EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE Wana rs 27.61 0aF The fifth regular meeting of ‘the Faculty Senate for the academic year 1986-87 was held on Tuesday, January 27, 1987, in Mendenhall Student Center, Room 244. Members absent-were Dudek (Medicine) and Rees (Theatre Arts). Alternates present were McAllister for Deters (Counseling Center) and Everett for Engelke (Nursing). Agenda Item I. Call to Order Chair Ken Wilson called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m. Agenda Item II. Approval of Minutes The minutes of December 9, 1986, were approved. Agenda Item III. Special Order of the Day B. Announcements 1. Status of Faculty Senate Resolutions: Chancellor Howell approved the following resolutions on December 16, 1986. #86-27 Charge of the Unit Code Screening Committee and the Revisions in the Charge of the Faculty Governance Committee #86-28 Curriculum Committee Minutes of October 23 and November 13, 1986 which include the revision of the English B. S. Degree and the new policy for General education credit for interdisciplinary courses Chancellor Howell took no action on resolution #86-29 (Endorsement and Commendation of Tinsley Yarbrough regarding the letter written to the Editor of The Daily Reflector in response to the editorial printed in that paper on November 26, 1986, regarding the Faculty Senate's involvement in the Chancellor Search Process). Notices have been mailed to depts./schools regarding Senatorial Elections for the 1987/88 academic year. Election Tellers are Brian Harris (Foreign Languages & Literatures), Marion Sykes (Continuing Education), and George Evans (Chemistry). A copy of the proposals for biennial revisions to The University of North Carolina Long-Range Plan for 1986-91 is available for viewing in the Faculty Senate Office, Rawl Annex 140. The deadline for Teaching Grants and Research/Creative Activity Grants was Monday, January 19. Grants received were as follows: Research/Creative Activity Academic Year 41 Research/Creative Activity Summer Stipends 13 Teaching Grants Academic Year i Teaching Grants Summer Stipends 4 Chancellor Howell clarified recent announcements about ECU's request for a change in.the ranking of the University. .The UNC system has four types of universities - baccalaureate, comprehensive (two levels), doctoral degree- granting (two. levels) and research (two-levels). East Carolina is currently a first-level comprehensive university and is asking to be elevated to a second-level doctoral degree-granting university. UNC-G is-presently at this level. Dr. Howell said that at the recent Board of Governors meeting, changes in the tenure statements in the UNC-CH Code had been approved. This move seems to indicate that the Board is now willing to consider changes in tenure documents (Appendix D). Chair Wilson thanked the Senators for their concern during the selection process. The faculty on the Search Committee feel that the new Chancellor will be an asset to ECU and believe he will provide good leadership. The Chair urged faculty to meet Dr. Eakin and get to know him over the next few months. Since several elections were scheduled, Wilson requested that the Senate move through the Agenda as the Tellers tallied votes. Agenda Item IV. Unfinished Business There was no unfinished business. Agenda Item V, Report of Committees A. Committee on Committees Chair Holly Mathews presented the Charge of the new Unit Code Screening Committee (See Attachment to Agenda) and the following slate of nominees for the Committee: 3-Year Terms (1987-90) 2-Year Terms (1987-89) 1-Year Terms (1987-88) Donald Sexauer, Art James R. Bruner, Social Work Myron Caspar, Chemistry Rodney Schmidt, Music Karen Scriven, English Brian O'Doherty, Business Philip Shea, Geography Wilson called for nominations from the floor. Keldaras (Social Work) moved to elect the slate as presented. Upon voice vote, the slate was declared elected. Mathews directed the Senate's attention to the list of nominees for two delegates and three alternates to the UNC Faculty Assembly. Wilson called for nominations for delegate and Grossnickle (Psychology) moved the entire slate of nominees. Election results for delegates were as follows: Nominee st 2nd Ballot Boyce 27 37 Eldridge GC 1 Ensley Gulati Kalmus Kataria Kledaras Kruger Lee Mayberry McGee Morrison Rosenfeld Thomas Wilson Woodside FUP PNR NOrF COON - 3 i ft pe Twenty-six votes were needed for election. Emily Boyce (Library & Information Studies) and Kenneth Wilson (Sociology & Anthropology) were declared elected. The following will serve as Faculty Assembly Delegates for the 1987/88 year: Lawrence Hough, Political Science 1985-88 Second Term James L. Smith, Philosophy 1985-88 Second Term Rosalie Haritun, Music 1986-88 Second Term Emily Boyce, Library & Information Studies 1987-90 Second Term Ken Wilson, Sociology & Anthropology 1987-90 First Term Election results for alternates were as follows: Nominee lst Ballot 2nd Ballot Morrison 13 3 Eldridge 12 Mayberry 20 Kledaras 23 Scarantino art: Lee 1D Raab 8 Chamness Haney Rosenfeld 1 Twenty-seven votes were needed for election. Chamness, Kledaras and Mayberry were elected. The alternate roster for the 1987/88 year will be as follows: lst Alternate: Stephen Thomas, Allied Health Sciences 1985-88 2nd Alternate: Robert Woodside, Mathematics 1986-89 3rd Alternate: Madge Chamness, Allied Health Sciences 1987-90 4th Alternate: Constantine Kledaras, Social Work 1987-90 5th Alternate: Nancy Mayberry, Foreign Languages & Lit. 1987-90 B. Faculty Governance Committee Chair Robert Hursey presented editorial changes for the revisions to the Faculty. Manual and Senate By-Laws ‘being considered on second reading. Lawrence (Geology) questioned the use of the previous spring's data in evaluating the current year's performance for probationary appointments. Vice Chancellor Volpe commented that in practice evaluation is always a cumulative process. Spickerman_(Math) moved to amend by changing ‘may be utilized when current spring semester survey data are unavailable" to "shall be utilized ....". Upon second, Steele (Home Economics) asked if a person