Faculty Association Committee Minutes

Faculty Association	Fall 2000

Minutes of Meeting
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
12:15 p.m. @ FAMA Room

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 p.m.

Present: Cheryl Frohlich, Kathy Cohen, Steve Shapiro, Barbara Tuck, Diana Tanner, Randy Russac, Pat Plumlee, Terry Bowen, Pali Sen, Geraldine Collins, Cynthia Scott, Cheryl Van Deusen.

STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Academic Programs Committee - Randy Russac: Three items discussed.

College of Computing Sciences and Engineering - Building Construction program
College of Arts and Sciences - A music certificate program that was already approved by APC needed some last minute changes to address INS investigations because the program is for foreign students.
College of Health - Masters in Public Health

The next meeting is scheduled for October 13.

Academic Standards Committee - Pali Sen: No agenda items. Report:

The Committee's scheduled meeting time is Wednesday at 4:15.
There is a member change for the Fall semester. Bobby Waldrup will serve for Kim Capriotti.
The General Education Council proposal to raise the passing grade requirement to a C or better was not passed.
The Committee decided to maintain the current policy for late registration for the summer terms.

Academic Technology and Support Services Committee - Geraldine Collins:

The Committee has not met yet this month. It will meet Thursday, September 21.
At the last meeting of the summer, it was decided that Bruce Kavan would sit on the University Technology Committee. The by-laws state that the Chair of the Academic Technology and Support Services Committee will sit on that committee. It was decided that Geraldine and Bruce would co-chair the committee so he can attend the UTC meetings.

Adjunct Affairs Committee - No report
Kathy will call the committee together to elect a chair.

Budget Advisory Committee - Paul Mason: Absent. No report.

Faculty Affairs Committee - Judy Solano: Absent. No agenda items.

Faculty Enhancement Committee - Cynthia Scott: No report.

Governmental Relations Committee - Terry Bowen:

The Committee met on September 8. The will meet every 2^nd Friday. The Committee plans to attend the Prime Osborne event to meet representatives. Charlie Calhoun resigned from the Committee, Oscar Patterson is the new member.

Nominations and Elections Committee - Diana Tanner

The results of the Faculty Affairs Committee election are posted on the Web. Two positions are open: An Arts & Sciences representative on the Sabbatical Selection Committee and an at-large member for the SPE Appeals Committee.

Promotion and Tenure Committee - Pat Plumlee. No report.

The first meeting will probably be in late November or early December.

Research Committee - Cheryl Van Deusen: No report.

Strategic Planning Committee - Donna Mohr. Absent. No agenda items.

Cheryl Frohlich brought up the fact that non-standing committees should be reporting what they are doing. It was discussed that there should be some method for these committees to report to the Executive Committee so that information about their actions can be more widely disseminated among the faculty. A possible annual report is being discussed. The Faculty Affairs Committee is looking into this problem.

Non-attendance at committee meetings was discussed. It was pointed out that non-attendance is covered in the by-laws Article VI, Section 14.

Respectfully submitted:

Barbara Tuck, Secretary

Faculty Association

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