College of Education and Human Services
Faculty Assembly Meeting
Friday, January 8, 2016
Room 1260 12:15 pm
Present: Carolyne Ali-Khan, Catherine Baucom, Betty Bennett, Stacy Boote, Luciana Braga,
Andrea Buenano, Terry Cavanaugh, Richard Chant, Kim Cheek, Jeff Cornett, Vicki Cornett,
Gigi David, Daniel Dinsmore, Nick Eastham, Suzanne Ehrlich, Liz Gregg, Caroline Guardino,
Wanda Hedrick, Laura Jackson, Chris Janson, Jennifer Kane, Dilek Kayaalp, John Kemppainen,
Jennifer Kilpatrick, Laura Langton, KoSze Lee, Marsha Lupi, Sophie Maxis, Sandie Miller,
Katie Monnin, Cathy O’Farrell, Matthew Ohlson, John Ouyang, Nicole Pece, Megan SchrammPossinger, Ellie Scheirer, Rebecca Schumacher, Kelly Scott, Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore, Lena
Shaqareq, Sherry Shaw, Nile Stanley, Carolyn Stone, Michael Stultz, Anne Swanson, Kristi
Sweeney, Sue Syverud, Madalina Tanase, John Venn, Kristine Webb, Christine Weber, Dawn
Wessling, Lunetta Williams, Hope Wilson, Brian Zoellner and guest Pam Chally.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 12:20 pm.
Dean Search Update: Dean Pam Chally said we have four candidates interviewing in January
and the first one starts on Monday, January 11. We have some really strong candidates and
Nicholas Eastham has done a wonderful job getting their CVs and Skype interviews uploaded to
the website. The dates for the candidates are: January 11 – Reio, January 19 – Yendol-Hoppey,
January 21 – Reagan and January 25 – Patterson. We’ve created lots of opportunities to meet
with the candidates and since they are open meetings, you can come to any meeting. We want to
make sure we get the very best person so you are encouraged to contact people at their
universities to find out about them. Thanks to Patti Robbins and Judy Chacinski for being a big
help. The faculty thanked Dean Chally for leading us in this search.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the December 4, 2015 meeting were approved as
submitted.
Announcements: Rebecca Schumacher drafted a school counseling Bill in the Florida House
and Senate. Senator Nancy Detert and Representative Reggie Fullwood have filed a Bill in
support of Florida school counseling. We want every school, at every level, to have a full-time
school counselor. If you desire to contact your representatives, Becky will send you a template.
Next year FAFSA will start in October and you can integrate your taxes into it. Finances
shouldn’t be a gate keeper from keeping kids from post-secondary. The Bill will be heard soon
and will hopefully pass since it will affect almost three million kids. Caroline Stone
acknowledged Becky as a leader on this Bill since she drafted it. Thanks to Becky for all her
hard work on this.
Nicole Pece announced the scholarship deadline is Friday, January 22. Students would need to
complete applications online and be specific in their essay. They just need to go to the link on
the website which also has the criteria for each scholarship. There is plenty of money to be
awarded so please encourage your students to apply.
The Rodenberry scholarship award is available to graduate applicants so if you know anyone that
is eligible, please encourage your graduate students to apply. Gladys Prior award of $15,000
goes to four career teachers in Duval County, from private or public school. Spread the word
about deserving teachers in the county. The deadline is March 6, 2016.
Caroline Guardino said UFF bargaining team has family medical leave and salary on the agenda
and they will be meeting after this meeting in building 1 on the bottom floor.
Marsha Lupi added that there are still funds available for student travel scholarships so students
can present with you at a conference.
Standing Committee Reports:
Executive Committee – no report
Undergraduate Standards and Curriculum Committee – no report
Graduate Standards and Curriculum Committee – no report
Student Issues Committee – no report
Personnel Committee – no report
Technology Committee – The committee will be meeting later this month. Old Bloomfire
database from CIRT is no longer accessible.
Long Range Planning Committee – The committee is meeting right after this meeting and they
will be looking at the conceptual framework and organizing a retreat for faculty later in the
semester.
Dean’s Report:
Announcements:
 CCIE accreditation is coming up for Interpreter Education
 Many December graduates are teaching
 International certificate was passed
 Silver jubilee celebrations are coming up with our doctoral program
 Go ospreys! We have a fabulous basketball team that needs your support
Update on Searches:
 The Childhood Education, Literacy, and TESOL department is currently conducting three
searches: chair, assistant professor in social studies, and a permanent instructor position
in elementary education with a focus in art integration. Lunetta Williams added that the
3rd and final chair candidate is interviewing on Thursday, January 14. Nile Stanley added
that the social studies search will bring three candidates in to interview in January or
February. Kim Cheek said the instructor search had a preliminary screening and will meet
on Tuesday, January 12 to review more applicants.

