PROVOST’S COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
MONDAY, MARCH 28 FROM 3:30-5:00PM IN RUSSELL HALL ROOM 325
ATTENDEES
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Dr. Jeffery Knighton
Dr. Richard Baskin
Prof. Terry Betkowski
Prof. Peter Higgins
Dr. Susan Finazzo
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Dr. Mike Mahan
Dr. Anne Purvis
Dr. Tom Aiello
Dr. Mustapha Durojaiye
Dr. Nolan McMurray
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Dr. Barry Kicklighter
Dr. Ed Whitelock
Dr. Sonya Gaither
Ms. Laura Shadrick
Dr. Knighton opened the meeting at 3:42 pm by introducing Lectra Longhorn, Associate CIO and Assistant VP for Information
Technology at Kennesaw, who was visiting with us during her shadowing of Dr. Burns for ELI.
AREA REPORTS
DR. RICHARD BASKIN, AVPAA
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Dr. Baskin reported on current schedules at our various off-campus sites for Summer and Fall 2016.
PROFESSOR PETER HIGGINS, DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUCCESS
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Professor Higgins reminded everyone that Always Alert will close on April 4.
o He also announced that tutoring is picking back up after Spring Break.
DR. MIKE MAHAN, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF EDU CATION
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Dr. Mahan announced that we will be offering our first Middle grades course in Fall 2016.
The School of Education has doubled the number of applications this year!
Dr. Mahan was appointed to an Education Journal board.
DR. ANNE PURVIS, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF N URSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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Dr. Purvis announced that the School of Nursing and Health Sciences has finished its admissions process for the upcoming
year and has admitted 80 ASN students.
DR. SUSAN FINAZZO, I NTERIM DEAN OF THE S CHOOL OF ARTS AND SC IENCES
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Dr. Finazzo reminded everyone of the following upcoming events:
o Dr. Piler will present a talk on FDR on March 29.
o Emily Mumford will present on March 30.
o Teaching Matters will be held April 1-2.
o TriBeta will induct new members on April 6.
o Theater Production, Honky, will run April 6-10.
o The Student and Faculty Art Show open April 7.
o The Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held April 8.
Dr. Adam Davis has been published in journal
The Honors Program now has over 100 members.
An application for a new STEM grant has been submitted.
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CATALOG CHANGES
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2016-2017 Catalog Changes are due to Laura Shadrick by April 1
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION NIGHT
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Academic Recognition Night will be held on April 27 in the Private Dining Hall.
Student Recognition Nominees include:
o School of Education: Kaitlin Bleau and Madelynn Mount
o School of Nursing: Rebecca Bostwick
o HPS: Gregory Allen Jones
o BIO: Matthew Ringler-Lantzy
o MCS: Jarred Gillis
o HUM: Sarah Kimbrel
o BPS: Tony Kreeson
o SSC Tutor: Amy Droegmiller
 Amy is also the overall winner for Gordon State College.
Dr. Janssen will distribute invitations.
Students may bring 2 guests.
Deans and Department Heads should be prepared to give a short presentation for each winner.
PRE-TENURE PROCESS
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Promotion and Tenure eligibility letters have been distributed for 2016-2017.
EMERITUS FACULTY
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Faculty being granted emeritus status at our May graduation will be:
o Sandra Blythe
o Mike Borders
o Susan Hendricks
Deans and Department Heads should send 4-5 sentences to Dr. Knighton before graduation.
Dr. Knighton will inquire as to whether or not emeritus faculty are able to use the SARC.
CAMPUS SAFETY ISSUES AND EVENING SUPPORT FOR INSTRUCTION
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Dr. Finazzo spoke with Jeff Mason regarding a few public safety issues around campus, in particular updating building floor
plans and proper training for faculty and staff.
o Dr. Knighton asked Dr. Finazzo to work with Jeff Mason on some training options to take place during the faculty
in-service week in August 2016.
The group briefly discussed access and supplies for instructors teaching in the evenings
o The request for an IT person to assist with computer issues after normal business hours was made.
Dr. Knighton instructed Dr. Finazzo to go ahead and prepare postings of important numbers for classrooms and send the
request to Laura Shadrick for Year-End funding.
PROCEDURE FOR SENDING DOCUMENTS TO APC
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The order for document approval must be: Department Head, Dean, and then APC.
ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, TENURE AND PROMOTION DECISIONS AND FACULTY EXPECTATIONS
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There was a brief discussion regarding realistic annual evaluations and their relation to promotion and tenure decisions.
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MISC.
ENGAGEMENT POLICY
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Dr. Burns has stated that we need an engagement policy.
For Federal Financial Aid, we must put a last date of engagement for students who receive a WF, W, F or I.
o The hard part will be that we must be able to document the date we enter.
o Random request to pull student information showed that 30% of the group sampled received an “F” when they
should have received a “WF” and faculty were unable to document how the date of last attendance was chosen.
Dr. Knighton requested that the Deans serve as a task-force and develop a proposal to take to the faculty within the next
month.
o Dr. Finazzo will chair the Task Force.
OVERLAY ELIMINATION
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Overlays have been removed, but our Area B will not be changed for next academic year.
o Instead, we want to have serious consideration to what we want to do in that area.
HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING
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Make sure everyone completes the Human Resource Training.
MAYMESTER
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The group briefly discussed interest in a Maymester, and Dr. Knighton stated that he would continue the conversation with
Dr. Burns.
FACULTY MEETING
The End of the Year full faculty meeting will be held April 27 at 2:00PM in Russell Hall 211.
The meeting adjourned at 5:16 p.m.
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