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Meeting Minutes Collin Faculty Council January 11, 2008
I. Call to Order President Cathy Donald-Whitney called to order the regular meeting of the CCCCD Faculty Council at 1:10 pm on January 11th, 2008 held in conference center section C at SCC.
II. Roll Call · Vice President Paula Miller called the Council representative roll A. Absent: none B. Substitutes: none
III. Approval of September 2007 Minutes · Secretary Mary Weis began to read the December 7th meeting minutes. · Donna G White moved to dispense the reading of the minutes and accept the minutes as distributed. A second to the motion was made by Peggy Breedlove. · Motion passed.
IV Treasurer’s Report · Contributions have been made to the Faculty Foundation Scholarship Fund. · Currently there is $40.31 in the sunshine fund.
V. VP’s Report · BIET has not submitted a new proposal for faculty advising at this time. · The FC-VP contacted Thom Chesney via email about faculty concerns regarding past advising experiences and in that same email also reviewed the faculty advising history at the college.
VI. President’s Report · The next FC meeting will be at the PRC Event Center at 1:15 pm in February. · The Academic Planning Team [APT] met on Monday, January 7th. The FC president attended and participated in a discussion on an institutional research topic regarding late student evaluation packets. She reminded the APT that faculty need more time to get them done. The suggestion to extend the evaluation due date until the week before finals was made by the FC president. Another FC rep also suggested that the due date be put on the outside of the envelope and other council members concurred. Another option faculty have would be to request a proctor to monitor the class during the evaluation time and have the proctor take the packets to the designated location. The FC president asked the faculty council and others in attendance to think about additional solutions for submitting student evaluation packets by the due date. · The FC president pointed out that Dr. Israel’s email indicated that the APT will have faculty representation. The new PRC-VPP Toni Jenkins has emailed the FC president about having faculty participate in future APT meetings. · The Academic Freedom position paper has been formatted. This formatted paper was sent to Kyle and his committee for feedback. This document will be posted on the FC website as soon as this committee gives its final approval. · TCCTA. In December, the FC president contacted the TCCTA leadership about course redesign to stay updated of developments in this important issue. · Collin updates: A) Dr. Israel sent out a summary email about the restructuring changes. This is the start of a transition period and all administrators have mandates and tasks to accomplish this semester. There will be an evaluation of administrator progress at an appropriate time. B) The PRC-VPP will meet with PRC FC reps about their concerns. C) Dr. Israel will be coming to the FC meeting in March. He would also be available to do a special session to answer questions about restructuring if the faculty request such a meeting.
VIII. Committee reports: Posted on the FC website.
Committee on College Policy: Co-chairs: Barbara Lusk & Mary Milford
Committee on Faculty Council Procedures and Nominations Co-chairs: David Garrison & Loren Miller The committee met last week and sent suggestions and recommendations to the FC president.
Committee on Teaching and Learning: Chair:
Sonja Andrus
Committee on Technology: Chair:
George Jackson The report is available on the FC website.
Committee on the Collin Community: Co-Chairs:
John Glass & Donna White 1) A graduation celebration will be organized at each campus. Lupita Tinnen will chair the graduation subcommittee. Donna Okaro also will help organize the events. 2) City House has asked for travel size toiletries. This collection will happen throughout the semester. 3) Volunteer day to be discussed and possibly be reinstated.
Committee
on Academic Freedom:
Chair: Kyle Wilkison The recently formatted position paper can be posted on the FC website.
IX. COE and ACC updates: · Council on Excellence - Dan Lipscomb 1) Multi-year contract review process is almost completed. 2) Outstanding professor nominations will be starting and these forms are available on the COE intranet website. 3) Travel monies are still available. · All College Council - Dawn Richardson
The ACC will be meeting
next Friday.
X. Announcements: · The MLK Power Breakfast is scheduled for Monday, January 21, 2008. The administration would like more faculty presence at this event. Collin’s MLK committee is co-chaired by Vernon Hadnot and a committee representative. Amina El-Ashmawy also serves on the committee. Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend. · A bioterrorism presentation is planned for April at CPC. · Dr. Israel will attend the FC meeting March 7th at 1:45, SCC. · January BOT meeting will be held on Tuesday Jan 22, 2008 at CYC.
XI. New Business · Emerging Scholars committee will be requesting faculty nominations for students to receive this academic award. Each faculty member can nominate two students who meet the established criteria. · Study Grant requests can be submitted by faculty who are on multiyear contracts. Please refer to the email sent by David Cullen this past week. · The Adopt-A-Highway sign was fixed and now says “Collin College Faculty”. · The Dean panel discussion will start after the FC business meeting.
XII Adjourn · Movement to adjourn was made by Wendy Gunderson. · Second to the motion was made by Sonja Andrus. · Motion passed. · One opposition by David Garrison. · Cathy Donald Whitney adjourned the FC meeting at 1:40 p.m.
Minutes
submitted by: Mary Weis
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