ACADEMIC,
APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2005-2006
Academic Year
DUE: May 1,
2006
COMMITTEE: Faculty Governance
1. Membership (include ex-officio
members).
·
Regular members (with vote): Nanyoung
Kim, Tinsley Yarbrough, Edson Justiniano, Patricia Anderson, Bob Morrison,
Purificación Martínez, John Cope.
·
Ex-Officio members (with vote): Paul Zigas, James LeRoy Smith, Catherine
Rigsby, Mark Taggart, Lisa Sutton (until November 2005), Mary Gilliland (since
December 2005).
·
Resource members (without vote): , Lori
Lee, Lisa Sutton (since December 2005).
2.
Meeting Dates (include members present*).
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September 21, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Purificación Martínez,
Bob Morrison, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Lori Lee.
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September 28, 2005: Patricia Anderson,
John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Purificación Martínez, Tinsley
Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lori Lee.
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October 12, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson
Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Purificación Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine
Rigsby, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
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October 26, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Purificación Martínez,
Bob Morrison, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Lisa Sutton,
Lori Lee.
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November 9, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson
Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Purificación Martínez, Catherine Rigsby, James LeRoy
Smith, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
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November 16, 2005: John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob Morrison, Tinsley
Yarbrough, Purificación Martínez, Catherine Rigsby, Mark Taggart.
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November 30, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope,
Edson Justiniano, Bob Morrison, Paul Zigas, Lori Lee.
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December 7, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope,
Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Purificación Martínez, Bob Morrison, Tinsley
Yarborough, Mary Gilliland, Lisa Sutton, Paul Zigas, Lori Lee.
·
December 14, 2005: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob
Morrison, Purificación Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Mary Gilliland, Catherine
Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
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January 11, 2006: John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob Morrison, Purificación
Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Mary Gilliland, Paul Zigas, Lori
Lee.
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January 18, 2006: Patricia Anderson, Edson Justiniano, Bob Morrison,
Purificación Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Mary Gilliland,
Paul Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
·
January 25, 2006: John Cope, Edson
Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob Morrison, Purificación Martínez, Tinsley
Yarbrough, Mary Gilliland, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
·
February 3, 2006: Patricia Anderson, John Cope, Edson
Justiniano, Bob Morrison, Purificación Martínez, Mark Taggart, Mary Gilliland,
Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
·
February 15, 2006: Patricia Anderson, John Cope,
Nanyoung Kim, Bob Morrison, Purificación Martínez, Mark Taggart, Tinsley
Yarbrough, Mary Gilliland, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lori Lee.
·
March 1, 2006:
John Cope, Edson Justiniano, Purificación
Martínez, Bob Morrison, Mark Taggart, Tinsley Yarbrough, Catherine Rigsby, Paul
Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
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March 8, 2006:
Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob
Morrison, Purificación Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Mary Gilliland, Catherine Rigsby, Lori Lee.
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March 29, 2006:
Edson Justiniano, John Cope, Nanyoung Kim, Purificación Martínez, Mary
Gilliand, Mark Taggart, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lori Lee.
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April 12, 2006:
Patricia Anderson, Edson Justiniano, Nanyoung Kim, Bob Morrison, Purificación
Martínez, Tinsley Yarbrough, Mary Gilliland, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lisa
Sutton, Lori Lee.
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April 26, 2006:
Patricia Anderson, Edson Justiniano, Nayoung Kim, Bob Marrison, Purificación
Martínez, Mary Gilliland, Catherine Rigsby, Paul Zigas, Lisa Sutton, Lori Lee.
3.
Subcommittees established during the year (include
progress and/or completion of work).
·
Voting
rights of fixed term faculty: Bob Morrison, Catherine Rigsby, Edson Justiniano,
Nanyoung Kim, Melissa Nasea, Purificación Martínez (completed)
·
Subcommittee
on Part XIII of the ECU Faculty Manual:
Bob Morrison, Catherine Rigsby, Lisa Sutton, Mary Gilliland (completed).
·
Subcommittee
on Part XII of the ECU Faculty Manual:
Edson Justiniano (completed).
