ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2008-2009 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Academic Awards
1. Membership (include ex-officio members).
|
Name- Elected Members |
Academic Unit |
Term |
|
Jessica Christie |
Art and Design |
2009 |
|
Rebecca Powers (Chair and
Secretary) |
Sociology |
2009 |
|
Chris
Jantzen (Vice Chair) |
Mathematics |
2010 |
|
Slobodanka
Dimova |
English |
2010 |
|
Heng
Hong |
Medicine |
2011 |
|
Carolyn
Willis |
Academic
Library Services |
2011 |
|
Sue
Steinweg |
Education |
2011 |
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|
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Name – Ex-officio Members |
Academic Unit |
|
|
Paul
Gemperline |
Rep of
VC for Research & Grad Stud. |
2009 |
|
Dorothy
Muller |
Rep of
Chancellor |
2009 |
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John
Crammer |
Rep. of
Chair of Faculty Senate |
2009 |
|
David
Long |
Rep of
Faculty Senate |
2009 |
|
Demetria
Smith |
Rep of
Student Gov Association |
2009 |
2.
Meeting Dates (include members present and members who contributed to
committee action, but were not at the meeting*).
9/4/08
Jessica Christie, Slobodanka Dimova, Patricia Dragon, Paul
Gemperline, Heng Hong, Chris Jantzen, Dorothy Muller, Rebecca Powers, Sue
Steinweg, Carolyn Willis
10/2/08
Jessica Christie, John Crammer, Slobodanka Dimova, *Paul
Gemperline, *Heng Hong, Chris Jantzen, Dorothy Muller, Rebecca
Powers, Demetria Smith, Sue Steinweg, Carolyn Willis
11/06/08 Meeting cancelled because subcommittees are
meeting
12/04/08 Meeting cancelled because subcommittees are
meeting
1/00/09 Meeting
cancelled because subcommittees are meeting
2/05/09 Meeting cancelled because subcommittees are
meeting
3/05/09 John
Crammer, Slobodanka Dimova, Chris Jantzen, Heng Hong, Dorothy Muller, Rebecca
Powers, Sue Steinweg, Carolyn Willis
4/02/09
Meeting postponed
4/30/09
Chris Jantzen, Dorothy Muller, Rebecca
Powers, Sue Steinweg, Carolyn Willis Invited Guests: Jan Tovey (Chair of Faculty Senate), Deirdre
Mageean (VC of Research and Graduated Studies)
3.
2008/2009 Subcommittees established during the year (include progress
and/or completion of work).
All subcommittees completed their
review of nominees’ portfolios and made award selections on time. Details of
subcommittees’ membership and tasks are reported below.
Lifetime and
MEMBERS:
Jessica Christie, Paul Gemperline, Heng Hong, Chris Jantzen, Rebecca Powers (Chair), Sue Steinweg
TASK:
Reviewed 7 nominees for the Five Year Award and 3 nominees for the Lifetime Award. Selected winners for the
awards. Sent subcommittee recommendations to the VC of
Research and Graduate Studies for final decision.
ECU Alumni Association for Outstanding Teaching including the Robert L.
Jones Award Subcommittee
MEMBERS: Jessica Christie, Paul Clifford (Rep. for
Continuing Studies), John Crammer, Slobodanka Dimova, Heng Hong, John Howard
(Rep. for the Provost), Chris Jantzen (Chair), Dorothy Muller, Xiaoming Zeng
(Rep. for VC Health Sciences),
TASK: Reviewed 18 nominees, selected
8 finalists and 3 winners.
Max Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service Through
Continuing Education Subcommittee
MEMBERS: Paul Gemperline, Dorothy Muller, Clayton
Sessoms (Representative of Division of Continuing Studies), Claudio Sibata (Rep.
of VC for Health Sciences), Sue Steinweg (Chair of Subcommittee and Rep. for
the Provost), Carolyn Willis
TASK: 13 nominations, 4 declined, reviewed
11 nominees, selected 7 finalists, and
1 winner.
Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Committee
MEMBERS: Slobodanka Dimova, Judith
Hunt (Rep. for Provost), Dorothy Muller, David Musick
(Rep. for VC of Health Sciences), Carolyn Willis (Chair), Christine Zoller
(Rep. for Chair of Faculty Senate), no SGA rep.
TASK: 14 Nominees, 3 declined, reviewed
11 nominees and made recommendations for winners to the Chancellor.
Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee
MEMBERS: Michael Brown (Rep. for
Chair Faculty Senate), John Crammer, Rebecca Powers (Chair), Sharon Sarvey
(Rep. for VC Health Sciences), Louis Warren (Rep. of the Provost), no SGA rep.
TASK: Reviewed 7 nominees and made
2 recommendations to the Chancellor
4. Accomplishments during the year,
especially as addressed through
committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any
University agency other than the
We
were again gratified by the quality of the applications, and delighted to be in
a position to recognize and reward
excellence in the endeavors of our faculty colleagues. Most of our work gets done in subcommittees,
and the chair is thankful for the
responsible service on the part of the members, with particular reference to the subcommittee chairs.
