Faculty Senate
Minutes
Thursday, August
25, 2016
CD 142
4:00PM
In attendance:
Meg Allan, Ann Barnes, Gregg Corley, Penny
Edwards, Tonia Faulling, Stacey Frank, Tom Hiebel, Justin Herndon, Laura
McClain, Mary Orem, Matthew Simon, Debbie
Vance
Not in attendance:
Timeko McFadden, Aristide Sechandice
Faculty Guests: Andrea Barnett, Donna Palmer
Guests: Galen Dehay, Senior Vice President; Cara
Hamilton, Vice President
Stacey Frank called the meeting to order at 4:00
pm. She introduced the meeting agenda
and the guests.
Minutes of June 30, 2016
Minutes from the prior
meeting were distributed and approved via electronic vote prior to this meeting
and have been posted to eTC.
Old
Business
Faculty/Staff Parking. Cara Hamilton discussed the current parking
situation and listened to concerns raised by faculty. She provided preliminary numbers related to
campus parking spaces following the closure of parking by Wilson and in the student
center construction area. Cara explained that the new numbers reflect an 11%
reduction in spaces to both the Faculty/Staff and Student parking areas.
- 273 Faculty/ Staff (Down from 308)
- 1,171 Student
- 33 Handicap
- 20 Visitors
Cara
stated that she understands the need for accuracy in the information that was
provided to her and has agreed to validate the aforementioned numbers the
results of which she will report back to the senate as soon as practical. She also reported that the Mechanic Street
parking lot is being widely used and the shuttle service has been running
fairly smoothly.
Cara
expressed that she understands the concerns raised by faculty and that there is
a lot of passion associated with the parking situation. She will continue to listen to suggestions
and investigate methods to alleviate where possible; however, there are legitimate
limitations.
The
priorities for Campus Safety personnel are (1) Safety, (2) Visibility, and (3)
Enforcement. Officers have been
ticketing violators to the extent possible however parking throughout the day
is a fluid situation. Cara encouraged
faculty who have traditional schedules to park at Mechanic Street as much as
possible so there are spaces available for faculty who travel between campuses
or need to leave campus and return for student related activities such as
health education clinical activities.
Galen
raised a concern that some are directing their frustration at Campus Safety
personnel in manners that are not very professional. He wanted to reiterate that Campus Safety is
not responsible for the parking situation and that they are working very hard
on the priorities stated previously.
Senators expressed concern and committed to talking with others about
the need to be civil and maintain professionalism.
After
further discussion the following agreements were reached:
- The parking charter committee formerly led by Jonathan Finch will have new leadership soon.
- The current parking space numbers provided will be validated and updated.
- There will be an effort to better quantify the parking space need for faculty and staff including adjunct faculty.
- There will be a determination of the number of faculty/staff permits issued, including those to work study students, and if warranted, new tags may be issued to current faculty and staff.
- Cara will review the listing of parking ideas that Stacey Frank accumulated from faculty.
Stacey
thanked Cara for her time and willingness to work with faculty senate. All agreed that we could do a better job of
communicating to all about the parking situation and its many associated
challenges. Cara will return to the committee when she has more information.
Accuplacer. Andrea
Barnett distributed copies of the, “Placement Chart Levels for
Advisors/Coaches.” The test has been active since August 24th and
degree works will reflect the new scores. She is scheduling meetings with all
departments/ divisions in order to ensure everyone gets the new information and
how to use it.
Adjunct and Lecturer
nominations and elections. Stacey Frank will
distribute a request for nominations to all academic deans. In accordance with faculty senate bylaws, the
election shall take place no later than September 10.
New
Business
Approval of Changes to
Bylaws. After review
of the proposed changes to the “Constitution and Bylaws of the Faculty Senate,”
related to at-large representation, Tom Hiebel made a motion to accept the
changes as written which was seconded by Matt Simon. The vote to approve was unanimous.
Representation of Faculty
Senate at Faculty Staff Meetings. Stacey
Frank reported that she had received positive feedback about her August
communication to all faculty. She has
been working on increasing communication of senate activities directly to
faculty. Senators recommended that
Stacey contact the appropriate parties about the possibility of adding the
presidents of both faculty senate and the staff advisory board to the agenda at
Faculty Staff Meetings.
Aristide
Sechandice has asked to be on the Agenda at the next meeting to discuss
Clemson’s alternative evaluations process.
Stacey
Frank reported that Croslena Johnson will be disseminating “Save the Date” cards
for students at the Get Connected events for an Interactive Health Fair. The
event will be held on October 5th from 9-1 at PC, 9-11 at AC, and
11-1 at EC. She would like faculty to encourage
students to attend the event. There are flyers available if anyone would like
one.
Committee
Reports
Meg
Allan reported that the spring 2017 Academic Calendar has been posted and that
the next meeting of the Calendar Committee will be Monday, August 29,
2016.
Meeting Schedule
Based on schedules the best times for
faculty senate meetings this semester are on Friday’s at 1:00pm. Meg will send an invitation to the next meeting
which will be held on Friday, September 30, 2016.
There being no further
business, the meeting adjourned at 5:33 pm.
Recorded by: Meg Allan, August 25, 2016.
