Minutes
UH Hilo Faculty Congress Meeting
February 20, 2015
3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Student Services Multipurpose Room
Attendance:
Julie Adrian, Iota Cabral, Alice Davis, Kimberly Furumo, Norbert Furumo, Mary Louise
Haraguchi, Kekoa Harman, Jean Ippolito, Avis Masuda, Faith Mishina, Janet Ray, Mike Shintaku,
Todd Shumway, Vladi Skorikov, Kathleen Stacey
Others: Vice Chancellor Matt Platz; Arthur Cunningham, Lindy Hern; Ken Hon, Marianne
Takamiya
Approval of minutes from the last meeting
 Correction: change ‘Agenda’ to Minutes in header
 Jean moved to approve minutes; Norbert seconded.
Vote: 15 yes/0 no/0 abstain
Faculty Congress Chair Report
 Motion 2013-14: - distinguish lab courses with “L”; not approved by
administration as it is a system wide issue; All Campus Chairs of Faculty Senates
will continue to work on this (Bill Mautz is UHH representative)
 Administrative Evaluation System
o Develop system wide 360 degree evaluation system
o Holding off on Vice Chancellors and Chancellors, but evaluations still need
to be completed for Deans by April 1st; Faculty Senate Chairs reminded to
work on Dean’s evaluation.
Committee Reports and Vote to Approve Committee Membership
 Assessment Support, Seri Luangphinith – posted on website
o Awaiting final word on accreditation
 VC Platz reported informally we received seven years.
 We formally thank Seri Luangphinith for her hard work and
efforts with WASC Accreditation.
o Assessment Committee work on Quantitative Reasoning underway
o Program Review on track – moving to 5-year review cycle.
 Academic Policy, James Beets
o Flowcharts: At last committee meeting, changes were made to
Curriculum Review AND Academic Policy Flowchart.
o Changes to charter and by-laws also needed.
o Will provide greater clarification with Graduate Council.
o Academic Leadership Program: program, purpose, goals
 Please let Jim know if you would like to participate in this effort
to develop this program.
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o Faculty Development Committee: needs more discussion, given the
5-year Review
o Other topics: possible new standing committee - motion to be
presented in April
Student Success and Admissions, Faith Mishina – 1) student questions
regarding information (e.g., faculty office hours) be made available online; VC
Platz referred to UHH Directory as possible area to add office # and hours. 2)
Q&A page – work in progress.
o EMIT – new committee formed with smaller sub-groups to focus on
recruitment, enrollment.
Budget Review, Roberta Barra – report posted on website
Curriculum Review, Norbert Furumo – committee met to discuss Aviation
Program; proposal received ‘NO’ vote.
General Education, Michael Bitter – report posted on website.
Program Review, Mitchell Anderson –see Seri’s report
Ad Hoc Committee Reports
 Monthly Speaker Series, Emmeline de Pillis – no report at this time
 Standard Weekly Schedule Analysis Committee, Michael Shintaku – motion
passed last year; does not work consistently across departments; committee
recommends against change for now.
Other Committee with Faculty Congress Representation
 Prior Learning Assessment Committee, Faith Mishina – committee meeting
on Feb. 23rd to meet with Barbara Bell; added Michael Marshall to committee.
 EMIT Committee, Seri Luangphinith
 Sustainability Committee, Shih-Wu Sung – no report at this time
 Parking Committee, Adam Pack
 Rose Tseng Lecture Series, Jan Ray – no report at this time
 UNIV 101 Analysis Committee, Norbert Furumo – working on application for
instructors (See Attachment 1 for reference to UNIV 101).
Liaison Reports
 Curriculum, Jean Ippolito – sent report to faculty documenting number of
programs and course proposals processed and approved for 2015-16.
o If course proposal submitted, please email Jean so she can ensure it
was submitted.
o Window now open for new cycle of course proposals
o Transition to Kuali; will run parallel process
o May 1st: priority deadline to be ready for curriculum review committees
in fall
 Norbert F. reported on search for curriculum position – ranking
list of candidates in progress
 Professional Development, Jan Ray – new faculty brown bag on Feb. 4th; Jan
has been helping two programs move from provisional to established.
