The meeting was called to order at 12:21 pm by Chip Klostermeyer.

A motion to approve the minutes was made by Judy Solano.
The minutes were approved.

From Chip Klostermeyer: The June and July Faculty Association meetings will begin at
12:45 p.m., not 12:15 pm.

From Mary Borg: UNF Athletics have had an exciting year. The transition from NCAA Division 2 to Division 1 is at the end of the 4 th year. This is the year the self study was prepared and submitted. Special thanks to Janet Owen, Heather Patterson, and the chairs of subcommittees…David Jaffee, Lina Monell, and Karen Stone. The Peer Review visit will be on September 30 to October 2. The certification decision will be made in February 2009.

The golf team won the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. A Sun TV allows subscribers to see all UNF conference games on TV. Michael O’Neill was named as both the scholar athlete of the year and the best athlete of the year. Amy Stroder won the first individual indoor track and field championship for UNF. Dusty Rhodes was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. We hired two new head coaches this year, one in women’s soccer and one in women’s volleyball. The coach of the women’s softball is retiring this year and just had her 500 th career win. Baseball team defeated 4 nationally ranked teams. Our student athletes have a higher GPA than non-athletes at UNF.

The Committee met today and processed APCs and has a few legislative items on today’s agenda.

The committee met for discussions and will continue at its next meeting.

No report.

The Committee met on April 23 and discussed the upcoming budget cuts. The Provost’s email sent out to faculty discussed the budget roller coaster. The total budget is budget in Academic Affairs is about $85 million per year. The reality of budget cuts is 4 to 5%. To accommodate the cuts, we have not filled 24 faculty lines, of which are included those who have retired and non-successful recruitments. We have not filled 11 vacated staff positions. No searches were cancelled. Other actions include increasing departmental chairs’ teaching load and reductions in adjunct usage and faculty overloads. No filled lines have been cut. Funds for travel are still available for next year. There are now limitations on new enrollments. The Committee’s next meeting will be on May 21 at 3:30 p.m.

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The Committee has information items today from ITS. Two of the items are related to Windows Vista and Office 2007 which will start at the beginning of summer term. The building 15 computer lab and teaching labs will be part of the upgrade. Other technology classrooms will be delayed for summer term. Faculty are encouraged to start testing their software and look at information items. To upgrade to Office 2007 in faculty offices, contact C-tech for home machines. Faculty can buy upgrades for their home machines through the myWings portal. There are classes at CPDT to introduce the new software. The last information item relates to pass phrases. ITS will be implementing a new policy which specifies passwords to be a minimum of 15 characters starting when individual passwords expire during the summer. The Committee will meet May 19 at 1 p.m.

The Committee met on April 11 to continue revising the Faculty Academic Misconduct process. The next meeting is scheduled for May 14.

The Committee will not meet on May 5 as shown in the agenda packet. The Committee received an anonymous follow up question for the process used in selecting recipients of Summer Teaching Grants. A response was forwarded.

No report.

The Committeemet with Dr. Ebong on a variety of issues. The next meeting will be in fall semester.

The Committee met April 18 with Provost to discuss processes of determining mission/vision as it relates to the work of the Strategic Planning Committee.

The Committee did not meet in April because its scheduled guest cancelled. The Committee will be meeting in May.

Executive Committee - Katherine Robinson

The Committee met and set the agenda for this meeting. The Committee also conducted an open hearing of the proposed movement of the mental health counseling program from COEHS to BCH.

United Faculty of Florida –Vicky Stanton for Henry Thomas
UFF has opened bargaining sessions for the contract. UFF is addressing the legislative efforts to remove the BOG.

From Chip Klostermeyer:
We are hoping the legislative bill that proposes the BOG be eliminated will die. It seems like the house will not take up the bill in the session that ends tomorrow.

Governor Crist stated his willingness to approve a 6% tuition increase as part of the budget.

