Staff Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 2-11--16

Staff Advisory Committee  Meeting

February 11, 2016

8:30 am

RH-102

 

Members Present: Jessica Scott, Beth Byars, Debbie Powell, Jamie Black, Scott Jaeschke
Members Absent:  Susan Womack, Tracy Wood, Jessica Cullen, Jason Hart
 
A quorum was present so the meeting proceeded.

 Review of October and November 2015 Minutes:

The minutes were approved with edits to October to better reflect the Bruster gift card winners.
 
Holiday Drop In Recap:

The committee members received generally positive reviews regarding the food and activities. We stayed under budget so now have approximately $3,400 for the Spring event. The following individuals won VISA $25 gift cards at the Holiday Drop-In:

Sue Andrus - Library

Ann Barnes – Pharmacy Technician

Katie Dye Beeson – Bridge to Clemson

Bobby Brothers – ReadySC

Tiffany Carpenter – Connect to College

Jim DeLoache – Easley Campus

Rebecca Eidson – Institutional Advancement

Sue Ellenberger – Science

Betty Fant – Financial Aid

Carolyn Gambrell – Business Office

Mary Geren – Anderson Campus

Coreea McCoppin – Success Coach

Butch Merritt – Anderson Campus

Jessica Raymond – Graphics

Sandra Roddey – Arts & Sciences

Cathy Strasser – Connect to College

Brian Swords – Easley Campus

Dan Thorpe – Physical Science

Deborah Wardlaw – Business Office

Cindy Wright – Nursing

 Spring Plans:

The committee members discussed the idea of repeating a spring cookout—May 2, 3, or 4 may be the best dates for this. Scott asked about the possibility of using some of the money for an educational program. He agreed to research what this could look like and to bring specific options back to the team.
The meeting adjourned at 9:09 am.

Faculty Senate Minutes 2-26-16

Faculty Senate Minutes

Friday, February 26, 2016
CD 142, 1:30 PM

 

In attendance: Tom Hiebel, Meg Allan, Andrea Barrett, Stacey Frank, Janet Fuller, Timeko McFadden

Not in attendance:  Fran Broome, Gregg Corley, Justin Herndon, Laura McClain, Amy Roberts, Terri Smith, and Lacey Torge

Welcome and Agenda

Tom Hiebel called the meeting to order at 1:36 PM and introduced the agenda for the meeting

Minutes of the January 29, 2016 Meeting

Minutes from the prior meeting were distributed and approved via electronic vote prior to this meeting.

Guests:  Scott Harvey, Registrar

Old Business

Add/Drop Period.  After the 1/29/2016 meeting, faculty senate distributed its recommendations. Scott Harvey reported to Tom Hiebel that the suggested approach could not be automated given certain system constraints.  Tom then asked Scott to obtain data related to student add/drop activity under the current pilot environment (3days add/5 days drop) to report at this meeting.   Scott reported that significant activity occurs after the deadline, for example in the fall 2015: 966 drops were processed (532 of which were administrative drops non-attendance) and 730 add forms were processed.  Scott provided numbers by registration, drop, and withdrawal types (automated vs manual input).

There was additional discussion that the current process may set students up for failure, as in some cases students may have already a full week of class time and then struggle to catch up.   Most felt that it is important to get the students engaged in a class immediately and that deferring activity because of add/drop sends the wrong message.  Scott will do additional research related to student success rates and get the information to Tom as soon as practicable.

It was agreed that once all requested data was available, faculty senate would invite academic deans to a meeting to review and discuss implications.  The group could then explore alternatives in greater detail with a goal to inform faculty and obtain their feedback.

New Business

Tom reported that it is important that we establish firm dates for the next two meetings that will engage as many of the faculty senators as possible.  Galen Dehay, Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer would like to report on the Faculty Loading process and possible changes to the contract process.

Next Meeting

Tom Hiebel agreed to talk to Galen about his availability and then reach out to the faculty senate to obtain attendance commitments.

The meeting adjourned at 2:28 PM.

Recorded by:  Meg Allan, 2/26/2016