{"id":1137,"date":"2015-11-17T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=193"},"modified":"2015-11-17T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T14:50:00","slug":"october-2015-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/2015\/11\/17\/october-2015-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2015 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/10\/Faculty-Senate-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"CampusLogoVPAA\" width=\"1637\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>MINUTES <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Reynolds #210<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010\/15\/2015 3:40 PM<\/p>\n<p>Attendance:\u00a0 Denise Moseley, George White (proxy for Ron Smith), Sheila Pearson, Louis Roy, Abdel Bachri (for Copie Moore), Svetlana Paulson, John Hutchens, Shane Warrick, Alec Testa, Charles Young, Juping Wang, Stacy Clanton, Sara Day, Pat Clanton<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Agenda Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Call to Order<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Reading of Proxies- Abdel Bachri was proxy for Copie Moore.\u00a0 George White was proxy for Ron Smith.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approval of Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stacy Clanton moved to approve the September 17 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, and Alec Testa seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Orders of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remarks from Administration<\/p>\n<p>Building Plans for Dorms- It was reported that the cost of the project to build two dorms is $12 million.\u00a0 Each dorm will have three stories and 132 beds.\u00a0 The dorms should be ready for occupancy by the fall semester of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Pay Compression- The question of whether pay compression will be a part of upcoming faculty raises was addressed.\u00a0 Cost of living adjustments will be given first then any adjustments to salaries will be considered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mission Statement Committee Report \u2013 An early draft of a proposed revision to the mission statement was presented.\u00a0 Tim Wise representing the faculty senate and Brad Stout representing\u00a0the staff senate are co-chairing a committee to study the mission statement and recommend any changes that needed to be made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty Evaluation Policies \u2013 George White made a motion that the Faculty Senate Handbook Committee be charged with investigating whether it is possible for each college to have an approved variation of the university\u2019s evaluation procedures. Also the peer review process and whether the wording is broad enough to allow for the digital summaries and the improved peer evaluations as substitutions for what is currently being used. \u00a0Motion to accept was made by Sara Day and seconded by Stacy Clanton.\u00a0 Motion approved.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Business That May Come Before The Senate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adjournment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Handouts<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0*Minutes from September 17, 2015<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 *Appendix A<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 *Appendix B \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINUTES Reynolds #210 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a010\/15\/2015 3:40 PM Attendance:\u00a0 Denise Moseley, George White (proxy for Ron Smith), Sheila Pearson, Louis Roy, Abdel Bachri (for Copie Moore), Svetlana Paulson, John Hutchens, Shane Warrick, Alec Testa, Charles Young, Juping Wang, Stacy Clanton, Sara Day, Pat Clanton Agenda Topics Call to Order Reading of Proxies- Abdel Bachri was proxy&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/2015\/11\/17\/october-2015-minutes\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8422],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-minutes","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}