College Leadership Team
Minutes
April 9, 2014
Present – Larry Daniel, Marsha Lupi, Cathy O’Farrell, Candice Carter, Karen Patterson, Jennifer Kane, John Kemppainen,
John Venn
Call to order – The meeting was called to order at 9:30am.
Minutes – The minutes were approved with minor corrections.
Announcements –
The CLT will reconvene in the dean’s conference room April 10, 2014 at 12:15 to have a conversation with candidate,
Evan Ortlieb, for the CELT chair position. A light lunch will be served. The dean encouraged CLT chairs and directors to
attend the candidate’s presentation with faculty at 10:00 if they cannot attend the lunch meeting. Candidate Evan
Ortlieb is the only candidate being considered at this time.
Dr. Kane updated the CLT on the Assessment Search. The search committee will hold two on campus interviews, April
22nd and April 27th. There will be an open forum which will include the CLT. Dr. Kane will send out candidate information
and dates shortly.
Dr. Lupi updated the CLT on the Scholar Award Ceremony. Patti will mail the scholar letters this afternoon. A good
turnout is expected.
John Venn announced that Dr. Ouyang and Dr. Stanley will be accepting more students from Shaanxi Normal next year.
UNF’s partnership with Shaanxi Normal has blossomed over the years. Early Childhood has been a major priority for that
institution, although we had one student from China interested in Educational Technology. If department faculty have
interest in doing a summer stint with Shaanxi Normal, discussions can be initiated. Also, the Confucius Institute was
recently approved and UNF will be advancing with that program. Having the Confucius Institute at UNF and Shaanxi
Normal as our partner in China is a big plus for UNF. UNF participates in regular interaction conversations with China.
Dr. O’Farrell worked with Duval County with the fingerprinting processes which will be in the budget next year.
Dr. Lupi asked faculty about the email sent from Deb Miller about “SOLO” orientations. Dr. Kane shared that her
students piloted the survey. Dr. Kane’s students thought it was helpful in making their DL courses successful.
Dr. Kane has invited a visiting scholar from China who will be working with Dr. Cavanaugh in the Ed. Technology
program.
Dr. Kane shared that Janet Withers’ last day will be April 25th. LSCSM will do a farewell for Janet in conjunction with a
farewell for Dr. Poppell. A save the date for a farewell will be sent out in the near future.
Dr. O’Farrell announced that Heather Beckles will be the new office assistant replacing Dee Crawford in the Educational
Field Experiences office.
Dr. Kemppainen shared that Clinton Williams is back on campus working mornings in the Ed. Tech center and training to
become a COEHS advisor during the afternoon.
CLAST and excess hours (JK)
The state feels there has been enough gap since people taking the old CLAST exam were allowed to be grandfathered in.
The CLAST test can no longer be used for teacher education admission requirements. The General Knowledge must be
taken. Changes have also been made within the state to raise the bar in subject area exams.
Excess hours – Advising has imposed new procedures for tracking students’ excess hours. Advisors will keep track and
notify students when they are reaching their cap in total number of credits to earn financial aid and qualify for instate
tuition. Dr. Lupi shared that the Associate Deans group asked Meagan Kuehner, Registrar, to give department chairs
permission to look at students’ excess hours.
Budget Requests (LD)
During the recent meeting with Academic Affairs, the Provost’s staff reviewed the requests from all the units to make
sure everything was on the list that needed to be. Friday, April 11th the deans will meet to work with Provost Traynham
to prioritize across the university. The Provost will also be meeting with the budget advisory committee and there will
be a separate meeting to get faculty input. Dr. Daniel commented that it looks like the next budget cycle will be better
but still unknown until sometime in May or June. Dr. Daniel also shared topics of discussion regarding adjuncts, expense
item budgets, summer school approvals on the front end, and visiting instructors. The CLT discussed these and
additional budget concerns.
Summer School Budget (LD)
Dr. Daniel and the CLT discussed the summer school budget. Please keep Linda aware of cancellations and any major
changes.
Other Business
The CLT discussed Senate Bill 1054.
Meeting adjourned at 11:30