[2005-2006][2003-2004] [2002-2003]

SCHEDULE FOR MEETINGS 2005-2006
Friday, November 4, 2005 - 8:00 a.m. - Zelazo Center 171
Friday, December 2, 2005 - 8:00 a.m. - Art Building 431
Friday, February 10, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Zelazo Center 250
Friday, March 2, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Zelazo Center 171
Friday, April 7, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Zelazo Center 171
Friday, May 5, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Zelazo Center 171

AGENDAS AND MINUTES 2005-2006
Friday, November 4, 2005 - Agenda
Friday, November 4, 2005 - Notes
Friday, December 2, 2005 - Agenda
Friday, December 2, 2005 - Notes
Friday, February 10, 2006 - Agenda
Friday, February 10, 2006 - Notes
Friday, March 2, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Agenda
Friday, March 2, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Notes
Friday, April 7, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Agenda
Friday, April 7, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Notes
Friday, May 5, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Agenda
Friday, May 5, 2006 - 8:00 a.m. - Notes

2003-2004 MEETINGS
February 6, 2004
The committee met on February 6, 2004 to discuss the charges. Associate Dean Zauft discussed the history of the Black & Gold Task Force and the PSOA Black & Gold Committee and its recommendations from last year. Discussion focused on the committee charges, specifically regarding the recently approved differential tuition proposal for the PSOA. Associate Dean Zauft asked the student members to contact their student colleagues and report back to the committee at their next meeting (March 5) to discuss student programmatic enhancement needs and priorities.

March 5, 2004

The committee met on March 5, 2004 to discuss program needs, extra-curricular activities, and student ideas on what to use differential tuition for. Fifteen committee members attended, including nine students. The major areas of discussion included:

• Develop and offer more interdisciplinary courses for students in the different arts programs (i.e. film students want to take courses in visual art, theatre, and dance). Students want to be able to choose courses from other arts departments. Too many prerequisites prevent students from taking courses in other PSOA departments.
• There should be more advanced level, inter-disciplinary electives, and room for them in the degree requirements.
• Should there be an undergraduate minor track in the PSOA that would allow students to get course work outside their major?
• Faculty and students are concerned that the 165 excess credit penalty will prevent students from exploring other courses outside their major. The advisors want to encourage students to explore electives, but also want to ensure that students complete program requirements so they won’t incur additional tuition charges.
• Advisors feel that the foreign language requirement in some music degree programs should be reviewed. There might be reasons to eliminate the requirement in some programs to allow music students to take more electives.
• Remodel “lounge area” (room A 200K) as a place where students from all disciplines could meet and work. Currently there are plans to install a wireless hub location--students support this plan.
• Create a PSOA “student council” or “advisory council” to discuss curricular issues and student needs in the PSOA. Representatives from all of the school’s departments and student organizations should be on the council. The council, or council president, should meet with the dean on a regular basis.
• UWM needs to distinguish itself from other institutions with unique course offerings and programs in order to attract more and better students. This is especially true in music–most music programs at universities are similar, so how do we distinguish ours?
• Buildings need to be safer and cleaner.

Discussions about possible uses of differential tuition:

• Students in Visual Art want differential tuition to come back to specific program areas (i.e. printmaking), not just department.
• How closely will differential tuition funds follow individual students?
• Music students submitted a list of needs that included academic concerns and needs, music activities, equipment, and physical plant/maintenance issues.
• Film students submitted a list of technical support and instruction/access needs.
• Visual Art students submitted a list of instruction, equipment, and facilities needs.
• Theatre students submitted a list of facilities, equipment, instructional access, activity, and advising needs.

The committee representatives agreed to go back to their departments and meet with students to review these ideas and develop three lists of prioritized needs:

1. One-time, short-term (quick fix) expenditure items
2. Long-range planning (curricular, program, facilities) needs
3. Other needs (not funded by differential tuition which would improve the quality of life in the school). These could be non-expense needs or major changes that would be funded by school funds rather than differential tuition.

The committee will meet and discuss categorizing and prioritizing needs at the next meeting on April 2, 2004 at 9:00 am.

2002-2003 MEETINGS
The Peck School of the Arts Black & Gold Committee met on February 4 and March 13, 2003. Associate Dean Richard Zauft summarized the history behind the formation of the campus Black & Gold Commission and its recent recommendations aimed at improving students’ experience at UWM. Mary McCoy distributed a summary of the campus commission's final report, along with a list of URLs for the campus full report and senior surveys that the committee was asked to consult in developing our school priorities. Discussion followed about some of the things our school might consider in developing our recommendations. All PSOA students, faculty, and staff are invited to reply to the committee’s ideas.