February 21, 2013, Minutes - Fayetteville State University

February 21, 2013, Minutes - Fayetteville State University

Faculty Senate Meeting
February 21, 2013
Location: LSA 121
Time: 2:00 pm
Linda Wilson-Jones, Faculty Senate Chair, Presiding
2012-2013 Faculty Senate Members present: Allen, Marlene; Baker, Andrea; Bila, Nicoleta;
Breitzer, Jonathan; Brooks, Jeff; Cain, Beverlyn; Carter-Woods, Tamara; Daniel, Samantha;
Dent, Eric; Deroze, Phyllisa; Dilday, Chet; Hall, Phoebe; Hall, Richard; Hemstock, Hsiaofen;
Kodippili, Asitha; Larkin, Patrick; Lee, Baeyong; Lenning, Emily; Obanor, Nosa; Okeagu,
Jonas; Osei, Joseph; Pearson, Darren; Wang, Dong; Wilson-Jones, Linda; Winn, Alisha; Wu,
Bing; Wu, Jianshi;
Faculty Assembly Delegate present: Charles, Kelly; Dilday, Chet
Faculty Assembly Delegate absent: None
Members absent: Agrawal, Vikas; Booth, Shane; Campbell, Leah Floyd; Chitiga, Miriam;
Gillespie, Perry; Guevara, Lori; Hammack, Brenda Mann; Hargrove, Claude; Nyman, Micki;
Raynor, James; Shamberger, Cynthia; White, Erin; Yorgov, Vassil; Zhang, Hongbing; Zhu,
Leiceng
Visitors: Gillus-Olion, Marion; Okhomina, Don; Rich, Greg; Russo, Barbara
Excused absences: Gillespie, Perry; Nyman, Micki
I. Declaration of Quorum/CALL TO ORDER
A quorum was declared and Linda Wilson-Jones called the faculty senate meeting to
order.
II. REVIEW/APPROVAL OF THE LAST MINUTES
The January 17th faculty senate meeting minutes were motioned for approval by Jeff
Brooks and seconded by Andrea Baker. The minutes were approved by voice
acclamation.
III.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The agenda for the meeting was approved.
IV.
WELCOME/OPENING REMARKS
Linda Wilson-Jones thanked the faculty senators for all their hard work. She asked
the provost about tickets to the chancellor’s speaker series speaker, Hilda PinnixRagland. Pinnix-Ragland will make her speech on Tuesday March 12th at 2 pm in
the Shaw Auditorium in the School of Business and Economics (SBE) Building.
Tickets may not be required for attendance. Linda mentioned that Micki Nyman, the
chair of the Student Affairs committee was unable to attend this meeting but she
would like to encourage everyone to participate in upcoming student events.
Wilson-Jones asked that the faculty senators keep Perry Massey and his family in
their prayers because of his sudden family lost.
V. UPDATES
A. Office of Academic Affairs
An update from the office of academic affairs was presented by Jon Young. Provost
Jon Young thanked the faculty senate for the work that they have done. Jon stated
that a Budget Workshop is scheduled for Monday afternoon (February 25th) from 2-5
pm in the Chavis Room of the Student Center. If the funeral of Cassandra Massey,
the daughter of Perry Massey and the sister of Nikki Massey is scheduled for
Monday, the budget workshop will be rescheduled. The title of the workshop is
“From Budget Cuts to Budget Growth”. He stated that for the first time since 2008,
Fayetteville State University (FSU) is in the position to finally talk about budget
growth. There will be a called general faculty meeting on Thursday March 14th at 2
pm in the Shaw Auditorium in the SBE building. The primary purpose of the meeting
is to election members to the autonomous committees:
the Hearing and
Reconsideration committee and the Grievance committee and the election of faculty
assembly delegates. The meeting may be linked to a follow up to the Collaborative
on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey. This survey tracks
academic careers in higher education.
Question: A question was posed by Eric Dent asking about the budget growth. His
understanding was that there was still another academic year that would be
problematic for budget growth.
Response: Provost Young stated that there is projected a slight budget decrease for
the next academic year but nothing like the decreases of the past. He stated that the
potential budget increase is based on enrollment projections. Enrollment projections
are done two years at a time. The potential budget increase for fall 2014 is based on
us meeting our fall 2013 enrollment projections.
Question: Chet Dilday asked whether there were any plans to let institutions keep
any money left over from one academic year to the next academic year.
Response: Provost Young stated that he had not heard anything about that particular
plan.
Question: Kelly Charles asked Jon Young about an update on the plans to repair the
Butler Building.
Response: Jon stated that work is scheduled to start on the Butler Building at the end
of March 2013. The funds have been released. The building contract is currently in
attorney Wanda Jenkins’ office.
