Schedule for ABET CAC Evaluation of
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Computer Science Department
November 2-4, 2008

Version: Thu Oct 30 16:22:25 EDT 2008

The CAC Team

WPI coordinators

_____________________________

The Schedule


Saturday, November 1, 2008

	Teams arrive in Worcester
	Teams check into hotel:
		Hotel name:	Crowne Plaza	
		Hotel address:  10 Lincoln Square, Worcester, MA
		Hotel Phone:    508-791-1600; 
                        Fax:    508-791-1796

        CAC TC     Stu Zweben      zweben@cse.ohio-state.edu
        EAC TC     Gayle Mitchell  gmitchel@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu
        EAC co-TC  Joan Gosink


Sunday, November 2, 2008

        CAC Room: Beckett Conf Room, Fuller Labs 246. Phone # 4197
                                                              508-831-4197
        EAC Room: Chairman's Room, Campus Ctr.        Phone # 2604


10:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Team meeting                    		CAC Team
Hotel: SZ suite		Review work of team and initial assessment

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12:00 noon		Lunch at hotel					Teams
Hotel: NY rm.

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 1:00 p.m.              Depart for WPI

 1:15 p.m.		CAC Team on campus (Fuller Labs)

       ABET Transportation: Parking -- spaces reserved if needed.
                            Vans -- 2 vans available for rides to/from hotel.
                                 -- arrive/depart Bartlett Center (Admissions).
                    
       Campus map (pdf)

       Provide CAC team with Keys to Beckett Conf Rm. FL246 & Copier rm.

       Course Materials, textbooks, catalog, etc. will be available.

       Check computer accounts & wireless connections (CCC/ATC/NetOps staff available)

       From CS Dept.:
          Mike Voorhis (CS Lab manager), Mike Gennert (Dept. Head),
          Chris Caron (Staff).
         {Dave Brown will not be able to attend}

       WPI Contacts List

       Department Rooms List



 1:20 - 1:45 p.m.       Computing setup                                 CAC team
Beckett Conf. Rm.

 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.	Tour CS/CCC laboratories and facilities         CAC team
Fuller Labs             

 2:45 - 5:00 p.m.       Review materials                                CAC team
Beckett Conf. Rm.

 5:15 pm                Depart for hotel
Bartlett Center

 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.	Planning Meeting                		CAC team
Hotel: SZ suite

 7:15 p.m.		Dinner	 					Teams
Restaurant: 
Maxwell Silverman's


Notes:

-- team will be escorted to Fuller Labs by Mike Gennert.
-- team needs access to Fuller when they arrive.
-- team needs keys to Beckett Conf. Rm. & copier room.
-- CS staff (Chris) has keys (Beckett & Copier Rm.) 
-- See Beckett check list
-- keys provided access to department Fax, copier & shredder.
-- networked printer will be installed in Beckett (Debbie Graves)
-- phone will be installed in Beckett (Debbie Graves)
-- all food/drink is being ordered  (Debbie Graves)
-- CCC/ATC staff will be available Sunday to set up team laptops.
   (contacts are Sia Najafi and Steve Hemming)
-- order mid-aft coffee plus cookies for 3pm (Debbie Graves)
-- setup the room on Friday aft/eve, and keep locked (DCB & CS Staff)
-- Beckett has been reserved for Fri aft to late Tue.
-- FL 141 has been reserved for Monday.
-- Dietary restrictions:  CAC PEV Mudasser Wyne does not eat meat and 
   chicken, but will eat seafood. He would rather have seafood (fish, 
   shrimp, etc) than vegetarian cuisine. 
-- arrange for (grad) students to act as campus guides/escorts



Monday, November 3, 2008

Key:   CDC       = Career Development Center, 
                   Jeanette Doyle, Director of Career Development.
                   (busy 10-12, 2-3:30)
                   (jmdoyle@WPI.EDU)
       CCC       = Computing & Communications Center, 
                   Tom Lynch, VP for Information Technology.
                   (open, but prefers afternoon mtg)
                   (tlynch@WPI.EDU)
       Registrar = Alaina Wiehn, University Registrar.
                   (open)
                   (awiehn@WPI.EDU)
       CEDA      = Center for Educational Development and Assessment,
                   Chrys Demetry, Director.
                   (busy 12-2)
                   (cdemetry@WPI.EDU)
       Library   = Tracey Leger-Hornby, Asst VP for Library Services.
                   (open)
                   (tlh@WPI.EDU)
       1st Year  = Art Heinricher, Associate Dean for the First Year.
                   (afternoon, but busy until 4:00)
                   (heinrich@wpi.edu)
       CFO       = Jeff Solomon, Executive VP/Chief Financial Officer
                   (open)
                   (solomon@WPI.EDU)


Note: Profs. David Finkel, Emmanuel Agu, Carolina Ruiz, 
      Gabor Sarkozy, Keith Pray, Karen Lemone & Kathi Fisler 
      are on sabbatical, at a project site, at a conference 
      or on leave.


