Tri-County
Technical College
Faculty Senate
Minutes
Meeting Date: January 24, 2020
Location: SSC 205
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Members Present: Renet Bender, Richard Burton, Meredith
Dickens, Corey Evans, Pam Goodman, Amanda Karaganov, Som Linthicum, Gerald
Maxie, Jeremy McCracken, Mia Tensley, Debbie Vance, James Walker
Rhonda Whitten
Members Absent: Deborah DeMino, Susan Curtis, Roxanna
Ezenekwe, Jan Gibbs, Malisa Looney, Foster Sims, Doug Stephens,
Welcome and Agenda: Pam Goodman opened the meeting by
presenting the agenda.
1. Approval
of Minutes: Pam asked for any discussion of changes to the November 22nd
minutes that had been emailed to Senators. Som Linthicum asked for a
minor change to include the word future as it pertained to Item 4 B paragraph
2. The edit was made and the minutes
approved.
2. Current
Faculty Senate Membership/Officer Positions/Elections
A. Pam
made note of the fact that Betty Rogers was no longer with the college and that
her position as well as Pam’s position on Faculty Senate were vacant. Pam suggested, after speaking with Jackie
Blakley and Galen DeHay, that Debbie Vance take the position open in Business
and Public Service (BPS) and that the next nominee in the at-large voting be
appointed to the open at-large position left open by Debbie Vance moving into
the BPS vacancy. Jennifer Hulehan would
be asked to appoint an adjunct to take Betty Rogers’ place. Som made a motion to keep moving through the
at-large voting list until an at-large member could be appointed and the senate
agreed.
B. Pam
asked for input concerning the position of Vice President. The senate agreed that there should be a Vice
President, and Susan Curtis nominated Jeremy McCracken, Corey Evans seconded
the motion. A vote was taken and Jeremy
McCracken was elected to serve as the Faculty Senate Vice President. Pam asked how the senate wished to handle the
VP/secretary combination. Debbie Vance
concluded that there should be three officers.
It was suggested that Som would be a good secretary, and he was asked if
he would consider the position. Som conceded,
the senate voted, and Som Linthicum was elected to serve as Faculty Senate
Secretary.
C. As
delineated in the constitution and by-laws, the Senate reviewed the academic
calendar in order to map out a schedule for the upcoming 2020 elections. Pam provided information about the meeting
dates and the limitations due to the current academic calendar. The senate decided to move the election dates
forward so that the elections could be held in a timely manner and are
consistent with the constitution and by-laws.
The tentative dates for the election process were determined to be:
Nominations for president are to be emailed
to Pam no later than February 21 so that the nominations can be discussed at
the March 6th meeting. The
full faculty will vote for the president starting on March 23rd and
the president should be determined by March 30th. On April 1st, Pam will ask for
nominations for division representatives.
The vote for division representatives on April 14th. The vote for at-large representatives will
take place starting on April 16th and all members of the new senate
will be known by April 24th.
3. Fostering
Learning and Collaboration Strategic Direction
Each division reported their ideas for Pam to
take to the next PAC meeting.
4. Standing
Items
A. Constituent
Concerns
1. Hydrid
courses – some students were confused during registration. Pam spoke with Scott Harvey to see if
additional information could be placed on the student’s bill and schedule so
that students could see that they were registering for a hybrid course.
2. Plus/Minus
System for Grading- no stipulation from the state level, so the grading system
will not change.
B. Committee
Updates
1. 21st
Century Skills will have workshops during Professional Development Day
2. Faculty
Choice SOAR has raised $2300 with additional funds being added on a continuous
basis. Enough funds have been raised so
the award can be granted.
C. Division
Updates
1. Arts
and Sciences has a fair on January 29th.
2. College
Transitions-Tonia Faulling will be discussing Math 150 on PD day
3. Health
Education will be moving to Anderson Hall in March (temporary move)
4. Student
Support and Engagement-skill shops will be starting soon
Next meeting February 14, 2020
