Deans’ Meeting Agenda
August 26, 2014
1:00 – 3:00 pm
1.
3-day Search minimum duty days for summer searches
Martin
2 days for committee members, 2.5 for chairs, funding provided by academic affairs. If more days are
needed, can be requested by and paid for from the dean.
2.
Faculty leave and sick day requests
Colleen
Discussed how to handle faculty sick day requests with the TLR system. If faculty call in to cancel on
campus courses due to illness, please remind them of the need to submit leave through online system.
Will need to make arrangements for chronic conditions. Do need to remind faculty of the new system and
help with using it.
3.
ARCC office space
Attachment 1
Lynn
Reviewed options presented to us from ARCC. We would like two faculty offices and a reception area.
The space presented would not allow for this. Martin will bring this to Pres Hanson for further
conversation.
Also need to resolve issue with Program Inventory with MnSCU to make sure BSN program locations are
posted, as well as the BUAD program at ARCC.
4.
Open forums and topics
Attachment 2
Martin
Requested by the President. No set topics. Any advantage of submitting questions in advance? Ask for
issues to be addressed?
5.
Media Codes for courses
Patrick / Lynn
Question came up in reference to a couple of BUAD courses that are identified as web enhanced in the
course note, but not in the media code. Need to have discussions with faculty about accurately identifying
how the course will be delivered when it is set up.
6.
Contractual issues regarding work hours, home campus, ‘being here’ etc
Martin
Decisions about how courses are delivered, home campus assignments, and course scheduling needs to
be made as part of a conversation with the department and dean. Need to be deliberate about our
intention to be a residential campus.
7.
Hagg-Sauer update
Patrick
Discussion about what 10 million can build or renovate; how much space for offices and classrooms?
Need to share the history and timeline about how this project developed as intro to the forum.
8.
Assessment update
Patrick
Patrick plans to have an updated document to share by the end of the week. A number of departments
have submitted info either during, prior to or after the assessment workshop last week.
9.
Pathways to Postsecondary summits
Attachment 3
Martin
Discussed options for BSU team members for the Oct 9 session at BSU.
10. Scheduling authority (forms of delivery)
Colleen
Discussed who has permissions to make changes to course enrollments or adding sections, etc. Includes
moving a room or changing a location as well as increasing or decreasing course enrollments, etc, at least
as a cc on the email to Records.
11. Transfer Course information – classes
Attachment 4
Martin
Will there be a predictive model for transfer courses as well as new freshman? Need to check on this.
12. DFW Retention & Gardner institute
Attachment 5
Martin
Is this a direction we want to go in for this next year? Outside entity might have more time to address this
and bring some credibility. Do we have time to deal with this now or should we put in on hold for this
year?
13. Grievances
Reviewed current issues that have been brought forward.
14. Other
Support for student scholarship day – faculty and support staff.
Articulation agreements – BSU and NTC
SCHEDULED DEAN COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 9-2-14 – 8-5-15
1ST AND 3RD TUESDAYS, 1-3 PM – DEPUTY 301A
September 2, 2014 - Doug Olney attending on IR
September 16, 2014
October 7, 2014 - Doug Olney attending on IR
October 21, 2014
November 4, 2014 - Doug Olney attending on IR
November 18, 2014
December 2, 2014 - Doug Olney attending on IR
December 16 2014
January 6, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
January 20, 2015
February 3, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
February 17, 2015
March 3, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
March 17, 2015
April 7, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
April 21, 2015
May 5, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
May 19, 2015
Patrick
June 2, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
June 16, 2015
July 7, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR
July 21, 2015
August 4, 2015 - Doug Olney attending on IR