College Senate: Minutes
Date: 5-5-09
Location: HL 215
Minutes Approved:
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Visit the College Senate website at http://www1.cpcc.edu/senate/ for the College Senate minutes, SharePoints
(items for open discussion), and information about NCCCFA, Senate bylaws, Senate membership, committees,
forms, etc.
NOTE: Appreciation goes to Pat West for taking the minutes in the secretary’s absence.
President’s Report (John Cone): John reported on the following items:
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John thanked Adam Brooks for setting up remote access from other sites to the Senate meeting.
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Elections for President-Elect for 2009-2010 have begun; remind constituents to vote.
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A motion was made and seconded to accept changes in the Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM) relating
to intellectual properties/copyrights. The vote was unanimous in favor of acceptance.
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Brenda summarized all comments she received from VP for Learning Question-and-Answer sessions and
sent them to Susan Oleson. Brenda thanked everyone for their support.
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John announced that we are still waiting for the PPM 4.08, 4.37, and 4.38 proposed changes from Human
Resources and asked for suggestions on how to proceed. Senate had hoped to have a draft to review before
summer. It was suggested that we ask HR to wait until fall. After discussion it was agreed that waiting until
fall would not be a good idea if the policies have not reverted to their original state before changes were
made. Senate has held electronic voting in the past so that is an option for approval of changes during the
month of May. Faculty members are still here for two weeks after the end of the semester. John will ask
Paul Santos for the status of the draft for the proposed changes.
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Campus Security issues: The college has two areas to deal with these issues:
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Safe College Team (chaired by Kathy Watkins) focuses on all threats, mostly external.
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College Care Team (chaired by Mel Gay) works with ESS and focuses on student-behavior issues
and better communication among campuses. They are still working on the best methods to handle
these issues as well as determining which issues should be handled by the Care Team and which by
the division. For example, a threat goes to the Care Team; classroom annoyances go to the division.
If anyone would like to serve on this team, contact John Cone. Related to this issue, communication
to other instructors about student problems needs to improve; the wellbeing of faculty in all classes
must be addressed.
Brenda Armentrout received an email from Elvira Johnson about core-competency workshops in May. The
College Senate needs to be involved in initiatives such as this that touch every curriculum class. The
assessment of core competencies is expected to be as challenging as the assessment of the General
Education goals.
Committee Reports:
1. President-elect (Brenda Armentrout): (included above)
2. Academic Policies (James Kirkpatrick): James reviewed results of the survey of faculty on the new withdrawal
date. In general higher percentages of 258 faculty respondents have a favorable opinion about the earlier date,
believe students were adequately aware of the new date, do not think students are adequately aware of their
progress by the 35% date, do not think the earlier date resulted in more students withdrawing from courses, feel
more Fs are given because of the earlier date, feel the earlier date forces students to commit to a class, but feel
that the 50% date would work better than either the 35% or 75% date. In actuality, comparing Fall 2007 and Fall
2008 grades, there was a decrease in the number of Ws and an increase in the number of Fs. James pointed out
that both Ws and Fs at CPCC are no-credit grades. When the course is retaken, the new grade replaces the W
or F in the GPA. After discussion, it was agreed to collect and track data over a longer period of time (more than
just one semester) and address the evaluation at a later date.
3. Credentials (Brenda Armentrout): Brenda announced that the committee will not be accepting any more facultytitle applications until fall 2009. Also, she will ask all division directors to hold College Senate elections before
faculty leave in May.
4. Curriculum (Pat West): Pat announced the following curriculum requests that were reviewed and approved by
the Curriculum Committee (2008-2009 academic year)
2 new state curriculums were approved for:
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Computer Technology Integration
Sustainability Technology
Pre-requisites:
85 pre-requisite addition / deletions and co-requisite additions / deletions were approved for the following
prefix(s):
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AUT
BUS
CJC
ECO
EDU
FRE
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HIT
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IPP
JOU
MKT
OST
PTA
Pre-requisites / co-requisite changes with institutional impact:
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COM 110, COM 120 & COM 231
Placement into ENG 111 or completion of ENG 090, with a grade of C or above and /or RED 090 with a grade of
C or above; or ENG 095 with a grade of C or above; or EFL 111 and EFL 112 with a grade of C or above
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ECO 251, ECO 252 & ECO 151
placement into ENG 111 or completion of ENG 090, with a grade of C or above and /or RED 090 with a grade of
C or above; or ENG 095 with a grade of C or above; or EFL 111 and EFL 112 with a grade of C or above
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COM 150
State removed co-requisite
12 Certificates modifications or development of were approved for:
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3 Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology certificates
6 Web Technologies certificates
1 Infant / Toddler Care certificate
Entry Level Estimating I & Entry Level Estimating II certificates
Entry level Construction Supervision
2 Office Administration certificates
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Fire Management certificate
Program of Study Changes were approved for 23 curriculum areas:
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Accounting
Architectural Technology
Business Administration
Civil Engineering
Early Childhood Education
Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology
Health Information Technology
Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology
Horticulture
Human Resources
Interior Design
International Business
Interpreter Education
Information Security Systems
Infant / Toddler Care
Marketing
Medical Assisting
Medical Office Administration
Office Systems Technology
Nursing
Paralegal Technology
Turfgrass Management
Web Technologies
5. Educational Resources (Joel Moore): Joel reported that there is no money available.
6. Faculty Welfare (Phil Briggs): Phil reported that the focus of this committee for next year will be on how to
handle student concerns.
7. Professional Staff Welfare (Adam Brooks/Scarlett Hollingsworth): Adam discussed the furlough for state
employees that will be deducted from pay in May and June as well as the increased health-care costs that will go
into effect. This committee will continue to meet through the summer, the next meeting occurring on May 26.
8. Student Welfare (Brantlee Drake): No report. The committee is looking at their focus for next year.
9. Technology (Rob Craig/Adam Brooks): Adam reported that the committee will be meeting in May. The college
will pilot email auto-archiving to save our email for an extended period of time. The President’s entrepreneurial
task force will look at Internet presence. He also announced that this Senate meeting is being broadcast for
virtual attendance and stated he will be working on the Senate website. In addition, he asked for additional input
on social-networking policy.
10. NCCCFA (Rick Coulter): Rick had no report but announced that four new people had joined NCCCFA this year.
11. Part-time Welfare (Linda Dunham): Linda announced that they have not gotten a go-ahead yet for a free class
for part-time faculty but she hopes to have this in place in spring 2010. The committee is working on phones for
touch-down space at Levine.
12. “Spirit” (Arlene Parrish/Kimberley Kaylor): This committee partnered with ArtsFest and Skyline Run.
Wednesday, May 13, is Employee Health Day.
As this was the final College Senate meeting for 2008-2009, Brenda thanked John Cone for his hard work as
president this year.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Whitt
Secretary
(Minutes taken by Pat West)