A
goal we continued from last year was to be attentive to communication with the nominees regarding receipt of
portfolios and status of their candidacy.
We were able to achieve
this goal only through the superb efforts of Lori Lee and Dorothy Muller, who between them
contacted all the nominees to acknowledge receipt
of their portfolios, contacted finalists to request CDs/DVDs, contacted all non-finalists, and ultimately the
non-winners, to let them know they were not selected
and arrange for the return of their materials.
Thanks to Lori and Dorothy for
keeping the communication flowing.
We
achieved the goal of selecting Research and Creative Activity Award winners in a timely manner that facilitated notifying
winners one month before their scheduled
research presentations (Research Week March 2009). We were able
to meet this goal through the efforts of the subcommittee members and the
Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies.
5. Reports to the Faculty Senate (include
dates and resolution numbers). None
6. Business carried over to next year (list
in priority order).
·
Secure reserved parking places for West Campus AAC committee members to
facilitate their attendance at AAC meetings held in Rawl Annex. Lori Lee has
suggestions for accomplishing this task.
·
Finish paperwork needed for changing text for the Lifetime Research and
Creative Activity Award (LRCAA). The committee
voted in support of the Vice Chancellor’s recommendation that the LRCAA be
changed from two possible
awards to “up to one possible”
per academic year. The initial paperwork
for this change is completed. At the first Fall 2009 AAC meeting, this
paperwork will need to carried through the Faculty Senate
channels for approval and then update the award text before sending out the call
for LRCAA nominations.
·
Per AAC Charge 4.A. and the UNC Tomorrow Report, committee needs to investigate
contributing to the creation of criteria for a “Scholarship
of Engagement” award. Suggestion was
given to discuss this award issue with Dr. Beth Velde and Dr. Sharon Ballard.
6. Business carried over to next year (CONTINUED)
The following items pertain to the video submission for teaching awards:
o
Discuss requirement of a video submission for teaching awards that
results in all online DE teaching being ineligible for these awards.
o
Edit “call for nominations” text to request a particular type of DVD.
This year having a range of types of
DVDs and CDs was troublesome.
o
Move up the date that finalists need to submit their videos. This
year the submission deadline was too close to decision
deadline.
o
Discuss ways to facilitate nominees creating the required videos. Encourage
nominees to begin working on their video as soon as they are nominated. The
Center for Faculty Excellence has ideas for making the video taping process
easier for nominees.
o
Establish the procedure of having videos/DVDs of finalists uploaded
electronically for viewing by members of the AAC. But first investigate legal requirements for
gaining permission to post videos electronically from the nominee and students
that are included in the filming.
·
Continue efforts to formalize and centralize all documentation relating
to awards, subcommittee information, and nominee correspondence. The committee members
greatly appreciate the record keeping and document organizational work
performed by Dorothy Muller and Lori Lee.
·
BOG Excellence in Teaching Award: When the nominations of finalists are
sent to the Chancellor, include a request that as soon as the final award
decision is made the chair of AAC and the Director for the
·
Per the AAC Charge 4.C. - carry out review and update as needed.
·
Ask the Faculty Senate Committee on Committee to review AAC Charge and add the expectation that AAC members
attend and help with giving of awards during the Teaching Awards Ceremony
held on the first Reading Day of the Spring Semester. Currently, Dorothy Muller (Center for Faculty
Excellence) informally requests and reminds AAC members about the event and the
committee thinks this activity should be formally included as a AAC member duty.
7. Evaluation of the committee (include anything
that hindered or assisted the committee's
work during the year).
A. Charge: The charge is clear but needs amended per
suggestion above.
B. Personnel: The members of the committee are
knowledgeable and eager to work. The
members feel strongly that a student representative from SGA would be an asset
to the committee and are disappointed in the lack of student participation.
C. Attendance: All members contributed generously of their
time to accomplish their subcommittees’ tasks.
Attendance at full committee meetings, however, sometimes struggled to
meet quorum. Members are strongly urged to make arrangements to attend all
committee meetings or send an alternate.
If a member is away for part or all of the academic year they need to
contact the AAC Chair and Lori Lee and also attempt to find a replacement for
their seat on the committee.
D. Responsibilities: Members of the research awards subcommittee continue
to express concerns about how to evaluate the "impact" on their
respective fields of candidates nominated for Research and Creative Activity Awards,
particularly when the candidates come from a variety of disciplines. The group
suggested that nominees’ “impact in their field” be stressed as a key component
of their letters of recommendation. Further, it is recommended that all future Research
and Creative Activity Award subcommittees continue to be formed based upon the diversity
of characteristics and expertise of AAC committee members because this
facilitates reducing any potential bias.
E. Activities: As always, we
appreciated the impeccable assistance of Lori Lee as we pursued our activities
for the year.
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the
Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee. None
9. Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier
than the date set this year? No.
Signed:
Chairperson: Rebecca Powers ____________________________
Vice Chair: Chris Jantzen _______________________________
Secretary: Rebecca Powers _______________________________