FACULTY SENATE
FULL MINUTES OF DECEMBER 4, 2007
The fourth
regular meeting of the 2007-2008 Faculty Senate was held on Tuesday, December
4, 2007, in the Mendenhall Student Center Great Room.
Agenda Item I. Call to Order
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 November
6, 2007,
were approved as distributed.
Agenda Item III. Special Order of the Day
A. Roll Call
Senators absent were: Professor Lazure and Zoller (Art and
Design), Wang (Geography), Schenarts and Bode (Medicine), Hall (Music), Rose
(Nursing), Evans-Case (Political Science), Bunch (Social Work), Coddington
(Technology and Computer Science), and Rigsby (Past Chair of the Faculty).
Alternates present were: Professors Harer for McFadden
(Education), O’Driscoll for Corbett (Geology), Christie for Fletcher
(Medicine), Gantt for Jesse (Nursing), Alligood for Lowery (Nursing), and Weber
for
B. Announcements
Information
on the activities of the University
Sponsored Child Care Task Force is available online at: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/fsagenda/1207childcare.htm
Save the Date
- Founder’s Day is March 27, 2008, with
the celebration to include Dinner on the Grounds at noon and a Chancellor’s
Forum. The Student Birthday Party on the
Mall will be held on March 26, 2008, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
The Chancellor has
approved the following resolutions from the October 9, 2007 Faculty Senate
meeting:
07-21 Resolution on Proposed Changes to the UNC Code
(excerpt from Chancellor’s 11-27-07
letter: “While I will forward Resolution 07-21 to the Board of Governors for
their consideration, I believe that no further action is required at this time
because new, compromise language has recently emerged from meetings between the
General Administration and the Faculty Assembly.”)
07-23 Request for discontinuance of the Early Childhood Certificate
Program, Request to offer existing MAEd in B-K Education Online, and Request
for Authorization to Establish Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Program
07-24 Report on Faculty Input in the Evaluation of Administrators
(excerpt from Chancellor’s 11-27-07 letter: “This will be
addressed by the Board of Trustees, as they reported early in this academic
year. This is a personnel matter and, as such, the Board has authority over
it.”)
An editorial
revision has been made to the Procedures for Annual Lifetime and Five-Year
University Research/Creative Activity Awards, changing
the date to forward names to the VC for Research from February to
December. This will benefit faculty in
knowing sooner who will be given the awards.
Letters concerning unit elections for 2008-2009 Faculty Senate representation
will be mailed to unit code administrators in late January. In accordance with
the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
A, elections are to be held during the month of February. Please call the Faculty Senate office if you
have any questions.
Members of the Research/Creative Activity Grants Committee are hosting research
grant information sessions for persons interested in submitting research grant proposals to the
Committee in January 2008. Questions
should be directed to the Committee Chair, Professor Paul Gares at 328-6084.
The sessions will be held on: Thursday, December 6 and Friday, December
7 from 4:00- 5:00 in 142 Rawl Annex.
Specifics about the granting process are available online at: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/rg/research.cfm.
The Committee on Committees
has been charged to seek volunteers to serve on the various academic,
appellate, administrative, Board of Trustees, and student union
committees. Faculty are strongly
encouraged to participate in this component of shared faculty governance and complete
a volunteer form by February 18, 2008.
Committee
appointments will be finalized at the April 29, 2008, Faculty Senate meeting.
Faculty members have two ways to note their preference for service on the
various standing University committees.
1) On OneStop under Employee Section, faculty
members click on “Faculty Committee Volunteer Form” and complete the committee
volunteer preference form.
2)
A faculty member may complete the volunteer preference form that is
available on the Faculty Senate web site at:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/customcf/committee/callforvolunteers.htm
C. Steve
Ballard, Chancellor
Chancellor Ballard
began his address to the Faculty Senate by commenting on his collaboration with
Dr. Taggart (Chair of the Faculty), especially in regards to recent meetings
for University funding. Chancellor Ballard
stated that the biggest challenge for ECU and the 17 constituent universities
are system funding. He stated that A & T, UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Greensboro
are the least well funded in the UNC system. Chancellor Ballard stated that the
results of the UNC Tomorrow commission might help with system funding and
prioritization, especially in meeting the needs of the state.
