Members Present: Dr. Mark Bean (President), Dr. Kendall Dunkleberg (Vice-President), Dr. Andrew Ehlert (Secretary), Dr. Tim Causgrove, Dr. Will Glass, Dr. Richard Montalto, Mr. Bobby Fugitt, Dr. Rick Millikin, Dr. Barry Posin, Mr. Peppy Biddy, Dr. Jim Fitzgerald, Ms. Janice Giallourakis, Dr. Barbara Hunt, and Ms. Cary McCarter.
Members Absent: Dr. Marty Hatton.
The meeting was called to order at 12:34 P.M.
Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and adopted.
The University President, Dr. Limbert, spoke to the Faculty Senate and discussed construction projects and the campus master plan. Dr. Limbert also stated that she would check into placing bike racks and benches across campus. She also stated that maps are being placed at several locations on campus. Dr. Limbert also discussed that "New First-time Full-time Freshman" enrollment was up 36%. Dr. Barry Posin suggested that security call boxes be placed on campus and Dr. Limbert said that she would check into the situation.
A. Administrative Council: Use of MUW scholarship for study abroad was discussed because there have been very few MUW students who have taken advantage of these opportunities in the past. West Alabama scholarships (endowments) were reduced and made competitive. The Catalog will be shipped to MUW on September 23rd.
B. Academic Council: Promotion and Tenure policies were discussed over the summer and several suggestions that were made by Faculty Senate were removed. The audit policy will be changed to a space available situation. This change will also apply to faculty auditing courses. Audit courses will not count toward the 15 hours needed to keep a scholarship. Discussion about goal setting has begun. The IHL goals are being considered as a basis for MUW's goals including research.
C. University Faculty Senate: UFSA meet in July and elected new officers. Presidential searches have dominated UFSA's discussions. Salary issues have also been discussed.
D. Monthly meeting with the president: There was an initial meeting to get acquainted but no issues were discussed.
A. The Promotion and Tenure policy was discussed. Academic Council put forward a different proposal concerning Division Head's Recommendations. Faculty Senate's proposal included independence between the Division Tenure and Promotion Committee's report and the Division Head's report.
A. Objectives of the year were discussed and assigned. Items discussed included: looking at the policies for faculty appeals and academic freedom (Dr. Kendall Dunkleberg ), student evaluation of faculty (faculty welfare committee), meeting individually with IHL members and state representatives (Dr. Mark Bean), faculty retention and employee satisfaction (Dr. Barbara Hunt), summer school pay (Dr. Andrew Ehlert), and AC, heat, and new chairs for Faculty Senate (Dr. Mark Bean).
B. Committee Appointments. A motion was made and Dr. Rick Millikin seconded by Janice Giallourakis to approve last year's committees. The motion passes unanimously. A motion was made by Dr. Barry Posin, seconded by Dr. Barbara Hunt, and passed unanimously to create a new budget committee. The budget committee will be chaired by Dr. Jim Fitzgerald and will also include Dr. Tim Causgrove and Dr. Richard Montalto.
C. A commencement committee will be established and volunteers will be asked for at a latter date.
D. David Smith's term on UFSA has expired and no objections were conveyed as to Andrew Ehlert becoming MUW's new UFSA representative.
E. Enrollment was discussed including concerns of the high number of students in remedial reading and remedial math courses.
F. Fund A: A motion was made by Janice Giallourakis and seconded by Dr. Barbara Hunt to split the funds 70/30 between fall and spring semester respectfully. The motion passed unanimously.
No reports.
A. Dial up access is being discontinued in January. The faculty feel there is a need to communicate the other faculty and students. Many university notices are sent out by email.
B. Social Security numbers are used in many areas on campus. Issuing faculty and student ID numbers is being considered. Campus offices have been directed to remove social security numbers from forms if possible.
C. MUW does not use "pluses" and "minuses" in calculating QPAs. This may be due to MUW calculating QPAs by hand. Discussion was tabled to a future meeting and further investigation will be conducted.
D. MUW does not fund research abroad but most universities do. This policy maybe out of date and the policy review committee will look at it.
E. MUW does not have a visitor parking policy. The new president will be reviewing parking issues in the near future.
A. Dr. Mark Bean will seek an update on full Banner implementation.
B. Dr. Mark Bean will check into the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of dial up access.
A motion to adjourn was made at 2:58 pm by Dr. Andrew Ehlert and was seconded by Dr. Rick Millikin.
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| _____________________________ | ______________________________ |
| Dr. Mark Bean, President
MUW Faculty Senate |
Dr. Andrew Ehlert, Secretary
MUW Faculty Senate |