MINUTES
FACULTY ADVISORY COUNCIL
HAL Hall of Honor
DATE: June 28, 2000
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
MEMBERS
PRESENT: Ms. Betty Chancellor for Ms. Mary Beth Green, Library
Dr. Darrell Pearson for Dr. Jane Hawk, Education
Dr. Donna Jacobs, Education
Ms. Teresa Moore, Arts & Sciences
Ms. Diane Porter, Arts & Sciences
Dr. Michael Woods, Arts & Sciences
Ms. Pam Allen, Communication & Fine Arts
Dr. Catherine Allard, Communication & Fine Arts
Dr. Anthony Adcock, Health & Human Services, FAC Chair
Dr. Edith Smith, Health & Human Services
Dr. Jerome Bibbins, Business
Dr. Jean Laliberte, Business
Dr. Kathryn Ness, Phenix City
ABSENT
WITH
NOTICE: Dr. Judy Dye, Education
Mr. Albert Glover, Arts & Sciences
Ms. Jean Pate, Health & Human Services
Dr. Peter Howard, Communication & Fine Arts
ABSENT: Dr. Phil Turnquist, Business
Dr. Patrick Rossi, Arts & Sciences
Dr. Ben Mason, University College
OTHER
ATTENDEES:
Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Chancellor
Dr. Doug Patterson, Vice Chancellor
Dr. Owen Elder, Jr., Provost
Mr. John Schmidt, Vice President for Student Affairs
Mr. Clint Carlson, Vice President for Financial Affairs
Dr. Angela Roling, Vice President, Institutional Research, Planning, Effectiveness
Mr. Fred Davis, Associate Provost
Dr. Allen Dennis, Chair, History
Mr. Tom Davis, Public Affairs
1. Roll was called by the secretary.
2. Approval of minutes from the April 5, 2000 meeting
On page 7, item C, Dr. Donna Jacobs’ name was omitted from the committee, which was appointed to study summer scheduling.
3. Chancellor’s Report: Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr.
The Ingalls Award was presented to Dr. Danice Costes and the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award was presented to Dr. William Denison.
Freshman applications are up 18% and total applications are up 11%, which reflects the downturn in transfer students.
Spring enrollment at Phenix City was 1,322 and is expected to be up this fall. Spring enrollment at TSUD was 1,915 with a projected fall enrollment of 2000; TSUM’s Spring enrollment was 2,971 with a projected fall enrollment of 3,300. This will be TSUM’s first experience with the semester system.
Capital Improvement System Update
The Rosa Parks Library and Museum is expected to open the first of December. The new home for the TSU School of Nursing is located across from the Woodley Hotel/Davis Theater. Mr. Bill Moore recently donated the 14,000 square foot building. In the past, TSU has spent about $200,000/year in lease payments to St. Margaret’s.
Parking
There will be separate zoned lots for residential students and commuters. Current full-time faculty and staff may retain their named spaces, but this system will be reviewed in 2003; new employs will park in faculty/staff designated lots. Most of the parking around the quad will be eliminated. The University has received a $50,000 gift from the Earl Johnson family to assist in restoring the quad; however, the cost of renovating the quad and restoring it to its original size will be about $500,000. The Alumni Association has pledged to help with this project.
Plans will soon be implemented on Elm Street for the Softball/Tennis Complex.
Shackleford Renovation will be completed for fall occupancy.
Grants and Contracts had a record year with $4.1 million.
Campus Highlights
Ms. Crosby has also left $1 million to the university in her will for the creation of the Claudia Crosby Institute on Vision.
Girls State was a huge success attracting almost 400 young ladies to the campus.
The Governor’s Youth Leadership Forum hosted almost 30 disabled youth on this campus.
SEAL, Southeast Alabama Technology Network, brings distance education (high school and college courses) to students, employees and citizens throughout Southeast Alabama. SEAL offers teleconferencing for existing businesses and continuing education and credit courses. The partnership involves Troy State University, Lockheed Martin, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College and the public school district. The Alabama Legislature has committed $1 million for the construction of a $400,000 building at Lockheed Martin; $600,000 was used to develop the distance learning classrooms. TSU has received a $350,000 grant from USDA Rural Development program that will make it possible for TSU to link with twelve area high schools in seven other counties. A grant is pending that will add six high schools in four more counties. In a short period of time TSU will be teaching through dual enrollments of high school students in twenty high schools.
Personnel changes: Dave Barron has come to Troy State as Director of Public Affairs; Dr. Harold Kaylor has been appointed chair of the English Department; Dr. Carol Jordan is creating the program in Insurance and Risk Management; Dr. Paul Stewart is in the Department of Environmental Science; and Dr. Diane Barron who comes to TSU from TSU Atlantic Region is Dean of the Graduate School.