Chancellor Ballard
reported that the Brody School of Medicine and Health Sciences Division have
undergone significant changes in the last two years, which have been very time
consuming. He stated that Brody School of Medicine are doing well at present
and have great leadership and “financial health”. Future needs of the medical
school include cardiologists and end-of-life training and care. He stated that interviews for deans of the
Chancellor Ballard
stated that he has been away from campus recently due to the Capital Campaign,
which requires the presence of the Chancellor and Board of Trustees. He
described the UNC Tomorrow
Commission, which involved many statewide meetings regarding funding and other
initiatives. Chancellor Ballard stated that as a result of these meetings,
relationships between individual institutions and state government have changed
and have resulted in improved efficiency and accountability, better use of
resources and auditing functions. One of
the most positive changes, Chancellor Ballard stated, is the voluntary system
of accountability, which Ballard supports. Chancellor Ballard stated that the
Board of Governors passed this voluntary system of accountability (VSA) and the
executive counsel will be thinking about this new system and how ECU will
measure its accountability. This VSA will involve learning outcomes, with both
faculty and students, which will affect both accreditation and funding.
Chancellor
Ballard also commented about the university audits and that a process needs to
be developed. He stated that an internal
auditor will look at faculty and staff manuals and to possibly integrate the
two manuals. Chancellor Ballard stated
that Dr. Taggart (Chair of the Faculty) and Interim Provost Sheerer will look
into this matter.
Professor
Sprague (Physics) stated that in planning for the future, energy costs would be
greater and then asked Chancellor Ballard about plans for building green
buildings in the future, which would be more energy efficient. Chancellor Ballard replied that green
buildings are more expensive to build and that the process of building green
buildings is in the cost; specifically in the design and choice of a
contractor. He stated that Kevin Seitz
will be consulted in this process and this topic will be addressed in the
future.
Professor
Martinez (Foreign Languages and Literatures) asked the Chancellor about the job
functions of the internal auditor. Chancellor Ballard replied that the internal
auditor is one of the most important positions in the university. This person helps manage risks, identifies
mistakes, and identifies funds that have not been spent appropriately. He stated that ECU’s internal auditor, Stacy
Tronto, is doing a “first rate job” and has identified mistakes and has
provided consultation about what could have been done better.
Professor
Grimes (Music) asked about future plans (time and location) for the Visual and
Professor
Martinez (Foreign Languages and Literatures) inquired about the reasons for the
responsibility of the internal auditor to write a university policy/staff
manual. Chancellor Ballard responded that this is necessary due to multiple
grievances, hiring mistakes, and a lack of policy or appointment process. He also stated that preventative training is
needed, as well as an update of training/compliance in risk management, which
are all job functions of the internal auditor.
D. Phyllis
Horns, Interim Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Interim Vice
Chancellor Horns begin her address to the Faculty Senate by reporting the newly
established Eakin Professorship that has been established in the
Vice Chancellor Horns
announced that Dr. Stephen Thomas (Allied Health Sciences) has been selected as
the Chair of the Search Committee for the Dean of Dentistry. An architectural
firm has been hired to begin planning for the
Highlights of Brody
School of Medicine (BSOM) were reported to the faculty senators and handouts were
distributed regarding recent highlights of the School. Horns asked faculty
senators to be aware of these recent events/successes and to discuss them
openly with potential faculty candidates. Vice Chancellor Horns also discussed
the problems with faculty recruitment and retention with medical faculty. She stated that these issues can often be a
problem/challenge and that the medical school has an obligation to keep good
faculty.
Vice Chancellor
reported other challenges to the BSOM, especially in consideration of an
electronic records system in the next 18 months, which is similar to Banner.
She also discussed the issue of expanding enrollment in medical schools and
reported that UNC- CH is expanding their enrollment. She stated that
Vice Chancellor Horns also reported issues in the establishment of another
Family Medicine center, which include available resources, timeline, and the
addition of another building. Vice Chancellor Horns announced that a new
department was established, the Department of Public Health. Currently there is
debate relative to the location of this department and if it should be in the
BSOM. She continued by reporting that
two assessment teams have been established to examine the culture in BSOM, and
more specifically the patterns and behaviors of this school. Vice Chancellor Horns remarked that Dr.
