Faculty Senate Minutes 10/4/19

Tri-County Technical College

Faculty Senate Minutes

Meeting Date: October 4, 2019

Meeting Location:  SSC 205

Time 12:30 PM

Members Present: Renet Bender, Richard Burton, Susan Curtis, Deborah DeMino, Roxanna Ezenekwe, Pam Goodman, Amanda Karaganov, Som Linthicum, Malisa Looney, Gerald Maxie, Jeremy McCracken, Robin McFall, Betty Rogers, Foster Smith, Mia Tensley, Debbie Vance, James Walker

Guest: Tom Hiebel

Presider: Robin McFall

Welcome and Agenda: Robin called the meeting to order at 12:32 pm and directed all in attendance to the agenda for the meeting.

Robin McFall recognized Pam Goodman as the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate Vice President.  With only one Senator interested in the position of Faculty Senate Secretary, Robin McFall suggested that Jeremy McCracken be appointed secretary; Som Linthicum asked the senate body for approval.  The body approved and Robin recognized Jeremy McCracken as the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate Secretary.

Standing Items:

1. Approval of minutes from September 20, 2019 – Robin McFall
   The minutes were approved with the addition of Betty Rogers name to the Members Present.
2. Faculty Choice Award – Robin McFall and Som Linthicum
   Robin asked senators for input and Som read through the list of potential names and provided some background.  Robin explained EDGE and SOAR.  Senate members voted on names using Poll Everywhere provided by Robin. The top three choices were a. Faculty Choice Award: Helping Students SOAR (Succeed, Overcome, Achieve, and Rise), b. Faculty Choice Award: Helping Students SOAR (Surmount Obstacles and Rise), and c. Faculty Choice Promise Award.
3. Committee Updates:

1. Academic Calendar Committee – Pam provided information concerning the rotation of members on the committee. Robin explained the January 2020 start date and discussed the non-working days for employees.  Pam serves on the ACC as the representative for the Faculty Senate.
2. Curriculum Committee-Som gave some background about the committee for new members.
3. Placement Committee – Jimmy and Robin gave some background concerning the committee.
4. Service Excellence Committee – Robin provided background information about the committee.
5. 21^st Century Skills Committee – Som and Robin provided background information.
6. President’s Advisory Committee – Robin stated there had been no meeting this fall.
7. PLEAT – Som spoke about the drop-in at 215 Ruby Hicks.
8. Student and Business Systems Governance Council – Robin explained the creation of this new Committee, and various senators asked questions about it. Gerald Maxie agreed to sit on the committee.
9. Susan Curtis spoke about the success of the Enrichment Series Committee and the

       variety of speakers that the committee had brought to the college.    

1. Division Updates

1. College Transitions – Jimmy explained that for Eng/Mat 150 overrides would come from the instructor and not department head.  Several senators had questions concerning the benefits of Mat 150, Jimmy, Mia, and Deborah explained the way the course works.
   Malisa asked about student enrollment and registration, a student could not register because they were not considered currently enrolled.  Robin was unsure of the answer but stated she would ask Scott Harvey for clarity.
2. Engineering & Industrial Technology – Arthrex donated more equipment according to  Gerald Maxie.
3. Health Education – Susan Curtis discussed the new dean and stated that the passing rate for ADN is back to 100%.
4. Learning Commons – Som discussed the division reorganization and noted that SCALE will be held at Furman University on October 12^th.

Faculty Concerns:

1. Issue with work study students delivering material to testing center.  Robin shared a current situation in which an instructor had a work study deliver a package to the Testing Center.  The testing center would not accept the package.  Robin asked for senators input and various senators spoke about previous issues with testing center, the fact that students may be tempted to view the information, students helping other students.  Robin will investigate further.
2. IT Issues – Robin emailed Luke concerning printers in offices, classroom support and email retention, had not received a response prior to October 4, 2019.  Various senators spoke about software in class rooms and support for such software.  Also discussed the need to retain emails for more than six months.  Robin will continue to seek answers to the questions raised.
3. FPMS/Summer Pay/Loading Matrix – Robin provided background and Tom Hiebel spoke about the issues in each area that included: lack of consistency and oversight, no policy/procedures in place concerning these issues, and there appears to be two systems for calculating pay.  Robin will invite Marci Leake to speak to Faculty Senate concerning these issues.

Next Meeting: Friday, November 1 at 12:30 in SSC 205