Date: May 29, 2012
Location: Fulp 400
Time: 12:00 PM
Members Present: Donna Shannon, Amoena Norcross, Cherlyn Brown, Marla Roberson, Penny Edwards
Members Absent: Robert Newton, Mandy Orzechowski, Franklin Smith, Shannon Farr, Tonique Dennis, Marshall Franks, Elizabeth Bryan, John Price, Alberta Reed, Rhonda Harris
Guests: None
Presider: Donna Shannon
Approval of Minutes: Brenda Mattison and Sarah Shumpert need to be removed from the Members Present section. With this change noted, Amoena motioned that the April minutes be approved. Marla seconded the motion.
1. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Faculty Choice Scholarship Recipient
Donna shared a thank you letter sent to her by David Howansky, Nursing major and this year’s Faculty Choice Scholarship recipient. Senators agreed that the letter should be forwarded to Public Relations for possible publication in Connections so that Faculty Senate’s support of this particular scholarship is highlighted.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Donna will contact Rebecca Eidson.
2. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Faculty Senate Membership 2012-2013
Donna shared the 2012-13 Faculty Senate membership.
President—Amoena Norcross
AS Division Representatives: Todd Crisp-Simons, Corey Evans
BPS Division Representatives: Chris McFarlin, Tom Lawrence
EIT Division Representatives: Tony Logan, Tony Young
HE Division Representatives: Ashley Brady, Cheryln Brown
At-Large Representative: Penny Edwards
Library Representative: Marla Roberson
The Vice President and Secretary for Faculty Senate will be elected at the first Senate meeting for 2012-2013. Adjunct faculty representatives will be nominated and elected prior to Sept. 10, 2012.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Amoena will determine at the beginning of Fall 2012 possible meeting dates/times for Faculty Senate and establish a date/time for the initial 2012-13 meeting. Amoena will also solicit nominations for adjunct faculty representatives from each division. Elections for adjunct faculty representation will also take place electronically with assistance from Chris Marino.
3. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Update to Faculty Credentialing of Distance Learning Instructors
Donna reported that the Faculty Credentialing of Distance Learning Instructor proposal that Sarah Shumpert and Brenda Mattison brought before the Senate’s April meeting was presented to Executive Staff. The proposal included the recommendation made by the Senate regarding frequency of faculty logging into a course management system and responding to student inquiries (changed from once per business day to once every 2 business days) and student. The Senate had also recommended eliminating evaluation by students regarding faculty log in frequency since students are unable to determine this frequency. A final decision on this proposal and the implementation of this proposal are still pending.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
None.
4. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Comments for VPAA/Provost Position
Donna shared that she was serving on this search committee. She would like to include questions asked of the candidates that are rooted from a faculty perspective. Senators in attendance suggested the following as possible interview questions:
· What is your philosophy regarding learning resources (brick & mortar emphasis, electronic, etc.)?
· What is your philosophy/stance on an attendance policy?
· What does it mean to you to be a faculty member? How do these experiences influence your decision-making on various policies, etc.?
· Describe the ideal faculty or an ideal faculty member.
· What avenues would you pursue to mold the faculty into your ideal?
· What is your philosophy regarding faculty senate representation in a community college setting and your interaction with this body?
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Donna will present these questions to the search committee for possible inclusion in candidate interviews.
5. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Attendance Policy
Donna reported that the final version the Senate had revised was sent to Dr. Buckhiester.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
None
Announcements/Concerns:
The Senate thanked Donna for her service and leadership this year.
Next meeting date, time, and location: TBD
Name of recorder: Amoena B. Norcross
