Dr. Keith Emmert— President
Dr. Don Beach — Past President, ex-officio Manon Shockey – Sec/Treasurer
Dr. Anthony Pursell – President-Elect Dr. Amber Harris-Bozer - Parliamentarian
Faculty Senate Minutes
Date: November 14, 2016
PRESENT:
Dr. Nina Rogers, Manon Shockey, Dr. Dustin Edwards, Dr. Robert Anderson for Dr. Karley Goen, Dr. H. Kevin Fulk, Dr. Beck Munsey, Dr. Brittany Rodriguez, Dr. Robin Pate, Dr. Don Beach, Dr. Kartik Venkataraman, Dr. Ivelisse Urban, Dr. Heather Mathewson, Dr. Anthony Pursell, Dr. Thomas Tallach, Ms. Amanda Pape for Ms. Melissa Cookson, Dr. Keith Emmert, Dr. Brooke Dubansky via Zoom, Ms. Samantha Headstream-Pehl for Dr. Jean Montgomery, Dr. Jamie Borchardt for Dr. Amber Harris-Bozer, Dr. Michael Landis, Ms. Francine Pratt, and Alejandra Arreguin with Texan News Service.
ABSENT:
Dr. Jolena Waddell, Dr. Catherine Ronck, Dr. Jacob Heller, CPT Gina Williams, and Dr. Ju Xu,
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Dr. Emmert at 3:12 pm
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Dr. Tallach moved to approve the minutes of the last meeting and Dr. Munsey seconded. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
Account #1 - $150 – used for Faculty Senate Luncheon (rolls over from year to year)
Account #2 - $2, 820 in budgeted account with conference costs and dues coming out soon.
No conference expenses yet. The luncheon is being planned with assistance from Ms. Betty Pack.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Faculty Senate Luncheon increasing in price from $1 to $2. Dr. Landis wanted to know when the luncheon speaker was decided and Dr. Emmert said the Provost gave us input and decided on Dr. Jennifer Edwards. There was general concern over the Provost not addressing us in a meeting or at the luncheon.
Budget hearings will start soon January or February. Ms. Shockey asked out the DH on the BAC was decided upon.
Ms. Pratt reminded us to visit with your DH prior to budget hearings. Dr. Emmert will check with the Provost about DH transparency in budget.
TCFS – Starving the Beast documentary and what we need to do in order to have a showing on campus. Maybe trying to get it on library share account. Additional discussion on the documentary ensued.
Vice Chancellor Hallmark is interested in starting a mentoring program in the system. More information will be coming. TCFS sponsored one with THECB as well that we are looking to bring back. Haven’t talked to the Provost yet. There was general approval to pursue this.
Coastal system consolidation. There was a shared concern over why we are so top heavy in administration if efficiency is the focus?
Hoping for 2% cut instead of 4% and we were approved for a 1.5% tuition increase. Can’t just raise tuition to help with the growth. After talking to Hallmark about merit raises, we (TSU) are the only ones that chose the faculty delay. There is one school that always starts theirs in Dec but they have them for a full calendar year as opposed to loss like ours.
Nursing was concerned over the loss of vacation days from the 9 plus 3 transition. Question for Provost or Minkler.
GUESTS: Angie Brown cancelled.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES: There were no committee reports at this meeting!
Reports/Committee assignments
A. Academic Advising Council (Shockey) –
B. Academic Assessment, University Evaluation and Effectiveness (Edwards) –
C. Academic Council (Emmert) –
D. Academic Council Executive Team (Emmert) –
E. Academic Standards (Emmert) –
F. Applied Learning Experiences Council (Pate, Rogers) –
G. Athletic Council (Beach) –
H. Campus Carry Council (Emmert) –
I. Campus Ethics, Compliance, and Enterprise Risk Management (Rodriguez) –
J. CII Advisory Council (Heller) –
K. Commencement and Convocation Committee (Pursell) –
L. Developmental Education Advisory Council (Urban) –
M. Digital Media Advisory Committee (Pate) –
N. Distance Learning Advisory Council (Heller) –
O. Educator Preparation Council (Tallach) –
P. Emergency Management Council (Emmert) –
Q. Employee Benefits Committee –
R. Environmental Advisory Committee –
S. Faculty Development Committee (Pursell) –
T. General Education and Academic Assessment Committee (Edwards) –
U. Hybrid/Online Course (Harris-Bozer) –
V. Interdisciplinary Degree Programs Committee (Shockey) –
W. International Education Advisory Council (Landis, Urban) –
X. Library Committee (Emmert) –
Y. Parking Committee (Emmert) –
Z. SEMEC (Emmert) – not met
AA. University Calendar Committee (Beach) –
BB. University Curriculum Committee (Goen) –
CC. University Discipline Appeals Committee (Goen) –
DD. University Diversity, Access, Equity, & Disability Service Committee (Pratt) –
EE. University Planning Council (Beach) ––
FF. University Research Committee (Heller, Mathewson, Venkataraman) –
GG. UPMC (Beach) –
HH. Trademark & Licensing Advisory Committee (TBD) –
II. University Budget Committee (Emmert) –
JJ. FERPA Steering Committee (Pratt) –
OLD BUSINESS
The Piper award is in the works and we have not received any nominations at this time. Confusion over who they should send it to.
Committee for CAFRT – Dr. Taylor would like our blessing on this. Dr. Tallach moved, Dr. Beach seconded. Dr. Landis abstained as he needed for information to feel comfortable voting on this. Passed.
Graduate Banking hours – the document has wording issues that triggered extensive discussion. Especially as related to the scholarly activity and the 3 year expiration on banked hours. Dr. Rogers moved to kill the scholarly product portion and Dr. Beach seconded.
Also pursuing what our options are for dealing with banked hours. Do we eliminate the time limit or explore the possibility of a buyback? Also, can we develop a graduate mentoring rubric to bank those as well? Dr. Edwards said they pool theirs. After much discussion, Dr. Landis moved to table the issue with Dr. Edwards seconding until after we have additional input from our departmental colleagues.
NEW BUSINESS
The surveys evaluating the Deans, Provost, and President need to be reviewed and prepped to disseminate. After reviewing the survey, we agreed to add an I DON’T KNOW column with explanation of unable to evaluate due to lack of information. Check with Mike Haynes to insure anonymity and if there are unique identifiers to make sure everyone can only participate once. Dr. Anderson moved to take the survey and Dr. Mathewson seconded.
ADJOURNMENT:
Dr. Landis moved to table the committee reports until the next meeting and Ms. Pratt seconded.
Ms. Pratt moved to adjourn. Dr. Landis seconded. Motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 5:04 p.m.