5:00 Call to Order.
Attending: Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, John Wiehl, Leslee
Friedman, Heather Bastian, Richard Noggle, Matthew Candelaria, Lisa
King, Catherine Betz, Alicia Sutliff, Keri Behre, Jenny Noyce, Sarah
Blythe, Angela Glover, Katie Egging, Jennie Joiner, Karla Knutson,
Nathanial Williams
Approval of Minutes.
5:01 Officer Reports.
a. Presidents’ Report.
a. Kevin Higgins, an Irish poet will be holding a
reading this Friday (the 10th) at 2pm in the Kansas Union.
b. John and Kristin are meeting with Prof. Dorice Eliot
this Thursday at 11 am. If you have any concerns you wish brought to
her, please email one of them. They will already be asking questions
about the targeted hire and the GTAL mentoring system.
c. The office clean up is in progress thanks to John
and Kristin. We now have a catalogue of DVDs and VHS. Things are going
slowly as we are having to find out how to dispose of much of what's in
there. Please contact one of them if you wish to help out.
d. There will be a Voting Dept Meeting on Tuesday, 2/21
discussing the Library situation and the Provost
e. There is another Voting Dept Meeting tentatively
scheduled for 2/28 to discuss the Indigenous hire
i. The visitations of the candidates will be coming up
and will be in quick succession so as to be able to make a decision.
There should be a strong graduate presence in each of these events so
as to be able to provide feedback at the appropriate time.
ii. The visitations will be announced on short notice
due to the urgency of the situation, however, there will most likely be
food at the gatherings.
b. Secretary’s Report.
c. Treasurer’s Report.
a. We have $149.43
b. We still have $500 GPA (travel) funds. Apps are up
at the SAGE website, get yours into Heather Bastian by April 1st if you
are applying. Generally, the most granted any one person is $75.
d. FY Liaison Report.
5:10 Committee Reports.
a. Academics Anonymous.
i. Emily Wicktor is lined up for this semester
ii. Will be pursuing Professor Hardin and the visiting
Fulbright Professor as other possibilities.
b. Advisory Committee.
i. Has not met yet this semester.
c. FSE Committee.
i. Will be discussing honor's placement exam at next
meeting.
d. Graduate Assembly.
i. Our liaison was unable to make the first meeting.
ii. Meeting again tomorrow (Wed. 2/8)
iii. Still looking for a treasurer, it is a paid
position.
1. Tangentially, it should evidently be mentioned that
the present members of SAGE feel that I take great notes.
e. Graduate Committee.
i. The motion to change the requirements for the MA has
been passed.
ii. It is effective immediately (aka, everyone is
grandfathered in)
iii. There have been no meetings yet this semester.
f. GTA/Lecturers Committee.
i. Will be meeting to discuss the mentoring program, a
system which apparently has some flaws.
1. Suggestions were made that more than one
letter/evaluation per semester might be useful.
2. Since there has evidently been some talk about
trimming down committees it was thought that shifting people into a
"mentoring committee" dedicated to just that could be useful.
3. The mentor should be willing to discuss the letter
with the mentee.
4. Sometimes the materials and experience the mentors
are given/have with 101/102 is different from the mentee.
g. Lecturers/Readers Committee.
i. Kevin Higgins visit (see above under Pres. Report)
ii. Final request for next year's nominations has been
sent out
h. Library Committee.
i. Has not met yet this semester
ii. New Dean candidates will be coming soon
iii. The committee for a Dean search has an undergrad
on it but not a grad. While there is no chance of getting a grad on
this committee, Matthew Candelaria will be taking this concern to the
Graduate Assembly to see if we can secure a place on future committees.
iv. Speaking of future committees, the Assistant Dean
has resigned, effective at the end of the semester.
v. The reporting line for the Deans will remain the
same.
vi. There is a new Head of Instruction. (It is not Tami
Albin, who was handling the job in the interim.)
i. New Literacies Conference Committee.
i. Does not yet exist.
j. Professionalization Workshops Committee.
i. Two workshops will be planned for this semester
ii. One of them is the rescheduled conference prep one
iii. The other will be on scholarly publishing and
already has Prof. Amy Devitt on the panel.
k. SAGE Advice.
i. Shannon Pufahl is looking for ideas, if you have
any, please send them her way.
l. Social Committee.
i. Is "poised to resurface."
ii. Saturday the 25th of February will most likely hold
an event, possibly Karaoke.
iii. They will try to put together a wrap party for us
this year.
m. Supplemental Funds Committee.
i. Hasn't met yet.
ii. There are limited funds and so activity has been
slow.
iii. The Angela Jones award apps are due Mon. the 13th.
5:32 Old Business.
5:35 New Business.
a. SAGE book sale
i. We will shortly be collecting books from faculty and
students
ii. Will take place on a Wed/Thurs on Wescoe Beach
iii. Tentative dates are either March 24/5 or April
4/5.
iv. Bring any books you're willing to donate to the
SAGE office.
v. If you would like to help tabling the sale, contact
John or Kristin
b. Committee for the Mabel S. Fry
i. This is an award from SAGE to a faculty member for
excellence in teaching, scholarship and mentoring.
ii. John and Angela are heading up the committee with
Jennie Joiner, Jenny Noyce and Katie Egging serving on it.
iii. Will solicit nominations shortly, nominations must
be written.
iv. More information can be found at SAGE website, past
winners, past letters of nomination, etc.
c. Elections
i. Leslee Friedman will be running them.
ii. Start thinking about what level of involvement you
would like to have with SAGE.
iii. There is a two year limit on any position that is
contested.
5:43 Next Meeting Time. Will be March 14 at 5:00 pm,
most likely in Wescoe 3132. This might be too late to discuss the
Indigenous hire. If so we will discuss over email as we did with the
previous hire.
5:45 Meeting Adjourned.