·
Subcommittee
on Appendix C.Section I.D, Specific criteria for appointment.2 of the ECU Faculty Manual: Bob Morrison, Purificación
Martínez, Catherine Rigsby (completed).
·
Subcommitee
on practices from other peer institutions regarding faculty evaluation of
administrators: Purificación Martínez (completed).
4.
Accomplishments during the year, especially as
addressed through committee goals.
Please include recommendations made to any University agency other
than the
· The committee accomplished all the
goals that established for itself at the beginning of the academic year: it finished
and defended in the Faculty Senate revisions of Appendix C,I.D, Appendix D, and
Part XII; it wrote and defended in the Faculty Senate Part XIII.
· The committee finished some of the
business carried over from previous years: Part VII of the ECU Faculty Manual,
and possible conflict of interest of University attorneys in appellate process
and concerns of the Hearing committee in relation to Appendix D.
· The committee made significant
progress on the Faculty evaluation of administrators, also business carried
over from previous years.
· The committee held three open
hearings to the university community regarding revisions to Appendix C,
Appendix D, Part XII and Part XIII.
· The committee had a joint meeting
with the Vice Chancellors for Research and Academic Affairs regarding policies
for joint appointments.
· The committee held a joint meeting
with the Chancellor to discuss Appendices C and D after approval by Faculty Senate.
5.
Reports to the
·
Interpretation
of the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
D, relating to faculty members’ eligibility for serving on search committees.
October 11, 2005. Interpretation #105-21.
·
Resolution
regarding fixed term faculty. November 8, 2005. Resolution #05-45.
·
Revisions
to Part XII of the ECU Faculty Manual.
February 21, 2006. Resolution #06-08.
·
New section to the ECU Faculty Manual, entitled Part XIII.
Promotion and Tenure Timeline. February 21, 2006. Resolution #06-09.
·
Revisions to Appendix C.I.D
of the ECU Faculty Manual. March 21,
2006. Resolution #06-11.
·
Revisions
to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VII.
Section II. Patent Procedures. March 21, 2006.
Resolution #06-15.
·
Revisions to Appendix D of
the ECU Faculty Manual. April 18,
2006. Resolution #06-19.
6.
Business carried over to next year (list in priority
order).
·
Revise
Part XII. Attachment 1 Parts A and B
·
Revise
ECU policy on Review of Administrative Officers
·
Consider
revising Appendix D regarding joint appointments
·
Consider
recommendations of the fixed-term faculty task force
·
Revise
Part I of the ECU Faculty Manual
regarding Interpretations.
·
Consider
voting by non-tenure faculty in selecting unit administrator in Appendix L
·
Consider
the definition of voting faculty in Appendices D and L.
·
Follow
up on the Commission of Scholarship proposal
·
Consider
forming college and university-wide tenure and promotion committees
·
Consider
revision of Appendix L to incorporate a review of colleges’ constitutions by a
standing academic committee.
7. Evaluation of the committee (include
anything that hindered or assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge:
The charge is effective
B. Personnel: The members of the committee
are dedicated and committed. All the members should be commended for their hard
work. Special thanks should be given to Lori Lee, who is an indispensable
resource member.
C. Attendance: Attendance was excellent,
even though the committee met almost weekly all year long and in two occasions
for more than 5 hours. However, see item 8.
D. Responsibilities: The committee has many
important and varied responsibilities. All of them were met with outstanding
professionalism.
E. Activities: The committee made
extraordinary progress in the duties carried over from previous years, this
would have been impossible without the exemplary dedication of all its members.
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty
and/or
The
committee recommends that the Executive Council meeting day/or time be changed
if at all feasible. This will assure the attendance of the Vice Chancellors for
Academic Affairs and Health Sciences, which was impossible this academic year
because of conflicts with schedules.
9. Does the Committee’s organizational
meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year?
No
If yes, when do you
prefer:_____________________________________________
Signed: Chairperson
Purificación
Martínez
Secretary Patricia Anderson and Bob Morrison