall)
Recruitment and enrollment
Angelo State U agreement
TA selection criteria and evaluation (Appendix to Booklet)
Advising
Physics Qualifying Exam (updates?)
Awards and scholarships
Specialty topics (Applied Physics, MSI, Medical Physics, etc)
Graduate Student Booklet …
Membership:
Lichti
Lodhi
Holtz
Sanati
Volobouev

5. Facilities and Infrastructure (Group 4)
Web server
IT infrastructure review
Classroom needs
Commons Room
Conference Room upgrade (video conferencing tools)
Extension/new building
Space use …
Membership:
Huang
Glab
Gibson
Lee
Stubbs
Zinsmeyer

6. Special Assignments and Other Issues
Beth Thacker agreed to serve as the Associate Chair
Executive Committee comprises of conveners of the four groups (Estreicher, Thacker, Lichti and Huang)
Staff Affairs will be handled by the chair and the associate chair.
Medical Physics contact person is Kelvin Cheng
Engineering Physics contact person is Charley Myles …
Graduate Advisor (Physics)
Graduate Advisor (App. Physics)
MSI Director(s)
Graduate Recruiter
Undergraduate Advisor (Physics)
Undergraduate Advisor (Eng. Physics)
Engineering Physics Coordinator
Undergraduate Lab Director
SPS Advisor
Computer Center Director
Observatory Director
Library Liaison
Safety Officer

7. Objectives Double the undergraduate enrollment in 5 years
Double the graduate enrollment in 5 years
Double the external research funding in 5 years