TSU has entered into a contract with Okaloosa County, Florida, to set up a dual enrollment program. Projected enrollment is expected to exceed 4,700.
Dr. Hawkins made a presentation to Dr. Adcock for his service to the Faculty Advisory Council.
4. Committee Reports
A. TSU Care Team: Mr. John Schmidt
Mr. Schmidt challenged the faculty to become involved with the students.
During Impact 450 parents have already been on our campus.
The Care Team is a crisis action response team, which helps students if they need to go to the hospital or to contact professors when a student is sick, or be available to parents when a student has been injured. The Care team was available for thirteen crisis incidents last year.
5. Old Business
A. Status of Proposed Tenure and Promotion Policies: Dr. Owen Elder
C. The Early Deadline (September 8) to File the Intent to Graduate Form for Spring 2001: Dr. Owen Elder
In regard to the Promotion and Tenure policy, the recommendations, which came from this Council, have been reviewed. Implementation of the recommendations was expected by this fall, but Mr. Davis advised that the Board will have to approve the recommendations so implementation will not be in effect until fall 2001. Input is also needed from the faculty through the Council of Deans, and there are also legal issues that need to be studied. The major changes are reducing the time required for promotion to full professor. The second part deals with instructors. The other change recommended is to have a promotion and tenure committee at each college in addition to the university wide committee. Any extensive changes in wording must be minimized since the wording has been very carefully thought out in keeping with the AAUP Guidelines.
Changes will be posted on the Web.
Mr. Davis noted that the filing of the Intent to Graduate triggers the graduation checksheet so students may complete courses needed to graduate. Students must have their letters letting them know what they must take in time for early spring registration on November 1.
B. Procedures for the Election of Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council: Dr. Adcock
Dr. Laliberte made a motion that the Chair must have served one year on the Council. Dr. Woods seconded, and the motion was unanimously approved.
D. The New Parking Policies Beginning July 1, 2000: Ms. Diane Porter
Several things the Council suggested were included in the parking policy such as the Sorority Hill parking, moving parking off the street in front of the Quad, and that the lot next to the Natatorium be designated to faculty/staff.
Ms. Porter asked that the policy be reviewed again in 2001.
6. New Business
A. Proposal for Summer Calendar 2001: Mr. Fred Davis
The proposal has a flaw in that there are classes by special arrangement, such as the consortium courses at Dauphin Island, some of the nursing programs, and Counseling has very strict requirements about length of terms. Sections will need to be added for classes by special arrangement such as internships. We will go back to the mini terms which were successful in the quarter system in December and August. The general session has been eliminated and will be broken up, after the mini term, into time blocks that will accommodate our student body in two separate interim sessions.
It was agreed that some courses require more time and should not be taught on the 5-week schedule.
Ms. Porter asked that summer salaries be placed on the agenda for fall.
B. TSU Class Attendance Policy: Dr. Anthony Adcock
Dr. Allen Dennis addressed the Council on Delta State’s attendance policy.
In 1968 Delta State had no attendance policy, but in 1975 Delta State changed to a policy that categorized absences as excused or unexcused. Then in 1985 or 1986, the university adopted a policy which stated that in order for a student to complete a course, he/she had to attend 75% of the number of class meetings. Perhaps TSU needs some sort of minimal standard that could be subscribed to by the faculty or at least allow those faculty who want to hold their students to some kind of legitimate standard to have some backing by the institution.
Mr. Schmidt noted that 18-25 year olds need accountability and responsibility. He feels TSU needs an attendance policy in place by Fall 2000 because of the financial aid issue. TSU has to show that the students are in class or federal monies have to be returned.
Mr. Carlson pointed out that attendance rosters are being sent out to confirm whether the student actually attended or not. If those rosters do not come back showing that students were in class then federal financial aid has to be returned. Any attendance policy that the university implements would be dependent upon faculty keeping roll.
Dr. Laliberte made a motion that undergraduate students who miss more than 25% of class meetings receive an automatic ‘F’ for the course. The motion died for lack of a second.
7. Adjournment of the 1999-2000 Council: Dr. Anthony Adcock
Dr. Adcock adjourned the 1999-2000 Council.
Dr. Adcock welcomed the new members present: Dr. Catherine Allard and Ms. Betty Chancellor.
8. Convening of the 2000-2001 Council: Ms. Diane Porter
Ms. Diane Porter convened the 2000-2001 Council.
The Fall 2000 meeting will be scheduled in late September.
Meeting was adjourned.