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A G E N D A
UAF FACULTY SENATE MEETING #143
Monday, April 9, 2007
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Wood Center Conference Room C/D

1:00	I	Call to Order – Shirish Patil    				  5 Min.
		A.	Roll Call
		B.	Approval of Minutes to Meeting #142
		C.	Adoption of Agenda

1:05	II	Status of Chancellor's Office Actions 			  5 Min.
	A.	Motions Approved:
1.	Motion to amend the minimum grade requirement for graduate students.
2.	Motion to amend the Grade Error Policy.
3	Motion to amend the Transfer Credit policy.
4.	Motion to amend the Governance Coordinating Committee (GCC) Procedures to add the Joint Committee on Student Success.  
B.	Motions Pending:  
1.	Motion to endorse the Report and Recommendations for Improving Developmental Education at UAF.

1:10 	III	Public Comments/Questions   				  5 Min.

1:15	IV	A.	President's Comments - Shirish Patil    		10 Min. 
		B.	President-elect's Comments - Jon Genetti  		  5 Min.

1:30	V	A.	Remarks by Chancellor Steve Jones   		10 Min.
		B.	Remarks by Provost P. Reichardt  			10 Min.

1:50	VI.	Consent Agenda						  5 Min.
A.	Resolution of Recognition for the UAF rifle team, submitted by the Administrative Committee (Attachment 143/1)

1:55  	BREAK  

2:05	VII	Governance Reports    					10 Min. 
	A.	Staff Council - Jeff Stepp 
	B.	ASUAF -Sven Gilkey 
	C.	United Academics - Abel Bult-Ito

2:15	VIII	New Business  						15 Min.
A. 	Motion to modify the Guidelines for the Evaluation Process for Administrators, submitted by Faculty Appeals and Oversight (Attachment 143/2)
B.	Motion to revise how pre-majors move to major status, submitted by Curricular Affairs (Attachment 143/3)
C.	Motion to approve a policy on Retention of Course Records, submitted by Curricular Affairs (Attachment 143/4)
D.	OSYA Resolution (Attachment 143/5)
E.	President-elect election (Attachment 143/6)

2:30	IX	Guest Speakers 						20 Min. 
	A.	Buck Sharpton - Vice Chancellor for Research  
	B.	Joe Jordan - OIT 

2:50	X	Committee Reports     					10 Min.
	A.	Curricular Affairs - Marsha Sousa (Attachment 143/7)
	B.	Faculty Affairs - Sukumar Bandopadhyay
	C.	Unit Criteria - Debasmita Misra 
	D.	Committee on the Status of Women - Jane Weber
	E.	Core Review - Michael Harris 
	F.	Curriculum Review - Rainer Newberry
	G.	Developmental Studies - Cindy Hardy (Attachment 143/8)
	H.	Faculty Appeals & Oversight - Norm Swazo 
	I.	Faculty Development, Assessment & Improvement - Larry Roberts 
(Attachment 143/9)
	J.	Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee - Cathy Cahill 

3:00	XI	Members' Comments/Questions				  5 Min.

3:05	XII	Adjournment

ATTACHMENT 143/1
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION

WHEREAS, The UAF rifle team won its ninth NCAA championship title in March 2007, and 

WHEREAS, The UAF rifle team successfully hosted the first NCAA Championship tournament in the state of Alaska, and 

WHEREAS, The UAF rifle team won the national title with a team aggregate score of 4,662 (air rifle and smallbore), and 

WHEREAS, The UAF rifle team was led by Christian Lejon, Matthias Dierolf, Matt Rawlings, and Patrik Sartz, and 

WHEREAS, six team members were named All-Americans with Dierolf, Lejon, Rawlings and Sartz earning first-team honors in air rifle and Becky Hershberger received second-team honors.  First-team honors in smallbore went to Dierolf, Lejon and Rawlings and Sartz and Jace Bures earned second-team honors, now 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate congratulates the 2006-2007 UAF rifle team as NCAA champion and commends the team's superior performance.  

