Council of Chairs
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Time: 8:00 a.m.
Location: IBC/RMA Executive Boardroom in the McMahon Centennial Complex
 Discussion Items:
1. Faculty Senate items of discussion
2. Advisor list corrections
3. Banner issues and overrides—update from last meeting (Pg. 1-2)
4. Timeline and notification of program changes
5. Campus-wide Ethics Bowl—AVP Burgess
6. Online Course Availability Issues—AVP Burgess
7. Bhattacharya Award for Research Excellence-- Call for Nominations (Pg. 3)
8. Fact Book available at http://www.cameron.edu/iraa/factbook.
9. Top 30 Update—AVP Kingsley
 Reminders:
1. Adjunct Offices in Academic Commons—AC 131
2. Reminder: Annual Academic Performance Reviews (Faculty Handbook 4.3.1 through
4.3.6)
i.
By September 1, the faculty member and the department chair meet and discuss
Annual Plan for the current year and the Annual Performance Review from the
previous year.
ii.
By September 15, the faculty member shall revise and update the Annual Plan
for the current year to include any activities completed since the last evaluation
and any continuing projects. The faculty forwards the revised plan to the
department chair. The department chair shall send the previous year’s Annual
Academic Performance Review, a draft of the current year’s Annual Plan, and
other documentation (if applicable) to the Dean.
iii.
By October 15, having received written input from the Dean, the faculty member
and the department chair shall meet to revise and complete the current year’s
Annual Plan.
 Important Dates:
 Council of Chairs – 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
 Regents Meeting Dates (for curriculum proposal purposes)
 The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Board Meeting Dates
Topics Due
Drafts Due
Location
October 23-24, 2013
September 3
September 16
Lawton
December 5-6, 2013
October 7
October 21
Norman
 The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
 Wednesday, October 23, 2013 – 9 a.m.
 Thursday, November 7, 2013 – 10:30 a.m.
 Wednesday, December 4, 2013 – 10:30 a.m.
 Course Equivalency Project meeting – September 19 at UCO
 Annual Disclosure forms due to VPAA September 20, 2013
 Faculty Awards nomination letters due before September 27, 2013
 Schedules will be available for viewing in Aggie Access October 1.
 Convocation will be held October 4, 2013.
 Campus-wide Ethics Bowl – October 4, 1-5 p.m.
 Bhattacharya Research Award nominations due October 4, 2013
 Deadline for faculty and chair to meet to revise annual plan – October 15, 2013
 Investiture for President McArthur will be held October 23, 2013.