Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Attendance: B. Aiken (CST), B. Averbach (SBM), Jim 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), E. Newman (SSA), I. Shapiro (STHM), J. Solow (BCM), T. Speaker (Pharmacy), A. Stark (Dentistry), K. Turner (SCAT) and R. Williams (CLA).
1. Call to Order:
J. Evans called the meeting to order at 12:50 PM.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of the January 25, 2005 meeting were approved as distributed.
3. President’s Report:
a)Guests for Future Meetings: President Dave Adamany will attend a March meeting; Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Ron Tallarida will attend the FSSC meeting on February 8, 2005; Eli Goldblatt has still not defined an attendance date.
b) Honors Program:: J. Evans attended an EPPC meeting on January 31st with Peter Jones as an invited guest. He reported that a restructured honors model has been sent to President Adamny to include eight courses. These would include two required 3 credit courses at honors level or independent study. An oversight committee will review faculty applications and course syllabi. $1,200 will be offered for teaching an honors class with a minimum of eight students. The maximum number of students per class year would be 250 with most entering the program as freshmen or as upper level transfer students. Special research projects will be available abroad while undergraduate research projects will have poster sessions with panels and box luncheons presented in February.
c) General Education: To date only four applications have been received for the Executive Committee. Additional nominees are can be recommended up to February 11th since the final list of nominees must be submitted by the FSSC to Provost Ira Schwartz by February 24, 2005 with area coordinators to be chosen by the Executive Committee. This committee will consist of eight faculty and a non-voting EPPC mem-ber with a director to be named. No more than two faculty from the same school shall be considered. Blue prints of courses will be developed this summer (’05) while model courses will be developed this fall (‘05) and in spring (’06) and be published online.
T. Speaker recommended that the FSSC be divided into four subcommittees defined alphabetically with the exclusion of the executive officers to select the nominees for the General Education Executive Committee. R. Williams presented criteria developed by a subcommittee to consider in the selection process for the Gen Ed Executive Committee. These were discussed and collectively defined as follows:
- Capacity to broaden the general education perspective
- Degree of relevant committee experience including curriculum development
- Demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching
- Familiarity with development of a General Education Program
- Reputation for fairness
- Evidence of ongoing scholarly activity
4. Vice-President’s Report:
L. Millner identified that two faculty members are needed for the Personnel Committee as soon as possible per the request of the committee chair. Lois agreed to contact faculty members as suggested by the FSSC. It was also reported that the International Programs Committee met on January 26, 2005.
Since student representatives are also required for the Student Awards Committee and EPPC, Lois will discuss prospective nominees with Ainsley Carrey, Dean of Students.
5. Old Business:
B. Aiken related that the FSSC website is outdated and needs a webmaster. He will be meeting with a computer department representative on February 2, 2005 and will report suggestions at next week’s meeting.
J. Evans indicated that a FSSC meeting will be warranted in advance of the University Senate Meeting scheduled on February 22, 2005. The meeting time was set for 11:45 A.M. on the same date.
6. New Business:
None was presented or discussed.
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 2:12 PM.