ATTACHMENT 143/2
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY FACULTY APPEALS & OVERSIGHT

MOTION:
========

The Faculty Senate moves to modify the "Guidelines for the Evaluation Process for Administrators" (Senate Meeting #115, 2003):

Group B Administrators:

In addition to being reviewed annually by his/her immediate Supervisor, "Group B" administrators are to undergo a 3-year comprehensive review. At a time designated by the Supervisor during the fall semester of the academic year of comprehensive review, the "Group B" administrator will submit a self-evaluation report to his/her Supervisor. The self-evaluation shall include: (1) comments on the annual performance evaluations; (2) a summary of his/her notable activities/accomplishments in the previous years; and (3) a statement of relevant goals/objectives relative to assigned or planned administrative duties for the upcoming years.  The Supervisor's evaluation shall include faculty and/or staff opportunity for comment on the "Group B" administrator's performance.  Comments received shall be referenced in anonymous and aggregate summary in the written evaluation provided to the "Group B" administrator.  The Supervisor will include, as part of the written evaluation, an appended workload assignment and/or statement of performance expectations for the "Group B" administrator for the subsequent review period.  A copy of the Supervisor's review, along with a summary statement of the process used to assure faculty/staff input into the evaluation, will be forwarded to the Faculty Senate Office by March 15 of the academic year the "Group B" administrator is scheduled for review.  The Faculty Appeals & Oversight Committee shall review the written evaluation in performance of its oversight function in administrator review.  

The following criteria will be used to determine which administrators are placed on or removed from the "Group B" list. As vacancies and appointments occur, changes to the list shall be determined annually by the Provost in consultation with the Faculty Senate President. 

• "Group B" administrator responsibilities must be administrative in nature.
  ("Group B" administrators must not be Union members, UNAC or ACCFT).

• "Group B" administrators report to "Group A" administrators. 
  ("Group A" administrators report to the Chancellor, Provost, or a Vice
  Chancellor.)

• "Group B" administrators supervise faculty and are involved in faculty
   performance reviews.

A current list of both "Group A" and "Group B" administrators follows.

"Group A" Administrators (report to Chancellor, Provost or a Vice Chancellor)

Braddock	Joan	CNSM, Dean		
Barnes	Brian	IAB Director		
Henrichs	Susan	Graduate School Dean		
Huesmann	James	Library, Dean		
Joseph	Bernice	CRCD, Vice Chancellor		
Hinzman	Larry	IARC, Director		
Jonaitis	Aldona	Museum, Director		
Lewis	Carol	SNRAS, Dean		
Madsen	Eric	SOED, Dean		
Marr	Wayne	SOM, Dean		
Morrow	Phyllis	CLA, Dean		
Reichardt	Paul	Provost		
Sharpton	Virgil "Buck"	Vice Chanc. for Research		
Smith	Roger	GI, Director		
Wiesenburg	Denis	SFOS, Dean		
Williams	Frank	ARSC, Director		
Vacant/Acting		CEM, Dean		

"Group B" Administrators (report to the above "Group A" administrators)

Allee	Brian	SFOS Sea Grant	Director	
Castellini	Michael	SFOS IMS	Assoc. Dean	
Caulfield	Rick	TVC 	Director	
Christie	David	SFOS GURU	Director	
Connor	Billy	CEM, INE	Director	
Cullenberg	Paula	SFOS MAP	Program Leader	
Foote	Victoria	RC Health Programs	Director	
Happ	George	IAB, INBRE	Program Dir. 	
Haugen	Lee	NWC 	Director	
Horner-Miller	Barbara	ARSC	Assoc. Dir. 	
Johnson	Clara	IAC 	Director	
Karulkar	Pramod	DPP, OEM	Director	
Labelle-Hamer	Annette	GI Remote Sensing (ASF)	Director	
Madison	Curt	CDE/IL	Director	
McLean	Deborah	BBC 	Director	
Mitchell	G. Allen	AFES	Assoc. Dir.	
Mohatt	Gerald	IAB, CANHR	Director	
Pete	Pinney	CES	Interim Director	
Pete	Mary	KUC 	Director	
Pullar	Gordon	CRCD, DANRD	Director	
Saito	Linc	CC 	Director	
Vacant/Acting		SFOS, FITC	Director	
Smoker	William	SFOS Fisheries	Director	
Sugai	Susan	IARC	Assoc. Dir. 	
White	Daniel	CEM, INE	Director	
Whitledge	Terry	SFOS, IMS	Director	

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall Semester 2007

RATIONALE: 	Because of the lack of uniform and consistent review of Group B administrators, the need for adequate criteria for identification of administrators in this category, the need to assure annual as well as comprehensive review with faculty/staff input, and the need to diminish Faculty Appeals & Oversight direct control of the process, the Faculty Appeals & Oversight Committee proposes revision to the process as stipulated.

