College Senate: Minutes
Date: 9-21-10
Minutes Approved: ___Yes
Location: Allied Health Bldg., room 4510
___No (Changes: )
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.
President Gary Gilbody called the meeting to order and welcomed the senators. He shared his vision that the Faculty
Senate be a line of communication and a partner with college administration.
Guest Speakers Gary then introduced the following guest speakers:
1. Richard Zollinger (VP of Learning) discussed the following topics:
a. Achieving the Dream is off to a good start and is a good opportunity for the College. The Core and
Data teams have met and are moving forward. This is a chance to renew our values and get rid of
things that aren’t working.
b. Faculty should have access to assigning the correct program code for students. This will help with
completion rates.
c. Accountability is very important and can be achieved by measuring learning outcomes for students
and through the program review process.
2. Susan Oleson-Briggs (Exec. Assistant to the President) Gave an overview of policy updates and
changes.
3. Dr. Tony Zeiss (President of the College) discussed the following topics:
a. Budget
i. CPCC has been asked to hold back another 2% reserve.
ii. This year looks good compared to previous years, with the exception of faculty
compensation.
iii. Next year the state stimulus money will end, leading to a $3-4 billion shortage. State
agencies are expected to have to work with 15% less, but the state will absorb 10% of that.
iv. Governor Perdue has been an advocate for us, but we’re preparing for cuts.
v. Cabinet is working to minimize the impact on students and full-time faculty.
vi. CPCC is facing some pressure to make program cuts.
vii. Keep doing more with less.
viii. He thanked the faculty for all of their hard work.
b. Items to Celebrate
i. We had the smoothest Fall enrollment ever; parking wasn’t a problem.
ii. Farhad led a group of students to win the Imagine Cup, which is an international award, for
the 2nd year in a row.
iii. CPCC will be the home of the Charlotte Broadcast Hall of Fame.
iv. These are just a few of many!
c. Achieving the Dream
i. ATD is all about student success.
ii. It must be data-driven.
iii. State and Federal government are demanding more accountability from schools, which can
be harder on a community college than on a traditional 4-year school.
4. Gary Ritter (Director of Learning Technology Services) discussed the following topics:
a. His roles at CPCC
i. He is the faculty’s communication liaison to ITS; let him know if there are ITS-related
questions or problems.
ii. He is also serving as the Director of Learning Technology Services. Direct all learning
technology questions to him.
b. EdCamp
i. Charlotte is about to host a BarCamp “unconference.”
ii. The same idea may be replicated at CPCC in May, after exams have ended.
iii. It would be called EdCamp.
iv. The idea has received support from Prof. Development, the Executive Committee, and
Richard Zollinger. He would like support from the Faculty Senate.
v. A motion having been made and seconded, a vote was taken and passed in support of
EdCamp.
5. Adam Brooks (Director of Marketing) announced his new position as Director of Marketing, which will
prevent his ability to serve as chair of the Professional Staff Welfare committee.
President’s Report (Gary Gilbody): There will be a switch in security personnel for both armed and unarmed
positions. Chauncey Bowers will give an update at the October Faculty Senate meeting.
President-elect (Fred Tone): no report
New Business: Bill Brinnier raised concerns about unclear signage for crossing Elizabeth Avenue. Gary said he
would investigate this issue.
Committee Reports:
1. Student Welfare (Rudy Johnson/Heather Hamilton): no report
2. Faculty Welfare / Academic Policies (Bill Brinnier): Bill reported that the committee will be examining the
wording in Policies and Procedures for faculty contracts. The committee will be discussing insurance availability
for part-time faculty. He also expressed concerns about the pressure that new initiatives such as Achieving the
Dream place on faculty.
3. Technology (Farhad Javidi): Farhad reported the following updates:
 CPCC is rolling to Windows 7; safe login: cpcc\username
 The Faculty Senate webpage has been updated to include specific information for each committee.
 E-portfolio will be piloted during Spring Semester
o Task Stream was chosen for the assessment component
o Pilot will be small, handful of courses.
o E-portfolio wants to grow organically, have interest from both faculty and staff instead of mandating.
o Faculty will be able to test this pilot; contact Debbie Lord.
o The link below is an ePortfolio showcase video from LaGuardia Community College.
http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/video/video.html
 There is a new website for the Tech Plan: https://services.cpcc.edu/techplan/.
o Everyone can see all major projects ITS is working on through Online Project Request
(https://services.cpcc.edu/projectrequest/). Anyone is able to submit a request which would be
routed for approval by the supervisor and sponsored by a Cabinet member. Prioritization of projects
are decided by the supervisor and Cabinet. More importantly, you can see the progress of every
project, and can subscribe to any projects to receive automatic updates (once logged in) via email.
o ITS is trying to be as transparent as possible.
 The new CPCC online catalog can be searched more easily and viewed on a Kindle.
https://www.cpcc.edu/attending/catalog
4. Curriculum (Pat West): In Pat’s absence, she provided this handout of items approved by the committee:
Requests reviewed and approved:
A. Program of Study Changes:
 Heavy Equipment and Transport Technology (A60240): add HET 114, Power Trains; HET 192, Selected
Topics; PME 113, Construction Equipment Repair; AUB 134, Auto body Welding; HYD 134,
Hydraulic/Hydrostatic Construction to technical elective pick list

Business Administration: add BUS 240, Business Ethics as a technical elective pick list

Marketing: add LOG 110, Introduction to Logistics as a technical elective and delete MKT 223, Customer
Service from the technical elective pick list.

Associate Degree Nursing: add options to general education requirements. Add ENG 113 Literature
Based Research and ENG 114, Professional Based Research and Reporting as options for ENG 112.
Add COM 110 Introduction to Communication and COM 120 Interpersonal Communications as an option
with COM 231

Associate in Arts: add HUM 120 Cultural Studies as an option
B. Diploma Requests:
 New Heavy Equipment & Transport Technology Diploma in Construction Equipment
C. Pre-Requisite Requests:
 BUS 137, Principles of Management add BUS 110, Introduction to Business as a pre-requisite

BUS 225, Organizational Behavior in Business add BUS 110, Introduction to Business as a pre-requisite
5. Credentials (Peggy Brooks) – Peggy reported that she is looking for faculty to join this committee. She explained
how the credentialing process has worked in the past. The committee will be looking at some unwritten guidelines
for the credentialing process that need to be clarified and established in writing.
6. Educational Resources (Erin Payton): Educational Resources has $20,000 for the 2010-11 fiscal year. The use
of $5500 has already been approved. Apply early for funding. Out-of-state travel now requires only a supervisor’s
approval. Be sure to use the most recent version of the application form.
7. Professional Staff Welfare (Keith Vincent): no report
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The following announcements were made:
1. Reminder: The Geek Fest will be held this year on November 10.
2. Every effort will be made to end meetings promptly at 4:00.
There being no further business, a motion was made, seconded, and unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting.
ACTION: Please share the information in these minutes with the members of your division/department.
Next Meeting Time: The October meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 19, at 2:30.
Location: Allied Health Bldg., room 4510
Respectfully submitted,
Courtney Kimball
Secretary