East
FACULTY SENATE
FULL MINUTES OF OCTOBER 10, 2006
The second
regular meeting of the 2006-2007
Mark Taggart,
Chair of the Faculty called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
Agenda Item
II. Approval of Minutes
The minutes
of September
12, 2006, meeting were approved as presented.
A. Roll Call
Senators absent were: Professors Reisch (Business),
Coddington (Technology and Computer Science), Vice Chancellor Lewis, Past Chair
Rigsby, and Faculty Assembly Chair Killingsworth.
Alternates
present were: Professors Holloman for Brown (Education), Eble for Tovey
(English), Williams for Stevens (Health and Human Performance), Spurr for
Robinson (Mathematics), Hodson for Schenarts (Medicine), and Alligood for Rose
(Nursing).
B. Announcements
1. The Chancellor has approved the
following resolution from the September 12, 2006, Faculty Senate meeting:
06-21 Separation of the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality
Management, within the
College
of Human Ecology, into two departments, the Department of Hospitality
Management
and the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics.
2. Faculty
are encouraged to contact the Faculty Senate office if interested in serving on
any of the committees currently with vacancies: Educational Policies and Planning
(1 year term), Research/Creative Activity Grants (1 year) and University
Curriculum Committee (3 year term).
Information on all of these committees is available online at:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/academiccommittees/academiccommittees.cfm
3. Interim Vice Chancellor Marilyn Sheerer
is establishing a Task Force to explore a Living and Learning Community and
welcome faculty involvement. Please contact
Mark Taggart at taggartm@ecu.edu if you
wish to serve on this Task Force.
4. Faculty
are eligible for the following university-wide teaching awards: Board of
Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, Board of Governors Distinguished
Professor for Teaching Award, Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching, and Max
Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service Through Continuing Education. A description of each award is available at: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/aa/academicawards.cfm.
Nominations for these teaching awards are due September 1, 2006, in the Faculty
Senate office. The deadline for
submission of portfolios by nominated faculty members is November 1, 2006. Please contact Dorothy Clayton in the Center
for Faculty Development (328-6470) if you have any questions.
5. Faculty
members not located on main campus (Allied Health Sciences, Health and Human
Performance, Health Sciences Library, Medicine, and Nursing,) and who serve on
various academic standing committees are reminded of special courtesy parking
permits available from the office of Parking and Transportation Services. Special
Courtesy Permits allow faculty members
attending meetings, etc. to park in "A1/B1” lots on main campus. These permits are issued to unit heads at no
charge and are to be used in conjunction with a paid parking permit. Additional
information is available from Mike Vanderven, Director of Parking and Transportation
Services at 328-1961.
6. Each Spring and Fall the Academic Awards Committee issues an
official call for nominations for the Annual
Lifetime and Five-Year University Research/Creative Activity Awards. The deadline for submission of materials (which include 7 copies of departmental and unit review
committee nominating letters, complete CV, and 3 letters from outside referees)
is November 1, 2006. All relevant procedures are
attached and available online at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/aa/researchspecifics.htm.
Please direct any questions to Professor Patricia
Dragon, Chair of the Academic Awards Committee, at 328-0296 or dragonp@ecu.edu.
7. Al Smith,
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Development, has asked for a list of all
University courses that have safety units built into the curriculum. Please
assist Dr. Smith in his efforts by emailing him at smitha@ecu.eduf and identifying any courses within your unit that contain
safety units. For more information, please feel
free to contact Al Smith at 328-9928.
C. Steve Ballard, Chancellor
Dr. Ballard
informed the Senate of the status of the strategic planning process. Phase One
is to define the university through its mission statement, has been presented
to the Board of Governors for feedback, which has been requested by Nov.1. The
statement in its present form identifies five major themes which will define
our strategic directions: visual and performing arts, to improve North
Carolina’s educational systems in all its aspects., to act as an economic
catalyst, preparing undergraduates for success and leadership, and health care.
He stressed that it is a work in progress.
