Minutes

Signed-in as present: (legible)

K. Bohannon, B. Brown, K. Brown, J. Bruce, L. Crumb, F. Dorman, R. Drummond, V. Ferguson, A. Frankland, D. Hanson, J. Hanson, K. Harrison, T. Harrison, L. Hester, H. Howard, S. Huguenin, J. Johnson, S. Kandeh, S. Kao, S. Kelley, R. King, J. Knapp, K. Lamar, J. Long, L. Magrath, M. Mather, L. McElroy, J. Miller, N. Osborn, J. Pasley, D. Reigh, I. Shafer, R. Tan, P. Thomas, A. Todd, M. Vliet, N. Warden, S. Weber, M. Williams, T. Winn.

I. President Darryel Reigh called the meeting to order at 11:05 am.

II. Minutes of the January 6, 2004 meeting were moved for approval with corrections noted in the attendance (L. Magrath attended but was not listed). Motion carried.

III. Treasurer’s Report – Dan Hanson reported a balance of $9199.84.

IV. Regents meeting report - D. Reigh reported that the regents reappointed the president. Reigh also reported a discrepancy between program recommendations presented to the regents and what had actually been recommended by the Physics Department. The recommendations presented to the regents called for the elimination of the physics department. This recommendation was not passed by the regents.

A general discussion of program reviews followed and a specific discussion about how a recommendation such as the one above made it to the regents without faculty knowledge.

V. Committee Reports

A. Curriculum Committee – The committee met on January 8 and January 22, 2004 and unanimously approved the following items:

· A program change in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree increasing the concentration requirements and decreasing the art core requirements. The program’s total requirements did not change. The Faculty Association unanimously approved the change (Magrath/Bohannon).

· Elimination of the English Proficiency Exam. V. Ferguson expressed concerns about teacher education requirements for proficiency. The IDS committee will work on this aspect. The Faculty Association approved the change in a 26-9-2 vote (Lamar/Howard).

· Changing one Deaf Education course from 3 to 2 hours and another Deaf Education course from 2 to 3 hours. The program’s total requirements do not change. The Faculty Association unanimously approved the change (Harrison/Shafer).

· Reclassification of four Psychology courses as elective which have hitherto been required. The program’s total requirements do not change. The Faculty Association unanimously approved the change (Magrath/Shafer).

· Elimination of Freshman Seminar (IDS 1003) to be replaced by a 1-hour Freshman Orientation (IDS 1001). This program change will reduce the IDS core requirements from 51 to 49 hours. Changes are also made to IDS 1133 (The Individual in Contemporary Society) to include some material now covered in Freshman Seminar. After discussion concerning how to replace the two hours, the Faculty Association unanimously approved the change (Howard/Magrath).

B. Faculty Handbook – (no report)

C. Faculty Resource Committee – (no report)

D. Tenure and Promotion -- Committee met and forwarded recommendations. There is no word on raises for promotions. A resolution to formulate a statement to strongly encourage funding of promotions was unanimously passed (Mather/Dorman).

E. Adhoc Committees – none currently meeting.

VI. Old Business - A discussion about money followed the committee reports. Specific questions included the use of section 13 money, dorm revenues and expenses, money provided to import distance learning classes. No motions resulted from the discussion.

VII. New Business – A nominating committee for the positions of secretary and president-elect was formed. Dan Hanson, Steven Weber, and Sean Kelley will serve on the committee.

VIII. Announcements

Performance announcements for “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” and the Sophomore Art Show.

Scholastic Meet will be held in April.

Freshman Convocation will take place in Fall 2004. There was a call for volunteers.

IX. Adjournment -The meeting adjourned at 12:02 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Kelly Brown, FA Secretary