Program Director/Professor of Educational Leadership search held Skype interviews on
Thursday, January 7 and will be bringing candidates in at the end of January or February.

Assistant Professor of ASL/English Interpreting has three applicants and the committee
will review them soon.
Music Education Update: Jen Kane said Music Education is housed in COAS but we hold the
responsibility for certification. Megan Schramm-Possinger works with them to meet all the State
requirements. We did allow them to offer their own field so they could have a music specific
field experience.
Enrollment/Recruitment needs: Enrollment target numbers are set by Enrollment Services and on
your handouts are their realistic target projections. The budget is determined by these projections
and you must meet your target or there will be consequences – they allocate resources based on
whether or not you’ve met those targets. We show 91.92% of our targeted FTE for the Spring
and this is not where we need to be. As you can see recruitment is important. How can we recruit
more students? For example, we have a military resource next to us so we could put a session
together to pick up students from this. Enrollment drives which programs stay and which ones
don’t. A discussion ensued on how we can recruit more students. Non-certification programs
might be a good place to put our energy right now. Encourage enrollment and be proactive. We
encourage you to have discussions with your chairs about programs with low graduation rates.
We need to go after people since they are not coming to us. Look for a group of people that need
something we can offer. John Venn added that Albert Colom and Dan Moon will be joining
their department meeting for improving enrollment marketing. We will get together to share
recruitment ideas. Megan Schramm-Possinger asked that you let her know about your
recruitment meetings so she can take notes for the State.
Homecoming/Tent City: Nicole Pece said this year’s homecoming theme is “Go Big and Come
Home” and it will be held from February 13 - February 20. They plan to have many activities
throughout that week, including an alumni recognition awards dinner where DEAC member,
Sam Inman, will be receiving the service award. Jen Kane added that Tent City will be located at
the arena courtyard and each college will have a tent. It will be from 3 pm – 7 pm on Saturday,
February 20 and we will have a tent for alumni to drop by. The basketball game will start at 7
pm. There will be food and a live band. We need to decide what activities should happen inside
the tent. We’d like to highlight the good works of our college and make it fun so send your ideas
to Nicole Pece.
Shoutouts:
Jeff Cornett said Luciana Braga received a major faculty development grant. Dilek Kayaalp
received a diversity research grant. Carolyne Ali-Khan received an international travel grant –
Luxemburg.
John Venn said Kim Cheek received the Academic Affairs faculty scholarship award. Christian
Winterbottom and Soonhyang Kim received an international faculty travel grant - England and
South Korea.
Chris Janson said Liz Gregg was awarded the faculty development grant with Luciana Braga. Liz
was also awarded the Sport Marketing Association’s Excellence and Service award. Matt
Ohlson wrote an article with two graduate students and a chapter with other graduate students.
Sophie Maxis recently published two book chapters, one with Chris Janson. Matt Ohlson, along
with others, developed Camp Osprey, a collegiate leadership mentoring partnership with three
Duval County Public Schools.
Jen Kane spoke for the Exceptional Deaf and Interpreter Education department and said Suzanne
Ehrlich and Jennifer Kilpatrick got a travel grant for Edinburgh, Scotland. Interpreting
Education is getting ready for their site visit. They just had a successful graduation ceremony
with 10 interpreting masters’ students. EDIE just opened the new ASL Tutoring Lab and will
give a tour of the lab. Sue Syverud was selected to speak at the MLK celebration on Friday,
January 15.
John Kemppainen added that he and Sue Syverud received a TLO grant to continue the
International Professional Development School partnership with the University of Belize. Nick
Eastham put up an International Opportunities webpage which can be a big recruitment
motivator so send your international student photos to him so he can add them to the webpage.
Deirdre Meehan will send out the link for photo permission slips so we can use your
international student photos on our webpage.
FTCE:
Megan Schramm-Possinger said if pass rates are lower than the State, it needs your attention and
we need to look at ways to improve it. Kelly Scott will work on an online tutorial and we will
start this this summer with a free 0 credit course manned by an adjunct.
It was suggested that we get groups together to have content discussions to see if we are
addressing the content well. A discussion ensued and it was agreed to relate competencies, skills
and critical thinking to the courses you’re teaching. Whatever mechanisms faculty are using to
improve these pass rates, submit them to Megan Schramm-Possinger so she can report them to
the State.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 2:35 pm and the next meeting will be on Friday,
February 5, 2016.