FACULTY COUNCIL MINUTES

 

January 26, 2007

 

Present: Greg Bassham (Council Chair-elect), Vanessa Bates (Student Government Representative),  Charles Brooks (Group B rep), Joan Coffin (Group A rep), Sheileen Corbett (at-large), Howard Fedrick (Council Chair), Dan Ghezzi (A&P Chair-elect), Claire Gilmore (Group D rep), Jayne Klenner-Moore (A&P Chair), Jennifer McClinton-Temple (C&T Chair), Brian Pavlac (C&T Chair-elect), Regan Reitsma (Group C rep). Fr. Tom Looney, AVPAA, ex officio.

 

The meeting was called to order in the Lipo Room of SFCC at 2PM.

 

Report of the Chair

 

• Chair distributed the report on Faculty Activity. The report will be presented to the A&P Committee of the Board of Directors at the upcoming meeting of BOD.

 

• IPARC is recommending that the stipend for supervising independent study be raised to $300.

 

• IPARC will announce that faculty monitor closely their credit bank through webadvisor. In some cases, the credit-bank balance has grown considerably.

 

A&P Report, Jayne Klenner-Moore

 

• Jayne Klenner-Moore distributed a revised policy governing faculty travel for professional development. The policy lists guidelines and procedures for faculty, and for disbursement of funds.

 

Council unanimously approved one addition to the policy: Eligibility for these funds may be affected by one’s Senior Faculty Development status.

 

• The Academic Integrity Report should be ready for Council consideration at the next meeting.

 

• Dan Ghezzi announced that about half the academic departments have responded to his request for feedback concerning tenure/promotion criteria. A report to Council will be forthcoming.

 

C&T Report, Jennifer McClinton-Temple

 

Core revision report:

• C&T has begun discussion of policy guidelines for oversight and administration of the new core.

 

• An email survey of faculty concerning the second philosophy course is underway. C&T has voted for the second course, but wants to assess reasons for faculty objections.

 

• Work is proceeding on full descriptions of each category in the new core.

 

• Discussions continue on the placement of economics in the core.

 

Special Announcement

 

The Faculty Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications. Deadline is February 16^th. Faculty should encourage eligible juniors to apply.

 

Old Business

 

• The Minutes of January 19^th were approved with editorial changes.

 

• Chair reported that the shortened fall exam period compared to the spring length results from inter-institutional scheduling coordination.

 

• It was noted that the Faculty Decompression Dinner was a great success.

 

New Business

 

Regan Reitsma raised some issues passed along to him concerning the College smoking policy. The policy can be found in the Personnel Policy Manual. Council unanimously approved a motion that FC Chair should talk with Human Resources to get clarity on the policy, and also ask Ed Erdman to look at the ventilation system in the area in question.

 

Meeting adjourned at 3:00PM.

 

Next meeting is scheduled for February 9th at 2PM in Lipo, SFCC

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Charles Brooks

 

 

 

 

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