Faculty Conference Minutes
Recital Hall
August 18, 2000
The minutes to the Faculty
Conference of April 21, 2000 were approved.
Drs. Jo Tarvers and Michele Henderson
were thanked for serving as last year's parliamentarian and secretary,
respectively. Both have agreed to serve
again this year. Although Dr. Moore was
out of town during the June 9th Board of Trustees' meeting, he did
participate in President DiGiorgio's evaluation. Dr. Janice Chism represented the faculty at the board
meeting.
Dr. Moore announced the
Board’s actions. President DiGiorgio is
now in his first year of a three-year contract. Recently retired faculty members were awarded emeritus
status. The Board approved a 3.3%
tuition and room and board increase.
Mr. Skip Tuttle was elected Board Chair. The other elected officers are Mr. Bob Gahagan as Vice-Chair and
Ms. Anne Hall as Secretary. The
committee chairs appointed by the Chair of the Board are: Mr. Bob Thompson,
Academic Affairs; Ms. Jane Shuler, University Relations; and Mr. Bob Gahagan,
Finance.
During the summer, $700,000
was spent on renovating Thompson Hall.
Other residence halls were painted and recarpeted. The academic buildings are in good shape. In addition to replacing 252 computers and
some furniture in the university computer labs, the labs were recarpeted and
painted. The Sims Building renovation
work is going well. Even though some
parking was eliminated as a result of the Sims’ renovation, the number of parking
places exceeds the number of issued parking permits. Faculty, staff, and students may have walk further to their cars
than in the past. To help alleviate the
parking problem, a student overflow lot on Waters Street has been added and
parking enforcement efforts increased.
Fines have increased to $20 and cars, are towed after three violations.
The University's Vision of
Distinction and the colleges' goals will be distributed by campus mail. Faculty are encouraged to read all
documents. The President's opening
address is posted on the web site.
Upcoming events include Tuesday's convocation at 4pm. Approximately 930 entering freshmen will be
inducted. The number of transfers has
increased over last year. Graduate
enrollment is also up for the University and for the College of Business. The graduate tuition proviso is now permanent. The number of students living in the
residence halls has also increased. The
faculty and staff welcome back party is at 7 o’clock on September 25th. This year's theme is the Double Happiness.
Dr Wilson introduced the two
new deans. The College of Visual and
Performing Arts’ new dean is Dr. Andrew Svedlow, the former president of The
New Hampshire Institute of Art. Dr. Pat
Graham is the first dean of the Richard W. Riley College of Education
The new faculty members are:
College of
Performing Arts New Faculty – Introduced by Dean Svedlow
-Ms.
Laura Caldwell, Art and Design
-Ms.
Diane McGhee, Dance
Richard W. Riley College of
Education – Introduced by Dean Graham
New Faculty
-Ms. Barbara Blackburn, Curriculum and Instruction
-Dr.
Mel Horton, Physical Education
-Ms.
Danny Kasparek, Physical Education
-Ms.
Traci Statler, Physical Education
-Dr. Susan Green,
Center for Pedagogy
-Dr.
Frances Rhoney, Pedagogy
-Ms.
Susan Okey, Teacher in Residence
-Ms.
Elaine Young, Teacher in Residence
-Ms.
Phaedra Nunley, MacFeat Laboratory School teacher
-Ms.
Christine Robbins, MacFeat Laboratory School teacher
Administration
changes
-Dr.
Burt Bobb, Chair of Health and Physical Education
-Dr.
Jonatha Jonathovare, Chair of the Center for Pedagogy
-Dr.
Caroline Everington, Associate Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
New Faculty – Introduced by Dean Brown
-Dr.
Henry Buckley, French and Spanish
-Ms.
Iris Coleman, Math
-Dr.
Matthew Fike, English
-Dr.
Roy Jameson, Geology
-Dr.
Peter Judge, Religion
-Ms. Norma Oliver, English
-Ms.
Meredith Reynolds, English
-Dr.
Arthur Vartanian, Math
-Mr.
Rudy Wiegand, Math
-Dr.
Ted Zainal, Chemistry
-Ms.
Cynthia Stiles, Speech
-Dr.
Janet Hudson, History
-Dr.
Tamara Bush, Math
College of Library Science
New Faculty
-Ms.
Claire Clemens, Coordinator of Library Instruction
College of Business
Administration New Faculty - Introduced by Dean Weikle
-Dr.
Mary Martin, Marketing
-Mr.
Douglas Johnson, Management
-Dr.
Kelly Hewitt, Marketing
-Dr.
Bill Seyfried, Economics
-Dr. Kristan Presnell,
Computer Science
Faculty Personnel Committee - Dr. Jean Silagyi-Rebovich, Chair
A sample ballet was distributed with the meeting's
agenda. Elections were conducted for
one and two year positions on the Dinkins Advisory Board. The individual receiving the greatest number
of votes receives the two-year position and the individual receiving the second
highest number of votes receives the one-year position. The candidates are Carlton Bessinger,
Marguertie Quintelli-Neary, and Virginia Williams in Arts and Sciences. The fourth candidate is Shelley Hamill in
Education. No nominations were made
from the floor. Voting will continue
until noon on Monday. The ballots will
be available at the reference desk in the library.
General Education Committee
- Dr. Ray Dockery
This is the beginning of the fourth year of looking
at a new general education program. On
September 1, the Academic Council will meet to discuss the two new general
education courses. The will be
discussed at the Faculty Conference on September 15. Dr. Moore indicated that the courses would be offered during the
spring semester if they are approved.
There was not
any old business.
There was not
any new business
There were not
any announcements.
The meeting
adjourned at 2:50pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
Michele
C. Henderson
Secretary