Phase Two
will consist of each unit and division defining its priorites and plans, and
should take 6-9 months.
Chancellor
Ballard announced the availability of a five million dollar, system-wide
recruitment and retention fund, available on a first-come, first-served basis
by the request of the Chancellors. He has requested that the Vice Chancellors
and Deans provide information concerning cases where such monies should be
requested.
Professor
Ballard then addressed the issue of public safety, praising Dr. Marilyn
Sheerer’s leadership of efforts in that area. He reported that a cooperative
agreement granting ECU police co-jurisdiction in a number of university-area
neighborhoods, and that a Youth Drinking Task Force has been organized by the
City Manager.
The
Chancellor spoke of capital needs funding, affirming that funding for a
performing arts center needs to be understood in the context of a six-year
strategic plan, and that each year funding must be negotiated by the
Chancellors, President Bowles, and the Board of Governors. The other three
capital funding priorities are the proposed dental school, a new academic
building on East Campus to house the Colleges of Education and Business, and a
new science building. He warned that ten times the amount of available funds
are requested system wide, but stated that our efforts will continue to be
aggressive and he remains optimistic that at least these four projects will be
funded.
Eason
(Nursing) asked about the possibility of North Carolina Wesleyan becoming part
of the UNC system. The Chancellor responded that President Bowles is
considering the possibility, and it would therefore be premature for him to
comment. He noted that the President recently endorsed the addition of a new
campus, the School of Science and Math.
Long
(History) observed that the Chancellor had made indigent care funding for the
BSOM a funding priority, and noted that while it lost money on such treatment,
PCMH profits off BSOM faculty’s work. He wondered why ECU did not receive a
share of those profits. Dr. Ballard responded that because ECU is a
community-based medical school, it has no access to those funds. He stated that
our attempt to gain state monies to make up for the shortfall last year were
approved by the BOG but not by the legislature. He believes that was due to the
pressures of a short session and not due to political resistance, and affirmed
that we are attempting again this year.
D. Marilyn Sheerer, Interim Vice Chancellor
for Student Life
Dr. Sheerer
stated that she had been asked to speak on three topics: student transit on the
West Campus, the situation on Overlook Dr. relative to the setting afire of a
faculty member’s car, and community relations. She introduced several resource
people: Scott Alford, Director of Student Transit Operations; Michelle
Lieberman, Director of the Center for Off-Campus and Community Living; and Al
Smith, Co-Chair of the newly-formed Committee on Student Safety and Awareness.
Vice
Chancellor Sheerer reported that buses circulate every half hour on West
Campus, that in September the average was 124 riders per day, and that Safe
Ride provided transportation in response to 28 total calls from the various
West Campus areas.
She
then informed the Senate that she had
spoken last week with Chief Anderson of the GPD, and he assured her that the
investigation was ongoing and that the evidence to date did not indicate that
the Overlook Dr. neighborhood was being targeted. She added that the Mutual Aid
Agreement between ECU and the GPD included that area.
Dr. Sheerer
affirmed that the Committee on Student Safety and Awareness is in the process
of creating a comprehensive student safety initiative the goal of which is to
plan for all possible contingencies.
No
questions were posed to Interim Vice Chancellor Sheerer.
E. Mark Taggart, Chair of the Faculty
Dr. Taggart
stated that Faculty Senators were being
asked to participate in a survey on the UNC Faculty
Assembly’s Faculty Recruitment and Retention Taskforce. The questions on the survey will require that
the respondent have some experience or expertise in faculty searches. To further assist with gather information for this survey,
we are asking that you communicate (in person or via e-mail) with at least 2
persons in your unit who have experience in conducting faculty searches. You would need to have them go to this link: http://survey.ecu.edu/perseus/se.ashx?s=401718A531AD798B
to complete the survey. It is imperative that we have at least 3
respondents from each unit and that all survey responses are completed by no
later than Friday, October 13. He
thanked Ken Wilson (Sociology) and others for their help in responding to an
important request for information from President Bowles.
