ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2009-2010 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: FACULTY GOVERNANCE
1. Membership. George Bailey, Gene Hughes, Purificación Martínez, Catherine
Rigsby, Rodney Roberts, Ken Wilson, Christine Zoller,
Mary Gilliland, Phyllis Horns, Deirdre Mageean,
Marilyn Sheerer, Marianna Walker.
2.
Meeting Dates.
August
26, 2009. Bailey,
Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts,
September
2, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez,
Rigsby, Roberts, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Ingalls,
Murphy.
September
9, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts,
September
16, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Gilliland, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker.
September 23, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller,
Mageean, Gilliland, Ingalls, Murphy.
October 14, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez,
Roberts,
November 11, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez,
Rigsby, Roberts,
December 9, 2009: Hughes, Rigsby, Roberts,
January 27, 2010: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Gilliland, Mageean,
Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Payne. Invited guest: Beth Velde.
February 10, 2010: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts,
February 24, 2010: Hughes, Martínez,
Roberts,
March 31, 2010: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller,
Gilliland, Horns, Sheerer,
April 14, 2010: Bailey, Martínez,
Roberts,
April 28, 2010: Bailey, Martínez,
Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Payne.
3. Subcommittees established
during the year.
Subcommittees whose work is
completed:
· Subcommittee on revisions to Appendix
B. Bailey.
· Subcommittee on revisions to
Appendix D. Martínez, Murphy.
· Subcommittee on revisions to
Appendix I. Gilliland, Chinn.
· Subcommittee on engagement and
scholarship for Appendix C and D. Wilson.
· Subcommittee on Part II.
Administrative Policy. Martínez.
· Subcommittee on Part VI. Martínez.
· Subcommitte on Part XIII. Hughes, Ingalls.
Subcommittees whose
work is pending: Subcommittees whose work is pending:
·
Subcommittee on Interpretations of the ECU Faculty Manual. Martínez.
·
Subcommittee on Part 2: Administrative
Policy. Martínez
·
Subcommittee on Part 2: Guidelines for Organizing into Code Units.
Rigsby, Ingalls.
·
Subcommittee on Part 3: Academic freedom. Martínez,
Walker, Payne.
·
Subcommittee on Part 5: Faculty Load. Martínez
·
Subcommittee on Part 7. Martínez,
Walker, Wilson, Chinn.
·
Subcommittee on Part 12. Bailey.
·
Subcommittee on Appendix A: Faculty Constitution and by-laws. Martínez, Walker.
·
Subcommittee on Appendix C. Martínez,
Rigsby, Zoller
·
Subcommittee on Appendix D (*). Bailey, Wilson, Roberts.
·
Subcommittee on Appendix L. Martínez,
(*) Work will include revisions to
joint appointments and also engagement/outreach/innovation. For joint
appointments, FG will collaborate with committee named by Dr. Mageean:
Lisa Campbell, Ruth Ann Cook, Paula Daughtry, Glen
Gilbert, David Griffith, Bob Lust, Darrell Neufer,
Kathleen Row, John Rummel and Alan White. For
innovation, FG will collaborate with the committee named by Dr. Mageean.
4.
Accomplishments during the year, especially as addressed through
committee
goals.
Please include recommendations made to any University agency other
than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under #5.
Through its representatives, the
committee has participated in the following university activities: University
Policy Manual Committee; Interpretations/clarifications of the Faculty Manual; Workshops
regarding tenure and promotion sponsored by the Committee on the Status of
Women; Attendance of workshop to prepare committees for hearings; Monthly
meetings with Chair of Faculty and other chairs of Faculty Senate committees; Consultation
with BSOM regarding annual survey for chairs (move from IDEA to a new survey
designed by them); Meetings regarding iWeb folio for
PAD.
5. Reports to the Faculty Senate.
September 15, 2009.
Additional revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix B. Policy for the Cumulative Review of
Permanently Tenured Faculty of ECU. Faculty Senate Resolution #09-33.
December
1, 2009. Proposed revisions to the ECU
Faculty Manual, Appendix I. Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
were approved as presented. Faculty Senate Resolution #09-50; Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
D. Faculty Senate Resolution #09-51.
March
30, 2010. Proposed
revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part VI.
April
20, 2010. Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII. Promotion and Tenure Timeline. Faculty Senate Resolution #10-65
6. Business carried over to next
year.
· Collaborate in any form necessary
with the Task Forces for UNC Tomorrow and University Policies and Procedures
7. Evaluation of the committee.
A. Charge:
Charge is adequate
B. Personnel:
Personnel is adequate
C. Attendance:
Excellent attendance
D. Responsibilities:
The committee carried out its responsibilities conscientiously and with
professionalism.
E. Activities:
The heavy workload of the committee was
increased by the mandate to review the Faculty Manual. To complete this task
according to deadlines suggested by Board of Trustees, the committee will work
over the first summer session; a stipend will be paid to Martínez,
Rigsby, Wilson, and Zoller.
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty Senate for
improving the effectiveness of the committee.
It is necessary to maintain adequate
balance in the committee between disciplines. It is recommended that all
faculty members of the committee be tenured faculty.
9. Does the Committee’s
organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this
year? First week of classes in
August.
Signed: Chair Purificación Martínez
Secretary .