ࡱ> gifq` B)bjbjqPqP 7H::!%8L@,Zrxx"ZZ\Z\Z\Z\Z\Z\Z)]h_\Z\ZqZDDDXZZDZZDDF?dBl #F@@"6Z$Z0Z@B``DBB`*U VDlH\Z\ZXZD  Minutes Faculty Senate March 1st, 2016 Senators present: Arrasmith (proxy Shearer), Baarmand, Brenner, Converse, Cudmore, Huser, Jensen, Jones, Marcinkowski, Murshid, Perdigao, Polson, Ray, Rusovici, Sandall, Shearer, Silaghi, Suksawang, Tenali, van Woesik, Welters; non-voting attendee: Dr. Semen Kksal, Vice President for Academic Affairs Call to Order President Rusovici called the meeting to order at 3:32 p.m. and asked for a motion on approving the minutes of Februarys meeting; it was made and seconded, and the vote to accept was unanimous but for one abstention. Guest Speaker Dr. Rusovici then introduced Dr. T. Dwayne McCay, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and President-Elect of 鶹ýӳ, who spoke to the Senate on the current and projected state of affairs regarding the university. Dr. McCay began his presentation by saying that, come July of this year, 鶹ýӳ will have a new President, a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and, to complete a trio, a financial crisis to go along as well. He said he wished to reiterate what 鶹ýӳ ought to be as an educational and research institution, discuss the financial issues confronting us, and the solution to these. He added that when he takes office as President in July of this year, the focus will be on depth and strength, not so much breadth; this means, among other things, that there wont be as much emphasis on growing athletics. At the luncheons he holds with faculty members, which he said he will continue when he is President, he will put on the table the proposed solution to our financial problem, and discuss six or eight investment areas for our consideration. Currently, he said, as of this morning the shortfall we are facing this fiscal year is $7.4 million. An approach to lessening this amount is to increase revenue and decrease expenditure. He added that he meets every morning with Ms. Cathy Wood, our new CFO, deleting items from the budget that are expendable. While the rumors can be entertaining, he said, they are false: there will be no hiatus in summer teaching, and no hiatus with regard to faculty travel. Dr. McCay stated that he is excited about taking office as President, and said that by the end of the fiscal year that goes from May 1st to April 30th we should end up in the black, with as much as $250 thousand ahead. The next year, however, promises new problems. We were short about 220 students this year. Saudi Arabia wont be sending as many students, nor will Brazil be sending sixty non-matriculating students. He noted, however, that this year the number of students applying from Florida is looking good. The budget shortfall for the next fiscal year is projected to be at $17.5 million. In the face of this, Dr. McCay said there are two things that will still be avoided: the dismissal of faculty, and the elimination of the retirement match. These are off the table. With regard to raises, he said that there will probably be no merit raises; the faculty equity program has to be temporarily suspended. There will, however, be some raises, but only for promoted faculty: a six percent raise will accompany promotion from assistant professor to associate professor; a nine percent raise will go with the promotion from associate to full professor. One thing that has deeply impressed him, Dr. McCay said, is that we have some fantastic graduates, especially those holding high-level positions in the space industry (Space-X, Northrop-Grumman, etc.). Returning to the budget crisis, he said that non-mission-critical areas can be eliminated to cover the $17.5 million shortfall of next year. We are also in contact with foreign countries for recruitment purposes in an attempt to grow enrollment. Senator Baarmand asked how the faculty can help. Dr. McCay responded that we must all keep the faith by pulling together; we should continue our service to students and research. He mentioned that he had initiated a Vision Committee with faculty serving on the panel, discussing important university issues. We are seventeenth on the list of small universities in the world according to The Times Higher Education. Lets stay there. In answer to a question from Pres. Rusovici, Dr. McCay said it was okay to put consulting in the research column. Dr. Rusovici asked if admission standards might be lowered in order to meet the budget crunch, and Dr. McCay replied that they would not. Sen. Perdigao asked about class sizes. Dr. McCay responded that the upper limits have been changed to seventy students, or bigger sec-tions, but the problem is that we need classrooms, currently not avail-able, to accommodate that number. Ideally, the ratio would be twelve students for each faculty member. Currently it is less than ten nice but unaffordable. To applause, Pres. Rusovici thanked Dr. McCay for coming to the Senate with his presentation, and moved on to committee reports Committee Reports Sen. Tenali requested the consideration of a resolution concerning the institution of a Fact Book such as those that are issued by Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech. Dr. Rusovici read the proposed resolution into the minutes: The Faculty Senate recommends the constitution of a University Task Force Team by the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs to analyze the various factors that determine the ranking of 鶹ýӳs academic programs and prepare every once in two years a Peer Comparison Report (PCR) that can be shared with all the heads of the Department for discussion with the faculty members. Such a report would help determine the focus areas and directions that the Academic Departments and the University may take to help improve the academic ranking of the University. There was no Administrative Policies Committee report. The Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee reported that two awards will be made, one to Juan Lopez in the College of Aeronautics, and another to Amanda Davidek, from Biomedical Engineering. Sen. Baarmand of the Faculty Excellence Awards Committee announced that the winners of the awards in the categories of teaching, research and service have been chosen. A $5,000 monetary award goes with each category. Sen. Cudmore gave the Welfare Committee report. He said his committee is working with Ms. Karen Gathercole, head of Human Re-sources, on developing a clear process behind family leave with the purpose of better facilitating this leave, especially for paternity and maternity situations; committee member and senator Celeste Harvey has looked at the policy of other schools. Also, Sen. Cudmore is exploring what is offered in the week-long training of new faculty and what individual colleges are also doing to supplement this training. Sen. Marcinkowski commented that some of this training might be good for established faculty as well, given that changes occur. The committee continues to work with administration on the student complaint process, on such topics are what constitutes a formal versus an informal complaint. Dr. Cudmore has communicated with Mr. Brian Ehrlich about online teaching contracts clarifying a faculty members liability after developing a course. Dr. Cudmore has been told there is no liability for faculty (out-side of copyright law) in the developing of a course (across present and past contracts). The liability rests with FIT and BISK. The Technology, Resources, and Infrastructure Committee (TRI) was represented by Ms. Mary Barker. Should the TRI Committee become a permanent committee of the Faculty Senate, ITEC (the Information Tech-nology Executive Committee) will decide if the head of the TRI Commit-tee, Sen. Arrasmith, will be a permanent member. Among the concerns of the committee is the layout of the Faculty Senate Web page, and the campus energy project. New Business Voting on the President-Elect and the Secretary of the Senate took place. Sen. Baarmand was up for the former position, and Secretary Shearer for the latter. The tally was unanimous for both senators twenty-one for, with none against or abstaining. The Senate congrat-ulated both. Discussion The policies of the Academic Support Center and the special treatment of students with disabilities were discussed, with some senators finding the latter unfair. 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