MINUTES

UH Hilo Faculty Congress Meeting

March 20, 2015

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Student Services Multipurpose Room

Attendance:

Julie Adrian,Roberta Barra, Michael Bitter, Iota Cabral,Kimberly Furumo, Norbert Furumo, Mary Louise Haraguchi, Kekoa Harman, Jean Ippolito,Avis Masuda, Karen Pellegrin, Janet Ray, Michael Shintaku, Vladi Skorikov, Kathleen Stacey

Absent: Alice Davis, Faith Mishina,Todd Shumway, Shih-Wu Sung, Mindy Alles

Others: Vice Chancellor Matt Platz; Vice Chancellor Marcia Sakai; Interim Vice Chancellor Gail Makuakane-Lundin; Arthur Cunningham; Bruce Matthews, Emmeline de Pillis;

Called to order 3:00 p.m.

Introduced Karen Pellegrin, who is replacing Andre Bachman for College of Pharmacy.

Approval of minutes from the last meeting

Corrections or changes to minutes: none

Jan R moved to accept, Norbert seconded

14 yes/0 no/1 abstain – minutes approved.

Faculty Congress Chair Report

  • Kim passed around memo from President Lassner regarding Single Level Transcript for the UH System
  • Letter on Five-Year Review (2.20.2015) – email from Chancellor and JN Musto
  • Committee Chairs: provide report at May meeting to be posted on website; Jan Ray to provide template.
  • Congress Membership – Kim contact Division Chairs; new Congress to be seated at May meeting.

Committee Reports and Vote to Approve Committee Membership

  • Assessment Support, Seri Luangphinith (report posted on website).
  • Academic Policy, James Beets – (no report)
  • Student Success and Admissions, Faith Mishina (report posted on website)
  • Budget Review, Roberta Barra (report posted on website)
  • Curriculum Review, Norbert Furumo – completed committee work for year; search for Curriculum Coordinator - forwarded selectee to VCAA.
  • General Education, Michael Bitter (report posted on website)
  • Program Review, Seri Luangphinith (report posted on website)

Ad Hoc Committee Reports

  • Monthly Speaker Series, Emmeline de Pillis: CCECS picked up marketing efforts—creating email list of attendees.

Other Committee with Faculty Congress Representation

  • Prior Learning Assessment Committee, Faith Mishina (report posted on website)
  • Student Success and Retention (previously EMIT), Faith Mishina – no report
  • Sustainability Committee, Shih-Wu Sung – no report
  • Parking Committee, Adam Pack – no report
  • Rose Tseng Lecture Series, Jan Ray
  • UNIV 101 Analysis Committee, Norbert Furumo

Liaison Reports

  • Curriculum, Jean Ippolito: new program Spanish Language certificate; course mods for KES; Performing Arts; 2015-16 catalog being updated with course modifications before early registration; narratives will be updated in April; department info will be collected from chairs and updated in May; paper catalog available by end of July.
  • Professional Development, Jan Ray: new faculty brown bag on contract renewal; another brown bag in May on CVs; Jan worked on program renewals. VCAA noted dossier prep workshops in April;
  • Distance Learning, Jan Ray –no report
  • WASC, Seri Luangphinith – no report
  • Graduate Council, Michael Shintaku:
  • Grad Council voted on letting KHUOK – students oversees with masters have provisional acceptance; will take GRE once they come to campus.
  • APC Flowchart: description of Grad Council outdated
  • No ‘next step’ after Chancellor approves.

Faculty Senate Chair Updates

  • CAS, Jean Ippolito: revised by-laws posted on CAS Senate website.
  • CAFNRM, Mike Shintaku: revamped curriculum in process-- by May; Dean’s evaluation in progress.
  • CoBE, Roberta Barra – ACSB Accreditation Team granted CoBE accreditation, but have one-year to work on assessment of learning.
  • KHUOK, Iota Cabral: Kekoa reported that KHUOK facilitated training on introductory language learning with various community colleges.
  • Pharmacy, Karen Pellegrin
  • Library, Kathleen Stacey: Library is open during Spring Break.

Old Business:

Moved to next meeting in April – Jim Beets out of state.

  • Academic Flowchart (Jim Beets)
  • Academic Leadership Program and Bylaw changes (Jim Beets)
  • Aviation Program (Norbert Furumo)
  • Norbert motioned to have FC vote on Aviation Program; Jan R. seconded.
  • Secret Ballot: Write ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘abstain’.
  • Vote: 11 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain.
  • Aviation Program passed.

New Business

  • Faculty Forum on GE (Kim Furumo) – Monday, April 13, 2015 in UCB 127, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
  • Kim to facilitate faculty-only forum
  • Faculty viewpoint on GE
  • Avis to take minutes
  • Kim will send announcement on listserve; reps please inform faculty.
  • UNIV 101
  • Received lots of applications from instructors
  • Committee met, more instructors than courses
  • Collecting materials for resources
  • Working on scheduling

Updates:

VC Platz:

  • Received joint letter from Chancellor and JN Musto (UHPA)
  • Faculty evaluation—by faculty according to criteria defined by faculty
  • Professional development plan; not a punitive plan
  • If faculty member deemed in need of support, VC will appoint committee
  • Facultywho are up for five-yearreview (those that haven’t been reviewed in last five years) will receive letter from VCAA; review to take place the following year--submit CV to DPC; deadlines to be determined.
  • Departments may need to develop guidelines to be approved by UHPA; workloads (e.g., teach three 3-credit practices)

VC Sakai: Budget:

  • IF Senate agrees with House proposal approved—system will decide how much each campus will be allocated.
  • Implications for change in general fund allocation in fiscal year 2016
  • Allocations may be determined by how well campus is doing.
  • Honolulu Advertiser incorrectly reported budgets were cut.
  • House budget on level with last year; cannot predict what Senate will do.
  • Focus on increasing enrollments—increased revenues.

Jan R moved to adjourn; Norbert F seconded.

Meeting adjourned 4:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Avis Masuda

Congress Secretary

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DRAFT Minutes 3.20.2015