Faculty Senate Meeting<\/p>\n
October 18, 2012<\/p>\n
Attendance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Faculty Senate met on Thursday, October 18, at 3:40 pm in Reynolds 205.\u00a0 Senators in attendance were Scott White, Christie Morgan, Vikram Bhadauria, Tim Schroeder, Shannin Schroeder, Svetlana Paulson, Stacy Clanton , Karen Ferneding, Neelie Dobbins, David Sanson, Jan Duke, Dan May, Chrisanne Christensen, Hong Cheng, Abdel Bachri, Jennifer Logan.<\/p>\n The following senators were absent with proxies: Neelie Dobbins served for Denise Moseley and Linda Blake served for Mary Armwood.<\/p>\n Ex-officio:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>Paul McLendon, Brad Stout, Dr. Allen, Roger Giles, Ms. Smith, Dr. Mohdzain<\/p>\n Visitors included:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Andy Turner<\/p>\n Call to Order:<\/span><\/strong> <\/strong>Pres. S. White called the meeting to order at 3:42 p.m.\u00a0 Proxies read.<\/p>\n \u00a0A<\/span>pproval of Minutes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Motion to approve the minutes by S. Clanton, D. May seconded.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n Special Orders of the Day \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Faculty Senate President Report:<\/em><\/p>\n Senate Election: College of Business<\/em><\/p>\n J. Logan reported that the College of Business elected Dr. Christie Morgan to serve as a senator in lieu of Dr. Sam Riner\u2019s recent resignation from his senate position.\u00a0 J. Logan then moved that C. Morgan be included in the Handbook Committee while J. Logan would then serve on the Budget Committee.\u00a0 D. May seconded.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n Officer Election: Vice President for the 2012-2013 Faculty Senate<\/em><\/p>\n T. Schroeder moved to nominate S. Schroeder as the Vice President of the Faculty Senate.\u00a0 J. Duke seconded this motion.\u00a0 Nominations were then closed and the motion passed.\u00a0 Following the vote, S. Clanton nominated K. Ferneding to serve as the Faculty Senate Parliamentarian.\u00a0 K. Ferneding accepted the nomination.\u00a0 J. Duke seconded the motion.\u00a0 Nominations were then closed and the motion passed.<\/p>\n Distribution of SAU Strategic Planning Council Strategic Goals and Initiatives, and Feedback Form: \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Pres. White reminded the senators about the recently distributed email regarding the strategic plan for the university.\u00a0 Senators were requested to provide feedback on this matter by October 30.<\/p>\n Reports of Standing, University and Academic Committees<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Parking Committee: Discussion and Vote to Affirm Cooperation between the Faculty and Staff Senate Parking Committees<\/em><\/p>\n S. White discussed the suggested merging of the Faculty and Staff Senate Parking Committees as recommended by M. Armwood of the Faculty Senate Parking Committee in February 2012.\u00a0 J. Duke moved to accept the report.\u00a0 The motion passed and the Senate voted in favor of the merge.<\/p>\n Report from Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity<\/em><\/p>\n K. Ferneding reported the following:<\/p>\n T. Schroeder moved to accept the committee\u2019s report as presented.\u00a0 J. Duke seconded the motion.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n Committee Reports from Liaisons to the Faculty Senate:<\/em><\/p>\n Faculty Senate Committees<\/em><\/p>\n Budget Committee \u2013 T. Schroeder reported the following:<\/p>\n Roger Giles responded that the Office of Human Resources would be unable to meet this deadline based on current responsibilities\/obligations of his office.\u00a0 Discussion ensued. \u00a0J. Duke suggested the Budget Committee discuss this matter further and create an action plan to address current concerns.<\/p>\n Academic Committees<\/em><\/p>\n Institutional Review Board \u2013 J. Logan reported that the IRB committee has recently met and is awaiting research proposals.<\/p>\n General Education \u2013 T. Schroeder reported that the committee has met and discussed\/reviewed modifications to the general education goals.<\/p>\n Teacher Education \u2013 Dean Mohdzain reported that the committee has met and approved many routing sheets to be discussed at the next Academic Affairs meeting.<\/p>\n Teaching with Technology \u2013 A. Bachri reported that the committee is currently receiving applications for Teaching with Technology grants.<\/p>\n Annual Faculty Performance Review Monitoring \u2013 Dean Mohdzain reported that the committee has met recently to discuss current policies.<\/p>\n Academic Suspension and Appeals \u2013 V. Bhadauria reported that the committee met prior to the start of the fall semester to review and discuss student appeals.<\/p>\n Academic Affairs \u2013 N. Dobbins reported that the committee recently met and voted to approve the newly revised University Learning Goals as well as several new courses to be included in the catalog.<\/p>\n University Committees<\/em><\/p>\n Student Affairs \u2013 Dr. Allen reported that the committee has met electronically to discuss current events on campus.<\/p>\n Library \u2013 S. Schroeder reported that the committee has also been asked to serve as the search committee for the position of Library Director.\u00a0 A finalized version of the position advertisement has been submitted to the VPAA.<\/p>\n Fringe Benefits \u2013 J. Duke reported that the committee has met and is still in the process of reviewing various insurance policies for 2014.<\/p>\n Commencement \u2013 S. Schroeder reported that the committee has met to discuss a student proposal.\u00a0 The proposal, along with the committee\u2019s recommendation, has been submitted to Dr. Rankin.\u00a0 The committee also discussed the need to consider replacing the organ used in the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n Old Business<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n University Ethics Policy<\/em><\/p>\n Mr. Roger Giles discussed various options for moving forward with the University Ethics Policy.\u00a0 S. Clanton moved that the faculty assembly be allowed to vote on this matter.\u00a0 S. Schroeder seconded.\u00a0 The motion passed.<\/p>\n New Business<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Review of the 2011-2012 Faculty Senate\u2019s recommendations for restricting ALLUSERS email messages regarding class absences:\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Roger Giles suggested the implementation of an electronic calendar that would be made available online with limited access so that student organizations can be provided for faculty to confirm reported excused absences from their students.\u00a0 Discussion ensued.\u00a0 The senate requested a list of students involved in approved campus events\/activities to be stored electronically and controlled by the office of the VPAA.<\/p>\n Blackboard Maintenance Schedule<\/em><\/p>\n Mr. Andy Turner from Information Technology Services reported that most of the required maintenance has recently been automated.\u00a0 ITS is currently working on ways to reduce downtime of the system.\u00a0 He also suggested that some maintenance can be scheduled between semesters.<\/p>\n The next meeting will take place on Thursday, November 15, 2012 in Reynolds 205.<\/p>\n Adjournment:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The motion to adjourn was made by J. Duke and seconded by T. Schroeder.<\/p>\n Submitted by Jennifer Logan, Faculty Senate Secretary, October 26, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faculty Senate Meeting October 18, 2012 Attendance The Faculty Senate met on Thursday, October 18, at 3:40 pm in Reynolds 205.\u00a0 Senators in attendance were Scott White, Christie Morgan, Vikram Bhadauria, Tim Schroeder, Shannin Schroeder, Svetlana Paulson, Stacy Clanton , Karen Ferneding, Neelie Dobbins, David Sanson, Jan Duke, Dan May, Chrisanne Christensen, Hong Cheng, Abdel… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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-191","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\/191","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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