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Faculty Council Minutes - Nov. 12, 2024

2024-2025 Faculty Council Meeting Minutes

CAL Faculty Council Meeting

Location: Webex
Time: November 12, 2024, 4 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

Voting members = 41
Quorum = 22

Attendance

Present (38): Alamina, Alam, Allred, Al Hariri, Baltus, BeattyMedina, Bland, Christman, Damschroder, Dudley, Edgington, Feldmeier, Foss, Grazzini, Kim, Kinsey, Kistner, Layng, McBane, Mezo, Miner, Moteleone, Mossblad, Mungo, Nelson, Cheng for Rouillard, Sakowski, Semaan, Smirnov, Smith, Stauch, Taylor, Ward, Yamazaki, Zeigler, Zych, Mattison for Fitzgerald

Absent (3): Amialchuk, Crookston, Nemeth Guests: Barnes, Gregory, Keith, Lan, Lawrence, Lingan, Mcinnis, Pearson, Pryor, Vay

Call to Order

Motion to call to order; Second; Motion Approved

Approval of Agenda/Minutes

• Motion to approve Agenda; Second; Motion Approved
• Past minutes delayed for future vote

Dean’s Report (Dean Mel Gregory)

The Dean’s Report is available in the materials folder.

• We are in for considerable change at the National level
• See Dean’s Report for event and date highlights

Executive Committee Report (Jami Taylor)

• Exec committee met on Friday
• Discussed updates from core curriculum committee
  • Believe they will be ready for special meeting in December
• Received update about centralized advising
• Discussed the agenda

Faculty Senate Report (Gaby Semaan)

• 11/05 Senate Report
• Presidential search committee formed, working on job description
• Provost search is postponed until a President is appointed
• Committee formed for future bookstore
• Responses collecting on scheduling is ongoing
• Search for Dean of Business has begun
• Minority and gender-based scholarship report on which scholarships would be awarded
• The money for the DEI office has been redistributed to admin
• Student success plan presented, pushback from faculty
  • Student success was not defined
  • Priority is getting students in and out in four years o Right fit was explained in terms of student abilities
  • No clear response on tracking
  • Not trying to prevent students from switching majors
• Core curriculum report presented
• Dr. Rouillard presented findings on survey

Graduate Council Report (Ed Lingan) 

• Head of council had meeting with President, wants to bring more events back to campus
• Research mixers continue to happen, check email announcements
• Office of Research Compliance is offering training
  • Will come in to talk to grad faculty, reach out to them
• University Assessment Office is moving assessment report curriculum maps into CIM
• HLC has updated its criteria - next visit is in 2026 – but updates are in effect as of 2025
• Syllabi workshop project to develop a database of all undergraduate syllabi

Elections Committee Report (Sam Nelson)

• N/A

Constitution Committee Report (Jami Taylor)

• N/A

Curriculum Committee Report (Anthony Edgington)

• All curriculum committee items passed (four course proposals, one modification, and two program changes detailed in the materials folder for this week.
  • Motion to approve moving the course to Senate; Seconded; Motion approved

New Business

• Program Prioritization
  • It is important to update the job outlook dashboard so that a more realistic picture is formed of what jobs students get upon graduation
• Centralized advising
  • Minimal changes for spring semester
  • Faculty advisors will still play the same role, but very little information has been given
  • Any kind of structural transition brings pain points, but many people are invested in its success

Old Business

• • N/A

Announcements

• • Next CAL council meeting November 24th at 4:00pm via Webex

Adjournment

• • Motion to adjourn; Seconded; Motion approved