ATTACHMENT 143/3
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

MOTION:  
=======

The UAF Faculty Senate moves to revise the requirements for how pre-majors move to major status (UAF 2006-2007 catalog, page 26 and 67) as follows:

PRE-MAJOR

If you do not meet the minimum requirements for admission to a baccalaureate degree program, you may be admitted to pre-major status within the department of your choice.  

[[You may later apply for a baccalaureate degree program and will be admitted if you]]  STUDENTS WHO are in good standing and have completed 14 credits at the 100-level or above with a C grade average (2.0) or higher, of which 9 credits must satisfy [[general]] baccalaureate [[degree]] CORE requirements SHALL BE MOVED TO MAJOR STATUS.

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2007

RATIONALE:   	This is proposal is being submitted upon recommendation of the Dean’s Council.  The phrase general baccalaureate degree is not well defined.  For example, a student could take 14 credits of electives such as ABUS courses that may not count toward any specific baccalaureate program.  We would like to see progress toward baccalaureate completion for pre-majors to move to major status.

Pre-majors are typically of two types; first year students who are under prepared with respect to their high school core courses and/or gpa AND transfer students whose gpa is low.   Transfer students who transfer 14 credits (C or better) with 9 credits in courses counting toward the Core would simply have to achieve good standing (C gpa) to be moved to major status.

NOTE:  We no longer make pre-majors reapply for their specific four-year degree program.  The Assistant Provost reviews pre-majors at the end of each semester and moves those who qualify for major status by sending a list to the registrar.  A letter of congratulations is sent to these students.

ATTACHMENT 143/4
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY CURRICULAR AFFAIRS

MOTION:
=======

The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a policy on Retention of Course Records.   

Retention of Course Records

The classroom records pertaining to course work of any student that have not been returned to the student must be retained by the instructor for a period of one full semester (excluding summer session) after the semester in which the course was completed.  These records may include but are not limited to: exams and answer sheets, homework, course papers, term papers, essays, laboratory reports, and other assignments submitted by the student in order to fulfill the requirement of the particular course.  The Office of Information Technology must archive all Blackboard course content, including statistics, for a period of 1 ½ years following completion of the course.

Classroom records of any instructor for the purpose of evaluation of grade must also be retained for a period of at least one full semester (excluding summer session) following the semester in which the course was competed.  These records may include but are not limited to: syllabus, class attendance, complete list of student’s performance in all relevant course work, paper work related to the determination of a grade, and a record of final grades. 

In case of any dispute or grievance process initiated by the student all the above records must be retained until the end of the process.  Any records or copies of records that are required for program review, accreditation purposes, or any other audit as mandated by the university may be retained for a period as deemed required by the process.

After the retention period, all records may be destroyed or properly discarded.

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2007

RATIONALE:  	The University does not have any policies or regulations regarding the retention of course materials, which has led to confusion among the faculty and has resulted in different retention practices and polices across the disciplines.  This proposed motion will help alleviate the confusion and provide a uniform retention policy across all disciplines.  The one-semester guideline is what was suggested by UA General Counsel as a reasonable policy to accommodate grade appeals. This policy should be added to the faculty handbook.

ATTACHMENT 143/5
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY THE OSYA COMMITTEE

The Outstanding Senator of the Year Award Screening Committee has carefully reviewed the 2007 nomination according to the award criteria, and forwards the nomination for Marsha Sousa and Larry Roberts for consideration by the Faculty Senate.  

PROCEDURE--After appropriate discussion, the full Senate shall vote by secret ballot.  A simple majority vote of those attending will be necessary for the Senate to confirm an OSYA. You may vote to confirm more than one.  

