COEHP College Council Minutes
04/01/09 GRAD 325
Present: Merry Moiseichik (Chair), Fran Hagstrom (Chair-Elect), William McComas (At-Large), John Pijanowski. (At-Large), Gary Ritter (Ed Reform), Laura Kent (CIED)
Absent: Ellen Odell (NURS), Angie Smith-Nix (HPER)
Administration Present: Dean Reed Greenwood
- Merry called the meeting to order.
- Agenda approved.
- Minutes approved.
- Announcements - none
- Dean's Office
- Budget – The budget was presented to the Chancellor and his cabinet on March 26. It was a 30 minute presentation. Decisions on budget will be reported after the April Board of Trustees meeting, during which time there will be a vote on facilities funding that could impact our college.
- Facilities – Architects are being employed for the renovation of Peabody Hall. John Murry and Brandi Maples are attending interviews with the prospective architects. Similar work is ongoing with the facility at the UAMS Satellite for Nursing and Communication Disorders.
- Honors Convocation is scheduled for April 16. Faculty are encouraged to attend.
- College Commencement is scheduled for 4 p.m. on May 9, and faculty are encouraged to also attend this. Provost Elect Sharon Gaber will be the speaker.
- The COEHP faculty meeting will be held on May 1. Faculty and staff award winners as well as retiring faculty and staff will be recognized. There will be a luncheon following the meeting.
- The Dean's office has been working on transition issues associated with the retirement of Associate Dean Hinton, the return to faculty of Dean Greenwood and Assistance Dean Langsner. Mike Miller will serve as a one year interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Fran Hagstrom will serve as a one year interim Department Head for RHRC. Extensions of these appointments will be determined by the new dean.
- The college will be awarding over 200 scholarships totaling just over $400,000. Unfortunately, 600 students who applied could not be funded. We would like to increase our scholarship base.
- Little information was available from the state legislature currently in session. There is concern about tax revenues and possible impacts on budgets. Any information obtained by the dean's office will be shared with the council and the faculty.
- The Dean thanked the council for revising and creating faculty awards this year. Streamlining of submission and selection procedures were particularly valuable. Letter of congratulations have been sent to the seven recipients. Their names will be announced at Honors Convocation. They will be recognized at the Faculty and Staff meeting in May. Their photographs will be displayed for this next year in the Hall of Honor in the foyer of the GRAD Auditorium.
- Report on Dean's Search – Merry and Gary
- The representative to the Dean's Search Committee reported on progress. The field has been narrowed. Five telephone interviews completed. It is anticipated that 3 candidates will be invited to campus in the next step of the process..
- Merry asked if College Council wanted to be listed as one group that would meet with the candidates while they are on campus. Members unanimously voted in favor of this. The Dean suggested that representation from the Course and Program Committee also be included in such meetings so candidates have contact with the two faculty representation groups.
- Review of procedures for Council elections.
- It was noted that the Chair-elect will not be able to move to the Chair position this next year due to her appointment to RHRC Department Head. The governance document on-line was reviewed for procedures and terms of office for the current members. The procedures state that the Chair-Elect and at-large positions will be filled at the Fall faculty meeting
- The Council discussed the problems with electing the Chair and Chair-Elect in the full faculty meeting. Since this is a point of change, a break in the process, it was decided that the Council would draft a procedural change to be put before the full faculty at the May meeting. Bill McComas stated that he would draft this and distribute it to Council members for discussion in our April 15 meeting.
- Review of revised point system slide presentation
- This review did not occur due to time. The presentation of this to departments was discussed. Merry stated that she would do this at the end of the year meetings if each council person would contact their chair and ask for time. There was discussion about whether a vote to continue to work on this should take place in the May faculty meeting. No firm decision was reached.
- Next Council meeting - review changes in the slide presentation; report back on scheduled presentations; reach decision to vote or not to vote.
- Faculty recognition decisions were discussed. Suggestions to carry forward were decided on by council members.
- Meeting ended at 3:25 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Fran Hagstrom, Chair-Elect
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