EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

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, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.

September 2, 2009: Bailey,  Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Ingalls, Murphy.

September 9, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Murphy.

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, Wilson, Zoller, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Gilliland, Ingalls, Payne.

November 11, 2009: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy, Payne.

December 9, 2009: Hughes, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Payne.

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, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Payne.

February 24, 2010: Hughes, Martínez, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Payne.

March 31, 2010: Bailey, Hughes, Martínez, Rigsby, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Sheerer, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Payne.

April 14, 2010: Bailey, Martínez, Roberts, Wilson, Zoller, Gilliland, Horns, Mageean, Walker, Lee, Payne. Invited guest: members of the Hearing Committee.

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, Walker.

(*) 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. Section I. Employment Policies.  Faculty Senate Resolution #10-32; Proposed revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VI, Section V. External Professional Activities of Faculty and Other Professional Staff. Faculty Senate Resolution #10-33; Remove the text in the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VI, Section VII. Frequently Asked Questions About Faculty Personnel Records once Appendix C has been revised to include this information was approved. Faculty Senate Resolution #10-34; Proposed revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VIII, Responsibilities of Administrative Officers was approved as presented.   Faculty Senate Resolution #10-35; Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix I. Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment was approved as presented. Faculty Senate Resolution #10-36; For information only: Suggested revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C. Personnel Policies and Procedures for the Faculty and Appendix D. Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures. 

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.

  • Revisions of FM regarding: Interpretations of the FM; Part 2: Guidelines for Organizing into Code Units; Part 2; Administrative Policy; Part 3: Academic Freedom; Part 5: Faculty Load; Part 7; Part 12; Appendix A; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix L
  • Revisions to the Implementation Guidelines for evaluation of chairs.
  • Advice regarding administrative policies.

·    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                                                 .