The Lincoln University Faculty Meeting Tuesday, April 7, 2015, Ware Center Theater MINUTES Dr. Denise Wilbur Vice President for Academic Affairs (Interim) Presiding The meeting was called to order by Vice President Wilbur at 11:02 am. I. President s Remarks Acting President Valerie Harrison thanked faculty for their assistance in preparing her testimony before the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee. She advised the faculty that May 13, 2015 would be Lincoln Day at the State Capital and invited them to be present. Dr. Harrison also thanked faculty for their involvement in the Open House for incoming students and noted that over 100 students placed deposits for Fall 2015 compared to only 20 last year. Dr. Wilbur reminded faculty to complete their Snyder Report forms. II. Action Items Approval of Minutes Minutes from the March 3, 2015 Faculty Meeting, including the extended session held on May 10, 2015, were moved, seconded, and approved unanimously. Nominations Committee Ms. Evans of ATS explained the use of the remote clicker system for voting. Dr. Monsilovich announced the slate and requested additional nominees. There was a call for a quorum before the vote. There were 61 voting faculty members present, constituting a quorum. The voting was conducted and the following were elected to the 2015-16 Faculty Standing Committees. Admissions, Academic Standing, and Financial Aid Dr. Amar Tung (2018) Assessment and Evaluation Dr. Frank Worts (2018) Athletics Dr. Stephen McCullough (2018) Curriculum Dr. William Dadson (2018), Dr. Dipali Puri (2018) Distance Learning Dr. Jawahar Pathak (2018) Educational Policies Dr. Oswald Richards (2018) Faculty By-Laws Dr. Abbes Maazaoui (2018) Faculty Development Dr. Kaukab Siddique (2018), Dr. Vesna Zeljkovic (2018) General Education Dr. Dana Flint (2018), Dr. Anna Hull (2018), Dr. Maribel Poza (2018), Prof. Ali Barimani (2018), Dr. Laurellen Treisner, (2018) Graduate Studies Dr. Emmanuel Ihejirika (2018) Honorary Degrees Prof. Charles Pettaway (2018), Dr. James Wadley (2018) Honors and Awards Dr. Monica Gray (2018), Dr. Amar Tung (2018) Judicial Review Prof. Denise Gaither-Hardy (2018) Juridical Review Dr. Steven McCullough (2018) Lectures and Recitals Prof. Charles Pettaway (2018), Dr. Kaukab Siddique (2018) Library Dr. David Royer (2018) Post-Tenure Review Prof. Neal Carlson (2018) Promotion, Tenure, and Severance Dr. William Dadson (2018) Religious Activities Prof. Albert Bryson (2018) Research and Publications Dr. Tondalaya Carroll (2018), Dr. Vesna Zeljiovic (2018) Student Health and Welfare Prof. Christina Kerns (2018) Technology tie vote (there will be a revote)
Writing Dr. Marilyn Button (2018), Prof. Albert Bryson (2018), Prof. William Donohue (2018), Prof. Sophia Sotilleo (2018) Secretary no nominations Parliamentarian Dr. Susan Safford Non-Voting Representative to Board of Trustees Prof. Charles Pettaway Note: A complete list of the 2015-16 Faculty Standing Committees is attached at the end of the Minutes. Honors and Awards Committee Dr. Bradt presented the nominee for an Honorary Degree at the Spring 2015 Commencement, Dr. Toyin Falola. He is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. The motion passed by voice vote with one objection. Assessment and Accreditation Report--Due to scheduling considerations, the report from Ms. Oikelome was moved up on the agenda. She reported that she will be attending several conferences to share the results of our assessment program. Ms. Oikelome noted that many states are moving developmental courses to the Community College level. The Developmental Task Force recommended elimination of EDU097 and EDU098 due to this trend and the fact that there was a very high success rate, suggesting that the course was unnecessary for most students. The task force also recommended combining ENG098 and ENG099 into a single accelerated writing course with the ENG099 designation. She also reminded faculty to complete their assessment reports on time at the end of the year. Dr. Nagelberg observed that the procedure for deleting or changing courses should start within the academic departments that offer the courses, then move to the colleges under which the departments are housed, and finally to the Faculty Curriculum Committee. He requested that the changes in developmental courses should have followed the proper procedure. Admissions, Academic Standing, and Financial Aid Committee