Council of Chairs Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Howell Hall 107 Announcements and Information Items: 1. Introductions – Joe Jones, Interim Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education 2. Banner Luminis portal will be called AggieAccess 3. Honors Program Office Hours for Dennis Frisby are a. 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Monday through Thursday and b. 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on Friday Agenda Items: 1. H1N1 Preparation and Planning a. Update b. Attendance Monitoring Process – If you are ill, stay home. c. Review of sick leave d. Contingency plans for course coverage due to faculty absence 2. Retention and Enrollment a. Enrollment Update (Handout) b. Department level retention activities – around the room Upcoming Meetings and Events 1. Next meeting of Council of Chairs: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. in Howell Hall 107 2. Regents Meeting Dates (for curriculum proposal purposes) – Agenda items are typically due at least four weeks in advance of the meeting date a. The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents 1. September 17-18 Claremore & Tulsa 2. November 4-5 Lawton (Business Building Dedication) 3. December 1-2 Norman 4. January 27-28, 2010 5. March 24-25, 2010 6. May 13-14, 2010 7. June 21-23, 2010 8. September 13-14, 2010 9. October 27-28, 2010 10. November 30-December 1, 2010 b. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (dates at http://www.okhighered.org/state-system/meeting-dates.shtml) 1. September 3, 2009 2. October 22, 2009 3. December 3, 2009 3. Banner Dates a. Go Live Dates i. Student CRP Practice September 1 – 3, 2009 ii. Human Resources January 2010 iii. Finance January 2010 iv. Advancement January 2010 v. Luminis (Aggie Access) January 2010 vi. Financial Aid February 2010 vii. Student March 2010 (for Fall 2010) viii. Accounts Receivable July 2010 b. Chair, faculty, and staff training commences – Fall 2009 through March 2010 4. HLC Self-study and site visit dates a. Self-Study draft completed – December 15, 2009 b. Dissemination of Self-Study and comment period – February 2010 c. Campus contingent attends HLC Annual Meeting – April 2010 d. Site Visit – November 8 – 10, 2010 5. Academic Plan input due by September 15, 2009 through academic deans 6. Convocation – Morning of Friday, September 25, 2009 7. Endowed Positions Donor Appreciation Dinner – Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8. Oklahoma Research Day – Friday, November 13, 2009 at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma 9. Hackler Teaching Award Reception at CU-Duncan – Tuesday, November 17, 2009 New Business