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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
May
11 , 2005
ATTENDING: Harvey Gordon, Cliff Hampton, Mike Caprio, Wes
Schilling, Wayne Wilkerson, Kirk Swortzel, Robert Meyer,
Sharon Grace, Steve Nichols, Alex Corzo (for Mike Kidd),
Darren Hudson, Jacque Deeds, Dan Reynolds, Linda Andrews,
Mark Shankle
The minutes from the April 14, 2005 meeting were approved
with corrections.
OLD BUSINESS
Promotion and Tenure Timeline: Dan Reynolds presented the
updated document with revisions since the last Senate meeting.
Jacque Deeds pointed out that this document actually puts
us into compliance with University Promotion and Tenure
Guidelines. Dr. Reynolds asked that the cover document
emphasize that we are not suggesting an override to departmental
policies, but just to provide a timeline. The Senate voted
to forward the document to Vance Watson.
Evaluation Standards: Cliff Hampton presented the document
with the changes made since the last Senate meeting. One
change was recommended and the Senate voted to accept the
committee report and forward to Vance Watson with the suggested
change.
Both committees were commended for their dedication to these
tasks. Sharon Grace particularly commended Cliff Hampton
for his leadership on the Evaluation Standards committee.
She noted that he kept the committee on task and moving forward
throughout the process.
HOLLAND
FACULTY SENATE REPORT: (Deeds)
Jacque
Deeds reported that Mark Goodman will again be President
of the Holland Faculty Senate. This will be his second
term. Several AOPs were sent to committee and the Senate
is still hesitating on the Excellence in Teaching report.
In March, there were some changes to the University Promotion
and Tenure Document, but they do not affect the changes
we made in our faculty Senate. The proposal the DAFVM
Faculty Senate presented to the Holland Faculty Senate
concerning the upkeep on the bypass entrances to our campus
was not on the agenda. Darren Hudson will follow up with
Mark Goodman to find out why it was not included. Next
year, Jacque Deeds will no longer be on either Faculty
Senate, so our Senate will have to have someone on the
university Senate to report on their activities. Cliff
Hampton will look into this situation.
NEW
BUSINESS:
- Our new
members were introduced. They are Kirk Swortzel from AIS
and Harvey Gordon from MSU-ES/4-H. Other newly-elected
Senators not in attendance are Hal Rankins and Lane Greer
from Plant & Soil Sciences.
There are other vacancies that will have to be filled.
Darren Hudson has emailed the department heads who
need to replace their Senators, but has not heard from
all of them with replacement names. Cliff Hampton will
follow up for the coming year.
- Steve Nichols was elected Vice Chair for the coming
year. Wes Sehilling was elected Parliamentarian.
- Jacque Deeds moved that the By-Laws Committee consider
adding the position of Secretary to the officer list for
the Senate. This passed and the committee will meet over the summer
to accomplish this task.
- Darren Hudson passed the position of Chair to Cliff
Hampton for the coming academic year. Mr. Hampton commended
the service of both Darren Hudson and Joy Odom to the
Senate over the past year.
- Dr. Deeds
proposed that Mr. Hampton write a letter to the department
head of Agricultural Economics (Steve Turner) and copy
Vance Watson to officially commend Dr. Hudson and Ms. Odom’s
service to the Senate. Mr. Hampton will do so.
- Mr. Hampton will find a replacement for Dr. Deeds to
the Holland Faculty Senate. If no DAFVM Senator is
also serving on the Holland Faculty Senate, he will seek another solution.
Meeting adjourned.
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