Faculty Senate Minutes
Date: April 18, 2013
Location: Fulp 400
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Members Present: Amoena Norcross, Chris McFarlin, Corey Evans, Jason Poole, Tom Lawrence
Members Absent: Todd Crisp-Simons, Marla Roberson,
Cheryln Brown, Penny Edwards, Marilyn Vickery, Ashley Brady, Tony Logan, Steven Mathena, Tony
Young, Lisa Walton
Others Present: Croslena Johnson
Presider: Amoena Norcross
Approval of Minutes: Since a quorum was not available, approval of
March 2013 minutes was deferred. These
will need to be approved at the next Faculty Senate meeting tentatively
scheduled for September 2013.
New Business:
1. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Student
Assistance Program
Croslena
Johnson presented information about the Student Assistance Program (SAP). Students have access to the REACH website and
online tools. Faculty can also suggest that students see Croslena, and then
Croslena will refer the students to the SAP.
REACH also provides professional counseling by licensed professional
counselors. This counseling can be done
face-to-face, by phone, or through chat sessions. Three sessions are free for each issue and
the sessions are confidential. Croslena
emphasized that her area, Student Life & Counseling, can assist students if
they have issues with shelter, basic needs, child care, etc. REACH, on the other hand, provides
professionally counseling primarily.
Croslena left referral business cards for Senators to distribute to
constituents and to students.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Senators
present will distribute business cards.
2. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
20-20
Coaches
Amoena
distributed a document that provided an overview of the 20-20 program that will
be implemented in Fall 2013. Six to ten
faculty and staff members will serve as mentors/support/friend to 20 oncoming
students. The program’s purpose is to
build and strengthen relationships between students and faculty/staff with the
goal of increasing retention of these students.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
None.
3. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
2013-14
Full-Time Faculty Senate Members
2013-14
Faculty Senate members are the following:
PRESIDENT (Term begins June 1)
Todd
Crisp-Simons
ARTS AND SCIENCES DIVISION
Jeff
Christmas
Amoena
Norcross
BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICES DIVISION
Tom
Lawrence
Chris
McFarlin
ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
DIVISION
Doug
Allen
Stan
Compton
HEALTH SCIENCE DIVISION
Cheryln
Brown
Buffy
York
LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVE
Marla
Roberson
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
The
results of the At-Large election will be announced on Mon., Apr. 22. Adjunct faculty representatives will be
elected at the beginning of Fall 2013.
Old Business:
4. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Faculty
Choice Scholarship Selection Committee
Denequa
Harper, a Mechatronics major, was selected to receive the Faculty Choice
Scholarship.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
None
5. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Financial
Aid Warning Letter/Advisor Role Workgroup
Amoena
reported that a workgroup will be formed to address the following:
a.
Roles
& responsibilities of faculty for understanding Financial Aid
b.
Consistent
communication between Financial Aid, Academic Affairs, and students
c.
Role
of advising regarding financial aid
d.
Faculty
training needed
The
top priority of the workgroup will be to work on clear communication to
students. Amoena also reported that
Financial Aid is now sending all correspondence regarding a student’s financial
aid status to the student’s eTC email account.
Other financial aid information can also be found under the My Dashboard
tab in eTC.
The
workgroup members will be composed of 2 Faculty Senators, Rob Massey, and a
Financial Aid representative.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Amoena
will send an email to the Senate requesting volunteers to serve on the
workgroup.
6. Issue discussed and major points of discussion:
Faculty
Credentialing for Online Teaching
Amoena
reported that the current process is being reviewed. A faculty workgroup that includes Sarah
Shumpert will reconvene and determine the effectiveness of the UW-Madison
course faculty are currently required to complete as part of the credentialing
process. Tom noted that only 1 Blackboard training class was available in
April, thus restricting some faculty members from completing the entire
credentialing process. It was also
noted that the in-house online training module requires more time to complete
than attending the face-to-face training sessions.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
None.
Comments/Concerns:
Amoena
thanked all Senators for their service and commended everyone on the work the
Senate accomplished during 2012-13.
Next meeting: September 2013 (date and time TBD)
Adjournment
at 3:15 p.m.
Name of Recorder: Amoena Norcross
