4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, March 28, 2008

Title

Subject(s)

Faculty

Governance

Description

Highlights:
-Faculty Office nonuse in DSU. Time to release.
-extra $600 available for spring FDG
-position searches
-Student Success issues
-Faculty Development Grant Final Report, Kara Keeling
-Faculty Mentorship Committee recommendations
-move to establish a committee to implement a
formal mentoring program
-cost $70,000-100,000 to implement the Service and Community Engagement program
-external audit which will be done this Spring
-service learning initiatives and progress towards the 4-3
load
-fundraising
-Bill Ritchie - new Director of Counseling
-Kevin Hughes - new Dean of Students
-Admissions applications are up 11%.
-Faculty Development Grants
-Senate and Committee Elections
-Emeritus Status for Professor Jordan
-Reports on new course proposals
-University Faculty Load Plans (3-3)
-Request for nomination for Budget Advisory Committee
-Handbook Changes
-Faculty Evaluation Order Change Trial
-"Administrative Order of Faculty Evaluation Committee" report and analysis of current order
-Tuition Increase
-Does LDSP210 or any other course count for ULLC100?
-call campus police before calling 911 in case of medical emergency?
-Senators were concerned that faculty moving to 4-3
next year continue to receive release time for funded or other responsibilities.

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