Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting
April 15, 2014
2:00 pm � 4:00 pm. Cameron 105
Meeting 2014-04
1. Call to order.
2. Approval of March 18, 2014 minutes
3. Individual Reports
a. Chancellor Miller.
b. Provost Battles
c. President of the Senate Lugo.
o Faculty Assembly report
i. RTP
ii. GEC
o Continuation of RTP revision. Reminder to read all documents in the RTP Forum including the recommendations by AA/Deans
4. Committee Reports
a. [Motion 2014-04-M01] The University Curriculum Committee offers a motion to approve:
� A new minor in Clinical Research
o Chair/Director�s support letter
� HON 499 � Interdisciplinary Honors work
b. [Motion
2014-04-M02] The Faculty Welfare Committee offers to following motion re:
travel funding:
Because professional travel funds offer faculty essential support to fulfill
their scholarship expectations, and because these funds are currently allocated
with a wide variety of procedures, the Faculty Welfare committee recommends that
all UNCW department chairs develop and consistently implement a transparent and
equitable policy to allocate professional travel funding for all faculty.
c. [Motion 2014-04-M03] The Steering Committee offers the enclosed motion on behalf of the CAS Chairs.
� CAS Resolution on Supplemental Pay Limits.
d. [Motion 2014-04-M04] The University Studies Advisory Committee offers the two resolutions below:
� Upper/Lower division US courses.
� Be it resolved, a course that is being used to satisfy the University Studies Composition requirement cannot also be used to satisfy a Writing Intensive requirement.
e. [Motion 2014-04-M05] (Continuation of 2014-02-M05) Revisions as proposed by the ad-hoc RTP committee: 2013_Faculty_Handbook_Rev_03_18_14_senate_v3
� Ch. IV. H (Rest of section on Evaluation of Faculty) Referred back to Steering
� Ch. IV. A (Policies on Academic Freedom & Tenure). Done. Sent to AA.
� Ch. IV.B � Done
� Ch. IV.C -- Done
� Ch. IV. D
o D.2 (Criteria)
i. D.2.a.- Recommendation 3, 39: Evaluation areas - Approved
ii. D2.a Recommendation 10: What if fewer than 3 senior faculty (page 79) -- Approved
iii.
Start here
D.2.b (Evaluation Areas � Recommendations 3, 17, 18: Integrate PD into the three
evaluation areas (page 79, 81) (
iv. D.2.c (Mentoring Faculty � Recommendation 36)
v. D.2.d (Length of service � Recommendations 18)
vi. D.2 Entire section
o D.3 (Additional Guidelines � Recommendation 15)
o D.4 (Process)
i. D.4.c (External Reviews � Recommendations 20, 21, 22.)
ii. D.4.d (Process for RTP App � Recommendations 1,6,9,11-13
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Documents
� Ad hoc RTP committee documents
8. Announcements
9. Adjournment