On Friday, October 13, the Division of Academic Affairs,
along with the Faculty Senate, will hold a workshop on the personnel, promotion
and tenure processes and guidelines for Deans, Directors, and Personnel
Committee Chairs beginning at 8:00AM. We will discuss the hiring and search
process and guidelines for appointment, reappointment, tenure and promotion as
outlined in out Faculty Manual.
Professor
Taggart stated that this is the time of year when faculty who are going up for
tenure and/or promotion have just turned in their PADs or soon will. He wanted to thank all of those candidates
and personnel committees who were working through this time of transition. He stated that many of the faculty were able
to complete their submissions following the revised format as outlined in the
newly revised Part XII of the Faculty
Manual. The purpose of the earlier “implementation memo” was to give the
option to faculty to use either the current or revised format, notifying their
personnel committees of their choice. Professor Taggart requested that unit
personnel committees focus on the contents of these documents when they make
their recommendation, and not whether they used the “current” or “revised”
format. It is his hope that, by this
time next year, he would be able to report that we were no longer between
current and revised portions of our Manual, and that all concerns over document
formats have been eliminated.
He also briefly
commented on the importance of keeping faculty colleagues in their unit
informed to the actions of the Faculty Senate.
He reminded Faculty Senators that they have been elected to represent their
colleagues on this body. Dr. Taggart
stated that it was important that Senators regularly keep the lines of
communication open. Much of what is
discussed may have a direct impact on the faculty in their unit. For example, during this meeting, the Senate
will be discussing proposed revisions to the guidelines for the 2007-2008
Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee. Senators should inform colleagues
of these proposed changes. University Curriculum
and Faculty Governance reports regularly come before this body. Dr. Taggart
stressed the importance of the Senators staying in touch with their colleagues.
F. Don
Joyner, Interim Director of Admissions
Mr. Joyner
presented the annual report on the freshman class, stating that preliminary
figures indicated the admission of the largest freshman class ever, 3836, a 17%
increase or 568 students. Out-of-state enrollment constituted 16.9%, in State
students equaling 83.1%. It was expected that the decision to increase
enrollment would lower the average SAT score, which dropped from 1043 to 1042
for in-state incoming freshman, and from 1033 to 1031 for out-of-state.
However, he noted that the nationwide average had dropped 7%. He affirmed that
the enrollment of African-American students had increased from 13.70% to 16.60%,
and that Hispanic enrollment decreased from 2.40% to 1.90%, or 4 people. 198
home-schooled applications were initiated but only 38 completed, of whom 14
were admitted and 5 enrolled.
Deena
(English) asked if there were statistics on the number of Asian-American,
Jewish, and international students who applied, were accepted, and enrolled.
Joyner promised to make those figures available to Professor Taggart that could
then be forwarded on to the members of the Faculty Senate.
G. Bruce Flye, Chair of the Provost’s
Committee on a Child Care Facility
Mr. Flye
stated that the committee first defined what was meant by child care, and
structured the survey to include the full range of possible services. He noted
that in Pitt Co., demand is high and supply is tight, especially for
high-quality care. The group considered four ways to improve (options A-D in
the report), and conducted its cost analyses “bottom up”; i.e., to include
every expense. He noted that survey results showed that child care plays a huge
role in recruiting and retention. He informed the Senate that the
administration had requested them to present their overall thoughts in this
preliminary report, send requests for information (RFIs) to potential
contractors, and report back.
He then
asked Provost Smith if there was anything he would like to add. Professor
Taggart gave him the floor.
Dr. Smith
commended and thanked Flye and his committee, and also Dr. Ken Wilson for
making the survey available on-line. He then informed the Senate that the cost
to the university would be around a quarter of a million dollars per annum,
building facilities not included; and $750,000 including the building and
related expenses. He said he did not know what number this need has or should
have on the list of ECU’s spending priorities,
and needed more guidance in that respect. He pointed out that this year had
been the best in a long time for salary increases.
