Members present: Dr. James Leutze, Dr. John Cavanaugh, Timothy Jordan, Ms. Pat Leonard, Tyrone Rowell for Patton McDowell, Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital, Dr. Robert Tyndall, Dr. Jo Ann Seiple, Dr. Lawrence Clark, Dr. Grace Burton for Dr. Cathy Barlow, Dr. Virginia Adams, Dr. Neil Hadley, Dr. Terry Curran, Dr. Daniel Noland, Dr. Ronald Sizemore, Dr. Lynne Snowden, and Dr. Denis Carter. Others attending:  Dr. Kenneth Spackman, Ms. Nanette Manning, Dr. Gay Davis, Ms. Nikki Howard, Phillip Brown, Ed Davis, Ms. Sharon Boyd, Ms. Heather Smith, and Robert Fry.

Dr. Leutze called the meeting to order and asked for correction to the minutes of the October 23, 2001 meeting. Hearing none, the minutes stood approved as published on the web.

Special Reports

Report on SACS Self-Study

Dr. Spackman updated the Council on the SACS Self-Study process.  Drs. Spackman, McLaurin, and Porterfield represented UNCW at the recent SACS meeting in New Orleans. SACS spent considerable time at this meeting discussing the new Criteria that was approved as the new standard for accreditation.

Guidelines for Facilities, Roads and Parking

The Facilities, Traffic and Parking Guidelines were presented to the Council for review and comment. This item was developed by the Facilities Committee and presented to the Cabinet for review. Dr. Leutze stated that he would like to have more faculty involvement in decisions on buildings location. He reported that he would meet with the Faculty Senate Buildings and Grounds committee to discuss the process used to approve the location of campus buildings, parking lots, etc. He will also review the locations recently approved by the Board of Trustees. The Creative Arts Classroom building location is to mesh with other buildings that are planned for this area of campus. The university is developing sector plans to insure that facilities and programmatic functions complement one another and that efficient traffic (pedestrian and vehicular) flow within and between campus areas is maintained.

Planning Items

Areas of Excellence

The Planning Coordinators utilized the comments received from the web-based “Areas of Excellence” surveys that were sent to all members of the university community and created the new list that was presented to the Council. Mr. Fry asked that this list be approved. Following discussion, the seven statements were approved.

Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM.

Next meeting: February 21, 2002, 3:30 PM-5: 00 PM in Alderman 215

Minutes submitted by Yvonne G. Smith, February 1, 2002.