could be evaluated twice using the same data. Hursey replied that he could not. Vice Chancellor Volpe commented that in a’unit where faculty are hired on a-twelve month basis the time-frame would be no problem since current spring data would be used. The amendment passed on voice vote. Hursey read the statement immediately preceding the suggested addition to page C-4, line 18. There being no more discussion, Emily Boyce (Faculty Assembly) called the question. The changes to Appendix C as amended were passed on voice vote. (Resolution 87-1) (See Attachment la) The second revision to the Faculty Manual was also accepted with an editorial change deleting "Reserve Room" and just specifying Joyner Library. (Resolution 87-2) (See Attachment 1b) Hursey announced that the Faculty Governance Committee would complete work on the Codes of the School of Nursing, School of Social Work and Department of Physics since they were already under review. The Codes of the Department of Economics, School of Technology, and School of Art will be sent to the new Unit Code Screening Committee. C. Teaching Effectiveness Committee Chair Bill Bloodworth reported on the annual Faculty Development Workshop to be held February 18 and 19.’ Dr. Joseph Lowman, UNC-CH, author of Mastering Effective Teaching, will be returning to ECU for a second time. His presentations in 1984 were well received. The schedule of events follows: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7:00 p.m. - Emulating the Expert Teacher Jenkins Fine Arts Ctr. Auditorium (Lecture) Thursday; Feb..195 8:30 a.m.% - Interpersonal Dynamics of College Nursing Complex, Room 203 Classrooms (Workshop - 50 participants) LOsB0e asm o Microcomputers in the College Classroom (Workshop - 50 participants) 1330p im. y Small Group Analysis of Teaching (Workshop - 15 participants) Since attendance is limited in the workshop sessions, faculty are urged to sign up as soon as brochures are distributed. Joyce (Physics) asked if Lowman's presentations could be videotaped for later viewing and Bloodworth said he would investigate. He also called attention to the TEC recommendation that annual evaluation of faculty include data other than the student survey and encouraged units to share information on evaluation systems. Agenda Item VI. New Business Karl Rodabaugh (Continuing Education) presented a resolution commending the leadership of Dr: John Howell during his tenure as Chancellor. .The resolution was adopted by unanimous vote. (Resolution 87-3) Chair Wilson read the resolution aloud and Dr. Howell was given a standing ovation. Dr. Howell recalled his involvement in the early. days. of the Faculty Senate and said he felt ECU had one of the most active Senates in the UNC system. The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, / C / , Alte Lancia 8 ea Madge Chamness Sharon Bland Secretary of the Faculty Senate Secretary to the Faculty Senate Resolutions: $/*1 Faculty Governance Report, Revisions of Faculty Manual, Appendix C Sti, Faculty Governance Report, Revisions to Faculty Senate Constitution and By-Laws Regarding Faculty Senate Annual Report and Annual Reports of Senate Committees Commendation of the leadership of Dr. John Howell as Chancellor of East Carolina University Resolution #87-1 Attachment la 1985 Faculty Manual = Appendix C - Revision to C-3 & 4 Following resolution #87-1 Pages C-3 and C-4 of the 1985 Faculty Manual would read as follows: Page C-3 III. Evaluation: Each faculty member with a probationary term appointment and each permanently tenured faculty member shall receive annually an evaluation of his/her-performance from the unit administrator which shall be ‘based upon current academic year data, except that data from the previous year's spring semester survey of student opinion of teaching» may be utilized when currént spring semester survey data are unavailable. This annual evaluation shall (a) be in writing; (b) state (Continue with top of Page C-4) Page C-4 (3rd Paragraph) The unit administrator's annual performance evaluation of faculty members shall employ criteria approved by the unit and by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Medical School, or the Vice Chancellor for Student Life, as appropriate, which shall be based upon that year's assigned duties and responsibilities (except, as earlier noted, for the previous year's spring semester survey of student opinion) and shall take into account the nature of the assignment in terms of (Continue with (a) teaching effectiveness) Resolution #87-2 Attachment 1b Revision to 1985 Faculty Manual Revision to Faculty Senate Constitution By-laws Following Resolution #87-2, in the 1985 Faculty Manual, Page 20, the last paragraph ‘would be replaced with these two paragraphs. The committee annual report shall be composed according to the official form and submitted by April 30 to the Faculty Senate Office for duplication and distribution to the Chair of the Faculty, the Chair of the Committee on Committees, the present members of the committee, and the new members of the committee whose terms begin next academic year. Copies of the committee annual reports will be kept on file in Joyner Library and the Office of the Faculty Senate. Upon request, copies of committee annual reports shall be made available by the Faculty Senate Office. The Chair of the Faculty shall each year compile the Annual Report of the Faculty Senate. This report, among other things, shall contain a summary of Senate and Senate committees' activities for the immediate past year. The Chair's Annual Report will be distributed to the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Vice Chancellor and Dean for the School of Medicine, the Vice Chancellor for Student Life, the Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement, and the Chair of the Committee on Committees; copies of the report will also be kept on file in Joyner Library and the Office of the Faculty Senate. In addition, copies of the Chair's Annual Report will be distributed to the members of the Faculty Senate not later than the first regular Faculty Senate meeting of the next Academic year.