CM Charter Revision Page

The Department of Chemical Engineering is reviewing and updating its charter throughout the 2007/20078school year. Each draft below represents a version of our charter that must be reviewed by the department, discussed, and voted on by the faculty. The status of each draft is indicated.
Charter Committee:
Gerard Caneba
Faith A. Morrison


changes	version of charter	date discussed by committee	date discussed by department	date of vote tally	pass/fail	current charter
	original					original
Final 2004 cycle of changes		process detailed here		26 April 2004	pass 10/0	CM_Charter_2004 final[7].DOC Current outline of charter
2006 changes discussed, but no changes were made.		process detailed here		30 April 2007	fail 8 yes/5 no 2/3 required to pass	CM_Charter_2004 final[7].DOC Current outline of charter
2006 changes were broken into 8 different sections and proposed to be discussed by the Department. One amendment was added to the draft 29 October 2007 on 14 Dec 2007; on page 11, in the paragraph marked IIIa on teaching evaluation, in the last line the word "instructional" was stricken. Also, item IV of the list of items to be voted on was removed and remanded to committee.	Proposal 29October2007	Fall 2007	12 Dec 2007 14 Dec 2007	21 Dec 2007 vote announced; 15 Jan 2008 votes tallied (14 total)	All sections pass (10 votes required) except number 4 which was returned to committee. The totals were: 1. Modification to the Chair Search Committee 14 Yes 0 No 2. Emeriti Faculty 14 yes 0 No 3. Faculty Evaluation 12 Yes 2 No 4. Returned to the Committee (no vote) 5. Chaired Faculty 13 Yes 1 No 6. Leadership 13 Yes 1 No 7. Curriculum Changes a faculty right 14 Yes 0 No G. Grammer 14 Yes 0 No	CM_Charter_v4x01_15Jan08.doc CM_Charter_v4x01_15Jan08.pdf
It was proposed by Dave Shonnard 16April08 that the Assessment Committee be made a standing committee in the department. The department agreed in principle.	Proposal 21April2008 1st Proposal 28April 2008 2nd Proposal 28April2008 (one "ABET" removed so that it applies to all types of accreditation)	21April2008	23April2008 25April2008(email) revised version circulated 28April2008	28 April 2008 email vote	unanimous in favor per Chris Abramson email on May 5, 2008	Charter 5May2008

Charter Revision Process

Department of Chemical Engineering