Minutes

Faculty Policies Committee

January 28, 2002

3:00 p.m.

 

Present:  Fred Barnabei (guest), Roxann Bustos (secretary), Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Beth Fanning, Jim Garvey, Peggy Ruth Geren, Paul Harris (chair), Andy Hauger, Donna Hobbs, Wayne Mixon, Jana Sandarg

 

Minutes of the January 14 meeting were approved.

 

  1. Vice President Fred Barnabei presented an update on PeopleSoft Financials; detailed information is attached.

 

  1. Bill Dodd mentioned that the press release on ASU ranking in the Top 20 Schools list for community service should be clarified because there is concern on campus regarding the statement that “Augusta State committed 34.4 percent of its work-study funds to community service jobs.”  Dr. Barnebei said that includes things like the ASU Writing Center.

 

  1. Follow up on Cullum Review Committee: Bill Dodd proposed that Faculty Policies should create a sub-committee to look into this and make recommendations to Dr. Bompart.  Paul Harris appointed Jana Sandarg as chair of the sub-committee, with Donna Hobbs, Roxann Bustos, Janice Williams, Helen Hendee, Joe Cotter, Jeff Heck, Melissa Williams, and Steve Whittle as members.

 

  1. Bill Dodd’s report: He talked to Rose Axton to clarify what is needed for the Distance Learning Committee.  He made a motion that the Committee be made a standing committee and that they be requested to write their charge.  The motion was seconded and passed.

 

  1. Paul Harris distributed a memo from Jim Benedict and the University Promotion and Tenure Committee on Promotion and Tenure application documents.  FPC will consider the memo and include it in documents to be passed on to next year’s FPC.

 

  1. Faculty Secretary:  Charles Jenks of the College of Education has agreed to take on the job of Faculty Secretary beginning in the fall.  Until then the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs will handle the responsibilities of the Faculty Secretary.

 

  1. International Affairs Committee:  Bill Dodd will have this ready for the next meeting.

 

  1. Memo from Debbie Van Tuyll regarding textbook requisitions:  The Bookstore said the misleading statement (“faculty who take on a class for another professor agree to take on the text that professor has selected”) is a historical artifact and will be removed.

 

  1. The next FPC meeting will be Monday, February 4 at 3:00 P.M. in the President’s Conference Room.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:30 P.M.