Minutes for COAH Leaders’ Meeting
April 6, 2016
COAH Dean’s Conference Room
Approved April 20, 2016
Attending: Pauline Gagnon, Elizabeth Kramer,Muriel Cormican,Janet Donohoe, Shelly Elman,Steve Goodson, KevinHibbard,Meg Pearson, Clint Samples, Kevin Shunn, guest Bill Norris
The meeting was called to order at 11:00.
Minutes for March 30 were approved.
Agenda:
1)Bill Norris – Scholarship issues/Capital Campaign SI#3 – Holly Sailersis now in position to assist with scholarship accounts and donor agreements. Some newly endowed awards (e.g. Oliver Link Award) lost money, resulting in no funds available for FY17. It was a bad year for the markets. Janet questioned a specific award about which she was unaware, and Bill will find the answer. It may involve Debate.
Capital campaign is moving along. Currently at about $24.2M. Trustee asks are coming soon, followed by requests for Leadership Gifts (6-7 figures). Then it will go public with web presence and public celebratory events. Timeline is fluid, likely a few years. Pauline reviewed her suggested changes to the internal case statement document that outlines the college’s priorities. It is being edited and Pauline will present it to chairs for discussion. Pauline and Chad meet with Bill weekly. There has been considerable support from Newnan. Funding for SOTA has also drawn interest.
Bill is moving to Western Carolina University. A job description for his replacement has been developed. Pauline will continue to meet with Diane Homesley in the interim.
2)REMINDER TO REMIND: Graduation Event – Please communicate to Faculty Marching SI#
3)P&T Details SI#1 – Chair reviews do not supplant post-tenure reviews. Pauline will send out timeline.
4)Results from Online Ed subcommittee SI#1 – There are discrepancies in tuition and associated costs between UWG online courses and eCore. eCore is much less expensive. The committee will make recommendations to address this issue.
5)Summer & Fall Enrollment (Elizabeth) – Drafts of summer contracts will be sent to chairs very soon. Return to COAH ASAP.
Summer enrollment is currently 53% full. Chairs have the link to Elizabeth’s spreadsheet. Decisions will need to be made re: cancelling under-enrolled classes or possibly pro-rated compensation for faculty (requiring a new contract).
Fall numbers were also displayed.
6)COAH spring faculty meeting overview: Pauline outlined a draft agenda, including committee reports, work-life balance, recognition of retiree. Provost will also speak.
7)Shelly spoke of students and alumni disparaging faculty on social media, and suggested that we address this as a college. It is a form of cyber bullying. It will be a summer agenda item. Kevin Shunn: conduct rules are included in the student and faculty handbooks, but social media may not be specifically addressed. Senate Rules Committee is currently revising the faculty handbook. Issues of professional conduct versus free speech were raised. Could it be addressed during Orientation? Civility statements could be included in syllabi.
8)Teacher Ed Issues—(all those who are involved can stay and chat briefly) SI#1
9)Announcements/Information sharing –E Tuition spending guidelines: funds can be used the same as any state funds
10)Other?
Reminders:
-----COAH Faculty-Friday, April 22nd 12:30 in TLC 130
----General Faculty –Wednesday, April 20th 3:00 TCPA
NEXT CHAIR MTGS THIS SEMESTER
APRIL 20
SUMMER CHAIR MTGS
May 11------Vision Subcommittee report
June 8 (Rob Skype in french)------W/L Balance Asst/Assoc Chair subcommittee
report
July 13------Get Ready for fall…..
THINK. WRITE. CREATE.
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Hibbard