*****************

CONFIRMATION BALLOT
Outstanding Senator of the Year Award

Please vote to CONFIRM the following nominee to receive the 2007 Outstanding Senator of the Year Award. 

	___	 Marsha Sousa

	___	Larry Roberts

ATTACHMENT 143/6
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007
SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 

RESOLUTION:
===========

BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate ratifies the election of President-Elect on the basis of the following ballot.

BALLOT
PRESIDENT-ELECT

Please vote for ONE individual to serve as the President-Elect of the UAF Faculty Senate for 2007-2008.

	___	Jonathan Dehn

	___	Marsha Sousa 

PERSONAL STATEMENT - JONATHAN DEHN:

I graciously accept the nomination from my fellow Senators for the position of President-Elect of the UAF Faculty Senate. As a research faculty member at UAF I am honored to be nominated, including the voices of our research professors to our academic peers.  Shared governance of the university requires the participation of all faculty in an equitable role.

I have been a research faculty member at UAF for 9 years before being elected to the Senate as the first research faculty senator along with Marion Bret-Harte.  Even though my focus has been research, I've taught every year while at UAF, so I am familiar with the issues facing all faculty at the university.  Serving on the faculty affairs committee I have focused on the needs of the faculty to create a positive environment for education and research at UAF.

During the next year the university has engaged a Vision Task Force to outline plans for our shared future.  The Faculty Senate will and should play an important role in these efforts.  The university is growing in its administration, yet the numbers and role of the faculty have not kept pace.  As president elect I would strive to ensure the faculty maintain their voice within the governance of the university and its future.

PERSONAL STATEMENT - MARSHA SOUSA:

I am an associate professor in the Allied Health Division of Tanana Valley Campus. I received my PhD from Colorado State University in 1982, and remained there as a special assistant professor and director of the endocrine service laboratory until 1989. I have been associated with UAF in one capacity or another since the fall of 1989.  I have been a visiting professor, research associate and adjunct faculty.  I have taught for the Biology Department, and have done research with the colleagues at the Institute of Arctic Biology and the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences.  Currently I am Division Chair and Coordinator of Allied Health Programs at TVC.  I think the diversity of my faculty experiences at UAF gives me a unique perspective, one that allows me to understand various faculty perspectives and build consensus among those who may have different needs and priorities.  

I was elected to Faculty Senate last spring, and was elected chair of the Curricular Affairs Committee in the fall.  I seek the presidency of the Faculty Senate not because I have a particular agenda, but because I want to facilitate the incorporation of the faculty’s needs, goals and ideas into the administration of the University.  I believe that the engagement of a wide group of faculty will lead to higher faculty morale and increased commitment to academic and research excellence. 

ATTACHMENT 143/7
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007

Curricular Affairs
Minutes, 3-19-07

Present: Jodie Anderson, Anna Berge, Liz Brown, Ataur Chowdhury, Linda Hapsmith, Ilana Kingsley, Rainer Newberry, Tony Rickard, Larry Roberts, Mike Sfraga for Carol Lewis, Marsha Sousa, Tim Stickle
 
Old Business

1.	Changes to the catalog to better reflect appeals of academic decisions. (Tim and Marsha)
Marsha and Tim met and revised the language that is in the catalog to better reflect the processes for appeal of a grade, appeal of other academic decisions, and the informal request to a professor to correct a grade entered in error.  It is hoped that these catalog clarifications will eliminate the confusion and eliminate the need to submit a policy change.  However, it is important that next year we look closely at the various time-lines and try to simplify and align the various procedures.  

Tim will talk to University Relations to try to get the changed language into the 2007-2008 catalog.

2.	Incomplete grades: clarifications to form (Tim)
No action taken, but Tim will modify language for clarification.

3.	Academic calendar for FY09, FY10 (Tim and Marsha)
Tim and Marsha presented some options for the calendar.  Spring remains an issue as some classes will either meet too often or not enough because of the Friday spring fest and Monday MLK day.  The reasons for frustration among faculty are not clear, although the assumption is that they do not want to teach extra classes.  

Marsha will bring a clearer outline of the various calendars to the next meeting.

4.	BA in Yupi’k Language and Culture (Anna)
Anna has conferred with Pat Marlow and they have submitted the updated calendars and modifications to the courses that were requested.  They did not change the name of the degree and the courses to read English name first.  The committee voted to approve the program pending receipt of one additional syllabus and the correction of the names to English.

