Faculty Senate  Minutes

 

September 26, 2003

12:15 p.m.

Faculty Senate Building

 

Members  Present –Barbara Hunt (President), Janice Giallourakis (Vice-President), Lea Helen Evans, Melinda Rush, Shawn Dickey, Bill Parker, Jimena Aracena, Tom Velek, Brian Anderson, Rick Montalto, Ellen Jackson, Glenn Rhyne, Nancy Wheeley (proxy for Bobby Fugitt as secretary).

 

Members absent- Marty Hatton and Bobby Fugitt

 

1.                  The meeting was called to order at 12:17.

2.                  Additional Agenda Items—none.

3.                  Agenda adopted.

4.                  Minutes of August 22 meeting approved with noted changes and corrections.

5.                  Updates:

a.       Administrative Council—Senior Class gift—help with ideas, search for Webmaster, logo, audit, salaries for staff, money has been appropriated for campus law enforcement, IHL has drafts of policy on post-tenure review.

b.      Academic Council—Went over policy revisions:  Faculty Appeals—questions to Perry Sansing on statute of limitations for filing.  Perry and Kendall Dunkelberg working on it.  CLEP scores—change in languages area.  The Smart Classrooms won’t be in place until late in the semester-had to be re-bid.  Mentoring program is being encourages.

c.       Monthly meeting with President—Will meet in early October.

d.      Undergraduate Curriculum Council—New course Ed 206 may become a core class.  We are now offering a 4-course program that will lead to a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language.

6.                  Old Business:

a.       Policies (#1311, 3507, 3527, 3528)  Handed out copies of 1311 and 3507 and went over them.  There were several changes in wording, and both policies were approved as changed.  Kendall is working on #3528 and said it should go clear to the President, and then be sent back to be reconsidered.  A motion was approved that these policies proceed in their normal progression to the President.

b.      Advanced Connections—Janice reported that she and Marty are attending the program now, and she is learning a lot.  It is a video/discussion process and should improve inter-departmental communication.  All of the kinks in the process of presenting the program to the campus have not been worked out.

c.       Keys—2 members don’t have keys to the building.

     7.          New Business

a.       Committee assignments (Hearing Panel Pool related to Sexual Harassment Policy)  Passed around sheet for sign-up.

b.      Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles draft—Mark Bean is asking for comments.

c.       Fund A—Janice requested and was approved.  In the future, will give $250 and $350

8                        Issues of Concern

a.       Grants Development Memo (Jim)  Is voluntary or required?  Research if serious, needs money.

9                        Announcements

10                    Adjournment at 1:56.