Virginia Hardy would comment on this endeavor as well. The second team is designed to examine the
infrastructure for Research and what can be done to help facilitate research at
BSOM and to support the researcher.
Vice Chancellor Horns
discussed the collaboration and joint ventures of BSOM, Pitt County Memorial
Hospital (PCMH) and University Health Systems especially in recruitment of
faculty. She stated that this recruitment office in BSOM and collaboration with
hospital relations would be beneficial for BSOM and PCMH. In closing, Vice
Chancellor discussed the need for BSOM to increase financial stability and
growth, to continue research efforts and link to main campus.
Dr. Horn’s full
comments to the Faculty Senate on the recent highlights are linked.
No questions were posed to Interim Vice Chancellor Horns.
E. Virginia
Hardy, Interim Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs
Dr. Hardy discussed the Climate Survey results gathered
during Spring 2007. Alan White (Dean of the
Professor Jones (Criminal Justice) inquired about the data
regarding female assaults off campus.
Professor Jones asked Dr. Hardy whether the nature of the assault,
whether it was on or off campus was specified in the Climate Survey. Dr. Hardy stated that the question was asked
to the survey respondents relative to the location of the assault. She stated that regardless of the location,
there needs to be support for the victim. Dean White (Arts and Sciences) stated
that the survey did not specify whether the respondent was associated with the
university or not, when the assault occurred.
Professor Wilson (Sociology) stated that the regardless of
how the question is phrased, that the survey is most likely an underestimate of
how many respondents were assaulted, regardless of place. Dr. Hardy stated that
only 11% of undergraduates responded to the survey.
Professor McCammon (Health and Human Performance) asked
about how
Professor Martinez (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
stated that there is an “urban legend” that due to the regulations of the
faculty manual, the hiring of diverse faculty is impeded. Professor Martinez
further her comments by stating “Is this
true? If not, let’s do away with the myth”. Dr. Hardy stated that this issue
has to do with the various search committees. The search committee should be
diverse and if not, the search for diverse faculty may be hindered.
Professor Romack (Chemistry) asked about the plans following
the results of this climate survey.
Professor Hardy stated that the plans consist of
brainstorming sessions in order to obtain ideas and then to follow up with
actions.
F. Ken Wilson,
Faculty Assembly Delegate
Professor Wilson (Sociology) first discussed activities from
the November
16, 2007, Faculty Assembly Meeting.
Following a brief overview, a resolution relating to UNC Tomorrow was
presented as follows:
Whereas, the UNC Tomorrow initiative is of crucial
importance to the State of North Carolina, the University System, and East
Carolina University; and
Whereas, more than 1000 faculty
members from throughout the System have recently attended faculty listening
forums and have followed the progress of the UNC Tomorrow Commission and the
Scholars Council in other ways; and
Whereas, the Faculty Assembly has
requested each campus to have substantial faculty
involvement in the next stage of the UNC Tomorrow initiative
effective.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that
1. The Faculty Senate requests Chancellor
Ballard to constitute campus UNC Tomorrow Response Teams so as to include at
least 50% of their membership drawn from the non-administrative faculty. At least half of the faculty serving in this
capacity will be appointed by the Faculty Senate.
2. The Faculty Senate will address key issues
raised by the UNC Tomorrow initiative at the January 2008 meeting.
3. The Faculty Senate will work with the
Faculty Assembly in its efforts to move forward with key initiatives related to
UNC Tomorrow.
4. The Faculty Senate will devote time and
attention supporting the Faculty Assembly in its efforts to address key focal
areas during spring semester 2008.
Following discussion, the
resolution on the UNC Tomorrow initiative was approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#07-30
F. Mark
Taggart, Chair of the Faculty
Professor Taggart stated that as Chair of the Faculty, it
has been a privilege to represent faculty as a member of the UNC Faculty
Assembly. At these meetings, it has been
his pleasure to learn that ECU is regarded as a leader in applying the
standards of shared governance within the UNC system. One of the responsibilities given to him this
year was to serve as Chair of the Faculty Assembly’s Governance Committee, and
as a member of the Executive Committee.
The Faculty Assembly’s Governance Committee was recently charged with
the task of creating a “Handbook on Shared Governance,” which would outline the
standards and best practices in shared governance that all campuses of the UNC
system should employ.