Anna will request the syllabus.
Marsha will change the names and ask for approval from Pat Marlow.

5.  Technology issues: what does Blackboard really archive?
Ilana checked with blackboard and found that they archive everything except the statistics on class participation in various locales of the site, for an indefinite period of time.  They do not designate any time at which archived information is destroyed. 

Ilana will ask if they have the capability of archiving the statistics as well.

Further discussion ensued on the mechanism by which OIT determines which technologies to provide for UAF.  The concern is that the decisions are begin made without substantial faculty input, since the only committee charged with oversight is a committee of administrators.  Ilana suggested that we open this topic for discussion at the next faculty senate meeting to see if there is interest in creating a faculty committee to have input into IT choices.

Marsha will take the idea to admin committee prior to faculty senate meeting.

6.  Signature for summer sessions registration
All on the committee agree that there is no philosophical reason for which a degree seeking student should be exempt from advising for the summer session.  Implementation may be an issue, but since the advising center remains open during the summer, they can provide any signatures and advising that may be needed by students who did not take advantage of pre-registration during the spring semester.

Linda and Marsha will talk to Michelle Bartlett about implementation for next year.

7. Deadline for late withdrawal MUST be within 30 days after beginning of next semester.
No consensus was reached on this request.  Discussion centered on the following:
•	what is the function of the deadline if it is frequently waived
•	does the Registrar’s office need “teeth” to refuse a request even if the faculty and dean have signed off on the request
•	if there is a deadline, shouldn’t it be by the end of the semester in which the class was taken

New Business

1.	Occupational endorsements in Nurse Aide and in Rural Human Services Behavioral Health Aide (Marsha)
These two occupational endorsements have been approved through Curricular Affairs chair, and are awaiting signatures by Shirish and the Chancellor.
It is still not clear whether financial aid will be available to students in an OE, and why there is a necessity that course be existing rather than new ones.

Marsha will check with Pete Pinney on these points.

ATTACHMENT 143/8
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007

Minutes of
Faculty Senate Developmental Studies Committee

March 9, 2007

Attendees: Jane Allen, Latrice Bowman, Joe Dupras, Linda Hapsmith, Cindy Hardy, Ron Illingworth, Carol Murphrey, Brian Rasley, Victor Zinger

Motion on Developmental Task Force report:  This was passed by the Faculty Senate.

Motion on mission change for the committee: This discussion took up the bulk of the meeting time.  The committee discussed the continuing need for curriculum review of developmental classes.  We agreed, too, that the role of the committee can broaden to include efforts at “Student Success” throughout the UAF campus, so that this effort has a faculty-driven aspect.   We considered ways in which a class offered through any department could be recognized as having a “student success” focus.  This may be as simple as a check-off box on the New or Trial course forms.  We asked a small committee consisting of Brian Rasley, Joe Dupras, and Ron Illingworth to look into a straightforward means of doing this—and to come up with a workable definition of “Student Success.”

We further discussed changes to the composition of the committee in its new role, including ex-officio members from the Provost Council, the Registrar’s office, and Student Enrollment Services.

We will review the revised version of the motion by e-mail and send it on to the Administrative Committee.

Task Force Updates:  The Persistence and Retention Task Force is still waiting for data. Their report will emphasize comprehensive advising for pre-majors and adding advisors for departments and colleges, but they need numbers to make this recommendation.  They are also discussion first-year seminars and pre-major orientation.

The Mandatory Placement Task Force is also still in progress.  They are discussing implementing Banner blocks for prerequisites, and are contacting the departments, asking them to review prerequisites.   They are also discussing the use of COMPASS and ASSET for placement.

Other updates: DEVM will be running a 0-credit Fast Track Math workshop during Summer Session as a review for those who need a brush-up on math skills in order to place at a higher level than their Compass scores may initially indicate.

Vince Tinto, a nationally-recognized specialist in retention and student success will be meeting with groups on campus, March 27.   We have been asked to submit names of those who would like to attend the meeting.

Next meeting: April 13, 11:30-1pm.

