The Citadel Faculty Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call To Order and Agenda

Chair Mailloux called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order, congratulated Bill Woolsey for being elected the mayor of James Island, and asked members to introduce themselves. The agenda was not sent out ahead of time because of delays in getting the listserv updated. Faculty Council meetings will be held in Bond 295 except in November when the meeting will be held elsewhere. Someone suggested that the furniture be moved closer together to facilitate discussion.

II. Attendees(substitutes shown in parentheses)

III. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting

The draft minutes of the meeting held on May 6, 2010 were sent out prior to this meeting. Comments or corrections were requested. The minutes were approved with the correction of one typographical error.

IV. Meeting Reports

Chair Mailloux attended the BOV meeting and was asked his attitude toward the uniform; he responded by saying that a committee will look into it. BOV members also asked about class size.

At the Presidential Staff meeting, positive comments were made about graduation rates and budget cuts not being as bad as expected. There will be increased reliance on foundation funding.

The Strategic Planning meeting focused on external funding for the top ten priorities (including deferred maintenance). Chair Mailloux will send out the list of priorities to Faculty Council membership. In Spring 2010, Faculty Council members ranked items.

At Academic Board, there were various updates related to SACS, renovation projects, and Banner.

Chair Mailloux has had various meetings with Provost Hines. Faculty representation on the uniform committee includes Pat Briggs, Margaret Francel and Al Finch. Provost Hines will draft a mission statement for this uniform committee. The uniform committee which also includes representation from the Commandant’s Office, Executive Office of the President, and Associate Provost will review the current policy, report at the November meeting of Academic Board, and make recommendations by January 2011. Someone asked whether the faculty option to wear the uniform was in writing. This faculty option relates to if and when faculty are permitted to wear an alternative to the uniform. Someone else stressed the difference between a personal opinion versus institution benefit, related to wearing the uniform.

Chair Mailloux plans to meet with the Commandant and department heads for the military branches about the issue of faculty being corrected about saluting and how they wear the uniform.

Related to a master plan for buildings and ground, Chair Mailloux was assured that there would be a faculty voice in the master plan. Someone asked whether this plan will be shown to the Campus Affairs committee and whether this was the same plan or a new plan. Chair Mailloux said he would meet and report on the master plan.

V. New Business

Chair Mailloux wishes to identify critical issues for Faculty Council to address this year. There was a suggestion for Faculty Council members to ask their departmental colleagues. Ideas include examining and revising charters of the committees, updating the faculty manual, updating the advising manual, discussing plus/minus grading, and faculty governance.

George Rudolph has updated the faculty committee page within the Joomla (content management) framework. No content changes were made. The new format improves navigation, and is searchable and printable. As the equipment in Bond 295 would not work, George will demonstrate the new pages at the next meeting, and Faculty Council members will vote on making it live.

VI. Adjournment

Chair Mailloux expressed his appreciation of George’s hard work with the committee site, thanked everyone, and adjourned the meeting at 12 Noon.

Respectfully submitted,

Elizabeth Connor, Secretary