UH Hilo Faculty Congress
Proposed Agenda for May 11, 2007 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, K-127
1. Approval of the minutes 4/27/07 meeting.
2. Report from the Chair and recommendations for the 2007-2008 Faculty Congress
3. Committee Annual Reports (Suggestion - we can post these on the Congress
website, a short summary of the report can be given verbally, or we can ask the
committees to read their reports and hand out copies to Congress ??)
Budget Committee - the legislature has approved the state budget. A summary
will be passed around for UHH's share of the UH System budget.
Old Business:
4. The VC Academic Affairs office has requested approval of these proposed
changes to the document "Contract Renewal, Promotion, Tenure for Teaching
Faculty," found on the VCAA’s website. (I am still waiting for the new wording,
will send to you as soon as I get it.)
New Business:
5. Approval of a campus-wide policy on adoption of "clickers" used in the
classroom. The COBE Senate Chair Kelly Burke will recommend the adoption of
"i-clickers" campus-wide (http://www.iclicker.com/) so that our students will not
need to buy different clickers for different classes, and will allow the bookstore to
plan better.
"The University of Hawaii at Hilo should standardize on the iClicker as the
sole classroom response system to be used by faculty in our classrooms."
6. A review of the UHH Strategic Plan will be given by Kenith Simmons, April
Komenaka, Brendan Hennessey, and Barbara Leonard. See the previous review
at: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/uhh/strategic/performance.php
7. The 2006-2007 Faculty Congress will adjourn.
8. The 2007-2008 Faculty Congress will be seated. Elections will be held for
officers.
9. The 2007-2008 Faculty Congress will adjourn.
A reception for the 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 Faculty Congress will be held
afterward at 6:00 pm at Waterfalls Inn, 240 Kaiulani St., Hilo. Please come and
bring your significant other.