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MINUTES
Meeting of the faculty of
the College of Arts and
Sciences, University of North Texas, 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, 23 October 2007. Silver Eagle, Suite C, of the Union Building. Dean
Warren Burggren presided. James Tanner (English) served as Secretary; John
Gossett (Communication Studies) was Parliamentarian.
- The Call to Order was conducted by Dean
Warren Burggren.
- Minutes for the meeting of Wednesday, 4
April 2007 were approved as presented.
- Awards were presented to departing
department chairs: Ruthanne Thomas (CHEM); Alan Albaran (RTVF); Neal Brand
(MATH); Floyd McDaniel (PHYS).
- New Officers of the Faculty Senate were
announced (Michael McPherson, Chair; Dick Wells,Vice Chair; Beth
Thomsett-Scott, Secretary). Dick Wells spoke briefly on the role of the Faculty
Senate, urging faculty to become involved in
committee work.
- Dean Burggren announced awards recently received by faculty in the
College of Arts and Sciences:
Exemplary Online Teacher and Course Designer Award
Susan Dadres, (ECON), “Economic Concepts”
Lee Hughes, (BIOL), “Principles of Biology I”
Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education
*Miguel Acevedo (GEOG) *(Transferred Fall ’07 toCollege of Engineering)
J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award
Michael McPherson (ECON)
Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund
*Miguel Acevedo (GEOG) *(Transferred Fall ’07 toCollege of Engineering)
Decker Scholar Award
Thomas Cundari (CHEM)
President’s Award
UNT Center for Economic Development and Research
- Dr.
Wendy Wilkins (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs) spoke
informally on various topics: First
Tuesdays; Policy Revisions in Progress (Academic Affairs policies; annual merit
evaluations; workload policy; promotion and tenure policy; 3rd-year reviews; external reviewers; policy on
emeritus faculty and emeritus administrators; professional development
for
chairs and associate deans; summer school policy; policy on serving
transfer
students; core curriculum math requirements, etc.)
- Dean Burggren spoke briefly on the Proposal
Writing Workshop scheduled for November 1, 2007, 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. “Enabling
and Empowering,” Dean Burggren stated, describe the new
administrators’
attitude toward faculty members. Such a policy brings new freedom as
well as new
responsibilities for faculty.
- Adjournment came at 5:03 P.M.
The Social Hour followed.
Respectfully submitted,
James T. F. Tanner, Secretary
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