Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
March 16, 2007
Noon, ET 206
Present: Nash
Younis, Charles Champion, Susan Hannah, Craig Hill,
Kim McDonald, Hedayeh Samavati.
Absent: Christine
Erickson
1. Approval of
the minutes of February 23, 2007
The minutes were approved as distributed.
2. Associate
Faculty Teaching Award
Nash announced that he had received no nominations. It was decided to extend the deadline for the
application submission to March 30, 2007.
Nash will re-send the solicitation letter and guidelines for the
Associate Faculty Teaching Award with the extended deadline.
3. Civility
Statement
The Committee discussed the existing document on civility
entitled, IPFW STATEMENT ON CIVILITY, November 17, 2001. Dr. Hannah suggested that perhaps we need to
re-visit the document in order to make it more comprehensive in terms of
addressing varying aspects of work environment and acceptable conduct for the
IPFW community.
4. Pandemic
Planning
Dr. Hannah distributed the latest draft of the Emergency
Planning Document. She solicited
additional input from the Committee members.
5. Scheduling
The next meeting was scheduled for noon – 1:15 p.m. on
April 11.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
Hedayeh Samavati
Minutes
for Faculty Affairs
February 23, 2007
Present: C.
Champion, C. Erickson, C. Hill, H. Samavati,
S. Hannah
Absent: K. McDonald
1. Approval of
minutes from February 9, 2007.
2. Discussion of
Senate Document SD 88-27 re: sabbatical leaves.
Passed by FAC.
3. Discussion of FAC
memo re: Disabilities Statement. Amended
statement, “Be it resolved that the faculty are
encouraged to include a similar disabilities statement….” (Addition is in italics).
4. Discussion of
Upward Feedback for Deans, VCAA, and Chancellor.
5. Discussion of a
Draft of Guidelines for Co-op Coordinators.
Some amendments were suggested and
6. For information only:
S. Hannah noted that she would send a draft of a letter to faculty
concerning emergency procedures if a flu pandemic occurs. She will also discuss with EPC about
changing (temporarily) academic regulations and the academic calendar in case
of a flu pandemic.
Submitted by:
Chris Erickson
Minutes:
Faculty Affairs Committee
2/09/07
Present: C. Champion, C. Erickson, C. Hill, K. McDonald
H. Samavati, N. Younis, K. O’Connell (for Susan Hannah)
1. Approval of minutes of 1/26/07
2. Erin Frew, Director of
Assessment distributed and discussed the results of the National Survey of
Student Engagement (NSSE). This survey was administered to IPFW first year
students and seniors in the spring of 2006.
3. The committee reviewed Physics’ revised promotion and tenure document. No specific recommendations were provided. However, the consensus was that the document provided guidance and some specificity regarding requirements for promotion and tenure.
There was a brief discussion about departments’ promotion and tenure documents in general. Apparently the campus P&T committee had concerns regarding some departments’ documents. Kathy O’Connell conveyed that Susan Hannah wants all academic departments to review promotion and tenure criteria from comparable programs at comparable universities to assist in assessing the rigor and specificity of the department’s criteria.
4. The next meeting is February 23 at noon. An additional meeting was scheduled for March 16 at noon.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.
Secretary pro-tem,
Kim McDonald
Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
January 12, 2007
Noon, ET 206
Present: Nash Younis, Charles Champion,
Christine Erickson, Susan Hannah, Craig Hill, Kim McDonald, Hedayeh
Samavati.
1.
Approval of the minutes of November 17, 2006
The
minutes were approved as distributed.
2.
Associate Faculty Teaching Award
Nash will send out
the solicitation letter and guidelines for the Associate Faculty Teaching Award
by the end of January.
3.
School Based Programs
The Committee
discussed different aspects of the School Based Programs in terms of its
potential costs and benefits to the University.
Departments are encouraged to contact Leslie Raymer
who is the liaison to departments and schools for additional discussions/information.
4.
Disabilities Statement
After
discussion, the Committee unanimously passed the following resolution regarding
Including
a disabilities statement in the course syllabi:
The
Faculty Affairs Committee strongly recommends that faculty include the
following statement (or something similar) in their syllabi:
DISABILITIES
STATEMENT: If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements
can be made to accommodate most needs. Contact the Director of Services for
Students with Disabilities (Walb, room 113, telephone
number 481-6658) as soon as possible to work out the details. Once the Director
has provided you with a letter attesting to your needs for modification, bring
the letter to me. For more information,
please visit the web site for SSD at
Furthermore,
if additional information is needed, departments are encouraged to contact the director
of the office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
5.