Professor Taggart stated that while he has been engaged in
this activity, he has been asking himself if ECU has been living up to its
reputation as a leader in applying these standards, and if there is room for
improvement of the current practices. He stated that he believed that ECU is practicing
the “Standards of Shared Governance” as outlined by the Faculty Assembly of the
Professor Taggart stated that currently, faculty have a
candid, collegial and cooperative relationship with the top administration. Chancellor Ballard and the Vice Chancellors
understand and embrace these principals of shared governance. They have sought faculty input on issues such
as: university mission and strategic plan, enrollment growth, student
discipline, intercollegiate athletics, faculty benefits, and libraries and
other research facilities. Chancellor Ballard
has been exemplary in sustaining the recommendations of faculty tenure,
hearings and grievance committees. Professor
Taggart stated that he believed that, in these areas, the state of shared
governance at ECU is strong. Yet,
faculty aspire to strengthen it further, noting that ECU continues to be the
standard bearer of shared governance within the UNC system. Professor Taggart stated that he appreciated
working with a Board of Trustees that exercises due respect for the governance
prerogatives of the faculty.
The “Standards of Shared Governance” as outlined by the
Faculty Assembly state: “the faculty of each college, school, or department
should be consulted in the appointment or reappointment of the dean or
department chair either through majority membership on the search or evaluation
committee or by direct consultation with the appointing administrator either in
person or by other means approved by the Faculty Senate.” Further, “the chancellor or provost, in
consultation with the Faculty Senate, should establish effective procedures
that enable members of the faculty having the voting privileges to regularly
evaluate the performance of senior administrators. This evaluation should be in addition to and
independent of the mandated periodic evaluation of administrators by the
chancellor or the board of trustees.”
Professor Taggart stated that despite some areas of
improvement, as stated the state of shared governance at ECU is strong. Faculty enjoy a mutually collaborative
relationship with top administration and that the relationship could be summed
up with the phrase: “We are all in this
together.”
H. Question Period
Professor Sharer (English) inquired about health care
insurance for graduate and doctoral student assistants. Vice Chancellor Mageean
answered the question and stated that she was happy to report that health
insurance for doctoral students in Spring Semester will occur. She stated that there were now funds to cover
health insurance for full time doctoral students. She stated that insurance
might also be provided for medical students next year.
Professor Cope (Psychology) asked Professor Killingsworth
(Faculty Assembly Delegate, Business) to report on the status of the 603/604
Code revision. Professor Killingsworth
(Faculty Assembly Delegate, Business) stated that she met with Harold Martin to
discuss revisions. She stated that a
resolution was obtained. The section of the code relative to “misconduct”
stated that the evidence must be clear and convincing. The code revision will
be sent forth to the Board of Governors.
Professor Martinez (Foreign Language and Literatures)
directed a question to Dr. Hardy relative to the need to determine the source
of problems that exist on search committees. Dr. Hardy replied that she is willing to work
together to determine search committee problems relative to diversity.
Professor Sprague (Physics) asked Vice Chancellor Horns
whether the new buildings (i.e. Dentistry) on Health Sciences campus would be
green buildings.
Professor Tovey
(English) inquired about the status of student travel money. Vice
Chancellor Mageean responded that there had been no developments on this issue
and that written concerns have been forwarded to GA, especially in
consideration of hardship and needs. She reported that GA has not responded.
Professor Alligood (Nursing) inquired about the follow up
with GA relative to travel money for graduate students, and stated that Nursing
had forwarded their concerns in this issue directly to GA. She inquired whether Erskine Bowles had
received the information from Nursing. Vice Chancellor Mageean replied that she
was not sure.
Professor Martinez (Foreign Languages and Literatures)
inquired about the conversation that took place with Professor Taggart (Chair
of the Faculty), Chancellor Ballard, and Mr. Greczyn, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, relative to the university policy manual. Professor Taggart (Chair of
the Faculty) replied he has engaged in conversations with the Chancellor and
BOT Chairman, Mr. Greczyn, regarding the university policy manual. He stated
that in January 2008, he will identify faculty committees that could help with
this endeavor.