No report Faculty By-Laws Committee Dr. Royer presented a motion to change the structure of the Admissions, Academic Standing, and Financial Aid Committee. The reconstituted committee would include three undergraduate faculty, two graduate faculty, the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, the Registrar, the Director of Financial Aid, and the Director of the Academic Advising Center. The motion was approved. Curriculum Committee Dr. Chapp presented the courses in the Engineering Program that have been approved by the committee: CEE220, CEE222, CEE223, CEE311, CEE315, CEE320, CEE322, CEE323, CEE410, CEE415, CEE420, CEE421, and CEE423. The courses were approved unanimously by voice vote. The General Science course, GSC200, which was approved by the committee, was presented for approval. It was noted that the course has not yet been approved for General Education requirements. The course was approved unanimously by voice vote. ENG099 was presented as a course revision that was approved by the committee. Dr. Nagelberg questioned what we would do with students who did not meet the requirement on Accuplacer. He also noted that the change would lead to a retrenchment in faculty positions. Dr. Chapp responded that this was simply a revision of an existing course. Prof. Donahue said the Accuplacer scores would be adjusted so that more students would be placed in ENG101 instead of the developmental courses. Prof. Donahue said no surveys of other schools had been undertaken to guide the changes. Dr. Deboy noted that while the current courses were created in the 1970s, he had concerns about collapsing four courses into one, reducing developmental
instructional time from 120 to 35 hours. The course revision was approved by voice vote with several objections. Dr. Chapp presented the Master Course Syllabus Template to be used for all course submissions. After some discussion, the motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote. A call for a quorum was made and a seeing none, additional action issues were deferred. Dr. Poe moved to continue the meeting on the afternoon of April 14, 2015 so that those issues could be voted upon before the April Board of Trustees meeting. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote with some objections. The meeting was temporarily adjourned at 12:41 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Dr. Kenneth Nagelberg, Asst. Prof. of Mass Communication Faculty Secretary
The Lincoln University 2015-16 Faculty Standing Committees Admissions, Academic Standing and Financial Aid (4 at-large) Elected: Andrey Semychayevskyy (2016), Moses Haimbodi (2017), Yvonne Hilton (2018), Amar Tung (2018) Standing: Vice President for Enrollment Management or designee, Registrar, Admissions Officer, Director of Financial Aid, Director of ACT 101 Program, Director of Academic Advising Center, 2 students Assessment and Evaluation (1 from each college, l from library, 1 graduate faculty) Elected: William Donohue (2017), Sophia Sotilleo (2016), Anna Hull (2017), Ganga Ramdas (2017) Frank Worts (2018) Standing: Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee, Director of Assessment, Director of Institutional Research, 1 Alumnus on Staff; 1 undergraduate and 1 graduate student Athletics (3 at-large) Elected: Neal Carlson (2016), Catherine DeCourcey (2017), Stephen McCullough (2018), Standing: Faculty Athletics Representative, Director of Athletics, 3 students Curriculum (1 from each college, 1 graduate faculty) Elected: Jeffrey Chapp (2017), Helen Major (2017), William Dadson (2018), Dupali Puri (2018) Standing: Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee, Registrar, 2 students Distance Learning (1 from each college and 1 at-large. A minimum of 2 of the elected faculty members must be trained in online learning and have taught at least one online or hybrid course) Elected: Kennie Edwards (2017), Oswald Richards (2017), Jamila Cupid (2017), Jay Pathak (2018) Standing: Director of Academic Technology Support (ATS), Director of the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Assistant Vice President of Information Technology or designee, Registrar Educational Policies (1 from each college, 1 graduate faculty, 1 at-large) Elected: James DeBoy (2017), Karen Baskerville (2016), Daryl Poe (2017), Admasu Tucho (2017), Oswald Richards (2018) Standing: (Chair) Vice President for Academic Affairs, 2 students Faculty