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The Citadel Faculty Council (FC) Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date and Time:        

Tuesday, Sep 25, 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 1104.

II. Attendees

Faculty Council Members (attending members shown by “X” in right column)

 

1. Barth, Mike

Business Administration

X

2. Bishop, Jane

History

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

X

7. Flores, Rufino

Military Science

8. Hemingway, Ron

Chemistry

X

9. Horan, Tom

English

X

10. Hurley, David

Criminal Justice

11. Jefferson, Renee

Education

12. Kapeluck, DuBose

Political Science

13. Mays, Tim

Civil & Environmental  Engineering

X

14. Morris, Frank

Business Administration

X

15. Moseley, Arnold

Air Force

16. Neulander, Joelle*

History

X

17. Oberman, Aaron

Education

X

18. Potisuk, Siripong

Electrical Engineering

X

19. Rudolph, George (Chair)

Mathematics and Computer Science

X

20. Segle, Zane

Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

21. Steele, Kirstin

Library

X

22. Thompson, Tom

English

X

23. White, Tom

Naval Science

24. Yost, Scott

Physics

X

*   substitute – Joe Renouard

**substitute

III. Announcements - Chair Rudolph opened the meeting by encouraging members to ponder questions they would like

to ask General Rosa.

IV. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - The 8/28/12 minutes were unanimously approved.

V. Business

a. Items for AY 12-13 Faculty Council Consideration – Chair Rudolph indicated he wanted the Council to focus on approximately 5-7 prioritized action items and form subcommittees to study the items.  The Council discussed the following items:

1) Adjunct policies

2) Charter and bylaws changes/updates for standing faculty committees

3) Faculty House

4) Academic integrity policies (located in a number of different documents)

5) IPAC self-study recommendations – a Faculty Council review

6) Updates to Faculty Manual (areas: department chair and academic integrity)

7) Fine tuning of tenure and promotion process

8) Service requirements for tenure and tenure-track faculty

9) Alma mater revision to remove gender bias

10) Adjunct Manual

b. Discussion of item a. – After some discussion, a few items were combined.  The list below reflects the voted upon prioritized items the Council intends to address this AY:

1) Service requirements for tenure and tenure-track faculty; tenure and promotion process

2) Adjunct policies and Adjunct Manual

3) Academic Integrity policy

4) Faculty House

5) IPAC self-study recommendations

6) Finish Faculty Manual

7) Charter and bylaws changes/updates for standing faculty committees

c. Addition to Faculty Council Bylaws – voting procedures for Constitution – the procedures we recently followed were documented and approved for inclusion in our bylaws with two minor revisions: faculty members “who do not cast a vote” will be counted as a “reject” for the Constitution proposal.  Also, the Faculty Council Chair and Secretary will ensure a list of eligible voters is made public prior to the vote.

d. Faculty Employment Committee charter changes – postponed until next meeting

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

VII. Next Meeting – Oct 23 (Lt Gen General Rosa, BG Hines, BG Elzey, Col Perez), Bond Hall 295

Steve Cotter, Secretary