February 24, 2015
2:00 pm.
Ruby Hicks Hall, Room 248
Members Present: Gayle
Arries, Dan Averette, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Scott Harvey, Lou Ann Martin, Marla
Roberson, Sarah Shumpert, Brian Swords, Hap Wheeler
Members Absent: Jenni
Creamer, Linda Jameison, Lynn Lewis
Others Present: Margaret Burdette, Rebecca Eidson
Length of Meeting: 1.5 hours
Topics Discussed:
The Minutes of the February 10, 2015 meeting were approved
as presented.
Rebecca Eidson discussed the Bluegrass Under the Stars event
and noted CMT’s involvement though its Empowering Education initiative. She distributed an overview of the event that
included an agenda, and touched on the following.
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Event has outgrown the amphitheater and has been
moved to Parking Lot B
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Encouraged all areas to be represented with a
booth.
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Booth reservation form
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Power needs
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Interactive activity
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Pre-concert event for high school students will
take place in the auditorium
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General college information
o
High school outreach
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Meet with headliner band, Humming House
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Friday night storytelling event with Lane Hudson
Contact Rebecca with any questions.
Sarah Shumpert and Lou Ann Martin reported on the Title III,
Year Four Results. They distributed the
presentation given to Executive Staff and briefly discussed the information. They
noted that they are pleased with the year four results, which show that
everything is headed in the right direction.
It was also noted that the three components of the Academic Support
Network, SmarterMeasure, Degree Works and Starfish, are all working well, and
will remain in place when the grant ends.
Galen reported on a pending proviso involving the Governor’s
School for Science and Math. He gave
background information and noted his concerns.
Several other provisos cause concern. He will keep the group posted on
the outcomes.
Galen briefly discussed Service Excellence and noted that a
Service Excellence trainer will be conducting a workshop on Professional
Development Day. There are 10 open spots in this session, and Galen asked the
group to encourage faculty to attend, if possible.
As a standing agenda item, Policies and Procedures were
discussed. Any policies and procedures
noted in the catalog need to be reviewed first. Scott and Margaret will meet to
address this issue.
Under Announcements:
Galen:
Lynn Smith is forming a Competitive Job Club and asks that
faculty, especially those in technical divisions, announce this in class and
encourage students to participate.
Marla:
Faculty Senate did not meet in February. The next meeting will take place on March 30.
Gayle:
The website re-design is gaining momentum. She will be meeting with units to get ideas
for enhancements.
Lou Ann:
The college is moving towards group orientation sessions,
with more faculty involvement. Lou Ann
will be happy to meet with the divisions to give refresher/update sessions. The technical divisions want to advise their
own students, however even in this case, to provide correct information,
cross-training is a must.
Scott:
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The program pages of the online catalog have a
degree plan icon, which may be helpful to advisors.
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He thanked the group for all the hard work on
the catalog and reminded everyone that there would be no changes after the
extract.
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Summer and Fall schedules are posted.
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In a few instances, there is a discrepancy in
the last day of attendance that is recorded and the LDA from attendance
tracker. These two dates must
match. Scott will send an e-mail
reminder to faculty.
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The Graduation Application needs to be reviewed
and analyzed more carefully. In some
cases, it is clear that the student will not graduate, but the application is
sent forward anyway. If that is the
case, this issue may be better addressed by stopping the application process
and providing guidance with a career plan.
The deans asked to be informed and will address this issue within their
divisions.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By: Anne BryanNext Meeting: Tuesday, March 10, RH 245
