Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Attendance: R. Aiken (CST), B. Averbach, (SBM), D. Baron (Medicine), J. Chen, (CE), M. Chisholm (Coordinator), J. Evans (President), S. Harrison (Tyler), J. Joyce (Faculty Herald), A. Kidawa (Secretary), D. Maleson (Law), L. Millner (Vice-President), W. Nathan (Past President), J. Solow (BCM), T. Speaker (Pharmacy) and A. Stark (Dentistry).
1. Call to Order:
J. Evans called the meeting to order at 12:50 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the February 1, 2005 meeting will be reviewed next week.
3. Guest Speaker:
Ron Tallarida, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs introduced himself and recapped his 35 year career at Temple University. He related that his office is responsible for faculty re-credentialing and reappointments at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher. He outlined the process including the preparation of binders by collegial deans and departmental chairs that are thereafter shared with his staff for review of documentation. This typically includes: the curriculum vitae, courses developed and taught by the applicant and student evaluations, peer assessments as well as grant documentation and publications in ranked refereed journals. To facilitate this process and minimize the need for additional specifications from the deans or faculty applicants, Ron Tallarida has developed workshops to familiarize the deans and associate deans with the required documentation. He has advised that mentoring of the faculty regarding this process is also recommended.
He related that his office also reviews applicants for new appointments as well as for tenure. Those faculty not meeting the criteria of the university have been issued terminal contracts. A lengthy cross discussion ensued with concerns being raised concerning the change in rules for faculty in consideration of tenure as versus the rules for new hires. Identification of an additional non-tenure, ie. Clinical Educator Track was made by D. Baron and the non-tenure/tenure Professor of Practice by R. Aiken.
4. President’s Report:
a. General Education: J. Evans reported that seven applications have been received for positions on the GenEd Executive Committee with only three days left to the February 11, 2005 application deadline. All applications will be reviewed next week. Jane Evans and Lois Millner will attend a General Education Conference to be held in Atlanta on February 17-19, 2005.
b. Credits in Majors: The number of credits in majors at component colleges were submitted by email or at this meeting including: I. Shapiro (STHM), K. Turner (SCAT), L. Waks (COE), B. Aiken (CST) and B. Averbach (SBM). Other collegial representatives are encouraged to submit their major credit hours to decide how many colleges will be affected by the reduction of credits. D. Baron suggested that the FSSC be proactive and discuss the common grounds on this issue with President Adamany at the time of his visit in March.
c. Faculty Website: Design of the website is in process with discussion ongoing as to navigation at this site. Additional ideas for inclusion are being accepted before finalization of design. J. Evans suggested that the site include a button for the Faculty List Serve whereby future faculty/committee elections can be conducted online. Tentatively the Faculty’s Website homepage would include the following:
General Information / Background
Announcements – Senate Minutes – Steering Committee Minutes – Committees - Elections – Faculty Herald
d. Committee Nominations: Candidates to serve on the Personnel Committee are still being sought with nominations due by March 8, 2005.
5. Vice-President’s Report:
Lois Millner reported that she will be e-mailing and contacting potential candidates for the Personnel Committee.
6. Old Business:
D. Baron questioned the intent and procedure for attaining new Photo IDs. It was observed that the university wishes to avoid the future use of social security numbers in identifying faculty or staff. Locations and photographic sessions have been posted on Temple Today.
7. New Business:
B. Aiken suggested that an inquiry be made of Provost Schwartz for the funding of refreshments to be served at the weekly FSSC meetings.
J. Evans accepted A. Kidawa and T. Speaker as faculty representatives to the March 8, 2005 Board of Trustees Meeting. She also indicated that two additional faculty representatives would be sought, with biographical sketches for introduction, to complement the number of invited faculty.
8. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 PM.