Riley-Tillman
(Psychology) asked when the survey was done? Mr. Flye responded Spring of 2006.
Sprague
(Physics) made the following motion: The
Faculty Senate supports the findings in the Preliminary Report of the Provost’s
Committee on a Child Care Facility.
There was no objection and the motion was approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#06-22
Christian
(Business) – Asked how many number of faculty are affected? The survey found at
least 350 age eligible dependents, meaning there would be more in reality.
Long
(History) stressed that child care would be a good recruiting tool for young
faculty, so future numbers would be higher.
Sprague
(Physics) stated that he agreed a Child Care Facility costs would be recovered
to some extent by the fact that more faculty could be retained, resulting in
lower search expenses. He noted that it would also serve to address gender
inequity.
Provost
Smith reminded the body that the top 10 main issues submitted by the faculty
all are important. He stated that
“doability” should be a consideration in deciding which can be done.
H. Mary
(Dee Dee) Glascoff, Faculty Assembly Delegate
Dr. Glascoff
presented a report on the September 29, 2006, Faculty Assembly meeting. The
first meeting the North Carolina Faculty Assembly of the 2006-2007 academic
year met in Chapel Hill on September 29, 2006.
Delegates John Cope, Deedee Glascoff, Brenda Killingsworth, Ralph Scott,
and Mark Taggart represented East Carolina University. Full minutes of the meeting are posted on
the Faculty Assembly website at http://uncfacultyassembly.northcarolina.edu/html/minutes/sep06.htm.
Highlights
of the meeting included the following:
Dr. Brenda
Killingsworth , Chair of UNC Faculty Assembly, reported on the activities of
the executive committee during the summer.
Dr Harold Martin, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
President Erskine Bowles
Alan Mabe, Vice President for Academic Planning
Delegates
were assigned to the following task forces:
Jones
(Criminal Justice) asked if inexperienced faculty could also participarte in
the survey? Professor Glascoff responsed that they were encouraged to do so, as
the perspective of people who recently went through the recruitment process
would be valuable.
Wilson (
Sociology) reminded faculty that the survey needed to be completed by Friday,
October 13.
I. Brief Moment in History
Henry
Ferrell (History) addressed what he termed the “myth” of the creation of BSOM:
that a letter to Chancellor Jenkins from a physician, Dr. Ferguson, gave him
the idea. He affirmed that this should be understood as occurring in the
context of the return of WWII soldiers who had grown accustomed to health care
in the military and found they no longer had access due to a lack of
physicians, legislation to create new hospitals, the high failure rate of
medical students, and the 1965 establishment of Medicare.
J. Question
Period
Warren
(Education) asked Vice Chancellor Mageean about the Yardley Report,
specifically about the Education’s Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. program. He asked about the implications of this
report.
Dr. Mageean
pointed out that the report is only preliminary, and that Yardley has not yet
turned over all parts; for example, marketing. Furthermore, ther is also an
internal report to be considered. The process has been slowed by the unforeseen
difficulty of data collection. She stated that the priority is transparency,
and that faculty have the opportunity to respond to her directly with edits,
suggestions, etc. so that then the University community can have an informed
discourse.
Alligood
(Nursing) asked what about comments supplied to the group in their recent
visit? Mageean assured that they will be included in the next draft.
Agenda Item
IV. Unfinished Business
There was
no unfinished to come before the body at this time.
Agenda Item
V. Report of Committees
A. Committee on Committees
Henry
Ferrell (History), Chair of the Committee, presented the first reading of a
proposed revision to the Academic Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee
charge. There were no objections voiced
about the first reading and Senators were reminded that any planned motions to
revise the charge were required in writing at next month’s meeting.
B. Educational
Policies and Planning Committee
Dale
Knickerbocker (Foreign Languages and Literatures), Chair of the Committee,
presented for information only 1) consideration of Adult Nurse Practitioner
Concentration, School of Nursing, 2) discontinuation of Sign Language minor and
BS Physician Assistant programs, School of Allied Health Sciences and 3)
request for Authorization to Establish a DDS degree and School of Dentistry. There was no objection to the Committee’s
report.