Professor (Robinson (Math) inquired about the Faculty
Assembly recommendations with the new language and if these changes and details
are available on the web. Professor Killingsworth (Faculty Assembly Delegate,
Business) replied that this information will not be available until the Board
of Governors approves the changes. She
stated that this information should be on the web on January 1, 2008.
Agenda Item IV. Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business to come before the body at
this time.
Agenda Item V. Report of Committees
A. Academic
Standards Committee
Linda Wolfe (Anthropology), Chair of the Committee and
George Bailey (Philosophy) a member of the Committee, both presented
information on the proposed new student email system and how it will affect
teaching.
Jack Brinn, Interim Chief Information Officer also presented
an overview
of the IT Service/Resource Distribution Model. He discussed that in the future student email
will be outsourced, which will keep “ECU brand”, and save money. He stated that
this has been discussed with SGA and they have approved this change. He also
stated that student fees can be used to support this new email change.
Professor
Wilson (Sociology) asked whether this new change will compromise faculty
emailing students. Dr. Brinn (Interim CIO) stated that this change will not
affect faculty emailing students.
Professor
Glascoff (Vice Chair of the Faculty, Health and Human Performance) inquired
about the specifics relative to the email change and how will it affect faculty.
Professor Bailey (Philosophy, Academic Standards) stated that ECU will
outsource email for students and that Microsoft will provide this for all
students. He stated that Academic Standards Committee surveyed 200 DE
instructors who reported their concerns.
Professor Bailey furthered his explanation by stating that the
motivation for change related to the size of the mailbox provided by Microsoft.
He stated that the costs for ECU to maintain are too high. He stated that the
university would save approximately $1.5 million in outsourcing the student
email. The Academic Standards Committee concluded that there would not be a
negative impact (especially with Blackboard and DE course delivery) with this
new system and the committee was in favor of this change. He stated again that
Microsoft would support the student email system.
Professor
Vail-Smith (Health and Human Performance) asked if this new system would be
compatible with Mac. Professor Bailey (Philosophy) stated that there should not
be problems with the Mac and the new student email system as supported by
Microsoft.
Professor
McCammon (Health and Human Performance) asked whether medical students and
alumni will have access to this new email system.
Professor
Tovey (English) inquired whether this would affect the use of Pirate Mail at
home and not Outlook, especially in determining the email address of a student.
Professor Bailey (Philosophy) stated that if the named is typed in, the email
address will be accessed via the directory.
He stated that there will not be any changed to Outlook or Pirate Mail.
Professor Bailey then stated that many universities are looking at this trend
in education.
Professor
Levine (Medicine) asked where is the data kept and if there is a problem with
the server, where will the data be housed. Professor Bailey replied that
downtime is not a big problem for Microsoft.
Professor
Sprague directed a question to the Academic Standards Committee and Professor
Bailey relative to the response rate to SOIS for Fall Semester 2007. Professor
Bailey (Academic Standards, Philosophy) stated that there was a low rate - 2 to 3% for SOIS in Fall Semester
2007. Bailey stated that the major
reason was that students did not get an email message to alert them to complete
the SOIS forms. Other reasons included that the students had other surveys to
complete, there were no incentives, students felt they were too busy and did
not think the survey was important enough.
B. Agenda
Committee
Mark Sprague (Physics), Chair of the Committee, presented
the proposed 2008-09 Faculty Senate and Agenda Committee meeting dates. There was no discussion and the dates were
approved as presented. RESOLUTION #07-31
C. Educational
Policies and Planning Committee
Dale Knickerbocker (Foreign Languages and Literatures),
Chair of the Committee, presented a request to establish minors in Clinical
Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Hematology and
Immunohematology, and Clinical Laboratory Science Generalist, Department of
Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Allied Health Sciences. There was no discussion and the request was
approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#07-32
A request to deliver a Master of
Science in Environmental Health as a DE program within the Department of Health Education and Promotion,
D. Faculty
Governance Committee
Puri
E. Faculty
Welfare Committee
Bruce Southard (English), Chair of the Committee, presented
proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part VI. relating to phased retirement. Professor Sprague (Physics)
suggested that a webpage address (url)
should be referenced in this document in the faculty manual. Professor Southard
(Faculty Welfare) stated that the reference could change and that referencing
specific offices for support might work better. Professor Sprague (Physics)
inquired about whether an individual would be able to find this information
easily on the webpage. Professor Southard (Faculty Welfare) replied that this
information goes beyond a webpage.