 Distance Learning, Jan Ray – new committee members and will meet next
Tuesday.
 WASC, Seri Luangphinith – report posted on website
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Grad Council: Mike Shintaku reported Grad Council voted to change final
courses required for completion from final semester to last two semesters
Research Council: Jim Beets reported applications for grants to be posted
shortly.
Faculty Senate Chair Updates
 CAS, Jean Ippolito – minor revision of by-laws; initiated Dean’s evaluation
(same system/process as last year); all-Senate meeting set for May 7th.
 CAFNRM, Mike Shintaku – no report at this time
 CoBE, Roberta Barra – going through accreditation; site visit SundayTuesday
 KHUOK, Iota Cabral – Hosting International Language Conference on
Documentation – March 2-4, 2015
 Pharmacy, Andre Bachmann – Julie reported Andre was replaced by Karen
Pellegrin; groundbreaking held; full accreditation
 Library, Kathleen Stacey – no report at this time.
Old Business:
 Finalize Academic Flowchart (Jim Beets) – postponed – need feedback from
Graduate Council.
New Business
 Update on WASC report and GE (Matt Platz) –
o UH Hilo had balanced budget last year
o Regarding programs with small number of graduates, VC Platz may need
to justify to Legislature in future – require help from Congress
o WASC Accreditation –applied learning to be defined; need certification
and assessment rubric, standardization of internship and monitoring
o Distance Learning – need to determine UH Hilo’s goals for this area
o Institutional Research – need to hire second person to support Kelli O.
o Letter forthcoming from Chancellor and JN Musto regarding 5-Year
Review
 VC Platz will ask departments for expectations of faculty
 May 1st – letter will be sent to faculty who haven’t been reviewed in
five years
o Early Registration: moved up to April 6th
o Consensual Relations – UHPA prefers UH Hilo refer to misconduct policy
in contract
o Faculty Forum – discuss GE issues – Kim will follow up with GE
chairperson.
 Aviation Program (Norbert Furumo)
o Authorization to plan program presented to Congress last year
o Presentation by Arthur Cunningham
o Discussion and testimony for program
o Vote at next Congress meeting – documents to be posted on FC website
 Academic Leadership Program (Jim Beets)
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o Motion provided to establish a new ad hoc committee - Faculty
Development Committee (See Attachment 2).
Vote: Jan moved to accept; Kathleen seconded.
15 yes /0 no/0 abstain.
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Academic Support for Athletes Initiative (Alice Davis)
o Kathleen presented IAAC and ASSA Initiative to support academic goals
of student athletes and provided list of academic resources that currently
exist for student athletes.
Alice moved to accept; Todd seconded.
Vote: 15 yes/0 no/0 abstain
Respectfully submitted,
Avis Masuda
Congress Secretary
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Attachment 1
Motion: To require incoming freshman to take a one-credit UNIV 101 course
WHEREAS the University wishes students to persist and succeed in their chosen
degree programs, and
WHEREAS the University wishes to impart the skills necessary for students to meet
their goals, and
WHEREAS enrollment in first year success courses such as UNIV 101 is associated,
ceteris paribus, with significantly higher retention and graduation rates (see for example
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/lrngclas.htm), and
WHEREAS the cost of providing a one-credit faculty-taught first year success course to
all incoming freshmen, to be compensated at normal overload rates, would be less than
the additional tuition revenue generated by retaining four in-state and two out-of-state
students for one additional semester,
Therefore, be it resolve that all incoming freshmen in the fall semester be placed into a
section of UNIV 101, a one credit course offered on an overload basis by interested
faculty and qualified staff.
Attachment 2
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MOTION: Establishment of the Faculty Development Committee and recommendation
to approve the review of all information considered ‘faculty development’ presented by
Faculty Congress and the UH Hilo Administration.
WHEREAS, faculty development is a vital role within a healthy, functional university.
WHEREAS, faculty development opportunities are provided by different sources within
the university;
Therefore, we propose establishment of the Faculty Congress Faculty Development
Committee with the responsibilities of review and coordination of faculty development
opportunities in collaboration with the Office of the VCAA office. The Faculty
Development Committee will follow the responsibilities approved by Faculty Congress
and maintain an updated notice of faculty development opportunities.
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