Council of Chairs
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: IBC/RMA Executive Boardroom in the McMahon Centennial Complex
 Discussion Items:
1. Rick Bayless student session @ 3:30 on September 25th
2. IDEA Pilot Project update
3. Evaluation of Teaching—what is used besides IDEA forms?
4. Salary Compensation Process
5. Criteria for awarding tuition waivers
6. Using Blackboard and getting courses ready
7. Online course approval rubric changes (page 1)
8. Travel and Leave requests and the Online Leave Reporting System
9. Exit interviews for faculty and staff
10. Catalog revisions 2015
11. Gen Ed Math Requirement—Mandy (page 2)
12. Teaching and Learning/HLC Academy Update—AVP Kingsley
13. HLC Multi-Location Visit update
 Reminders:
1. Encourage full-time and adjunct faculty to utilize Early Alert and Care Request.
2. Next Council of Chairs meeting changed to October 15 at 2:00 p.m.
3. Final Exam Schedule for fall 2014 posted to http://www.cameron.edu/registrar or
available on AggieAccess on the Faculty quick links, Student Info quick links and MyInfo
quick links.
4. Annual Academic Performance Reviews (Faculty Handbook 4.3.1 through 4.3.6) – By
now you should have met with faculty in your department to discuss the Annual Plan for
the current year and the Annual Performance Review from the previous year. You should
have also received a revised plan from the faculty and forwarded it to the Dean. Please
ensure that you have met this deadline.
 Important Dates:
 Council of Chairs – October 15, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the IBC/RMA Executive Boardroom
 Chair Meeting – October 31, 2014
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Regents Meeting Dates (for curriculum proposal purposes)
 The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
 October 22-23, 2014
 November 6, 2014
 December 3-4, 2014
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September 18, 2014 – Online Leave Reporting Training at 3:00 p.m. in Ross Hall 101
September 19, 2014 – Deadline for internal grants
September 24, 2014 – Last date to withdraw with an Automatic “W” (1st 8 week courses)
September 25, 2014 – Course Equivalency Project meeting at UCO
September 25, 2014 – Academic Festival Updates emailed to Brandy
September 25, 2014 – Academic Festival speaker Chef Rick Bayless: Student session at
3:30 p.m., evening session at 7:30 p.m.
September 25, 2014 – Online Leave Reporting Training at 9:00 a.m. in Ross Hall 101
September 25, 2014 – Online Leave Reporting Training at 3:00 p.m. in Ross Hall 101
September 26, 2014 – Convocation at 10:00 a.m. in the Fine Arts Courtyard
September 26, 2014 – Online Leave Reporting Training at 3:00 p.m. in Ross Hall 101
September 30, 2014 – Bhattacharya nominations due to VPAA
September 30, 2014 – Penalty for late payment of tuition and fees begins
October 1, 2014 – Last date to withdraw from a class with signature (1st 8 week courses)
October 8 – Session ends (1st 8 week courses)
October 10, 2014 – Final grades posted by 4:00 p.m. (1st 8 week courses)
October 10, 2014 – Mid-term grades posted by 4:00 p.m. (16 week courses)
October 15, 2014 – Deadline for faculty and department chair to meet to revise and complete
the current year’s Annual Plan after having received written input from the Dean.
October 16-19, 2014 – Fall Break
October 21, 2014 – FLAC lock date for all adjuncts teaching 2nd 8 weeks (S8 position suffix)
and all full-time faculty
October 21, 2014 – All 2nd 8 weeks Payroll Action Forms submitted by 5:00 p.m.
October 31, 2014 – New Faculty Meeting, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Buddy Green Room
November 3, 2014 – Deadline to apply for graduation to ensure name will appear in
Commencement Program
November 3 – November 14, 2014 – VPAA decides which programs will participate in a
roundtable discussion and the schedule is created.
November 7, 2014 – Last date to withdraw with an Automatic “W” (16 week courses)
November 18, 2014 – Academic Festival speaker Robert Glennon
November 21, 2014 – Last date to withdraw from a class with signature (16 week courses)
November 26-30, 2014 – Thanksgiving Holiday
December 5, 2014 – New Faculty Meeting, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Buddy Green Room
December 8-13, 2014 – Final Exams
December 13, 2014 – Session Ends
December 16, 2014 – Final grades posted by 4:00 p.m. (16 week courses)
December 17, 2014 – Faculty Offices close at 5:00 p.m.
February 13, 2015 – New Faculty Meeting, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Buddy Green Room
March 13, 2015 – Oklahoma Research Day
March 27, 2015 – New Faculty Meeting, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Buddy Green Room
May 8, 2015 – Commencement