Minutes
College Council Meeting of November 12, 2002
College of Human Services, Education, and Public Policy
187 Graham, Noon to 1:30 PM
Attendance: Tim Barnekov, Bahira Sherif-Trask,
Hye-Shin Kim, Cheryl Ackerman, Susan Cookley, Pearl Stewart, Zoubeida
Dagher, Debra Knight, Jeff Fahnoe, Denise Methven, Ann Jornlin, Raheemah
Jabbar-Bey, James Flynn, Barbara Settles, Tim Miller
Absent: Ratna Nandakumar, Bill Moody, Heather
Pleasants
Excused: Paul Sestak, Fred Hofstetter, Bob Warren,
McKenzie Ogrodnik, Theresa Clower
Approval of Minutes: Motion Jeff Fahnoe; second Zoubeida
Dagher; approved
Dean’s Report:
Budget
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- The State asked the University to return $3.1 million. Academic
programs, labs, and classrooms will not be impacted by the budget
cuts. Instead, direct state allocations are impacted (e.g.,
Public Service Assistantships, Centers). The University is anticipating
future cuts.
- Given the current economic conditions, the University’s
basic approach is to continue to hire new (junior) faculty and
protect jobs for everyone. Currently, within the college, there
are 4 positions being replaced in the SOE, 1 in the SUAPP, 3
in IFST, and 1 in CNST.
- There are no budget numbers for next year.
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Merit Metric
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- The new collective bargaining agreement calls for clear procedures
for allocating merit. Merit metric need to be submitted by December
31, 2002. Units that fail to submit a merit metric will receive
no merit pool allocation.
- Merit pool cannot be split. Non-faculty appointments (e.g.,
public service and clinical faculty) must be in the same merit
pool as regular faculty. All monies must be distributed.
- There may be some issues in terms of coordinating with Center
Directors for evaluating merit of personnel with joint appointments.
Also, there may be implications for people with only center
affiliations.
- In January, there will be an administrator’s retreat
on what each score rating means and how to best administer workload
agreements and evaluations.
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Workload
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- Workload policies must be submitted by June 30, 2003. Failure
to submit workload policies will result in no new positions
being filled.
- Each unit administrator has access to “working draft
policies” of other units to share.
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Contract Administration
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- Sandra Dean, a specialist in contract closeouts, is currently
working in the CHEP office to help units with closeouts. She
will advise and train personnel with contract administration
as well as assess the needs of the College.
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People Soft
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- Personnel representing all academic units have examined procedures
on implementing People Soft. Consultants on campus will start
the implementation process and the financial system will begin
to run in July. Key people in Colleges and Administrative units
are trained to implement the package. Within CHEP, Tim Miller,
Patsy Howaniec, Ann Draper, and Signe Wilcoxen will have the
most extensive training. Later on, group training will occur.
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Safety Committees
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- New safety committees have been appointed (Group A - Willard,
Raub, and Rextrew; Group B – Graham and Pearson; Group
C – Alison East and West).
- Since 9-11, we need to be more alert in regards to safety
issues.
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Old Business: None
New Business:
- Recruitment of undergraduate students for committees was discussed.
Suggested ways to attract undergraduate students included working through
student organizations, notices on homepages, and development of web
portals.
- Tim Barnekov encouraged members to bring forward any issues, concerns,
or topics for discussion.
Motion to Adjourn: Motion James Flynn; second Hye-Shin
Kim; approved
Minutes submitted by: Hye-Shin Kim
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