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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
October
14, 2004
ATTENDING: Linda
Andrews, Eugene Columbus, Jacque Deeds, Bill Evans, Debbie
Gaddis, Laurie Grace, Darren Hudson, Steve Nichols, Dan
Poston, Dan Reynolds, Wes Schilling, Mark Shankle
October's
meeting was held in Stoneville, Mississippi at the Delta
Research and Extension Center.
The
minutes from last month's meeting were approved.
Faculty
Senate Resolution: Darren Hudson presented the resolution
concerning mature tree protection which was proposed
at last month's Senate meeting. The resolution was approved
pending verbage change. Dr. Hudson will present the resolution
to Dr. Vance Watson after the requested change is made.
Committee
Assignments: Dr. Hudson presented committee assignments
(see attachment). He also went over the committee functions
(see attachment).
The
first order of committee business will be for the Charter
and Bylaws (Jacque Deeds, Chairperson) committee to study
the reapportionment of departmental representation. Each
unit should have adequate representation and Dr. Deeds
has already requested from Human Resources a listing of
faculty make-up by department. With this information, the
committee will be able to determine how much representation
is appropriate per department and then Dr. Hudson will
contact department heads to assure that these needs are
met. This charge was moved to the Charter and Bylaws Committee
by unanimous vote.
Dr.
Deeds will determine by reviewing the bylaws if the DAFVM
Faculty Senate is able to conduct official business by
email and teleconference.
Promotion
and Tenure Guidelines: Dan Reynolds brought up an issue
about the timeline for Promotion and Tenure documents within
the division. Apparently, there is some lack of consistency
among departments about when these documents should arrive
at the academic office level. He requested that the Division's
guidelines include a September 15 deadline for the academic
department to receive the documents. It was of concern
that, particularly for the branch stations whose packages
must be reviewed by both their unit head and an academic
department head, it could sometimes be confusing since
different departments seem to have different requirements.
This
issue was remanded to the Faculty Affairs committee for
study and a proposal to be implemented in 2005.
Holland
Faculty Senate Report: Dr. Deeds reported on the
Holland Faculty Senate meeting. Beginning December, there
will be two separate graduations. For the December graduation,
they will be held on Friday night and Saturday. Our Division's
graduation is Friday night. Beginning in May, there will
be two on Saturday. Dr. Deeds said that faculty was strongly
urged to attend and it was suggested to the Provost that
the university then buy regalia for faculty. It will
be considered.
The
CHARMS exhibit (history of agriculture) is up in the library
and everyone was urged to look at it.
Beginning
in the fall, there will be a new registration system. Students
should be able to put into the computer the classes they
want to take and the available sections will be automatically
shown.
The
University Planning Committee is doing traffic studies
to determine traffic patterns on campus, particularly at
5-Points, to try to ease traffic issues.
Cell
Phone Policy: There is a new policy on cell phones
on campus. Those employees eligible ("traveling professionals")
will turn their university phones back into their office
and they will purchase their own and be given a $40 monthly
allowance for their cell phone. The phone will then be
their personal phone.
Next
Meeting: Our next meeting is scheduled for November
11 at 1:00. This coincides with the MSU-ES Annual Conference.
While this will be a good time to have it since many
will be on campus, Dr. Hudson will check to be sure there
are no conflicts with other important meetings. Please
submit agenda items for the next meeting as soon as possible.
Meeting
adjourned.
SUBMITTED
BY: Joy Odom
APPROVED
BY: Darren Hudson, Chair, DAFVM Faculty Senate
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