Faculty Senate Minutes
March 8, 2007
Meeting called to
order at 2:03 pm
Senators present:
Senators Absent:
President’s report
President Jordan
shared a proposal for Senate Reapportionment (see attached). There will be 11
senators for 11 departments; each Senator will average 11 constituents. The
senator for nursing will have 18 constituents due to the size of the ADN and
Vocational Nursing programs. Senator Hand motioned to accept the plan and Senator
Hellinghausen provided a second for that motion. It passed unanimously. The
reapportionment will take effect fall 2007.
President Jordan
also advised that elections for new officers will be held at the April 12
meeting. Any Senator wishing to run for
office should make her/his intentions known before then so the slate of
officers can be available to vote on at the April meeting.
Committee Reports
Evaluation committee – Senator Hand
reported that dean-to-chair evaluation instruments will go to
deans after spring break and that the committee is discussing adjunct
evaluations; classroom observation of adjunct faculty is still in the
discussion stage. Dr. Williams has not formally approved of the new evaluation
processes nor instruments at this time.
New Business
IT
communication with faculty. Senator Philpott
suggested that a calendar of IT maintenance be developed and distributed to
faculty so that they can better plan for classes. It would be especially
helpful for web instructors to know when the system will be down so that students
can be informed and assignment due dates scheduled accordingly. President
Jordan said he would meet with
Meeting adjourned at
2:55 PM
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