TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE TEACHERS
FALL MEETING
OCTOBER 26-27, 2012
CROWNE PLAZA, AUSTIN
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012
(Rooms FGH)
8:00 A.M.
Meet for breakfast and visit assignments
8:45 A.M.
Depart for Capitol
9:30 A.M
Legislative Visits
11:30 A.M.
Return to Crowne Plaza Hotel
1:00 P.M. – 1:10 P.M.
Welcome - TCFS, TACT and AAUP Presidents
1:10 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Senator Kirk Watson, Joint Committee on Oversight of Higher Education
Governance, Excellence & Transparency, Senate Higher Education
Committee
2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Panel Discussion: “Texas’ $10,000 Competency-Based Bachelor’s
Initiative”
Moderator: TCFS President-Elect LaVelle Hendricks, TAMU-Commerce
Panel: Dr. Van Davis, Special Projects Director, THECB
Dr. Dan Jones, President, TAMU-Commerce
Dr. Brent Mangus, Dean, College of Education, TAMU-Commerce
Dr. Ali Esmaeili, Dean, Bachelor’s Program and University Relations,
South Texas College
Dr. Rusty Waller, Interim Department Head of Educational
Leadership, TAMU-Commerce
3:00 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Update
Dr. Catherine Parsoneault, Senior Program Director, Academic
Programs Division, THECB
3:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Break
4:00 P.M.
TACT Board of Directors Meeting
AGENDA
I.
Call to Order and President’s Report - President Peter Hugill
A. Approval of Summer 2012 Board of Directors minutes
B. Appointment of Nominating Committee
II.
Future Meeting Dates – Determine location and dates
A. Spring Leadership Conference
March 1-2, 2013
B. Summer Board Meeting
June 1, 2013
C. Fall Conference
October 25-26, 2013
III.
Legislative Report – Mary Jo Garcia Biggs
IV.
Financial Report – Frank Fair
V.
Membership Report – Chad Rose
VI.
Executive Director Report – Chuck Hempstead
VII.
Other Business
5:15 P.M.
Adjourn
5:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
University Systems meeting/Roundup Report Topics Discussion
6:00 PM – 7:00 P.M.
Social Hour – Hotel Bar
7:00 P.M.
Banquet – Lone Star Rooms 2 and 3
(Speaker to be confirmed)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2012
(Rooms FGH)
8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.
Mobilizing Public Support for Higher Education Faculty Panel
Moderator: Murray Leaf, TCFS Vice President, University of Texas-Dallas
Martha Hilley, Chair, University of Texas at Austin Faculty Council
John Stallone, Speaker, Texas A&M University Faculty Senate
10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.
Coffee
12:15 A.M. – 1:15 A.M.
Lunch