Department of Foreign Languages
Faculty Meeting Minutes: Tuesday, January 9, 2007
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Willingham Hall 127
In attendance:
Dr. William Griffin, Chair
Dr. Anja Bernardy
Dr. Neysa Figueroa
Dr. Luc Guglielmi
Dr. Kristin Hoyt
Dr. June Laval
Dr. Federica Santini
Dr. Ernesto Silva
Dr. Sabine Smith
Ms. Marsha Powell, Secretary
Dr. Lynn Fedeli
Dr. Audrey Garcia
Ms. Janet Holbrook
Dr. Susanne Kelley
Dr. Louis Meng
Dr. Francesco Scordato
Dr. Robert Simon
Dr. Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson
Ms. Ayala (excused, class conflict)
I. Announcements:
1. SPRING 2007 SYLLABI due ASAP but no later than Friday, January 12th .
2. Access Data base: Is now available for us by faculty to query data related to majors and
minors.
3. Foreign Language Day date will be announced by Dr. Smith
4. Deadline for submitting ARDs is Tuesday, January 16th (not Monday, January 15th) due
to MLK Holiday.
5. Arrange time to meet with new faculty members and their mentors. Suggested, Tuesday,
1/16 or Thursday, 1/18, 12:30 – 1:45. (Hoyt, Kelley, Meng, Santini, Simon, ViakinnouBrinson). Please let Marsha Powel know your availability.
6. Arrange time to meet with Lower-division language coordinators. (Figueroa, Guglielmi,
Smith, Meng, Santini, Scordato). Please let Marsha Powel know your availability during
the week of January 22nd to 26th
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7. FLED programs in GA, letter from Brandi Meeks (President, FLAG) (Handout 1)
8. “Genocide in Sudan” discussion, Dr. Bobia (Handout 2)
9. Francophone Tournées Film Festival, February 5th -9th. Call for proposals from all
languages.
10. Update on moves to 2nd FL Pilcher: Moves will occur in early February.
11. There were no other announcements from the floor.
CALL TO ORDER: 12:50 PM
II. Old Business
1. Documents sent to the Dean on December 15, 2006 -- Governance Document, Strategic
Planning, Tenure and Promotion Guidelines – are “under review,” reports Dr. Léger,
Associate Dean.
2. Assessment: Dr. Griffin stressed the need for coordination between/among faculty
teaching the same courses across the curriculum -- for program review data. More
information will be forthcoming from the Assessment Committee and the Chair.
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3. Dr. Griffin reviewed the FPA and ARD procedures. ARD deadline, January 15, 2007.
(Handout 3: Deadlines; Handout 4: copy of ARF template)
 Dr. Griffin reminded faculty to reference student evaluations in their ARD and to
respond, if appropriate, to significant areas of concern expressed by students.
 Dr. Griffin distributed the FPAs with Chair’s comments and requested that faculty
make all editorial corrections (spell-check, check for consistent format for
bibliographical references, use action words, replace “plan to” language with
“will…”, etc.
 FPA’s must be turned in with the ARDs on Tuesday, January 16, 2007.
III. New Business
1. Three new Search Committees were constituted for searches for lecturer positions
assigned to the DFL:
 FLED Lecturer Search Committee
Dr. Hoyt, Dr. Bernardy, Dr. Scordato, Dr. Santini

Spanish I Lecturer Search Committee
Dr. Figueroa, Dr. Simon, Dr. Silva
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Spanish II Lecturer Search Committee
Dr. Garcia, Dr. Fedeli, Dr. Laval
2. Schedules:
 Dr. Griffin distributed a draft Summer 2007 Schedule (Handout 5).The schedule must
be completed for BANNER by Monday, January 16th. Faculty must return their
teaching requests by Friday, January 12th.
 The Fall 2007 Schedule is due in BANNER on January 26th (Handout 6).
 Dr. Griffin distributed a form for faculty members to use to inform him of their
preferred schedule for fall. Due to Dr. Griffin by January 26th. [Amended: the form
states that it is due January 19th.]
3. Committee Reports
 Outstanding Senior: Update from Awards Committee: Dr. Laval reported that a list of
potential candidates will be circulated. Faculty should check the list and offer
additions. The Committee will select three top candidates and ask the faculty to vote
for one.
4. There was one new business item from the floor:
Dr. García announced that the Senior Seminar presentations for Spanish and French will
be held at the following dates and times. A detailed schedule of presentations will be
provided as the dates approach:
 April 25, Wednesday 10:00 – 3:00 pm
 April 27, Friday
10:00 – 3:00 pm
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IV. Adjournment: 1:45PM
All handouts are available online to DFL faculty only at: /faculty/wgriffin/Faculty Meetings:
https://files.kennesaw.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-15699_1
Spring 2007 DFL Faculty Meetings -- 127 Willingham Hall, 12:30-1:45PM.
Tuesday, February 13th
Tuesday, March 13th
Tuesday, April 10th
Tuesday, May 8th .
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