Faculty Association Minutes
Signed in as Present:
Curriculum Committee:
Physics
and chemistry have applied for curriculum changes. Elementary statistics would be a required
component of physics and chemistry curriculum.
Move to approve (Crow/Shafer) 26 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Art
has applied for curriculum change. ART
1662 Jewelry I has been taken twice by art majors. Proposed change would make a sequence of two
courses, Art 1662 Jewelry I and Art 2661 Jewelry II. Move to approve (Crow/Shafer) 26 yes, 0 no, 0
abstain.
Another
curriculum change from art would create ART 3663 Advanced Jewelry and Metalwork
I and ART 3673 Advanced Jewelry and Metalwork II, as electives/concentrations
within the BFA degree. Move to approve
(Shafer/Crow) 26 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Old business
To get turnitin.com, we have established a plagiarism
committee (Crow, Long, Winn, Pasley, Bruce).
Next month’s faculty association meeting will include a discussion of
degrees of plagiarism and possible consequences. Committee will work on recommendations for
the process. Reigh discussed need to add
the policy to the student handbook and to consider how the policy will work
with the current process, including the role of the appeals committee and the
grievance committee.
New business
Dr. Weber presented a report from the tenure and
promotion committee which has considered four applications for promotion and
one application for tenure. He pointed
out that our current policies make it possible for a faculty member to be
promoted before they attain tenure. He
reported that the committee would like to ask the academic vice-president, in
future years, to set up the original meeting of the committee, so that the
chair could be elected by committee members instead of being appointed.
Dr. Miller presented copies of salary figures from COPLAC
institutions. Following discussion,
faculty asked the Academic Resource Committee and/or Faculty Association
President to present the information to the academic vice-president.
R. Drummond presented the topic of requesting a
description of how new bond money and new mission enhancement money has been
allocated. President
Dr. Warden raised the question of the dates that annual
reports are due and whether they could be moved to later in the semester. Discussion included possible different
implications for tenured and non-tenured faculty. Discussion of asking the resource committee
to investigate. Discussion of asking the
academic vice-president to clarify what we need for North Central, what goes to
the Regents, and what might be simplified and still get the information we
need. Discussion of need to clarify the
process and make it consistent across divisions. Motion (Winn/Bohannon) to inquire about
guidelines for consistency and timeline for submitting annual reports. 26 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain. Dr. Bruce will inquire of academic vice-president.
Announcements:
Dr. Bohannon announced the Vagina Monologue and drag
show, Trio Tulsa Feb. 28.
Dr. Johnson announced the Valentine Chocolate party at
his home on Feb. 11.
Dr. Todd announced that the Ken Bain symposium on March
24.
Dr. McElroy announced that the BSU Leadership Team is
hosting a celebration for Tom Greenfield in honor of his 20th year
as the BSU Director at USAO. The
celebration will be Saturday, Feb. 25, at
Discussion of request to honor Isaac Tsonetokoy by
awarding a degree posthumously. Motion
to recommend (Reigh/Shafer) was approved unanimously.
Discussion of sending a card to Dr.
Scholastic Meet will be April 6. Faculty is requested to assist.
Adjournment (Bohannon/Crow)
Submitted by Linda McElroy,
Faculty Association Secretary