Agenda
Meeting of the Faculty Council
October 11, 2013, 10:00 a.m., Dean’s Conference Room, 3rd Floor Pafford
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the meeting of September 13, 2013 (see FC web site: http://www.westga.edu/coss/index_172.php)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Updates
a. Chairs Meeting with President Kyle Marrero Update (Brad)
b. Brad’s meeting with Dean McCandless regarding summer budget allocation and student success
measures
c. COSS Service Day-Oct. 18th (See e-mail from Associate Dean Smallwood to sign-up)
2. Danny Gourley from the Advising Excel Center will join FC on November 8th to discuss Grades First.
3. Other items taken from the floor
NEW BUSINESS
1. PLANNING COMMITTEE (Aanstoos, Johnson, Yates)
a. Standing Proposal: develop a Summer Budget Allocation Formula (due by January 2014; preferably
much sooner)
i. Guest: Erin Brannon, COSS Administrative Manager, discusses previous budgeting procedures
for summer funding
ii. Action item: Planning Committee to convene to incorporate information from Erin and feedback
of FC to develop formula to present for consideration
b. Proposal: to streamline policy creation and revision so items are more easily found in postings and
archives as opposed to sifting through all meeting minutes. See example:
http://www.westga.edu/assetsDept/vpaa/Academic_Policy_Revisions_Table.pdf
2. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (Hunter, Moon, Peralta)
a. Proposal: to meet with library representatives to discuss collaboration and support opportunities
related to research methods courses taught in COSS across departments
i. Guest: Anne Barnhart, Library Head of Instructional Services, will share opportunities to create a
Faculty Information Literacy Institute
ii. Related opportunity: to develop interdisciplinary course within COSS to train students in
research and writing skills for the Social Sciences
b. Standing Proposal: the Dean’s Office is considering offering Faculty Fellowships for special initiatives in
COSS
i. These initiatives have not found a solid footing at this time; the Information Literacy Institute
may be the foundation to build on
ii. Dean is committed to opportunities for faculty to development in the areas of teaching,
scholarship, and service
3. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (Hunt, Pope, Smallwood)
a. Proposal: to approve course and program modifications (see Course Catalog System) (Associate Dean
Smallwood)
i. Course modifications/additions/deletions
1) None submitted
ii. Program modifications/additions/deletions
1) Bachelor of Science with a Major in Criminology
b. Standing Proposal: to identify potential Student Success Measures (e.g., salaries after graduation, jobs
in the field, entrance to graduate school) in response to BOR directives (performance-based funding is
the future), as charged by the Dean
i. Dean reiterated charge to develop measures in meeting with Brad; these will be used in future
funding models
ii. Academic Affairs Committee to convene to develop potential success measures to present for
consideration
c. Proposal: request for a university policy change so that graduate students can use the library during the
summer free of charge even if they are not registered in summer classes.
i. Database licensing (EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.) will be an obstacle
ii. Begin discussion with Library staff to conduct a pilot study to collect data on graduate student
use of the library during summer
iii. Investigate library use privilege for graduate students at other USG institutions
4. OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS