Council of Deans
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Location: Administration Boardroom
Time: 2:00 p.m.

Approval of Council of Deans Minutes – November 5, 2014 Meeting (pages 1-3)
 Discussion Items:
1.
NSSE survey results: Instructors, Academic Advising, and Quality of Relationships
(Handout)
2.
Minimum Faculty Qualifications (pages 4-7)
3.
Initiative update due December 19 th
(page 8)
4.
Academic Plan (Handout)
5.
Improving IDEA response rates
6.
Listening Session at Ft. Sill on December 9 th
at 10:00 am (page 9)
7.
Placement cut scores—AVP Kingsley
8.
Tutoring for D/F students on the ZE hold—AVP Kingsley
9.
Early Alert Data—Dr. Oty (page 10)
10.
Remaining Seat Report Update for Spring 2015—Dr. Oty (pages 11-13)
11.
Enrollment Reports for Spring 2015—Dr. Oty (Handout)
12.
Reminder: Policy Concerning Expiration of General Education Status (page 14)
13.
Academic Chairpersons Conference in Austin, Texas February 4-6, 2015. Information at https://ksuconferences.com/academicchairpersons/
14.
Potluck lunch—December 19 th
at 1:00 p.m. in the Administration Boardroom. Bring your favorite dish!

Reminders:
1.
Please notify any faculty wanting to utilize Blackboard to enhance their traditional faceto-face courses in Spring 2015 to request their Blackboard course shells now .
2.
Intersession advisement—post signs; leave phone messages in all departmental offices
3.
Community Reception at Cameron House:
Sunday, December 14 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Hosts: Marge Kingsley, Lisa Huffman, Von Underwood
Monday, December 15 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Hosts: John Camey, Terry Conley, Sylvia Burgess, and Sherry Young
4.
Spring 2015 Student Information Sheet and Syllabus Attachment for different course formats posted to the web at http://www.cameron.edu/academic_affairs and on
AggieAccess
5.
Remind adjuncts of grade deadline and adjunct workshop. Be sure you have contact information in case of questions.

 Important Dates:

Council of Chairs – December 16, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Council of Deans – January 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

Regents Meeting Dates (for curriculum proposal purposes)

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Board Meeting Dates Topics Due Drafts Due
January 28-29, 2015
March 10-11, 2015
May 7-8, 2015
November 24
January 15
March 12
December 8
January 30
March 30
Location
Lawton
Tulsa
Norman
June 22-24, 2015
September 16-17, 2015
October 27-28, 2015
December 1-2, 2015
April 30
July 27
September 3
October 8
May 14
August 10
September 18
October 22
Ardmore
Norman
Lawton
Norman

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education o December 4, 2014 o January 28-29, 2015 o March 4-5, 2015 o April 8-9, 2015 o May 28-29, 2015 o June 24-25, 2015

December 2, 2014 – Last date to withdraw from a class with signature (2 nd
8 week courses)

December 5, 2014 – New Faculty Follow-Up Session, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
 December 7, 2014 – Victorian Holiday Tea with Vivian Thomlinson from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Simmons Center in Duncan

December 8-13, 2014 – Final Exams

December 13, 2014 – Session Ends

December 14, 2014 – Community Reception at Cameron House, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

December 15, 2014 – Community Reception at Cameron House, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

December 15, 2014 – Intersession classes begin
 December 16, 2014 – 4 year Plan of Study due

December 16, 2014 – Final grades posted by 4:00 p.m.

December 17, 2014 – Faculty Offices close at 5:00 p.m.

December 19, 2014 – Council of Deans Potluck

January 5, 2015 – Faculty Offices open

January 6, 2015 – Intersession classes end
 January 7, 2015 – Classes begin

January 8, 2015 – Screening of the movie “Fed Up” in Duncan followed by a discussion and
Q&A (School of Education & Behavioral Sciences)

January 12-16, 2015 –Welcome Back Week events (School of Education& Behavioral
Sciences)

January 19, 2015 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Banquet, 6:30 p.m. in the
Aggie Rec Center

January 19, 2015 – CU Get Fit Challenge (Department of Health & Physical Education)

February, 2015 – Guest speaker on Sustainable Agriculture (School of Science &
Technology)

February 13, 2015 – New Faculty Follow-Up Session, 9:00-10:30 a.m.

February 19-22, 2015 – The Heretic by Richard Bean, University Theatre
 February 20-21, 2015 – Ribbon breaking and dedication ceremony for the School’s 4 Little
Free Libraries (School of Education & Behavioral Sciences)

March, 2015 – Jack Bryan – Journals, Sketches, and Paintings inspired by the Wichita
Mountains (Department of Art)

March 9-13, 2015 – Building a Mentally Healthy Community: What are the options in
Lawton?
Part One (School of Education & Behavioral Sciences)

 March 13, 2015 – Oklahoma Research Day
 March 27, 2015 – New Faculty Follow-Up Session, 9:00-10:30 a.m.

April, 2015 – Invited speaker (Global Food Security), Dr. Roger Beachy, Founding Director,
New World Food Center, University of California-Davis, TBA (School of Science &
Technology)

April 8-10, 2015 – Leslie Williams Cain – Visiting Artist (Department of Art)
 April 18, 2015 – Healthy Outdoor Expo: Building a Healthy Community One Family at a
Time from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
 April 23-26, 2015 – 110 in the Shade , University Theatre

May 8, 2015 – Building a Mentally Healthy Community: What are the options in Lawton?
Part Two (School of Education & Behavioral Sciences)

May 8, 2015 – Commencement
 May 11-12, 2015 – Art and Jazz in the School Garden (School of Education & Behavioral
Sciences)