2012 May

The Citadel Faculty Council (FC) Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date and Time:

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 11:00 am

Meeting Location:

Bond Hall, Room 295

Meeting Type:

Regular

I. Call To Order and Agenda - Chair Rudolph called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order at 1100.

II. Attendees

Faculty Council Members (attending members shown by “X” in right column)
1. Barth, Mike	Business Administration	X
2. Clark, Tom*	Naval Science	X
3. Cotter, Steve (Secretary)	Mathematics and Computer Science	X
4. Donnell, David	Biology	X
5. Dudgeon, Wes (Vice-Chair)	Health, Exercise & Sport Science	X
6. Finch, Al	Psychology
7. Hemingway, Ron	Chemistry	X
8. Horan, Tom	English	X
9. Jefferson, Renee	Education
10. Kapeluck, DuBose	Political Science and Criminal Justice
11. Labar, Daniel	Military Science
12. Mays, Tim	Civil & Environmental Engineering
13. Morris, Frank	Business Administration	X
14. Neulander, Joelle	History
15. Oberman, Aaron**	Education	X
16. Potisuk, Siripong	Electrical Engineering
17. Preston, David	History
18. Rudolph, George (Chair)	Mathematics and Computer Science	X
19. Segle, Zane	Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	X
20. Steele, Kirstin	Library
21. Thompson, Tom	English	X
22. Tortorici, Pete	Air Force
23. Yost, Scott	Physics

* substitute Commander Tom White
**substitute Tammy Graham

III. Announcements

a. Chair Rudolph welcomed new members.

IV. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - The 4/24/12 minutes were unanimously approved.

V. Business

a. Election of Officers for AY 2012-2013

(1) George Rudolph was nominated and unanimously elected as Chairperson.

(2) Wes Dudgeon was nominated and unanimously elected as Vice-Chairperson

(3) Steve Cotter was nominated and unanimously elected as Secretary

b. Review of Constitution and Bylaws – deferred until next meeting. New members were encouraged to view the documents on the Faculty webpage, Faculty Committees, and Faculty Council tab.

c. Presentation by Kerry Taylor and James Grigg on the Campus Welfare and Morale IPAC – Kerry and James explained that the IPAC process has six major subcommittees

(1) Sexual Harassment

(2) Training

(3) Honor

(4) Discipline

(5) Alcohol and Substance Abuse

(6) Campus Welfare and Morale

Draft status reports are due to the Citadel President on May 15^th.

The Council was then asked for any areas of concern. The following items were discussed:

(1) The procedures and health of the cadet honor system

(2) The protracted Summerall Guard training process and the negative impact on academics

(3) Gender equity for senior cadet positions and membership in Summerall Guard

(4) Lack of school emphasis concerning cadet use of smokeless tobacco

d. Faculty Awards Process – Chair Rudolph will send out an email to all faculty soon explaining the procedures he briefed at the faculty luncheon on April 25, 2012.

e. Faculty Council Meeting Time – after a discussion of the pros and cons of changing our meeting time, the consensus was to remain in the current day/time slot. Chair Rudolph asked Council members to attempt to schedule other commitments around Faculty Council.

f. Future Business (items we won’t have time for at this meeting but may want to address) - Chair Rudolph briefly reminded us of the following items:

(1) Regulations for online courses

(2) Service Requirements for Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty

(3) IPAC

VI. Adjournment - Chair Rudolph adjourned the meeting at 12:15.

VII. Next Meeting – Aug 28, 2012, 1100 hours Bond Hall 295. Chair Rudolph indicated he would be sending out a schedule for the year soon.

Respectfully submitted,

Steve Cotter, Secretary