Minutes

Faculty Policies Committee

March 25, 2002

3:00 p.m.

 

Present:  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, Bruce Saul

 

Minutes of the March 18 meeting were approved.

 

  1. Campus Police in classrooms:  Jasper Cooke sent Paul Harris a copy of the Public Safety policy.  Paul will copy and share this next time.  Jasper said the particular incident we talked about related to a student’s car blocking traffic.  Andy Hauger suggested that in this situation the car should be towed.  Jasper is willing to come to an FPC meeting to discuss the issue. 
  2. Employee Benefits Committee:  Bill Dodd and Jana Sandarg had suggestions of items to be added to the draft charge that Barbara Coleman shared with us.  Paul will add these and send the charge on to the Employee Benefits Committee.
  3. Cathy Tugmon’s memo on Spring Break Schedule:  Everyone agreed that it would be very difficult for students to give up the Masters Week Break.  The best alternative appears to be to insert another two day break earlier in the semester.  Jim Garvey said faculty can work unofficial breaks into their schedules.  Bill Dodd suggested having Katherine Sweeney come to an FPC meeting to discuss schedules.  Paul will arrange for this.
  4. Distance Learning Committee:  Bill Dodd distributed proposals for the Distance Learning Committee to be made a standing committee and for the chair of the Information Technology Committee to be added as a member, and also for the chair of the Distance Learning Committee to be added to the IT Committee membership.  The committee agreed to send these on the University Council for a vote by faculty.
  5. It was agreed to have the proposed Student Email Policy sent to University Council for presentation at the next faculty meeting.
  6. The Committee looked at the University System of Maryland survey on the salary of part-time non-tenure track instructional faculty.
  7. Bruce Saul mentioned that faculty voting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and next.  He recruited volunteers to help with vote counting on Wednesday at 3:00 P.M. in the library conference room.
  8. Bill Dodd said he will be unable to chair the Sub-Committee on Committees this year.  Andy Hauger “enthusiastically” agreed to serve as chair. Dr. Bompart has requested the committee assignments to be given to him by June 1.
  9. Several committee members commented on the very successful Student Research Conference and wondered how student attendance could be promoted. Beth Fanning suggested a whole day (with no classes) should be set aside for honoring student accomplishments; this would include both the Research Conference and Honors Night.  Paul will mention this idea to the President at their next meeting
  10. There will be no FPC meeting on April 15.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:00 P.M.