ATTACHMENT 143/9
UAF Faculty Senate #143
APRIL 9, 2007

Faculty Development, Assessment, and Improvement Committee

Meeting Minutes - February 15, 2007 

Meeting was called to order at 8:00am.

Attending: 	Christie Cooper, Michael Daku, Dana Greci, Susan Herman, Marjorie Illingworth, Julie Lurman, Eric Madsen, Joy Morrison, Channon Price, 
		Larry Roberts – Chair   			Guest: Provost Paul Reichardt

Agenda items:	 	Call to order/Roll call/ Approval of agenda
			Approval of Minutes (Jan.)
			Provost Paul Reichardt/update on the faculty development advisory group
			Report from Joy
			Old and ongoing business
Innovations & Excellence in Teaching Conference update
Provost Forum on Faculty Assessment update/discussion
			New Business
			Adjournment

Larry Roberts opened the meeting with a roll-call. January minutes were approved. Business was conducted resulting in the following decisions and shared information.
 
Invited guest:	Provost Paul Reichardt clarified the role of the advisory board and responded to questions. General discussion developed.

To review its purpose, Paul read a part of the letter that went to the new advisory board members introducing it. The make up of the group was controlled by Paul and Joy. Many of the campuses connected with UAF are represented. Their next meeting is March 5th where they will go over the report from Patti Clayton, the consultant who reviewed faculty development at UAF. One way in which the board is distinct from the FDAI committee is that members will serve long terms. 

One of the board’s key functions will be to get input from various faculty groups to determine needs and gain insight on effective ways to meet those needs. One of the ways that FDAI can interface with the advisory board is to bring issues to the agenda to be addressed at these hearings.

Travel money – A history of the way travel funds have been made available through this campus was provided (United Academics and Faculty Development have worked together/funds from the Provost’s office have been routed through the dean’s offices/Summer Sessions provides some monies to faculty who teach for them). A key question asked Joy whether she wanted to be in the travel money business. She indicated that she would like the primary role of her office for travel to be providing support to faculty attending teaching conferences and supporting first year faculty attending conferences important to their disciplines regardless of whether they are presenting.
Financial support for the program - One issue discussed was the perception that UAA faculty development is better supported. It was suggested that this may simply be a result of the combination of several departments that are separate here or that the institutions emphasis on pedagogy rather than research led to greater support. Joy has endeavored to work in tandem with UAA whenever she brings anyone in but that effort is not always reciprocated. The disparity between the programs bares further exploration.

Joy was asked whether external monies might be available. She indicated that twice she has come close to getting collaborative grant money. So, external funding is possible; however, it requires time/staff to write grant proposals.

Policy/Cultural support for the program – One member asked whether it is possible to require first year faculty to attend the development sessions that Joy provides. Paul indicated that this is already in place but follow up is a different matter. The deans are told that the new faculty are to attend 8 of the approximately 30 offerings Joy provides in their first year and then to place it on their work reports. It was suggested that having their mentors attend with them would increase the learning.

Campus culture was a key area of concern. There is such an emphasis on research at UAF that little support is felt by the faculty for excellence in teaching.

Old business:	

The Innovation and Excellence in Teaching Conference still has room for more participants. The facility can accommodate about 100 and 60 are signed up at this point. Paul suggested the possibility of providing 50% scholarships to 20 individuals. There was some discussion about how this might be received by those who have already registered at full price. The decision was to spread the word to a larger audience and not offer these scholarships. Because the conference is linked to rural human services, some may not realize the content is applicable to all who teach.

One of the presenters, Barbara Millis, from the University of Reno, Nevada will present a 3 hour preconference workshop on “games” in the classroom - "Innovation, Creativity and Learning: Academic Games to Educate and Motivate" on Tuesday the 27th at no cost for all faculty.

Report from Joy:	

Joy was able to acquire funds from statewide to support several development activities for the spring and summer. These include Susan Stitham’s lectures in May, Walt Gmelch’s workshop for department chairs on April 13th, and travel funds for faculty. 

 The Magna workshop “Managing Time for Academics” is a webinar in Rasmuson 340 on Wednesday Feb. 22nd from 9-10:30. 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:08am.

Respectfully submitted by:  Christie Cooper, Secretary