Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Attendance: Jane Evans (Chair), Lois Millner (Vice Chair), Paul LaFollette (CST), Bonnie Averbach (FSBM), Judy Goode (CLA), Diane Maleson (Law), Ira Shapiro (STHM), Alan Stark (Dentistry), Karen Turner (SCT), Maxine Chisholm (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 1:10.
2. President's Report:
Evans had just gotten notice of a Board of Trustees meeting on March 14; Karen Turner said she was interested in coming; Evans will post the notice on the faculty listserv.
The program for online voting is ready to be put in place. Evans and LaFollette will review the program for suggestions.
The FSSC suggested a name for a replacement on the GEEC, to replace Dan O'Hara, who had to resign for health reasons. Evans will contact Peter Jones, Acting Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies about the replacement and other concerns about the General Education program, especially in terms of the timetable.
3. Vice-President's Report:
The Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color will begin meeting this month.
4. Old Business:
The FSSC approved the amended document on the Promotion and Tenure guidelines. Evans was instructed to set up a meeting of the Bargaining Liaison Units Committee in order to finalize the document so it can be forwarded to the President and Provost.
Milner reported on the ABoR hearings which were held during break. She noted that the presentation by President Adamany covered the important issues that students are contacting him about complaints, but not one has mentioned a political bias complaint; and that there are already strong mechanisms in place for complaints and appeals.
Program Review: we began discussing how to go about the review process; Evans will recirculate the draft of the findings we made last spring.
5. New Business:
The FSSC will consider a response to the Graduate Faculty guidelines that President Adamany shared with the faculty in early January.
6. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 PM.
