EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RETREAT

 

Present:          Alloway, Beck, Bolin, Bradford, Flowers, Hachtmann, Ledder, Moeller, Scholz

 

Absent:           Alexander, Rapkin, Stock, Zimmers

           

Date:               Wednesday, August 16, 2006                       

 

Location:        Schorr Presidential Suite, 1155 Hewit Place

 

Note:   These are not verbatim minutes.  They are a summary of the discussions at the Executive Committee meeting as corrected by those participating.

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1.0       Call to Order

            Moeller called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm.

 

2.0       Announcements

            2.1       Weekly Meetings

Griffin announced that the Executive Committee will begin meeting each week starting with next week’s meeting.  The meetings will begin at 3:00 pm.

           

3.0       Approval of 7/26/06 Minutes

Moeller noted that there was no quorum at the 8/9/06 meeting which is the reason that the minutes of the 7/26 Executive Committee meeting are now being approved.  Alloway moved and Flowers seconded approval of the minutes as amended.  Motion approved. 

 

4.0       Unfinished Business

            4.1       Survey on General Education Revisions

Moeller reported that she and Flowers drafted a quick survey that will eventually be sent to the faculty for input on the institutional objectives developed for the revised general education program.  The Committee reviewed and revised the survey. 

 

The Committee suggested that an email message should be sent to Senators asking them to poll their faculty on how they envision their department will react to the institutional objectives. 

 

            4.2       Handout on General Education Revisions

The Committee reviewed and revised a handout being developed for the September 12th Senate meeting on the general education revision process. 

 

5.0       New Business

5.1       Goals for the Senate for 2006-07

The Committee worked on developing the goals for the Academic Senate for the 2006-07 year. 

 

5.2       Campus Recreation Advisory Council

Griffin reported that a faculty member called with concerns about the increase in campus recreation fees for faculty and staff members.  The faculty member pointed out that the list of Council members in the recreation center indicated that there was currently no faculty representative serving on it.  Beck stated that Professor Jackson, Food Science and Technology, was appointed to the Council.

 

The Committee noted that the University wants to develop a wellness program. Consideration should be given to keeping membership fees to the recreation center low for faculty and staff members if the university wants to promote the wellness program.  Ledder pointed out that some institutions have free membership for the faculty and staff.  He suggested that our peer institutions should be surveyed to see what or if they have fees for the use of their recreation facilities. 

           

The meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.  The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on Wednesday, August 23rd at 3:00 pm.  The meeting will be held in the Academic Senate Office, 420 University Terrace.  The minutes are respectfully submitted by Karen Griffin, Coordinator and Rick Alloway, Secretary.