Question: Greg Rich asked Jon if he had any information about the status of the new
Science and Technology (S&T) Building.
Response: Provost Young stated that the ribbon cutting for the S&T Building is
March 28, 2013. The classroom side of the S&T building has still not been released.
B. Student Government Update
No update.
C. Faculty Assembly Delegate Update
An update by the faculty assembly delegates was presented by Kelly Charles and
Chet Dilday. Kelly handed a copy of the agenda for the faculty assembly delegate
meeting tomorrow (February 22nd). A copy of the draft on the resolution on
academic freedom and due process was also sent around along with information on
the Ombus office. The Ombus office is a neutral party office that negotiates on
behalf of faculty with the university on issues of Grievances and Tenure and
Promotion. Chet Dilday talked about the UNC Strategic Plan. The faculty assembly
delegates are in negotiations with President Ross about setting up a committee with
one representative from each of the UNC system institutions to help deal with
implementation of the UNC Strategic Plan. If the committee is approved, the faculty
senate chair would represent FSU. Chet also discussed with the senate an interesting
story involving Columbia University, a leading physicist, and academic freedom.
For additional information, please contact Kelly Charles and Chet Dilday at
[email protected] and [email protected] respectively.
VI.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Academic Affairs- Chair, Jianshi Wu
An update on the academic affairs committee was presented by Jianshi Wu. Four
proposals were submitted for approval. 1) Proposal to revise the Fire Science
Program, 2) proposal for the incorporation of 10 additional cores into the new core
curriculum and the revision of the new core curriculum from 38 to 39 credit hours to
state 38 to 40 credit hours, 3) proposal for BADM 220- (Ethics and Citizenship in the
Contemporary World) and 4) the proposal for THEA 242 - (Contemporary World
Drama).
Wu also mentioned that any core curriculum courses that are not approved by March
15, 2013 will not be incorporated into the fall 2013 core curriculum course listings.
The Revision of the Fire Science Program proposal was presented by Barbara Russo.
Proposal Description: This proposal addresses changes to the Fire Science curriculum
to become effective with the 2013-2014 academic year and includes 1) the addition of
two new courses, 2) the deletion of five existing courses to better align with the Fire
and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) model, 3) offer an
administrative based program that will provide additional opportunities for students to
pursue graduate studies. It is also 4) proposes to change the degree name from
Bachelor of Fire Science with concentration of Management or concentration in Fire
Investigation to Bachelor of Fire and Emergency Services Administration.
The five courses to be dropped:
1) FSCN 401 Fire Protection Structure and Design
2) FSCN 405 Fire Investigative Report Writing
3) FSCN 406 Technologically Enhanced Fire & EMS Services
4) FSCN 407 Court Testimony and Legal Issues
5) FSCN 408 Fire Service Diversity
The two new courses: 1) FSCN 3XX Fire Prevention Organization and
Management and 2) FSCN 4XX Community Risk Reduction.
The finally two digits of the three digit course designations were not listed in the
proposal and will to be announced (TBA) later.
In July 1, 2013, the Fire Science Program will move from the Department of
Chemistry and Physics to the Department of History and Government. The program
is expected to receive accreditation by December 2013.
A motion was presented by Jianshi Wu to approve the proposal for the revision
of the fire science program.
A hand count vote was performed on the motion. The vote was 21 for, 0 against
and 0 abstaining. The motion to approve the revision of the Fire Science
Program was passed.
The Revision of the Core Curriculum proposal was presented by Greg Rich.
The proposal was to include ten additional courses that were not approved during the
approval of the Core Curriculum proposal in the called November 27, 2012 faculty
senate meeting. The second part of the proposal was to make the number of core
curriculum credit hours to change from 38 to 39 to reflect 38 to 40.
Scientific Literacy Courses:
CHEM 101- Introduction to Chemical Principles
CHEM 102 – Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry
NSCI 120 – Modern Biology
PHYS 121- College Physics I
PHYS 122 – College Physics II
Humanities Course:
RELI 215 – Introduction to the Bible
Ethics and Civic Engagement Courses:
ART 217 - Ethics in Arts
GEOG 270- Human Beings and the Environment
PNUR 210 – Introduction to Professional Nursing
SWRK 220 – Introduction to Human Services
A motion was presented by Jianshi Wu to approve the proposal for
incorporation of the additional courses into the core curriculum revision.
A hand count vote was performed on the motion. The vote was 20 for, 0 against
and 1 abstaining. The motion to approve the revision of the revision of the core
curriculum proposal to incorporate the additional courses was passed.
The BADM 220 proposal was presented by Don Okomina. BADM 220 (Ethics and
Citizenship in the Contemporary World) is a three credit hour course that goes under
the Global Literacy heading. This course involves a study of the major theories of
Ethics and Civic Engagement. This is a core course developed to address the
problems, questions, and dilemmas arising in business. This course offers an
introduction into the classical and contemporary theories of morality, ethics, and civil
engagement. It places emphasis on the development of moral reasoning skills that
allow for meaningful analysis.
