Title
4.3 B Minutes for CNU Faculty Senate Meeting, December 6, 2013
Subject(s)
Faculty
Governance
Description
Highlights:
-Guests: Mary Ragan, Arrenvy Bilinski, Laura Deiulio, Rebecca Wheeler, Dawn Hutchinson, Shannon Phillips
-Report from University Fellows: 2 student fellows described the program and the areas in which fellows work
-Blackboard vs. Canvas: Dawn Hutchinson and Shannon
Phillips spoke about the about the proposed move
from Blackboard to Canvas
-Center for Effective Teaching: Laura Deiulio spoke about on the development of a Center for Effective Teaching
-President’s Report: Faculty Development grants - were fully funded, 6 were partially, 6 were not funded; Provost’s announcement on curricular changes
-Senator Depretis announced that she had resigned from CNU effective January
-Closed session on Sabbatical applications
-Library Advisory Committee: will do a survey to identify
resources that faculty need for their scholarship research
-Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: proposed an award of $500 and outlined a process for application
-30/20 Faculty Distribution (restricted vs tenure track) was discussed
-Equity of annual evaluations: fairness to restricted faculty was discussed
-Supersections: Discussion on Should number of supersections be adjusted?
-Discussed the requirement that the faculty confirm graduates
-Guests: Mary Ragan, Arrenvy Bilinski, Laura Deiulio, Rebecca Wheeler, Dawn Hutchinson, Shannon Phillips
-Report from University Fellows: 2 student fellows described the program and the areas in which fellows work
-Blackboard vs. Canvas: Dawn Hutchinson and Shannon
Phillips spoke about the about the proposed move
from Blackboard to Canvas
-Center for Effective Teaching: Laura Deiulio spoke about on the development of a Center for Effective Teaching
-President’s Report: Faculty Development grants - were fully funded, 6 were partially, 6 were not funded; Provost’s announcement on curricular changes
-Senator Depretis announced that she had resigned from CNU effective January
-Closed session on Sabbatical applications
-Library Advisory Committee: will do a survey to identify
resources that faculty need for their scholarship research
-Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: proposed an award of $500 and outlined a process for application
-30/20 Faculty Distribution (restricted vs tenure track) was discussed
-Equity of annual evaluations: fairness to restricted faculty was discussed
-Supersections: Discussion on Should number of supersections be adjusted?
-Discussed the requirement that the faculty confirm graduates
Available online only.
Date
December 6, 2013
Call Number
4.3 B
Statement of Rights
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Original Format
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