CAL Faculty Council Minutes Apr. 16, 2024
College of Arts and Letters 2023-2024
Faculty Council Meeting
Minutes April 16, 2024, Webex
- Call to Order
Motion to begin; Second; Motion Approved; Meeting begins. - Roll Call
Present: Alamina, Allred, Al Hariri, Baltus, Benton, Bland, Bonifacio, Christman, Cook, Damschroder, Gamble, Grazzini, Hey, Kistner, Lawrence (for Nemeth), McBane, Mezo, Monteleone, Mossblad, Myers, Nelson, Reed, Rouillard, Sakowski, Semaan, Smith, Stauch, Taylor, Ward, Whittaker, Zeigler (31)
Absent: Alam, Amialchuk, Beatty-Medina, Black, Carpenter, Day, Dudley, Emonds, Feldmeier, Geiger, Kinsey (for Foss), McKether, Schlemper (13)
Guests: Keith, Lingan, Gregory, McBride, Miner (5) - Approval of Agenda and Minutes
Meeting agenda submitted for approval; Motion to approve; Second; Vote: Agenda Approved. - Dean’s Report: Melissa Gregory
Please review the email sent regarding the CAL and JHCOE merger. Faculty can provide feedback via the link. The forthcoming new formation of an allied health college, a combination of HHS and Nursing, could potentially provide opportunities for some programs to consider moving to the merged CAL/JHCOE if they feel they will not be served by the merged allied health college. - Executive Committee Report: Ammon Allred
The committee met twice, once with the Dean to discuss the issues related to the merger. The committee discussed the agenda for today’s meeting and the upcoming joint meeting – the last meeting of this year’s Council and the first meeting of next year’s Council. Please remind new department reps that they should be at the second half of that meeting. Elections for the new Council were briefly discussed, along with meeting modality. - Faculty Senate Report: Gaby Semaan
Faculty Senate met on April 9. The Executive Committee reminded Senators about the election ballot sent via email. The mergers of CAL and JHCOE, HHS and Nursing, and concerns about the many interim Deans at the University were mentioned. Senate President-Elect announced that she will not be serving as Senate President next year. Interim Provost Molitor reported that an email with the new enrollment dashboard will be sent. A search for an Enrollment and Marketing Director is forthcoming; the search for a Dean of Nursing has been suspended pending the merger; and separate merger task forces for enrollment in the merged colleges will be created. Both mergers are planned for fall 2025. - Graduate Council Report: Jami Taylor
The ability to internally approve pipeline programs will be easier than in the past, as will moving programs to online modality; state approval not needed. A resolution about graduate funding was approved. - Elections Committee Report: Joey Gamble
Election results:
Lecturer At-Large: Suzanne Smith and Thomas Zych
Arts At-Large T/TT: Stephen Sakowski and Barbara Miner
Humanities At-Large T/TT: Tony Edgington
Social Sciences At-Large T/TT: Qun Wang
CCAP Arts: Daniel Thobias
CCAP Humanities: Ally Day
CCAP Social Sciences: Jeffrey Broxmeyer
Graduate Council CAL Reps: Jim Ferris, Dan Boden, and Beth Schlemper - Bylaws/Constitution Report: Jami Taylor
No report. - Curriculum Committee Report: Holly Hey
Program modifications approved:
AR-THTR-BA-THTA: Theatre Arts Concentration, BA
AR-THTR-BA-TDAT: Theatre Design & Technology Concentration, BA
AR-THTR-BA-SASA: Stage and Screen Acting Concentration, BA
Course modifications approved:
FILM 4310: Narrative Film Production - Old Business
None. - New Business
None. - Announcements
The Composition Department is hosting the Shapiro Showcase of Student Writing April 17-18 in CL 1005.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Department of Theatre & Film and OpenSpot Theatre present The Audition on Thursday, April 25.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· Department of Theatre & Film’s theatrical production of Neighborhood 3 is this weekend.
Holly Monsos, Department of Theatre & Film Chair and Professor, is retiring at the end of this semester.
The Honors Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit reception is Friday, April 26, in the Center for Visual Arts. - Adjournment
Motion to Adjourn; Second; Motion Approved; Meeting Adjourned