Question from Kathy Bloom for Dr. Workman:
In reference to the procedures for developing new policies, it appears that faculty are not involved in this process until after policies developed. Can you describe how the Faculty Association is involved in the early phases of the process, and if not involved, please give rational for why not?
Response from Mark Workman: He will respond in writing.

Question from David Courtwright:
An invitation was received by many faculty members to move from the ORP to the State Retirement Program. Why did they change the law to allow transfer?
This item will be forwarded to Janet Owen for a response.

Question from Chris Rasche:
Given that Microsoft has not stopped selling its XP software, why are we going to Vista and Office 2007?
Response from Kathy Brown: Conditions on license use exist. Microsoft specifies the date for which changeover to the old product will not be supported by Microsoft.
Response from Kathy Hughes: The CGS class texts cannot use XP because publishers have moved to Vista and Office 2007.

Kathy Brown made a motion to reorder and move item #2 to the end.
A motion to reorder and move item #2 to the end moved this item.
Motion passed.

Agenda Item# 3 - FA 08-22: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
College of Education and Human Services
Programs of Stud (1 item)
Graduate – Leadership, Counseling, & Instructional Technology
Item moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz
Item passed.

Agenda Item# 4 - FA 08-23: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
Brooks College of Health
New Courses, Course Changes, & Programs of Study (28 items)
Graduate – Public Health
Undergraduate – School of Nursing
Graduate – School of Nursing
Item moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz
Item passed.

Comment from Chip Klostermeyer: This is the same item that was on last month’s agenda. We voted to return it to the Committee. The APC reprocessed this item.

Item moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz.

Comment from Candice Carter: A timeline handout clarifies the evolution of the model.

Comment from Mike Smith: A handout containing a list of errors and inconsistencies in the new APC form was distributed. As such, the item should be returned to an APC open hearing. Because that did not happen, a list of things wrong with the form includes:

• The prefix EDG is wrongly used.
• The faculty listed to teach it remains unqualified to teach the Music Education course.
• The resources section of the form has been left blank even though resources for a faculty member will be required.
• The Music Education department was not brought in and given the opportunity for input.

An attached diagram shows the history of the departmental structure.
The real reason behind this: Art and music education are taught in various ways throughout the State. Art and music are being reduced at the elementary level in public schools. We need to keep art and music viable in public schools.

Comment from Royal Van Horn: The memos imply that Foundations and Secondary Education were consulted although they parties were not consulted. The memo should have been included as an item in today’s packet as it was dated April 11 and delivered on April 14.

Comment from Wanda Hendrick: We have addressed every item questioned.

Our current faculty are relatively young and plan to be here a while. The only students that are affected are those in elementary education.

Comment from Candice Carter: The EDG prefix is a general education prefix and is used by throughout the College. The prefix is correct and has been verified by the University.

Comment from Royal Van Horn: The Faculty Association voted to return the item to the AP Committee, so there was no opportunity for others to be involved in the process. I propose that the process be voted upon by secret ballot.

Ruling by Judy Solano: Motions called for secret ballots are not debatable or amendable. They require a majority vote to pass.

A vote was taken and the motion passed to have a secret ballot.

Comment from Katrina Hall: All of the inconsistencies have been addressed. Responses have been received from principals in surrounding districts and performed a literature review for integration relating to these courses.

Comment from Otilia Salmon: Curriculum issues should rest with the department. When the APC went to the curriculum committee and that was the time that something should have been said. There have been various meetings concerning this issue, and we have tried to solve the problem. The one person that Mike Smith thought was unqualified to teach was taken off of the APC. The purpose is to prepare teachers to integrate art and music into the curriculum, not to actually teach art or music.

Call the question from Kathy Bloom.

Ruling from Judy Solano : A call the question is not debatable or amendable. It requires a 2/3 vote to approve.

A vote was taken to end debate, and passed.

A secret ballot vote passed 45 to 25 in favor of item FA 08-21.

Chip Klostermeyer adjourned the meeting at 1:11 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

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Diane Tanner , Acting Secretary