Motion to approve the formation of the committee was presented by R. Weissbach and seconded by C. Nagle. The motion was approved unanimously. The approved version is “Appendix 1.” There was a question raised on would this be followed by all schools L. Aronne – said it would be good to have consistency across schools. v. Research John Steffen summarized the research committee minutes; all – – members were present at the meeting 1) Representation at the Faculty council meeting 10/19 2) Discussed current charges also discussed an additional charge to develop – guidelines on awards 3) 2014-15 research committee final report was discussed. – 4) Discussion of the current sabbatical applications and the criteria for review. The committee will develop guidelines on what the criteria are 5) Set date for next meeting vi. Scholarship and Awards Courtney Nagle - met with Lindsey Shaffer re. – deadlines; committee met to discuss dates for awards; announcements will be sent out vii. Student Life Papiya Bhattacharjee – - Minutes were submitted from the committee and will be available on line. - The committee discussed their charges. They will also address retention from the student perspective. They will also consider how to provide help to faculty to deal with international students. - Members have formed subcommittees to look at the 4 charges; they are gathering data from Ken Miller on student retention; they may send survey to students who went to UP; - R. Ford commented the campus will be receiving some of the international student – fees so will have some funding to help. viii. Undergraduate Studies Kathy Noce not present no report minutes will be – – – – posted ix. Engineering Representative Rob Weissbach no report – – Representatives Part-Time Faculty Representative Renee Finnecy and Jennifer Mangus not – – present ii. Senate Representative Sudarshan Nelatury – – - E-lion is being replaced with Lion Path - Angel is being replaced with Canvas - General education there was discussion of changing some of the skills; new – proposal to have a or better in foundation courses still in draft form; “c” – discussion of online vs face-to-face gen ed changes
Motion to approve the formation of the committee was presented by R. Weissbach and seconded by C. Nagle. The motion was approved unanimously. The approved version is “Appendix 1.” There was a question raised on would this be followed by all schools – L. Aronne said it would be good to have consistency across schools. v. Research – John Steffen – summarized the research committee minutes; all members were present at the meeting 1) Representation at the Faculty council meeting 10/19 2) Discussed current charges – also discussed an additional charge to develop guidelines on awards 3) 2014-15 research committee final report – was discussed. 4) Discussion of the current sabbatical applications and the criteria for review. The committee will develop guidelines on what the criteria are 5) Set date for next meeting vi. Scholarship and Awards – Courtney Nagle - met with Lindsey Shaffer re. deadlines; committee met to discuss dates for awards; announcements will be sent out vii. Student Life – Papiya Bhattacharjee - Minutes were submitted from the committee and will be available on line. - The committee discussed their charges. They will also address retention from the student perspective. They will also consider how to provide help to faculty to deal with international students. - Members have formed subcommittees to look at the 4 charges; they are gathering data from Ken Miller on student retention; they may send survey to students who went to UP; - R. Ford commented – the campus will be receiving some of the international student fees so will have some funding to help. viii. Undergraduate Studies – Kathy Noce – not present – no report – minutes will be posted ix. Engineering Representative – Rob Weissbach – no report Representatives Part-Time Faculty Representative – Renee Finnecy and Jennifer Mangus – not present ii. Senate Representative – Sudarshan Nelatury – - E-lion is being replaced with Lion Path - Angel is being replaced with Canvas - General education – there was discussion of changing some of the skills; new proposal to have a “c” or better in foundation courses – still in draft form; discussion of online vs face-to-face gen ed changes
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