By-Laws (3 at-large) Elected: Dana Flint (2017), Susan Safford (2016), Abbes Maazaoui (2018) Faculty Development (1 from each college, 1 graduate faculty, 1 from library) Elected: Linda Stine (2017), Elizabeth Pitt (2016); Patricia Lewis-West (2017) Kaukab Siddique (2018), Vesna Zeljkovic (2018) Standing: Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee and 1 student General Education (2 from each college (1 from each college must have General Education instructional responsibilities), 1 from library and 2 at-large) Elected: Chieke Ihejirika (2016), Patricia Lewis-West (2017), Sophia Sotilleo (2017), Admasu Tucho (2017), Dana Flint (2018), Anna Hull (2018), Maribel Poza (2018), Ali Barimani (2018), Laurellen Treisner, (2018) Standing: Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee and 1 student Graduate Studies (1 from each graduate program) Elected: James Wadley (2017), Oswald Richards (2016), Emmanuel Ihejirika (2018) Standing: Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee, Dean of the College of Professional,
Graduate and Extended Studies, Chairs of the Education, Business & Entrepreneurial Studies and Psychology & Human Services departments, Directors of all graduate programs, Registrar, Director of Graduate Center, Director of Graduate Student Services and Admissions, 2 graduate students Honorary Degrees (2 at-large) Elected: Charles Pettaway (2018), James Wadley (2018) Presidential Appointments: 3 vacancies (2017) Standing: 2 students Honors and Awards (4 at-large) Elected: Christine Limb (2016), Donald Bradt (2016), Monica Gray (2018), Amar Tung (2018) Standing: Director of the Honors Program and 2 students Judicial Review (3 tenured non-administrative) Elected: Cheike Ihejirika (2016), Safro Kwame (2017), Denise Gaither-Hardy (2018) Juridical Review (3 at-large) Elected: James Gallagher (2016), Emmanuel Ihejirika (2017), Steven McCullough (2018) Standing: 4 students Lectures and Recitals (3 at-large) Elected: Daryl Poe (2017), Charles Pettaway (2018), Kaukab Siddique (2018) Standing: Director of Libraries and 2 students Library (1 from each college and 1 graduate faculty) Elected: Catherine DeCourcey (2016), Anthony DiFilippo (2017), David Royer (2018) Denise Gaither-Hardy (2017) Standing: Director of Libraries and 2 students Nominations (1 from each college the nomination for this committee is to be made at the January faculty meeting each year) Elected: Sally Monsilovich (2015), Donald Bradt (2016), Samaa Gamie (2018) Standing: 1 student Post-Tenure Review (1 from each college, 1 from library, 1 graduate faculty, 1 appointed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs all members of this committee must be tenured faculty and cannot serve in a year in which they are being evaluated) Elected: David Royer (2017), Linda Stine (2017), Robert Millette (2016), Carol Ann George-Swayze (2016), Neal Carlson (2018) Appointed: Marilyn Button (2015) Promotion, Tenure and Severance (1 from each college with permanent tenure and Professor rank chair of the committee has most senior rank, alternate from same college going off in 2014) Elected: Emmanuel Babatunde (2016), Robert Langley (2017), William Dadson (2018) Daryl Poe (2017) alternate Religious Activities (2 at-large) Elected: Zoran Milovanovich (2017), Albert Bryson (2018) Standing: University Chaplain and 2 students Research and Publications (3 at-large) Elected: Bo Sun (2016), Tondalaya Carroll (2018), Vesna Zeljkovic (2018) Standing: 1 student
Student Health and Welfare (5 at-large) Elected: Patrick Kelley (2016), Marilyn Button (2017), Dipali Puri (2017), Nancy Norman-Marzella (2017), Christina Kerns (2018) Standing: 2 Student Affairs administrative officers, Director of Health Services, 6 students Technology (1 from each college and 1 from library) Frank Worts (2016), Albert Bryson (2017), (one more to be elected) Standing: Chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department Writing (6 at-large that includes 1 from library, the Director of English Composition Program, 1 Writing Lab staff member) Elected: Samaa Gamie (2017), Jeffrey Hoogeveen (2017), Marilyn Button (2018), Albert Bryson (2018), William Donohue (2018), Sophia Sotilleo (2018) Standing: 1 student that has passed the WPE Faculty Secretary (1 year term) (Open) Elected: Parliamentarian (1 year term) Susan Safford (2016) Non-Voting Representative to the Board of Trustees (2 year term) Charles Pettaway (2017)