First Tuesday Breakfast Roundtables
2007-2008
Purpose and organization:
The First Tuesday Breakfast Roundtables are a monthly forum in which academic department heads come together to discuss matters of common interest and concern. The format is meant to be casual. These sessions are for us to share ideas and experiences with our colleagues. They are not seminars or lectures.
Who is in charge of setting the agenda:
Provost Nellis is the host for the program. He has delegated to the following people the task of setting the agenda: Kris Boone, Alfred Cochran, Betsy Cauble, Jerry Frieman, Mo Hosni, Dennis Law, and Gary Pierzynski. You are encouraged to make suggestions about program topics to them.
Contact Alfred Cochran(2-4372 or cochalw@ksu.edu) if you have a subject you would like to have discussed.
When and where:
Roundtables will be held on the first Tuesday of September, October, November, March, and April, and the second Tuesday of February.
All sessions will be from 8:00 - 9:15 a.m. in the rooms listed below in the K-State Union. Breakfast will be provided courtesy of the Provost. The following dates have been reserved for the 2007-2008 academic year:
September 4--K-State Union Cottonwood Room
October 2--K-State Flint Hills Room
Minutes
Advisory Councils - The Return on Your Investment
(.pdf)
Examples of Advisory Council By-Laws
Biological and Agricultural Engineering ( Word | PDF )
Agronomy Crop, Soil, and Range Council ( Word | PDF )
Research and Education ( PDF )
College of Engineering ( Word | PDF )
November 6--K-State Union Cottonwood Room
Minutes
What do you do when departmental faculty and staff are absent for extended periods of time?
Summary of Leave Usage ( Excel | PDF )
Graph of Leave Usage ( Word | PDF )
February 12--K-State Union Flint Hills Room (2nd Tuesday)
Best Practices for Student Retention at a Student-Centered University (.pdf)
March 4--K-State Union K/S Rooms
Sue Peterson provided an overview of the Kansas legislature's discussions relative to the Governor's budget recommendations and the general health of the Kansas economy. President Wefald provided further information, as well as a contextual basis for the comments that Dr. Peterson and he made.
April 1--K-State Union Flint Hills Room
University General Education Update, presented by Greg Eiselein and Karen Myers Bowman
A call for making reservations for attendance will go out a few weeks before each session.