COEHP Faculty Council Minutes
09/17/08 GRAD 325
Present: Merry Moiseichik (Chair), Fran Hagstrom (Chair-Elect), William McComas (At-Large), John Pijanowski. (At-Large), Angie Smith-Nix (HPER)
Absent: Gary Ritter (Ed Reform), Laura Kent (CIED) Kit Kacirek (RHRC), Ellen Odell (NURS)
Administration Present: Barbara Hinton (Assoc. Dean), Reed Greenwood (Dean)
Meeting Agenda:
- Merry Moiseichik will report on her meeting with Dean Greenwood
- Organize a council plan for working on the personnel evaluation
- Student Achievement Committee - Assoc. Dean Hinton
Minutes:
- The meeting was called to order by Chair Merry Moiseichik.
Merry announced that Interim Dean McMath will be coming to the next Council Meeting. He will be in the building prior to the meeting and available to the faculty.
- The minutes from the September 3 meeting were discussed. There was one correction: no meeting on March 18, 2009 (Spring Break). The corrected minutes were approved.
- Merry Moiseichik reported on her meeting with the Dean. She opened her report by stating the Dean welcomes input from the faculty.
- Regarding faculty input, Bill McComas reviewed his two requests: 1. Provide information about what the raise pool was; 2. that the Dean provide a range of distribution of raises so individual's know their relative standing within the pool. The Dean stated he would be able to organize such a report. The Dean indicated that department heads make the decision about how to distribute the raise pool. He will also organize this information.
- Budget: The Dean would like to know the faculty priorities for future cuts. What should be cut? Categories are requested, such as tenure-track vs. clinical, etc. The council asked how frequently budget cuts occur. He talked about state funding and how this is driven by enrollment. Some years there are state cuts. The 2% turn back was internal and in addition to that. Sales tax and personal revenue monies at the state level fund the university. No budget problem is anticipated in the first half of this academic year. The Council asked that the Dean tell us more about the revenue streams that come into the college so the areas that might be suggested for 'cuts' will be more targeted. It was reported by one Council member that using Continuing Education/Professional Development as a revenue stream appears to be top-heavy and that the monies are often diverted. The Dean made the following points: 1. The business portion of Continuing Education/Professional Development activities must be dealt with and meet university policy. 2. Faculty can work directly with Continuing Education/Professional Development or through Judith Tavano, as a liaison, here in our own college. Dr. Hinton indicated that professional continuing education credits can only be awarded through the College of Continuing Education and Global Outreach.
- What role do we want to play in the search process for the Dean? Merry stated that the Council (she thinks) should play a role in this and be able to state this to Dr. McMath. Merry suggests that we give input before the Oct. 1 meeting. Merry will write such an email. Bill McComas stated that we would be willing to help draft this memo to Interim Provost McMath. Merry stated that the Council would also like to assist with the description of the position and, that at the very least, the chair of the Council should be on the committee. The Dean suggested that input such as what functions we would want the new dean to perform (fund raising, development, academic leadership), and what we want the new dean to do would be valuable information for the Interim Provost and the search committee. He then talked about opportunities and pitfalls that accompany the position. The Dean stated it is essential to understand the budget/revenue issues of this university and how to allocate time to do the Dean's business. He used as an example having to fight for money that was already in the college budget. Bill McComas asked how searches will proceed for the associate and assistance deans. The Dean stated that a short term appointment may occur for these.
- Organization of administration. The advising unit is revisiting this even now. It was noted that the Boyer Center advises students until they have 44 hours. Advising tasks then go to departmental faculty. Some departments want to do all their own advising. Other units like the Boyer Center's centralized advising. Dean stated that the Boyer Center was created in the 70s. The money was spent to set it up rather than using it as an endowment. The Boyer Center now has more advising than they can handle. This is a fiscal issue: where will the money come from? The Dean would like to know what the departments want.
- Student Achievement Committee
Associate Dean Hinton stated that information must be reported to the Department of Higher Education, and that this be placed on the October meeting agenda. Her committee will need to know the annual average number of graduate (all levels bachelors through doctoral) over a 5 year period. Each department has a representative on the Student Achievement Committee that will come back to the programs to say what is needed. Erin Hogue will approach department heads in order to form this year's scholarship committee since these are one year appointments.
- Council plan for working on the personnel evaluation: Tabled until the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Fran Hagstrom
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