MSU Faculty Emeriti Association
Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
209 Olds Hall
Attendees: Stone, Gliozzo, Sommers, Reid, Medick,
Wickert, Greenbaum,
Forsyth, Kimball and Ishino
Staff: Shaw
I. Chair Stone welcomed the group and Don Jost the President of the MSU Retirees Association. The next meeting of the Steering Committee
will be on
Stone
noted that he had an email from a professor at the
Don
Jost spoke about the MSU Retirees Association. He talks about discussions of his executive
committee at a recent meeting. His group
asked him as to why it was needed for a new group (MSU Faculty Emeriti
Association) when a retiree group already existed. A discussion followed about the need for two
organizations. Stone indicated that the
MSU Emeriti Faculty Association had a primary goal of having retired “faculty”
to continue their active engagement with the University and to share their
lifetime of experience and expertise in an ongoing collaboration that is
mutually valued and enriching. Don Jost was aware of this goal. Both organizations have important roles to
play and it was agreed it was important to continually communicate so that we
eliminate any possible conflicts. Don Jost talked about the potential for exploring joint or
contiguous offices for better uses of resources. We agreed to explore with them potential
areas for cooperation.
II. The minutes of the
III. Updates:
A. Lecture/Seminar Series:
Dr.
Gordon Rohman, Professor Emeritus of English, will
present the next lecture in the series.
His topic is “Reading for Your Life.
The lecture will be held on March 30 from
Two
potential speakers were approached about the June lecture. Both will be out of the country and not be
available. Fortunately, both indicated
an interest for a future date. The
Steering Committee discussed other potential speakers and will approach one of
them for the June lecturer.
B. Awards Committee:
The
MSU Retirees lunch will be held on
Professor
Gliozzo said that we have received a number of nominations for the award. He is the chair of the selection committee
and they will be getting together shortly for selection of the winners.
C. 209 Olds Hall:
Keys
for the door have been ordered so that members of the Faculty Retiree
Association will have access to the room and be able to use it for Association
activities. In addition, it was noted
that a telephone has been ordered for the room.
This will provide an answering machine and will make the office more
useful. We are still in the process of
acquiring computers, a water dispenser and reading material for the room.
D. Representation on University Academic
Committees:
An
email has been sent to Ms. Jacqueline Wright, the Secretary of Academic
Governance to initiate the process of getting representation on certain
committees. The request was for voice
but not for a vote on the committees.
Ms. Wright agreed to send our request forward. We should have information on our request by
the next meeting.
E. Faculty Survey Results:
Numerous
faculty responded to the survey that was sent out in
February. There appears to be an active
interest in forming groups for further study in specific areas. Some of the suggested topics involve Classics
and Modern Literature, Clinical Medical Issues, International Issues, Science
and Math, Environmental Issues and others.
The Steering Committee will decide at the next meeting on how to move
the suggestions forward.
F. Chair Stone said that a large part of our
next meeting would be devoted to
Organizing the Steering Committee to better plan for
the future. This would include developing committees that
would be in charge of specific projects and developing short and long-range
goals for the Association. The
Association has reached the stage that planning for the future is important and
a permanent structure is developed.