C.
Faculty Grievance Committee
Gene Hughes (Business), Chair of the Committee, presented for information only an
overview of the 2005-06 Committee activities. There was no discussion and
the annual report of the Faculty Grievance Committee was accepted as presented.
D. Research/Creative
Activity Grants Committee
Paul Gares
(Geology), Vice Chair of the Committee, presented the proposed revisions to the
Guidelines for 2007/08 Research/Creative Activity Grants. There was no discussion and the proposed new
Guidelines for 2007/08 were approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#06-23
E. University Curriculum Committee
Janice Neil
(Nursing), Chair of the Committee, was unable to attend the meeting, so
Associate Vice Chancellor Linner Griffin spoke for the committee and presented
the curriculum matters contained in the September 28, 2006, University Curriculum
Committee minutes. There was no
discussion and the curriculum matters were approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#06-24
VI. New Business
Mary
Glascoff (Health and Human Performance) presented a resolution on safety that
stated the following:
Whereas, faculty, staff, and students at ECU are an essential part of
the Greenville community, and
Whereas, the faculty recognizes the importance of safety and peace of
mind
not only for our ECU students, staff
and faculty but also for non-
ECU affiliated Greenville residents,
and
Whereas, there is growing concern and a sense of alarm as reports of
crimes
and attacks against students are
reported with increasing frequency
in local media, and
Whereas, a report of a crime directed toward an ECU faculty member has
recently been made public, and
Whereas, we acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of the Greenville
City
Police, the Pitt County Sheriff's
Office and the ECU Campus Police
to prevent, deter and solve crime,
and
Whereas, the complexity of the issues demands that
all local law
enforcement, city, and
county government officials join hands to
help solve these
problems.
Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Chancellor work with the
City of Greenville to revitalize efforts to work in full partnership with the
ECU Community to address the issue of crime within our community and in our
neighborhoods.
Niswander
(Business) offered a friendly amendment to add “allegedly” to “Whereas #4”
following “crime”. This was accepted by
the body.
Roberts
(Philosophy) moved to have “directed toward” changed to read “committed against”
in “Whereas #4”. The motion passed.
Christian
(Business) stated that maybe the last sentence should state “the faculty,
staff, and students support the Chancellor’s work”. Glascoff (Health and Human Performance) and
Sprague (Physics) spoke against this change, noting that the Faculty Senate is
empowered to speak for faculty, not staff and students.
Following
discussion, the resolution on Crime Within Our Community and Neighborhoods was
approved as amended. RESOLUTION #06-25
The meeting
adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Dale
Knickerbocker Lori
Lee
Secretary
of the Faculty Administrative
Officer
Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures Faculty
Senate
06-24 Curriculum
matters contained in the September
28, 2006, University Curriculum Committee
minutes.
06-25 Resolution on Crime Within Our
Community and Neighborhoods as follows:
Whereas, faculty,
staff, and students at ECU are an essential part of the Greenville
community, and
Whereas, the faculty recognizes the importance of safety and peace of
mind
not only for our ECU students, staff
and faculty but also for non-
ECU affiliated Greenville residents,
and
Whereas, there is growing concern and a sense of alarm as reports of
crimes
and attacks against students are
reported with increasing frequency
in local media, and
Whereas, a report of a crime allegedly committed against an ECU faculty
member has
recently been made public, and
Whereas, we acknowledge and appreciate the efforts of the Greenville
City
Police, the Pitt County Sheriff's
Office and the ECU Campus Police
to prevent, deter and solve crime,
and
Whereas, the complexity of the issues demands that
all local law
enforcement, city, and county
government officials join hands to
help solve these
problems.
Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Chancellor work with the
City of Greenville to revitalize efforts to work in full partnership with the
ECU Community to address the issue of crime within our community and in our
neighborhoods.