Council of Chairs
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: IBC/RMA Executive Boardroom in the McMahon Centennial Complex
Announcements and Information Items:
1. Welcome and Introductions of Guests
2. Guest Presentation on University Scholarships and the Application Process – Associate
Vice President for Enrollment Management Jamie Glover and Director of Financial
Assistance Donald Hall
3. Guest Presentation on the Role of the Institutional Assessment Committee and the
Program Quality Improvement Process for the 2011 – 2012 Academic Year – Professor
Benson Warren, Chair of the Institutional Assessment Committee and Dr. Karla Oty,
Director of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Accountability
4. Call for nominations for awards (Handouts)
a. Hackler Award for Teaching Excellence
b. Bhattacharya Award for Research Excellence
c. Award for Excellence and Innovation in Instructional Technology Integration
d. Award for Excellence and Innovation in University Service
e. Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Artistic Endeavor in the Educational
Enterprise
5. Departmental Document Retention (Handout)
6. Upcoming events
a. Academic Commons Groundbreaking Ceremony – 11:00 a.m. in the area between
the Academic Commons and Nance-Boyer on Thursday, September 15, 2011. A
light lunch will be available in the McCasland Ballroom of the MCC afterwards.
b. Convocation will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 14, 2011 in the Fine Arts
Courtyard
7. Communication – Please assure that information items are moving through your offices
to the faculty and staff members in your areas of responsibility. Please provide time to
your departmental Faculty Senate representatives to present items at your monthly
department meetings.
8. Fall 2011 Instructional Load Reports (Handout to Deans for further distribution)
9. Fact Book Update http://www.cameron.edu/ira/factbook - valuable resource for grant
proposals and interviews
10. Plan 2013 Four-year progress report and Plan 2018 – Please expect requests for meeting
times from Ms. Carlyn Finke in the Office of the President for the faculty and staff
listening sessions with Dr. Chris Keller and Dr. Karla Oty. The meetings will be on
Fridays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or on the 3rd, 4th, or 5th Tuesdays of the month from
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meetings will be scheduled between October 18 and
December 16, 2011.
11. Reminder: Academic Dishonesty Processes and Reporting
If a faculty member manages an academic infraction on his or her own, which is their
option and our preference, then that information should be shared with Student
Development Jennifer Pruchnicki. Otherwise, we will not know of multiple infractions.
12. Program Proposals Frequently Asked Questions (Handout)
Upcoming Meetings and Events
a. Council of Chairs – 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
b. Council of Deans – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 4, 2011
c. Regents Meeting Dates (for curriculum proposal purposes)
i. The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Topics Due
Agenda Items Due
Location
Board Meeting Dates
September 19-20, 2011
Tulsa/Claremore
October 26-27, 2011
Lawton
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2011
Norman
ii. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
1. Thursday, October 20, 2011, 9 a.m.
2. Thursday, December 1, 2011, 9 a.m.
d. Academic Commons Groundbreaking Ceremony – 11:00 a.m. in the area between
the Academic Commons and Nance-Boyer on Thursday, September 15, 2011. A
light lunch will be available in the McCasland Ballroom of the MCC afterwards.
e. Academic Festival Speaker – Steve Coll – September 29, 2011
f. Convocation – Friday, October 14, 2011
g. Academic Festival Speaker – Chuck Hagel – October 26, 2011
h. Program Review documents due to Provost – November 18, 2011
i. DaVinci Institute Awards nominations due – December 20, 2011 (forms available
on October 4, 2011 at www.davinciok.org
j. Academic Festival Speaker – Robin Wright – January 19, 2012
k. Academic Festival Speaker – Stanley McChrystal, Gen. (Ret.) – March 15, 2012
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