FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
August 29, 1996
Members present: Ballester, Butler, Calhoun, Irwin, McCoy, Payne, Terrell, Yanik
Absent: Greenlief
I. Call to order:
President Ron McCoy called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m.
II. Announcements and Remarks:
A. Faculty President McCoy
President McCoy announce that Regent Phyllis Nolan and Steve Jordan, Executive Director of the Board of Regents will make a campus visit on October 10th. The Senate Executive Committee will meet with Regent Nolan from 2:15 until 2:45 p.m. in the President's Conference Room. President McCoy will be sending Steve Jordan's and Judith Siminoe's addresses and phone numbers to members of the Executive Committee. Such information may also be obtained from the Regents web page. President Glennen will attend the first Senate meeting. Harry Stephens will also speak at the end of the meeting. President McCoy is in the process of forming a list of eight faculty members, two from each college, for consideration of the 4 faculty slots on the search committee for the next ESU president.
B. Vice President Payne
Vice President Payne asked the Senate Executive Committee to provide faculty nominees for the search committee for a new director of Library Services. He also announced the resignation of Dean Ed McGlone as the Director of Continuing Education. Dean McGlone will remain as Director of Assessment as well as become a part time faculty member of the Division of Communication and Theater. Vice President Payne also mentioned that a recommendation concerning student's eligibility for extracurricular activities will be coming to the Senate from the Athletic Board of Control. It was also mentioned that final editing changes in ESU's Vision 2020 statement must be received by Oct. 1. Upcoming issues for the Senate include the Mission Review statement and the Measurements and Process components for Program Review.
III. Committee Reports:
A. Academic Affairs (Ballester)
Academic Affairs will begin discussion of two issues during its first meeting in September. Dwight Moore has been invited to address the committee about his concurrent enrollment resolution. Joe Yanik has been invited to meet with the committee to discuss prior approval.
B. Committee on Campus Governance (Terrell)
This committee will first review the Senate By laws to ensure the accuracy of the current version. This committee will also be forming a list of university committees to be reviewed under the provisions of the Sunset Bill.
C. Faculty Affairs (Butler)
Information is currently being gathered from other campus as well as from applicable ESU policy concerning possible procedures for handling chronic low performance. The Senate needs to adopt legislation on this issue as soon as possible. The committee may also be asked to look at any questions raised by the Board of Regents about ESU's faculty evaluation procedures.
IV. Adjournment:
President McCoy adjourned the meeting at 1:10 p.m.
Betsy Yanik
Secretary
Last updated on October 8, 1996.
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