4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, September 8, 2006

Title

Subject(s)

Faculty

Governance

Description

I. The meeting was called to order
II. Introduction of guests
III. Electronic approval of minutes
IV. Presentation by guests
V. President's report
VI. Committee reports
VII. Old business
VIII. New business
IX. Other

Highlights:
-Guests: Marcia Harrington, Director of the Office of Institutional Research, Analysis, and Reports;
Lynn Lambert, Vice Chair of Program Review Committee (PRC);
Allen Grace, Student Government Association (SGA);
Kevin Hughes, Director of CNU's Center for Honor Enrichment and Community Standards (CHECS, formerly known as "Student Life"); Cheryl Mathews, Chair of Department of Social Work; Virginia Purtle, Vice Provost
-Harrington reviewed the spring 2006 revisions to PRC guidelines
-Hughes provided an update on Student Life, including three procedural changes.
-Peripatetic Faculty Workroom (SU 218) open
-liaisons to subcommittees
-Faculty Development Grants budget
-Sabbatical applications and their review
-Other budget information
-search committee faculty should be tenured
-closing notifications/Ernesto
-new classroom buildings
-Results of special committeeelections
-construction plans update
-plan to implement recommendations 4, 5, and 8 of the 2005-06 Senate Review Committee presented
-repay federal financial aid plan
-SAT scores
-Faculty Senate Goals
-Proposed changes to the SOWK program
-Faculty Development grants (FDG)
-freshman parking privileges
-new core curriculum
-Report on SGA activities

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