 8:10 a.m.              Depart for WPI

 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.       Conference with the Provost, associate provost
Hagglund Room,           and dept/program chairs                        Teams
Campus Ctr.              (and their coordinator)
                        Mike Gennert & Dave Brown from CS


 9:30 - 10:15           Meet with CS Dept Head                          CAC PEVs
Fuller Labs.            Mike Gennert 
FL246

10:15 - 11:45 a.m.	Visits to department and with faculty members 
Fuller Labs.           		                                        CAC PEVs

                        PEV1 [Wyne]          PEV2 [Yao]
                       (FL141)              (FL246)
                       -----------------------------------
          10:15-10:45   Wills                Brown
          10:45-11:15   Hofri                Mani
          11:15-11:45   Rundensteiner        Hamel



 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.	Meet with the Provost				TCs
Provost's Office,       CAC TC, EAC TC, EAC co-TC
Boynton Hall            


10:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Meet with administrators          		TCs
                        CAC TC, EAC TC, EAC co-TC

Provost's suite conf. rm.
          10:30-11:00   Jeff Solomon, CFO
          11:00-11:30   CEDA, Chrys Demetry


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12:00 -  1:00 p.m.	Lunch with administrators, chairs of 
Higgins Hse.            engineering, CS and support			Teams
			Departments, others and outside advisors

                        CS Attendees:  Table 4    (with PEVs Wyne and Yao)  
                          Mike Gennert            (CS Dept. Head)
                          Dave Brown              (CAC visit coordinator)
                          Bill Lapp Jr. '02       (Alum.)
                          Bob Breznak             (Undergrad)  

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 1:15 -  1:45 p.m.      Visit support locations		  		CAC PEVs

Library                 PEV1 [Wyne] visits Library
                             -- Possibly with 2-5 EAC PEVs
                        Tour leader: Tracey Leger-Hornby

Stratton Hall 109A      PEV2 [Yao] Visit support department (Math)
                        Bogdan Vernescu, MA Dept Head 
                        vernescu@wpi.edu   x5316 



 1:15 -  1:45 p.m.	tbd.                                            CAC TC
location tbd.


 2:00 -  5:00 p.m.	Meet with administrators			TCs
                        CAC TC, EAC TC, EAC co-TC

President's conf. rm.
            2:00-2:30   Dennis Berkey, President 

Provost's suite conf. rm.
            2:30-3:00   Alaina Wiehn, Registrar 
            3:00-3:30   Tom Lynch, CCC 
            3:30-4:00   Jeanette Doyle, CDC
            4:00-4:30   Art Heinricher, 1st Year 

            4:30-5:00   Team chairs only.



 2:00 -  4:00 p.m.	Continue visits to department and with 
Fuller Labs.		faculty members 		                CAC PEVs
FL141 & FL246           

                        PEV1 [Wyne]          PEV2 [Yao]
                       (FL141)              (FL246)
                       ----------------------------------
           2:00-2:30    Selkow               Heineman
           2:30-3:00    Ciaraldi             Kinicki
           3:00-3:30    Pollice              Ward
           3:30-4:00    ...EdComm: FL141.............
                       (Dan, George, Bob, Glynis)


 4:00 -  5:00 p.m       Meet with CS Undergraduates.                    CAC PEVs
Fuller Labs. 141       (approx. 3 seniors, 3 juniors, 3 sophomores)

             Seniors:
               - Bob Breznak (ACM, UPE, possible BS/MS) - rbreznak@wpi.edu 
               - Antoniya Statelova (UPE, WiCS) - ats@wpi.edu
               - Ken Breeman (BS/MS) - kbreeman@wpi.edu

             Juniors:
               - Manasi Vartak (WiCS) - mvartak@wpi.edu
               - Don Gaxho - dgaxho@wpi.edu
               - Brian Bates - bsbates@wpi.edu

             Sophomores:
               - Andreea Bodnari - andreeab@wpi.edu 
               - Kara Greenfield (ACM, WiCS) - kgreenfield@wpi.edu
               - Lucas Scotta (ACM) - lscotta@WPI.EDU


 5:15 p.m.              Depart for hotel                           

 5:30 -  7:15 p.m.	Team meets at hotel  				CAC team
Hotel: SZ suite

 7:30 p.m.		Dinner						Teams
Hotel: Seven Hills Rm.



Tuesday, November 4, 2008

 8:15 a.m.              Depart for WPI

 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Prepare statement to institution and confer 
Chairman's Room,	with Provost when necessary			TCs
Campus Ctr.            (Continental breakfast)
	
 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Prepare statements to departments 
Beckett Conf. Rm.       and confer with team chairs			CAC PEVs & TC
                       (Continental breakfast)


11:30 - 12:00 noon.	Meet with Provost (John Orr)			TCs
Provosts's Office,      CAC TC, EAC TC, EAC co-TC
Boynton Hall.           


11:30 - 12:00 noon	Meet with CS Department head			CAC PEVs
Fuller Labs Rm. 234     Mike Gennert (with Dave Brown)

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12:00 -  2:00 p.m.	Working lunch to finalize statements 
Beckett Conf. Rm.	and checklists					CAC Team

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 2:00 -  3:00 p.m.	Exit session                            	CAC & EAC Teams
Hagglund Room,			                                      
Campus Ctr.             President Dennis Berkey
                        Provost John Orr
                        Dean of Undergraduate Studies (New appointment: Art Heinricher)
                        All program/department heads (9).


 3:00 p.m.		Teams leave for travel connections			Teams
                        - Van to hotel
                        - 3:30 Knights Limo to airport


Notes:

-- luggage to be left in Bartlett Ctr, rooms 108, 116.
-- need light lunch for Beckett. Note dietary restrictions  (Debbie Graves).
-- need transportation from hotel in morning?  (Debbie Graves)
-- need transportation to hotel / to airport arranged?  (Debbie Graves)
-- tear down room at 3:30.
-- printer needs to be collected by CCC.
-- phone needs to be collected.
-- textbooks need returning to owners.
-- keys need to be returned. 


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