9/7/16 Minutes
September 7, 2016, 3:30pm
1. Meeting details
a Where: library conference room
b Who attended: Carol, Chiung, Kali, Joel, Justin, D. Scott, D. Sharp, Troy, David
c Next meeting: Wednesday, September 21
2. Committee minutes/website
a Technology group working to get this in place. Not expected to happen quickly.
b The 7 Councils/Committees which will make minutes available will be as follows:
i Academic Council
ii Faculty Advisory Council
iii Curriculum Council
iv Evaluation of Learning and Effectiveness Group
v Housing Advisory Committee
vi General Education Committee
vii Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Committee
3. Faculty Scholarship Day
a Proposal it be held the same day as Empower Your Dreams
i Concern there would be a number of conflicting events
b Suggestion it be part of the Faculty Forum, taking the place of one of the presentations
i Concern that 1 hour is not long enough to make it an effective event
c Discussion related to the purpose of this event
i Posters, papers, etc. that other teachers/students can browse
Or
ii Discussion with professors about their research
d Table this discussion for next meeting
4. Faculty Forum
a Proposed flyer for the event
i Members wrote their suggestions on the flyer, left to Dan’s discretion
b Budget for printing
i Dan S. will follow up with Irene to determine if there is a budget
5. Library “Faculty Publications” section
a Have a section in the library which houses all publications by our teachers
b General rule is the library will purchase publications if they have been published but will not if the publication was self-published
6. Thursday 11:00 hour discussion
a The big question: why are classes being held at 11:00 versus another time
b Noted that Willis Center would be willing to allow students to attend the entrepreneurship lecture series or the FAC forum on those Thursdays
c Proposal: Joel go to John Bell and suggest one of the following
i 1. Move all classes out of the 11:00 Thursday hour
ii 2. Identify other topics/activities which would be considered exceptional and thus would get an exception to the 11:00 no class policy
d Table this discussion for next meeting
7. Academic Advisement Center
a At the direction of administration (John Bell or Debbie Hippolite) all academic advisors will be centralized in 3 ways
i Geographically: they will take the place of the counseling center
ii Advisors: advisors will all be housed in the same location
iii Generic counseling: all counselors will have ability to advise all students
b Understanding that this decision driven by director of the advisors, although input was received from other advisors and deans
c FAC requested a clarification on the generic counseling piece. Most concerned with this above the other items.