Minutes
Faculty
Senate Executive Committee Meeting #21 – December 1, 2010
1 The meeting was
called to order at 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in the second
floor conference room in the Alumni Center, Chairperson
Swallow presiding. All members were present. In Ms. Black GrubmanÕs absence, Ms.
Orabone took minutes of the meeting.
2
The minutes from the November 22 meeting
with President Dooley were approved, pending President DooleyÕs review of them.
3
Announcements/Correspondence
a.
Ms. Orabone announced that there would be
interviews scheduled for the Director of SLOAA search on December 13, 14 and
16. She will send the resumes and
schedule to everyone when she receives them.
b.
Senator Ciccomascolo reported that she had
received a request from the Alumni Committee to recommend a faculty member, who
is an alumnus, to serve on the committee.
The FSEC discussed some options.
4
The Executive Committee discussed the agenda
for Faculty Senate Meeting #4, December 16, 2010. A presentation on terms of office for senate leaders was
discussed.
5
The Executive Committee discussed what
Chairperson Swallow and Vice Chair Eaton would talk about during their next
meeting with President Dooley.
They decided that they would give President Dooley some feedback on the
draft of his strategic priorities, which he presented to the FSEC during their
last meeting together. Of
specific interest was to clarify his idea on reallocation of personnel via a
venture capital fund.
6
Committees
a.
LOOC – Senator Barbour announced that
the committee was moving ahead on a charge to create
a process for new academic program learning outcome assessment.
b.
UCGE – Senator Larsen said that there
is overlap with the Task Force on General Education (Grand Challenges) in terms
of membership. He suggested that
the FSEC should create a charge for this General Education Task Force and ask
Professor DiCioccio to visit FSEC for a report on the Grand Challenge. The Executive Committee continued
discussion on the Grand Challenge courses.
7
The Executive Committee discussed the
following ongoing matters:
Vice
Chairperson Eaton reported that the JCAP Subcommittee on Task Force review had
discussed the formation of a committee for online distance learning. The options of whether it should
be a Senate or a Joint Committee were discussed.
The
Executive Committee discussed the HERI Survey. The discussion involved whether they should have a joint
statement from the ProvostÕs Office and the FSEC stating that they were
involved in the process of writing the letter. The decided that it should say, ÒWe encourage you to take
the surveyÓ, rather than give our endorsement.
8
Unfinished Business:
a.
Chairperson Swallow indicated that he and
Vice Chair Eaton would be attending the Council for Research meeting this
afternoon to help move the IP Revenue policy forward.
b.
The Executive Committee agreed to resolve
the issue of finding a new chair for the Senate Library Committee.
c. The Executive
Committee agreed to draft a statement proposing the idea of putting more weight
on faculty service and outreach in promotion and tenure
decisions. Senator Ciccomascolo said she would draft a statement and
discuss it with fellow FSEC members as well as AAUP members. When reviewed and
revised
by the appropriate parties, the FSEC will discuss the statement with Provost DeHayes.
Senator Honhart will send the AAUP contract language to the FSEC
members regarding service in order to ensure that our statement is inline with the
AAUP contract.
The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Eileen
Orabone