4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, October 8, 2010

4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, October 8, 2010

Faculty

Governance

Highlights:
-See the President's Report for important information regarding committee elections, the shift to a 3-3
load, Faculty Development Grants and Sabbaticals
-The University's primary goals are to increase
giving from various "Friends" organizations affiliated with the University, corporations and alumni
-In AY 09-10, $900,000 of the state's contributions to the Education and General Budget reverted
-compensated for this unanticipated loss primarily by making cuts to the administrative budget
-President Trible
indicated that he would not like to see cuts to the academic side of the University;
on the contrary he supports increasing the size of the faculty, decreasing class sizes, and shifting to a 3-3 load
-Ferguson Center generated a modest profit in AY 09-10
-report on the class of 2014 included the following
information: 1150 freshman enrolled for the fall semester; PLP applications are up again this year; 6% increase in minority applications for 2010; CNU will aggressively target students in North Carolina next year; Student Success initiative has had 77 students thus far identified through faculty and staff referrals
-Academic affairs handout and meeting summary
-Board heard updates on Core Advising
-potential new faculty lines for AY 11-12
-transition to online only book purchases
-discussion of a perceived need to increase our
usage of the new university facilities
-Faculty should relay feedback regarding Digital Measures to their Senate representatives by November 1st
-The issue of dossier content is connected to the utility of Digital Measures
-Annual Review Criteria draft by November
-discussion of the University's evaluation criteria
-Virtual Teaching Center - funding and responsibilities regarding site management
-Core Advising seems to be working thus far
-proposal for a faculty recognition site for retired faculty to the President and Provost
-Child Care - who to meet with in admin?
-The UCC is currently reviewing the Scholar Associates Program proposal
-Revised Freshmen Continuance Policies
-Report on Faculty Pay for Summer Courses
-Faculty Development Grants application form revised
-NCAA: Division 3 athletics report in January
-Taxes on Summer Salaries
-faculty have requested an update regarding the status of the national searches for the Deans of Arts and Humanities and Natural and Behavioral Sciences
-proposal to add a Leadership requirement to the Liberal Learning Core

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October 8, 2010

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