Professor MacGilvray (Medicine)
inquired about changes to phased retirement. Professor Southard (Faculty
Welfare) replied that phased retirement only applies to tenured faculty.
Professor Sharer (English)
inquired whether there could be a web-link to Academic Affairs in the faculty
manual. Professor Southard (Faculty Welfare) replied that this is really not
necessary. He stated that faculty should be able to find under forms on
Academic Affairs webpage.
Following discussion, the proposed revisions were approved
as presented. RESOLUTION #07-34
F. University
Curriculum Committee
Professor Jane Manner (Education), member of the Committee,
presented the curriculum matters
contained in the minutes of the October
25, 2007,
Committee meeting. There was no discussion
and the curriculum matters were approved as presented. RESOLUTION #07-35
G. Unit Code Screening Committee
There
was no one available to present the proposed new and revised unit codes, so
this committee report will be included in the January 29, 2008, Faculty Senate
agenda.
Agenda Item VI. New Business
There was no new business to come before the Faculty Senate
at this time. The meeting adjourned at
4:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Marianna Walker Lori
Lee
Secretary of the Faculty Administrative
Officer
College of Allied Health Sciences Faculty Senate
FACULTY SENATE
RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AT THE DECEMBER 4, 2007, MEETING
07-30
UNC Faculty Assembly Resolution that reads:
Whereas, the UNC Tomorrow initiative is of crucial
importance to the State of North Carolina, the University System, and East
Carolina University; and
Whereas, more than 1000 faculty
members from throughout the System have recently attended faculty listening
forums and have followed the progress of the UNC Tomorrow Commission and the
Scholars Council in other ways; and
Whereas, the Faculty Assembly has
requested each campus to have substantial faculty
involvement in the next stage of the UNC Tomorrow initiative
effective.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that
1. The Faculty Senate requests Chancellor
Ballard to constitute campus UNC Tomorrow Response Teams so as to include at
least 50% of their membership drawn from the non-administrative faculty. At least half of the faculty serving in this
capacity will be appointed by the Faculty Senate.
2. The Faculty Senate will address key issues
raised by the UNC Tomorrow initiative at the January 2008 meeting.
3. The Faculty Senate will work with the
Faculty Assembly in its efforts to move forward with key initiatives related to
UNC Tomorrow.
4. The Faculty Senate will devote time and
attention supporting the Faculty Assembly in its efforts to address key focal
areas during spring semester 2008.
Disposition: Chancellor
07-31 2008-2009
Faculty Senate and Agenda Committee Meeting Dates, as follows:
|
Agenda Committee will meet: |
Faculty Senate will meet: |
|
August 26,
2008 |
September
9, 2008 |
|
September
23, 2008 |
October 7,
2008 |
|
October
21, 2008 |
November
4, 2008 |
|
November
18, 2008 |
December
2, 2008 |
|
January
13, 2009 |
January
27, 2009 |
|
February
10, 2009 |
February
24, 2009 |
|
March 17,
2009 |
March 31,
2009 |
|
April 7,
2009 |
April 21,
2009 |
|
|
April 28,
2009 Organizational
Meeting |
Disposition: Faculty Senate
07-32 Request to establish minors in
Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry and
Hematology,
Hematology and Immunohematology, and Clinical Laboratory Science
Generalist,
Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Allied Health
Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
07-33 Revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C. relating to emeritus status, as
follows:
Add the following, noted in bold print to Appendix C. Section I.D.4. to provide additional
clarity.
Appendix C. Section I.D.4.
“4. Emeritus
status
The titles “emeritus” and “emerita” will may be conferred upon those retired
faculty with ten or more years of
service to East Carolina University, including those on Phased Retirement,
who have made a significant contribution to the university through a long and
distinguished record of scholarship, teaching, and/or service.
Disposition: Chancellor, Board of Trustees
07-34
Revision to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part VI.H. Phased Retirement, as follows:
Replace the current text with the new text noted below to allow
for ongoing updates of this program.
“H.
Phased Retirement
Participation in
Disposition: Chancellor
07-35 Curriculum matters contained in
the minutes of the October
25, 2007, Committee
meeting.
Disposition: Chancellor