Northeastern
State University
Minutes of
Faculty Council Meeting
FRIDAY,
November 5, 2010
Call to Order
The meeting was called to
order by President Denise Deason-Toyne at 3:08 p.m.
in
Tahlequah (SCI 129).
Council members in
attendance: Jennifer Edwards (COLA); Amy Aldridge Sanford (alternate
for Kristopher Copeland) (COLA); Dan Sisk (SHP); Tia
Bennett (COE); John Diamantopoulos
(SHP); Brandon Oberg
(Library); Susan Woitte (Library)
Council members in attendance
in Broken Arrow: John Newhouse (B & T); Julia Kwok (B & T);
Buster Hall (COLA); Anita
Ede (EDU)
Council members in
attendance in Muskogee: Joyce Van Nostrand (SHP);
Ryan Fenska
(Optometry)
Council Officers in
attendance: Denise Deason-Toyne (President)
Guests: Tahlequah: Kippi Wyatt (Optometry)
Guests: Broken Arrow: Tom
Rink (Library)
Invited Presentations (none provided)
[Council will set aside time at the first of each
meeting to visit with Administrative Officers
should they be able to attend.]
A. Committees
and Standing Reports
1. Review/Approval of Minutes of the
10/1/10 meeting
Minutes of the October
meeting were reviewed. It was noted that
a correction needs to be
made under old business point #1. The letter “d’ should be
added to the word “eliminate.”
Bennett moved to approve
the minutes and it was seconded by Sisk.
2. Financial Report/Budget for 2010
-Funding was approved to send a delegate to the AAUP
conference. However, the
conference was sold out. Faculty Council will consider other
possibilities.
-Attendance at the November 20th Regents
Faculty Advisory Council was discussed. Deason-
Toyne will consider asking for reimbursement.
The list containing the
names of committee members has been distributed. The chairs for the
committees have been determined.
They are as follows:
Deason-Toyne – chair of Shared Governance Committee.
Newhouse will chair the
By-laws Review Committee.
Woitte will chair the Circle of Excellence Committee. Additional faculty will be
invited to participate on this committee.
Bennett will serve as the
chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee.
Members of the CIRCUS
Committee have been contacted and the chair is waiting for a
response. There was further discussion regarding committee
membership. Pamela is
currently out of the country so Faculty Council will focus on
this in more depth next
spring.
OLD BUSINESS
A.
TENURE/PROMOTION POLICY PROCEDURE – Discussion on faculty comments.
Deason-Toyne discussed the faculty forums. She indicated that there were good
discussions/feedback. She
encouraged faculty to check the website for reports
as this is a work in progress.
There was additional
discussion regarding the tenure/promotion policy. The
document will be re-worked and sent out again. Some clarifications are needed
regarding the Boyer Model, specifically, what is expected from
faculty. Others suggested
that there needs to be consistency among departments and
that departments should
establish criteria.
Kwok commented that it
will be good to get everything resolved.
B. LOCATION FOR FACULTY GATHERING
Emails have been sent
asking for assistance in locating a place for a faculty gathering
place. McElroy
indicated that he may be able to find some places to reserve.
Negotiations will
continue. Jenlink
and Foutch will consider certain locations in
Broken Arrow. They are committed to finding a
location. There has been no word
from Foutch or Shelton regarding
the Cedar Room. Sodexho feels it is too
burdensome
for them as it is not profitable. There is support from Dr. Tadlock
to help find funds.
Please share any ideas
with Deason-Toyne.
There was some discussion regarding the
possibility of faculty taking their own food upstairs as well as
looking into the possibility
of finding a place at the Seminary Suites.
NEW BUSINESS
A. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Is this the responsibility
of Faculty Council or Dr. Bahr? Faculty
Council is to give names
to the President.
Dr. Bahr requests preferences and then makes referrals. Should this
be the function of Faculty Council? Ask the CIRCUS Committee and find a way for
Faculty
Council to take back control.
Deason-Toyne discussed free parking. No.
B. WRITING COMMITTEE
Writing across the
curriculum was discussed. There are
serious problems regarding
students’ writing ability and the resources to help them are
limited. There was discussion
about requiring a writing component in every course across
the university. One suggested
that comp. instructors could be contacted and alerted
about the problems. Others discussed
the lack of critical thinking skills among students. Does Faculty Council wish to endorse this
approach? There was
discussion about comp. faculty wanting to be involved in this and
perhaps an overhaul of the comp. I curriculum should be
considered. Ideas are welcome.
Many topics could apply to
help engage students. Fenska discussed incorporating more
power point presentations.
Van Nostrand discussed requiring one scholarly
presentation
using power point in each class. It was also discussed that transfer students
possess
different levels of skills.
The possibility of a committee on best practices on things
incorporated into the classroom was discussed. Van Nostrand will
ask for volunteers.
All faculty
could be involved. Deason-Toyne
suggested that we get conversations started
As
students need this. The majority of students struggle with
writing and presentations.
Deason-Toyne suggested coordinating times and calendars. Hall discussed the idea of
a capstone research project/presentation. Fenska suggested
that perhaps people in
Optometry could be
involved. Discussion concluded with the
suggestion that Faculty
Council could develop an
informal committee to start conversation related to this issue
and then develop something more formalized. The students may whine, but they should
be pushed.
C. ANNOUNCEMENTS – None
D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at
3:45 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: December 3, 2010
ITEMS BEING MONITORED –
Location
of the Circle of Excellence Bricks
Worker’s
Comp. advocate/liaison
Submitted by Jennifer
Edwards and Carolyn Cox, Temporary Secretaries/Treasurers
11/11/10