NORTHEASTERN
Minutes
of Faculty Council Meeting
Friday, February 29, 2008
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by President Craig Clifford in
SH204.
There was ITV access at
Council Members in attendance: Ron Cambiano (Education), Jennifer Edwards (Liberal Arts), Rick Matzen (Science & Health Professions), Bill Rosener (Business & Technology), Tom Salmon (Optometry), Amy Aldridge Sanford (Liberal Arts), Dan Savage (Liberal Arts)
Council Members in attendance in
Council Officers in attendance: Craig Clifford (President), Linda West (Secretary/Treasurer).
Guests: Jym Brittain (CTL), Tom Messner (Library)
Invited Presentations
[Council will set aside time at the first of each meeting to visit with President Williams, VP Academic Affairs Bigbee and/or VP Administration Cherry should they be able to attend.]A. Committees and Standing Reports
1. Minutes of 1/25/08 meeting
There was a correction to the minutes about engraving the bricks. Matzen
moved that the corrected minutes be approved, Rosener seconded and the motion
passed.
2. Spending Report
The $1600 contribution made
to Undergraduate Research Day.
B . Old Business
1. General Education Task Force - Update (Sanford)
The survey is finished. The raw data is now being compiled.
2. Circle of Excellence selection in process; Committee appointed
Several
hundred nominations have been received. Clifford gave the folder to the committee.
All categories are well represented. The guidelines will be posted on the
Faculy Council website.
3. Judge for Research Day
Clifford needs someone to take his place as a judge for Research Day.
4. Jym Brittain report on Online Evaluation
Tool
The Distance Learning Committee met and reviewed the evaluation instrument compiled by Faculty Council. They also worked from the existing faculty evaluation instrument. They made a limited number of changes to the instrument and it is ready for use this semester. There will also be a course evaluation using the existing form. A question was raised about students being able to take the evaluation more than once. There is no safeguard against this because these are anonymous.
5. Tom Messner
Messner introduced himself to the council and talked about a new vision for library services. There were questions about the way the library decides what to buy. He stated that there is a new Collection Development committee that will look at what departments get and the mix of materials. There was a question about what the old vision of the library had been. He stated that it had more of a focus on automation and staffing in the libraries.
C. New Business
1. HB 2513 - John Yeutter
There was discussion about the bill that would allow concealed hand guns on campuses.
D. Other Business
1. Debate Tournament
Sanford reported on the successful debate tournament
held on campus. There were 50 judges from NSU. Our town, facilities and judges
all received good feedback.
2. Summer Salaries
There was a request that a committee be formed to look into summer salaries.
There was also a question about how retirement monies are deducted from checks
throughout the year.
E. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m. Next meeting March 28, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Submitted by Linda West, Secretary-Treasurer
3/26/08