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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
April
14 , 2005
Attending: Susan
Mulley (for Wayne Wilkerson), Laurie Grace, Cliff Hampton,
Ken Willeford, Sharon Grace, Alex Corzo (for Mike Kidd),
Angelica Chapa, Hart Bailey, Wes Schilling, Duane Motsenbocker,
Deborah Gaddis, Jacque Deeds, Dan Poston, Darren Hudson,
Dan Reynolds, Bill Evans, Robert Meyer, Bill Evans
The minutes
from the March 10, 2005 meeting were approved with corrections.
Comments
From Dr. Vance Watson: (Hudson)
Darren
Hudson passed along comments from Dr. Watson in which he
thanked the Senate for their hard work during the year.
He commented that the Division had done a great job in
the Promotion and Tenure process and a good job of leveraging
research dollars. He noted our successful mentoring program
and said that there is still a need for additional mentors.
Those wishing to volunteer should contact Melissa Mixon.
Dr. Watson
is hoping for even funding when the budget is finally approved
this year. There is a discrepancy between the House and
Senate versions but he is optimistic.
Remember
that there will be a split commencement again this semester.
Our students will graduate on Saturday, May 7, at 2:30
p.m.. All faculty members are encouraged to attend to assure
adequate representation.
The Excellence
in Teaching seminar was very good this year, especially
the peer teaching evaluation segment.
The Summer
Celebration (bologna sandwich lunch) will be on June 3
this year. At that, the Division awards will also be given
out.
Dr. Watson
would like to remind all DAFVM Faculty Senators to get
feedback from those you represent on the Senate. Their
input is important, as is your information to them concerning
the decisions of the Senate.
Date
Change On Next Faculty Senate Meeting:
The decision
was made to change the date of the next Senate meeting
from May 12 to May 11 in order that faculty may participate
in Staff Appreciation Day.
Evaluation
Standards Committee Report: (Hampton)
Cliff
Hampton went over the handout on evaluation standards produced
by his committee. After discussion on several issues, especially
the necessity for department heads to use discretion in
evaluating certain non-tenure track employees according
to these standards, several changes were adopted. Joy Odom
will make these revisions and send the document out by
email to the entire Senate. Any comments should be sent
to Mr. Hampton prior to April 26 and the revised standards
will be presented at our May 11 meeting for approval. It
was decided that, at that time, each Senator will take
the document to the faculty they represent for feedback
since it is such an important issue to the faculty in general.
If accepted, the Senate feels that it would be prudent
for Dr. Watson to distribute the accepted document to the
Division Council along with some instruction for department
heads in the prudent use of these standards.
Promotion
and Tenure Timeline Committee Report: (Reynolds)
Dan Reynolds
presented changes to his committee's proposed documents
as recommended at the last Faculty Senate meeting. The
timeline was widely accepted, but caution was noted about
being too specific on items that are under the auspices
of the departmental promotion and tenure committees. Dr.
Reynolds brought out that the main issue is getting the
process started earlier in the year so that the packages
do not get jammed along the way. It is also important to
standardize this timeline for the convenience of those
faculty members who work off-campus but are housed within
an academic department. Joy Odom will distribute the document
to the entire Senate by email and any changes should be
sent to Dan Reynolds by April 26 so that his final timeline
can be presented at the May 11 Senate meeting.
Holland
Faculty Senate Report: (Deeds)
Jacque
Deeds reported that the agenda for the next Holland Faculty
Senate meeting is 51 pages long. There will be Senate elections
tomorrow. Most resolutions will be tabled until next fall.
The budget will be discussed.
New
Business:
- At
the next DAFVM Faculty Senate meeting, a new Vice Chair
and Parliamentarian must be elected.
- As
a follow-up to a question raised earlier concerning summer
pay for 9-month employees, Dr. Watson would consider
it a courtesy to report the nature of that employment.
It is not the University's concern how much money you
make during that time, but if you are working for the
University on a grant/contract, all regular employment
rules will apply. Use of University property rules still
apply in all instances.
- The
MIRS system is being studied in terms of accuracy. Apparently,
it works well as long as the input is accurate. It is
very important for the departments to keep their input
up to date since funding allocations are made based on
MIRS reporting.
Meeting
adjourned.
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