MINUTES of the Faculty Council Meeting, Friday,
February 9, 2001, 3:00 pm
Members in Attendance: C Owen, K Paris, J Yeutter, G Alexander, J Milbauer,
M Rogers, D Linebarger, G Wickham, J Faulds, L Ethridge, R Matzen, J Wilson,
M Bither
Guests: A Ozturk, C Ziehr,
A. Committees and Standing
Reports
- 1.
Minutes of January 19, 2001 Meeting
The minutes were amended to reflect the accurate proceedings and accepted
by the group.
- 2. Treasurer's
Report
- 3. Faculty Awards
Committee
G. Fulk & K Ott, co-chairs,
report that the process is proceeding appropriately
- 4. Nominations Committee
It was reported that nominations
were being sought.
- 5. Welfare Committee
The committee will meet
02/16/01, concerning faculty input on promotion
B. Old Business
- 1. Status of Case of Alleged
Sexual Harassment/Faculty Council Actions
President Owen reported
that an apparent agreement had been reached in this case. The office of
the dean of students has agreed to place a note of the incident in the
student's campus records.
- 2. Clarification Initiative
on Merit Pay Procedures
President Owen reported
that the Administration appeared amenable to adding "and merit pay" to
the appropriate parts of the handbook
- 3. University Committee Restructuring
Initiative
The Committee on committees
is currently meeting, and expects to complete its work within a month.
- 4. Faculty Role in Freshman
Convocation
Council discussed the proposed
role, agreed that it was important that Faculty have a role in this event,
but expresses the need for administrative support in its execution.
- 5. Pay Policies for Intersession
Classes
After some discussion of
the issue, council UNANIMOUSLY passed a resolution that":
Faculty council resolves
that faculty salaries mot covered by the academic year contract should
be clearly stated in writing before a faculty member accepts the duties
to teach a class, and that faculty salaries should not be based upon enrollment.
- 6. Noel-Levitz Workshops
Led by University Personnel
Upcoming workshops extending
the work begun last fall will be scheduled, using the Noel Levitz film
series. Leading them will be i. Chris Owen on Ethics in Advising and ii.
Grant Alexander
C. New Business
- 1. Faculty Handbook Revisions/Proposed
Changes
President Owen reported
that a revision committee was meeting again this year. One of the proposed
policy changes relates to imposition of a statute of limitations on incidents
included in grievance petitions.
- 2. AAHE, and Faculty Council
Vice-President
VP Paris reported on his
recent trip to the AAHE, noting that the issue of shared governance was
a concern nationwide.
- 3. Faculty and Political
Activity
J Wilson
reported concerning HB 1027, which would have provided due process to university
employees in the case of dismissal or change in employment status. In this
year's session, the bill failed 3-12 in the state house higher education
subcommittee. J Wilson
noted that Rep Jim Wilson of Tahlequah voted in support of the bill, in
part due to contacts made by NSU faculty members and the NSU AAUP
- 4. Suggestion for Free Parking
Perk for Faculty
Because of faculty concern
that Parking and Transportation does not carefully regulate the issuance
of faculty-staff parking decals, it was proposed that an internal control
measure be introduced that would restrict this issuance to employees. Two
possibilities were the issuing of these as a fringe benefit, or restricting
their issuance to payroll deduction. It was noted that by using a payroll
deduction, these payments could be taken pre-tax, saving both the University
and the employee FICA taxes, and saving the employees income taxes.
