MINUTES
DBCAFLS FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING
September 9, 20053:30 p.m. Rosen Center Conference Room
Faculty Present: J. Turner, Chair, D. Johnson, Chair-Elect, F. Scott (AEED), L. Parsch (AEAB), H. Brown (ANSC), M. Stewart (CSES), A. Szalanski (ENTO), N. Hettiarachchy (FDSC), T. Killian (HESC), D. Karcher (HORT), J. Rupe (PLPA), B. Wideman (POSC)
Others Attending:
D. Graham - Administration
1. Call to Order - J. Turner, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:37 p.m.
2. Agenda - J. Turner asked for recommendations for revision of the agenda. There was one minor spelling change. H. Brown made motion to approve. D. Karcher seconded. Motion approved.
3. Approval of Minutes - The minutes of the April 2005 meeting of the Faculty Council were presented for approval. J. Turner suggested moving program changes for HESC 4063 to the Human Environmental Sciences subcommittee section. F. Scott motioned to accept minutes as amended. D. Johnson seconded the motion. Minutes were approved as amended.
4. Reports
A. D. Graham – Administration
Act 1014 – new legislative act which requires the development of a guaranteed 8 semester plan. Identified 8 or 9 programs that require internships in which there will be 9 semester plans.
Web based Food Safety & Quality certificate – a lot of work to get this ready but will begin in the Spring semester.
Undergraduate enrollment is up over 1200 which is a 7-8% increase. The university will also have an increase.
Class scheduling – Have 15 classrooms with similar technology in most all of the rooms now. Problem with scheduling so more faculty need to have class times other than 9:30am. Some rooms are being remodeled. We will be using Resource 25 soon which is room scheduling software. Guessing we are at about 85% full capacity at 8:30am, 9:30am, 10:30am, yet there are no computer classes on Fridays. As we increase in enrollment, more effort will be needed to offer classes.
Funding formula is tied to student semester credit hours so doing a lot of clean up.
B. Graduate Council
No report
5. Standing Committee Reports
A. N. Hettiarachchy, Agriculture subcommittee (see handout)
1. Program Changes:
a. FDSC 431V – Internship in Food Science (changed to dual credit)
b. AGED 4143 – Electronic Communications in Agriculture (new course)
c. AGED 4243 – Publication Production in Agriculture (new course)
D. Johnson motioned to approve the changes. F. Scott seconded the motion. Motion approved.
B. Human Environmental Sciences subcommittee
No report
6. Old Business
A. Reports on Implementation of Grading System
J. Turner sent a letter to all students before semester began and only received three responses back. It was Provost’s desire for a student seminar at the beginning of the semester. Reports of the grading system are to be left open for discussion at the Faculty Meeting in December after Fall classes are over.
B. College and Committee Representatives & Web Page
1. There is no record on file for term of office. All committee members on the web are out of date and some departments have submitted names, others have not. All departments were requested to submit committee representatives and term.
2. Computer Committee – Suggest J.F. Meullenet to come to the next meeting and make a recommendation on the continuation of the standing committee.
3. Teaching & Advising Excellence and Advising Committee – Suggest the two committees to meet with Faculty Council to report. These committees have overlapping responsibilities and there is some confusion of which is a Faculty Council committee and which is a Dean’s appointed committee. When P. Laferney was chair, he studied these groups. His suggestion was to eliminate both. The decision has been tabled for two terms now. J. Turner will check with M. Meisch for clarification.
7. New Business
A. Secretarial support for Faculty Council
1. Faculty Council has depended on the Dean’s Office since its creation. This is creating scheduling and workload problems so Dean’s Office has requested that the Faculty Council secure secretarial support outside of the Dean’s Office. No agreement was decided among members. D. Graham asks that the issue stays open for discussion at the next Faculty Council meeting. J. Turner asks the faculty to check the by-laws and brainstorm some creative types of solutions.
8. Inquiries from the Faculty - None
9.Meeting Adjourned – D. Johnson made motion to adjourn. T. Killian seconded the motion.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:39 p.m.
Respectively submitted,
Alonna Still
akstill@uark.edu