Question: Richard Hall asked is the faculty the will teach the ethics portion of the
course will have a Ph.D. in Philosophy since ethics is a main component of
philosophy.
Response: Don Okomina stated that the faculty that will teach the ethics portion of
the course will have the proper credentials.
Question: Joseph Osei asked that since this course focuses more on business is this
a suitable course to be offered as a general course for someone in criminal justice as
an example.
Response: Jonathan Breitzer responded that it will be up to the faculty in criminal
justice on how they advise their students on what general education courses the
criminal justice program requires.
A motion was presented by Jianshi Wu to approve the proposal for BADM 220.
A hand count vote was performed on the motion. The vote was 20 for, 0 against
and 1 abstaining. The motion to approve BADM 220 was passed.
The THEA 242 proposal (Contemporary World Drama) was presented by Jianshi
Wu. This course proposal was submitted by the Theatre Department.
A motion was presented by Jianshi Wu to approve the proposal for THEA 242.
A hand count vote was performed on the motion. The vote was 19 for, 1 against
and 0 abstaining. The motion to approve THEA 242 was passed.
b. Budget and Planning - Chair, Jeffrey Brooks
An update of the budget and planning committee was presented by Jeffrey
Brooks. The task force to look into the feasibility of bringing graduation back to
the campus of Fayetteville State University will meet after Spring Break (March
3-March 8, 2013). The committee is looking for more membership. One does not
have be a senator to join and to be part of the budget and planning committee.
c. Student Affairs – Chair, Micki Nyman
No update.
d. Information Technology & Telecommunication Services – Chair, Chet Dilday
No update.
e. Governance – Chair, Jonathan Breitzer
No update.
f. Faculty Welfare – Chair, Miriam Chitiga
No update.
g. Faculty Evaluation – Chair, Richard Hall
An update of faculty evaluation was presented by Richard Hall. The Dean’s
Evaluation instrument will be sent out to the deans in order to obtain input. There
will be four rating categories:
1) Meet Expectation, 2) Exceed
Expectation, 3) Needs Improvement and 4) Cannot Evaluate (Unable to Answer).
The committee is in the process of reducing the number of questions down from
35. The faculty evaluation committee is also working on post tenure review
process. The committee is looking into ways to assess the quality and not just the
quantity of publications. A leading external examiner may be brought in to assess
the quality of a publication. Articles may be ranked higher than books. Joint
articles are ranked lower than individual articles.
Young stated that the faculty senate is required to review the post tenured review
policy every five years and make revisions as needed.
Committee meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of each month at 2 pm.
The committee chairperson will contact members to schedule meeting
locations.
VII.
OLD BUSINESS
An update on the Task Force on Collegiality was presented by Linda Wilson-Jones. In
the previous faculty senate meeting there was talks concerning Faculty Collegiality
Awards.
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
Linda Wilson-Jones had left message with Perry Massey about the e-portfolio but
because of his sudden family lost she will allow him additional time to get back in touch
with her. Wilson-Jones asked Bill Gibson to develop an e-portfolio shell for her on
blackboard. Provost Young stated that he would like to have the faculty senate endorse
or reject the blackboard e-portfolio idea so not to appear that the decision to accept or
reject the e-portfolio idea is coming down from administration but instead is a faculty
decision.
Motion was made by Jeff Brooks to have the faculty senate postpone the vote on the
blackboard e-portfolio until after the post tenure review process. This motion was
not seconded so the motion failed.
Since the e-portfolio issue was not something that needed a final decision now, the
general consensus was to allow faculty senators that wanted to try e-portfolio to help pilot
test the system and to later give feedback.
IX.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
X. ANNOUNCEMENT & ADJOURNMENT
Phoebe Hall mentioned that there is a lecture Monday night (February 25th) at 7 pm in the
Butler Theatre to discuss the Parchman Hour which being performed at the Cape Fear
Regional Theatre. The Parchman Hour is about the 1961 Freedom Riders.
The Faculty Senate Office currently in the Helen T. Chick building room 201 will be
relocating in the Alumni House.
Remember to give the faculty in your departments updates of the proceeding of the
faculty senate meetings.
Remember to hold new faculty senate departmental elections in March.
Remember to remind your colleagues to record their 2012-2013 Teaching, Research, and
Service activities in Digital Measures. Your annual evaluations will be based on what’s
recorded in Digital Measures.
The next Faculty Senate meeting will convene on Thursday, March 21, 2013 in LSA
121 @ 2 PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:33 pm.
Minutes were taken by Darren Pearson, Faculty Senate Secretary.