NSU Faculty Council - Minutes November 4, 2011

NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

Minutes of Faculty Council Meeting
Friday, November 4, 2011

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President Deason-Toyne SCL 129. There was ITV access at Muskogee, Broken Arrow and Tahlequah.

Council Members in attendance in Tahlequah: Ron Cambiano (Education), Shari Clevenger (Liberal Arts), John Diamantopoulos (Science & Health Professions), Isaac DiIanni (Business & Technology), Kendra Haggard (Liberal Arts), Chris Miller (Liberal Arts), Brandon Oberg (Library), Spence Pilcher (Science & Health Professions), Dan Sisk (Science & Health Professions), Cheryl Van Den Handel (Liberal Arts), Susan Woitte (Library)

Council Members in attendance in Broken Arrow: Kelly Dunbar (Education), Buster Hall (Broken Arrow), Tobi Thompson (Education)

Council Members in attendance in Muskogee: Ryan Fenska (Optometry), Joyce VanNostrand (Muskogee)

Council Officers in attendance: Denise Deason-Toyne (President), Pamela Louderback (Vice President), Linda West (Secretary/Treasurer).

A. Call to Order

1. Review/Approval of minutes of the October 2011 meeting (http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~faculty_council/minutesoct2011.html)

Minutes were accepted as presented.

2. Budget Report

The budget is the same. President Deason-Toyne will attend another Faculty Advisory Committee in OKC.

B . Committees/Standing Reports

1. Need volunteers to serve on and chair the following:
          Nominating Committee
          CIRCUS - Will meet later. DiIanni is on this committe.
          Faculty Welfare - Oberg and Bennet remain on committee. Dunbar volunteered to join the committee.
          Curriculum/Program Review Committee - Louderback is on the committee. Thompson volunteered to join the committee.

C. Old Business/Pending Issues

    1.   Review/Restatement on Policy regarding sale of Textbook samples.
            We received a reply from Council Fite. Deason-Toyne will follow up with her.

    2. Number of course preps - particularly for new faculty and with online courses.
            Deason-Toyne discussed this with Interim President Tadlock. His view is that three preparations are enough and we must be careful with new faculty. We recommend that we meet with Chairs Council about this question. We may make a proposal for the handbook. Chairs Council has a November 17th meeting. Additional factors would be departments with and without advising duties.

D. New Business

    1. Regents hiring process

       Our resolution was taken to the state Faculty Advisory Committee. They agreed with our resolution, but did not adopt it or make one of their own. We feel the procedure was insufficient and may have bearings on shared governance and the HLC visit. We will pursue the shared governance issue with Dr. Turner.

    2. Feedback on NSU Strategic Enrollment Plan.

        Responses are due to Dr. Boren by November 11th.

    3. Possible reception to welcome Dr. and Mrs. Turner - co-host with entity that has a food/beverage budget?

        Deason-Toyne will meet with Dr. Turner on Nov. 11. After January 1st we will see what other plans are being made for receptions.

    4. University Planning Committee

        Louderback provided a report of progress. There are changes being made to documents to prepare for the HLC visit. Strategic goals will remove examples and replace with what has happened. There will be a formal project report to the cabinet using the format used last spring. There will be seven future actions presented. On November 14th there will be a link to a survey for project ideas for the future.

Announcements:

        We remember the Smith family and Optometry students in the loss of a student this week.

        There are new policies to review: Freedom of Expression and Drug testing. We are still waiting on the disposition of the Shared Governance document which is in limbo..


E. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 3:52 p.m.
Next meeting: December 2nd

Submitted by Linda West, Secretary-Treasurer
11/29/11