Scheduling
The next
two meetings were scheduled for noon – 1:15 p.m. on January 26 and February
9.
6. IPFW Sabbatical Policy
Dr.
Hannah distributed documents regarding IPFW Sabbatical Policy for discussion in
next meetings.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted: Hedayeh
Samavati
Minutes: Faculty Affairs
Committee
10/27/06
Present:
N. Younis, S. Hannah, C. Erickson, K. McDonald
Excused:
C. Champion, C. Hill, H. Samavati
1.
Approval of minutes of 10/13/06
2. S.
Hannah explained the discrepancy found in the document entitled
“Faculty/Courses with Pro-rated Compensation, Summer I Summer II 2006.” There were 2 errors in compensation (2 faculty
were paid for a 3 credit hour course when they taught a 2 credit hour course).
A corrected copy was provided.
3.
Promotion and Tenure data: Susan Hannah distributed a paper outlining decision
patterns for P & T cases (see attached). In all cases where there was a
difference between the Promotion and Tenure Subcommittee and the Chancellor’s
decision, there was a mixed reaction to the case. S. Hannah also passed out a handout on
promotion cases to full charting the 10-year history (1994-95 to 2005-06) of
these cases.
4.
Faculty overloads: S. Hannah distributed a draft document regarding guidelines
for faculty overload. Administration plans to bring in a consultant to look at
these types of budget issues. S. Hannah indicated this is a draft document and
would appreciate FAC’s input.
Meeting was adjourned. Next meeting is scheduled for
November 17 at noon in ETCS 206.
Attachments:
Summer
2006 Prorated Compensation
Decision
Patterns for P&T Cases, 2001‑02 through 2005‑06
Promotion
Cases to Full Professor, 1994‑2005/06
Faculty Affairs Committee
10/13/06 Friday
Present: N. Younis, S. Hannah, K. McDonald, H. Samavati, C. Erickson
Absent: C. Champion
1. Approval of minutes of 9/13/06
2. Student Evaluation of Courses: discussed student evaluations and the difficulties inherent in trying to create and require a template for all
IPFW departments. FAC will continue discussion at the next meeting.
3. Co-op release time: Co-op faculty coordinators have created a committee (including N. Younis, Sue Minke and Diane Burns) to examine co-op release
time in all IPFW departments that are involved in co-op internships. The committee will try and determine the appropriate release time per student and make recommendations to the administration to ensure that all faculty are properly reimbursed for their time.
4. Bonus process: S. Hannah noted that the Bonus List will be attached to the minutes of the Senate. It is also on the senate web-page. S. Hannah also mentioned that the number of nominations for the Bonus have increased substantially - this year there are twice as many nominations as there is money. The new Bonus List will be on the web in December.
5. Summer Compensation: S. Hannah will re-examine the Summer courses list for 2006 in reference to discrepancy between ECET 11s and ENGR 121. S.
Hannah noted that there was a set limit for summer courses: $2 million.
Meeting adjourned. Next meeting scheduled for October 27 at noon in ETS.
Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting
September 13, 2006
2:30 p.m. ET 206
Present: Charles Champion, Christine Erickson, Susan Hannah, Hedayeh Samavati, Kimberly McDonald, and Nash Younis
Handouts:
Draft letter of the Emergency Planning
Non-Recurring Special Merit Pay Justification Sheet for 04-05
1. Electing the Chair
Nash Younis was elected to be the chair of the committee.
2. Emergency Planning
The committee discussed a draft letter of the IPFW Emergency Planning in the event of a public health emergency.
3. Non-Recurring Special Merit Pay
The VCAA added the justification/reason for the award to the old list. The committee
recommended that the updated sheet be posted on the Administrative Archives page.
4. Issues for Future Discussion
The FAC members would like to discuss:
Students’ evaluation of courses
Service release time
P&T data regarding the agreement between the peer votes and the administration decision
Co-op release time
5. VCAA List
The following will be discussed in future meetings:
Summer compensation
Faculty overloads
NSSE results
Merit process
Bonus process
Emergency planning
Grievance process