Faculty Senate
Meeting, 3/25/16
In attendance: Meg Allan, Andrea
Barrett, Gregg Corley, Stacey Frank, Janet
Fuller, Justin Herndon, Laura McClain, Timeko McFadden, Amy Roberts, Terri Smith
Not in attendance: Fran Broome, Tom
Hiebel, Lacey Torge
Faculty Guests: Valbona Cela
Welcome and Agenda
Faculty Senate
vice president, Stacey Frank called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM and
introduced the agenda for the meeting.
Minutes of February
26, 2016
Minutes from the
prior meeting were distributed and approved via electronic vote prior to this
meeting and have been posted to eTC.
Guests: Galen Dehay, Senior Vice President
Old
Business
Add/Drop Period. Stacey reported
that we have not yet received the additional data from Scott Harvey that was
requested at the last meeting and that Tom was in the process of reaching out
to Scott. Additionally, she asked Meg to
schedule a meeting with deans to discuss the results of the pilot of the three
(3) day add and five (5) day drop period. Senators expressed that they would
like to obtain their feedback before proceeding with any recommendations
related to the add/drop process.
New
Business
Faculty Loading Pilot. Galen distributed materials related to
this initiative and discussed its underlying philosophy and purpose, and
reported on the project status. The
purpose, as expressed by the initial project team, is to:
u Create a tool that recognizes the diverse
contributions of faculty
u Establish a mechanism that enables flexible and
equitable distribution of workload
u Foster an atmosphere that honors the unique
talents of individuals
u Promote the achievement of objectives by
allocating resources to critical activities
u Encourage the continuous development of talent
The project team presented the concept and the
initially developed tool to deans and department heads on March 23, 2016. The pilot has been expanded to include all
department heads for testing during the 2016/17 academic year. Updates will be
provided to faculty as the pilot progresses.
Ad-Hoc Committee
Reports
There were no
updates to report.
Other
Stacey mentioned
that we would discuss faculty senate representation for the 2016/17 academic
year at the next meeting. The
president’s term expires on May 31. 2016 and in accordance with Bylaws the president
shall be elected by the faculty for the term that commences on June 1,
2016.
Meg
related the requirements which in accordance with Section 3, Election of
Senate, of the revised bylaws dated
9/18/2014, state
in part; “The nomination and election of Faculty Senate President, Full Time
Division Representatives and Member-At-Large will be done by the April/May
meeting.”
Stacey indicated
that she thought that there was another revision to the bylaws after 9/18/2014
and she agreed to follow up to ensure that the most current version of the
bylaws are posted.
Next Meeting
Meg will
distribute a meeting invitation which is initially proposed to be Friday, April
29, 2016 at 1:30PM.
Adjournment
The meeting
adjourned at 2:45 PM.
Recorded by: Meg Allan, 3/25/2016
