Department Meeting
September 21, 2015
12:00pm – 1:15pm, LA 148
Faculty Present:
Aasand, Amidon, Anders, Bassett, Bischoff, Cain, Dehr, Fleming, Hile. Huffman, Kalamaras,
Kaufmann, Keller, Kopec, Minton, Roberts, Rumsey, Stapleton, Stewart, Sun, Whalen, and
White
Initial Business:
Meeting called to order at 12:02PM
Agenda for September 21, 2015 approved. Minutes from April 15, 2015 approved.
Informational Items:
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Kudos to:
o Bassett – Two recent publications: “Publishing and Circulation” The
Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature and “Sister Acts: The Prevalence of
Literary Families in the Victorian Period.” Studies in Victorian and
Modern Literature: A Tribute to John Sutherland.
o Cain - Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist grant to do research for
my book on Margaret Burroughs.
o Crisler –Finalist for the Omnidawn Book Prize for my manuscript The
Black Album; book of poetry “This” Ameri-can-ah forthcoming.
o Huffman – Chapter on the Eng R190 course in the edited collection What
is College Reading? forthcoming next year.
o Roberts - Article “’For Those Who Have the Eye to See and the Heart to
Understand’: The Critical Response to Children’s Books in Geraldine
Jewsbury’s Athenaeum Reviews” forthcoming in Nineteenth Century
Prose.
o Sun –Chapter on service learning entitled “Win-win Learning
Opportunities for all” forthcoming in volume on service learning in higher
education edited by Gail Hickey in CEPP.
o Webb-Sunderhaus - Article “Keep the Appalachian, Drop the Redneck”:
Tellable Student Narratives of Appalachian Identity” forthcoming in
College English; attended Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Writing
Research.
o Danielson (LTL) –Article, "The Drums Shall Beat and the Fife Shall
Play: the Early Military Music of Fort Wayne, Indiana," appeared in the
Autumn 2015 edition of the Musical Times in the UK.
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Committee Reports:
o Scholarship Committee: White and Dehr will co-chair. Scholarship
Committee will need to adjust amounts that will be awarded next year.
Dehr will send scholarship info to everyone next month to begin
solicitation of nominees earlier.
o Gen Ed Committee: Amidon reported that there has been no information
for Gen Ed assessment. He will email everyone who taught a gen ed.
course with information and criteria. The Gen Ed committee will need to
submit all information sometime this semester but a deadline has not been
given yet.
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Sabbatical Deadlines:
o Sabbatical applications are due next week.
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Enrollment Data:
o Aasand gave an overview of our current majors and credit hours compared
to 2014 data.
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Dean’s Tour Meeting:
o The Dean’s Tour meeting with the department is set for noon on
Wednesday, Sept 23rd in LA 136.
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SASI:
o Kopec reported that the next SASI event is scheduled for Nov 14th from
11am to 3pm and has invited the department to participate. An email
regarding participation will come soon.
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Curriculum Map:
o Aasand gave an overview of the ENGL curriculum map to be found on his
webpage
Old Business:
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Enchiridion Revisions:
o Revisions to the Enchiridion regarding research (option A) and teaching
(option B) were discussed. Motion (Rumsey/Hile) made to have Ad Hoc
Committee revise option procedures and rubrics. Motion discussed and passed
unanimously.
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Department Travel Forms/Procedures:
o Aasand presented the department with the amount of funds that we have for
the year and asked for the faculty’s input on allocation formula. Travel
procedures and request forms are linked on Aasand’s website.
o Howard reminded faculty not to make any travel purchases without prior
approval from the department.
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New Conference/Seminar Room:
o Howard reminded faculty that scheduling use of the new conference/seminar
room requires an email to all three secretaries. A keypad lock should be
installed this week. Scheduling of classes must wait until the rest of the
designs are completed.
o No daytime classes can be scheduled in the room to allow for other users
throughout the day.
o More information will be sent at a later time.
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Prior notification of scheduling requests:
o Faculty were reminded that they needed to notify and gain approval from the
department prior to offering classes from another department.
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Polling LTLs on concerns:
o Bischoff and Fleming will work to design the poll with the assistance of
an LTL.
New Business:
 Faculty Senate Replacements:
o Replacements for the faculty senate are needed while Sun and Bischoff are on
sabbaticals. Amidon has volunteered to assume Bischoff’s seat for the ‘16-17
academic year and Hile has volunteered to assume immediately Sun’s seat for
the spring ‘16 semester. Further discussion will occur at next meeting.
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Coordinating Committee:
o The Coordinating Committee is working to update the P&T criteria and will
present the information to the department before submission.
Meeting adjourned at 1:17 PM
Next Meeting:
 Monday, October 05, 2015 at noon in LA 148