Report from Faculty Senate Executive
Committee Meeting
1.
Meeting of
Attending: Lawson, Karr, Reeves, Frendi, Boyd, Heikes, Kulick, Franz, Radonovich, Delugach
1.1
Faculty
Senate President’s Report
Melinda Lawson announced that one
of the faculty members, Peggy Hays, who received an REU Grant last year is
presenting the results of that research at a conference in
Ms. Lawson took nominations for
President Elect and Ombudsperson. Ms.
Lawson nominated Kader Frendi and Lynn Boyd seconded the nomination. There were no more nominations. The vote was unanimous for Kader Frendi as
President Elect for the 2007-08 ballot.
Ms. Lawson nominated Gerald Karr for Ombudsperson and it was seconded by
Lynn Boyd and Deborah Heikes. There were
no other nominations. The vote was
unanimous for Gerald Karr as Ombudsperson for the 2007-08 ballot.
1.2
Reports from
Administration
Dr. Franz reported that as of
The
Dr. Franz talked to Rotary again today. He shared some rankings form the NSF Federal funding and where we stand in the rankings. We rank very high
Dr. Franz went back to
There was some discussion of the budget for this year and Governor Riley’s proposal versus the plans of the Legislature.
There was some discussion regarding housing for students who come with families.
Dr. Radonovich reported the Instruction Technology Administrator position has been offered to Bobbi Jo Rissmann and her start date is May 14.
There was discussion regarding the
“Classroom Clicker” issue, the rewrite of the Faculty Handbook, Promotion and
Tenure Criteria and rankings for Non-Tenure Earning Faculty.
1.3 Committee Items and Chair Reports
1.3.1 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Sharon George).
Report emailed as Dr. George was not present.
1.3.2 Personnel (Michael Anderson).
No Report.
1.3.3 Governance and Operations (Jeffrey Kulick).
No Report.
1.3.4 Faculty and Student Development (Kader Frendi).
The Committee recommended Jennifer English and Jeff Neuschatz for the QEP Oversight Committee. These names will be brought to the Faculty Senate at the next meeting.
1.3.5 Finance and Resources (Harry Delugach).
No Report.
1.3.6
Undergraduate
Scholastic Affairs (
No Report.
1.3.7 President-Elect—Lynn
Boyd
Dr. Boyd encouraged the Committee to talk to colleagues and encourage them to take their role in the Senate seriously. She asked them to encourage departments to take this seriously.
There was some discussion regarding Administration Attendance at meetings.
1.3.8 The Agenda was set
for the