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DAFVM
Faculty Senate
MINUTES
January
12,
2006
Attending: Cliff Hampton (chair), Steve Nichols (Vice-Chair),
Greg Ibendahl, Harvey Gordon, Laura Grace, Marty Brock, Hamid
Borazjani, Linda Andrews, Mark Shankle, Joe Fratesi, Shane
Burgess, Sharon Grace, Michael Caprio, Wes Schilling, Bill
Evans, Cody Coyne.
Excused
Absent: Kirk Swortzel, Wayne Wilkerson, Al Rankins,
Robert Meyer, Mike Kidd, and Wes Burger.
Absent: Deborah Gaddis, Dan Posten, and Ken Willeford.
Cliff
Hampton called meeting to order. Hampton requested that
the members review the minutes from the December 2005 meeting
and asked for a motion for action on the minutes. Harvey
Gordon motioned to accept the minutes, Bill Evans seconded.
The minutes were discussed and it was agreed that the word “track” be added in a sentence to the
December minutes. The new sentence under the heading Report
from Robert Holland Faculty Senate Representative, now reads: “For
example, non-tenured track faculty cannot be elected to the
promotion committee that will decide their fate.” The
minutes were approved unanimously with the proposed change.
Introduction of New Members/Guests:
Hampton stated that a representative from the Robert Holland
Faculty Senate, David Nagel, was attending the DAFVM Faculty
Senate meeting to address concerns of the DAFVM Faculty Senate
regarding the promotion of non-tenured track faculty document
that was to be voted on January 13, 2006 in the Robert Holland
Faculty Senate.
Report from the Chair:
Hampton stated Marty Brock had agreed to take minutes for
the January meeting but there would be a need to find a new
person to take minutes due to the fact that she is leaving
the MSU-ES.
Hampton discussed growing concern among faculty regarding
the search for a new President for Mississippi State University.
There is a need for the new President to understand the three
missions of the land grant university: teaching, research,
and service. Hampton asked for ideas on how to express these
concerns to the Presidential Search Committee. Laura Grace
made a motion to send this issue to the Faculty Affairs Committee.
Harvey Gordon seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
The Faculty Affairs Committee is charged with developing
a position statement on behalf of the DAFVM Faculty Senate
regarding the Presidential Search to be shared with division
members who are also members of the Presidential Search Advisory
Committee.
Hampton
also shared with the DAFVM Faculty Senate the President’s
Report to the Robert Holland Faculty Senate, which discusses
the “Departmental and College Performance Measures
and Expectations” document. The document is a proposal
for a better way to evaluate departments. According to the
report, department heads were told by the Provost in early
November to develop performance standards for their discipline.
The first drafts of the performance standards are due to
the Provost by January 20. However, many department heads
have not discussed this issue with faculty in their departments.
Report from the Vice Chair:
Steve Nichols stated that no one has been recommended to
fill the current vacancies within the DAFVM faculty senate
and now have a new vacancy due to Marty Brock leaving. There
is a need to move forward on filling these vacancies. Hampton
stated that he would contact the Agricultural Communications
and Computer Applications and Services departments regarding
their vacancy and asked Nichols to contact the other departments
regarding their vacancies.
Report from Robert Holland Faculty Senate Representative:
Due to the fact that the Robert Holland Faculty Senate did
not meet in December, there is no report.
Committee Reports:
Faculty Affairs Committee:
The Faculty Affairs Committee presented a list of concerns
they developed to address problems with the Extension/Clinical
/Research Faculty promotion policies and procedures document.
The representative from the Robert Holland Faculty Senate,
David Nagel, addressed these concerns. The concerns were
as follows:
1.) Elected Representation:
Currently,
there is no representation by Extension/Clinical/Research
Faculty of Professorial Rank.
Recommendation
by the committee: Allow elected representation on the University
Promotion Committee.
2.) Complexity – “College level” Committees:
MSU-ES
does not fit into any of “joint” committees
within division.
Recommendation
by the committee: Allow faculty member, department head,
and college level administrator to determine the “appropriate” college level committee at time of initial appointment,
or annual review.
3.) Service Component:
The
language on service for promotion of non-tenure track promotion
is not fully defined.
Recommendation
by the committee: Service should be a part of the non-tenure
track promotion document.
Michael
Caprio made a motion to give this report to the DAFVM’s
representative, Laura Grace, to present to the Robert Holland
Faculty Senate. Cody Coyne seconded the motion and it was
passed unanimously.
There
were no other committee reports.
Unfinished Business:
There was no unfinished business.
New Business:
There was no new business.
Meeting adjourned.
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