MINUTES
FALL FACULTY MEETING
Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
9:30 a.m.
Hembree Auditorium

1.    Call to Order:  Chairman, Dr. Don Johnson called the meeting to order at 9:30a.m. as he welcomed everyone to the Fall DBCAFLS Faculty Meeting.

2.    Approval of Agenda:  Motion to approve agenda was made and seconded.  Motion passed. 

3.    Approval of Minutes of the Spring (May 5, 2006) Meeting of the College Faculty:   George Wardlow motioned to approve the minutes.  A second was made.  Motion approved. 

4.    Report from College Administration:

A.    State of the College, Dean Greg Weidemann
B. Academic Programs update, Associate Dean Donna Graham

5.    Reports from Faculty Council and College Faculty Standing Committees

A.    Faculty Council, Don Johnson
  • Dr. Johnson recognized all those who served on the committee and turned the meeting over to Dr. Fred Stephen, Representative of the Ad hoc Committee on Non-Tenure-Track Hiring Practice
B.   Ad hoc Committee on Non-Tenure-Track Hiring Practice, Dr. Fred Stephen
  • Dr. Stephen gave an overview of the past years discussion on the Non-Tenure-Track Hiring Practice
  • Dr. Johnson read a response given to him by Dr. Shult
  • There was a motion made, seconded and passed to have another Faculty meeting in January regarding the issue of Non-Tenure-Track Hiring
  • A motion was made and seconded to reappoint the Ad hoc committee
C.    Curriculum Committees
                        HESC Sub committee, Dr. Tim Killian, Chair
  • Handout was provided.
  • Dr. Killian, gave an overview of actions taken this semester
  • Principles of Tourism (HESC 2643) will be a new courses in Food, Human Nutrition, and Hospitality.  HRMN majors in Concentration C will be required to complete Principles of Tourism (TRSC 2643).  General electives will be reduced from 8- 8 hrs. to 5-15 hrs
  • Change in Course number: Food Service Purchasing (HESC 4613) and Course number changed from HESC 4613 to HESC 3603
  • Students in Human Development and Family Sciences will no longer be required to complete a 2-3 hour computer course,  this will create an increase in 2-3 general electives that student will be required to complete.
  • Course Title and Description Changes in Apparel Studies include HESC 2023 from “Visual Merchandising” to “Visual Merchandising and Fashion Promotion”
  • Class format changed from 1 hour lecture/3 hours lab to 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab
  • There were seven minor changes:  HESC 2014 co-requisite removed and add HESC 2053 as a pre-requisite; HESC 3013 offered in the spring; HESC 3033 add pre-requisite of MATH 1203; HESC 4033 offered in fall; HESC 4043 change wording to read “and” instead of “or” for HESC 1013 pre-requisite; HESC 4053 remove 3033 as pre-requisite; and HESC 4903 offered in fall.

D.    Agriculture Sub committee, Dr. Freddie Scott, Chair
  • Handout was provided.
  • Overview of actions taken during the spring semester
  • FDSC 6324 and ENSC 1001L are both new courses that have been added
  • Information and definition of Intensive Communication as well as list of courses have been identified
  • List of approved curriculum changes
  • List of minor changes
  • Approved curriculum changes
6.    Special College Committee Reports:

A.    Nominations and Elections Committee, Dr. Tom Costello
  • Tom Costello and Dick Oliver were nominated for Chair elect of Faculty Council for 2007
  • An e-mail ballot will be sent out
B.     Honors Program, Dr. Duane Wolf
  • Handout was provided.
  • Overview of Spring 2006 Enrollment, College, AFLS Honors Program enrollment, Academic Year, AFLS honors Students Fall 2006 Enrollment Class Standing, AFLS Honors Students Fall 2006 Enrollment, Major, and Potential 2006-07 DBCAFLS Honors Program Graduates.
C.    Promotion and Tenure Committee, Dr. George Wardlow
  • On December 1, the committee met to consider the nominations of 13 faculty members in the College.  Six for promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, with tenure, five for promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor, one Full Professor to University Professor and one tenure decision at the rank of Full Professor.
  • Recommendations will be summarized for each candidate and forwarded to the Dean, per related policy documents
  • The Committee received and considered the following motion from the membership.  The Committee recognizes the value of tenure and endorses the practice of continuing tenure-track appointments for those in faculty ranks in teaching, research, and extension in the College and the Division of Agriculture.  Motion passed by show of hands on a 12 to 0 vote.
  • The following recommendations were made:  Substantive parts of each candidate’s dossier made available in electronic form, at a secure location, to aid committee members in the review process; The College Faculty Service Review (FSR) form be made parallel to the campus Faculty Review Checklist in order to reduce duplication of effort by the candidates who must prepare both sets of documents.
7.    Other Reports of Interest
A.    Gamma Sigma Delta, Dr. Tom Yazwinski
  • Handout was provided.
  • Handout contains list of current officers, and Unit Representatives
  • Dues are now $20.00 for new member
  • Student presentations will be held at the end of February.
  • Nominate and formulate submissions for Awards of Merit – one in Research and one in Teaching
  • GSD funds cash awards for student presentations (with Dean’s help)
  • GSD funds Lippert – Ellis, John White and GSD Scholarships (with Dean’s help)
B.    Graduate Council, Dr. Dave TeBeest
  • Michael Thompson gave a short overview of graduate decisions which are posted on the Graduate School web site. .
C.    Faculty Senate/Campus Faculty, Dr. John Rupe
  • Dr. Rupe reported that it had been a quiet term.  All minutes are posted on Faculty Senate web site.  
D.    Preliminary report of the Leadership Summit to Effect Change in Teaching and Learning, Dr. Curt Rom
  • Posted on the Web site
  • Report on National meeting with focus on the curricula in agriculture.  There were 300 participants in attendance at the meeting.
  • The meeting was very stimulating.  It is clear that we are doing some wonderful things in our AFLS curricula to meet the future needs of our state and the country, but there are some important ideas and actions to be considered.  Some "talking points".
 -Curricula should be redirected from being discipline oriented to training students at the discipline interfaces
 -Soft skills are more important than technical skills and knowledge in the modern workplace.
-Curricula should be more flexible. This allows for flexibility for students, advising, and curricula revision.
-Curricula should address emerging and important issues facing the US such as food supply, safety and security, human health and nutrition, renewable fuels  and sustainability.
-Curricula should incorporate more global aspects (study abroad specifically), and more discovery (UG research).

8.    Old Business
None.

9.    New Business
None.

10.    Announcements (By Department)
11.    Passing of the Gavel to Dr. Charles Rosenkrans, 2007 Faculty Council Chair
12.    Adjourn:
The meeting was adjourned by Dr. Charles Rosenkrans, Chair 2007 at 11:40a.m.

Submitted,
Quetta Wardlow
Recording Secretary


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