Faculty Senate Minutes 10-28-16

Faculty Senate
Friday, October 28, 2016, OC 115, 1:00PM

 

In attendance: Meg Allan, Ann Barnes, Penny Edwards, Stacey Frank, Tom Hiebel, Bill Leverette, Timeko McFadden,  Richard Reeves, Matthew Simon, Debbie Vance,  Paula Scales Whitmire.

Not in attendance.  Gregg Corley, Ed Eudy, Tonia Faulling, Justin Herndon, Laura McClain, Mary Orem, Mourning Pace,  Aristide Sechandice, Renee Turner, Jonathan Warnock

Guests: Galen Dehay; Sue Andrus representing Mary Orem.

Welcome and Agenda

Stacey Frank called the meeting to order at 1:04 PM.

Minutes of September 30, 2016

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

Galen Dehay distributed copies of, “Who’s Coming to College?” which was presented at the President’s Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting on Tuesday, October 18. 2016.  The presentation was organized in three parts:

1. Snapshot of the students currently attending TCTC organized by a number of characteristics.
2. A description of the demographic shift facing community colleges over the next ten years with the only growth area occurring in the 25 years of age and over demographic.  Galen discussed how the institution will be targeting this “under-resourced” student demographic in the future.
3. The composition of TCTC’s workforce and talent management approach to replacing 40.2% of the college’s workforce that will be eligible for retirement during the next five years.

Galen stressed the importance of engaging faculty and staff to provide input regarding how we can meet the challenges associated with serving the targeted student population.    Additionally he encouraged those who would like more information regarding our planning for the future to attend the session entitled, “Challenges and Opportunities of Serving Under-resourced Students,” on professional development day on November 8, 2016.  

Old Business

New LDA requirement in accordance with Attendance Memorandum dated 8/16/2016.  Galen reported that Scott Harvey has been working on this issue with a committee and that progress was being made to find an automated solution.

New Business

No new business was presented to the senate.

Committee Reports

Calendar Committee.   Meg reported that the next meeting would be held the second week of November.  Stacey reported that she had discussed the ideas generated during the September senate meeting with Galen and that she had distributed an update to all faculty.  The one idea that could be explored in the future was to hold graduations on a Saturday if that will relieve some pressure on the calendar.  Meg agreed to mention this again at the next calendar committee meeting.

Leading Edge. Laura McClain provided an update to Stacey prior to the meeting.  Student participation has been growing thanks to faculty encouraging students or assigning students to attend individual workshops.  Faculty are encouraged to obtain feedback from students, make suggestions for workshop topics, and participate as speakers in their areas of expertise and interest.  Senators discussed topics that are especially needed including diversity and civility. 

Academic Leadership Team.  Stacey reported that there was an initiative underway to review the “Programs at a Glance,” section of the catalog to ensure that students are being provided with the correct information.  Also during the college admissions process there could be three measurements associated with student placement: Accuplacer scores, high school GPA, and ACT scores. 

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 10:00 AM.  Meg will reserve a location for the meeting and send invitations.

With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 2:24 PM.  

Recorded by:  Meg Allan, 10/28//2016.