Minutes: Committee
on Committees
Meeting Date: Tuesday, September
23, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Rawl 142.
Person Presiding: Chair,
Tom Caron, called meeting to order at 3:06
Members in
Attendance: Tom Caron, Michael Tahaney, Puri
Ex-officio Members
in Attendance: Jan Tovey, Mark Taggart
Actions of Meeting:
1. Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting
2. Old Business:
a.
Continued discussion pertaining to issues of interpretation
found in the EPPC and UCC charges.
ACTION: Item moved to Senate Agenda
per report from Faculty Chair, Janice Tovey.
b.
Resumed discussion surrounding graduate school faculty
qualifications, policies, unit codes, faculty handbook policy and resources
still being discussed with regard to EPPC and UCC charges. Appendix F in Faculty Manual needs
examination for possible revision to accommodate university growth issues.
ACTION: Item tabled
until next meeting when more information has been gathered.
c.
Discussion of fixed term faculty serving on standing
academic committees. ACTION: No fixed
term faculty should be serving on Faculty Committees.
d.
Scholarships, Fellowships and Financial Aid Committee Charge
discussed. Charge and effectiveness of
this committee appears to be in question, especially items #4- A,C, and D of the charge.
ACTION: A committee
member or the committee chair is to be invited by Tom Caron to attend next the CoC meeting to give a committee report and engage in
discussion.
e.
Proposal to establish a standard academic committee on
service learning. Committee discussion
on topic.
ACTION: Item did not get discussed due to
long agenda. Item to
be discussed at next meeting when more information can be brought before the
committee.
3. New Business:
a.
Tom Caron to
attend Continuing and Career Education Committee meeting to discuss with them
issues about their charge and report back to CoC at
next meeting.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:05
Next Meeting: October 21, 3:00
p.m.