College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly AGENDA
Friday, December 2, 2005 - 2 p.m.
Frances May Barnes Recital Hall

I.  Remarks from Interim Dean Don Rogers

II.  Spotlight on the Department of Music

III.  Approval of Minutes of September 2, 2005

IV.  Department/Unit Reports
A.  Office of Community Arts – Don Rogers
B.  Winthrop Galleries - Karen Derksen for Tom Stanley
C.  Department of Music – Don Rogers
D.  Department of Theatre and Dance – Andrew Vorder Bruegge 

V.  Old Business

VI.  New Business
A.  Report on the CVPA Dean Search - Andrew Vorder Bruegge
B.  Elections of CVPA Representatives to university committees with terms beginning in Fall 2006
C.  Review of Undergraduate Curriculum Actions 

VII.  Program
A.  Professional Development presentation
Research Council Grants – Ron Parks will present a short overview of the grants programs and faculty who were awarded grants this year will describe their projects. 

VIII.  Adjournment:  Reception in the lobby

Note:  There will be a brief meeting of the CVPA Graduate Faculty immediately following the CVPA Faculty Assembly.

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All faculty members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts who hold membership in the Faculty Conference shall be members of the Faculty Assembly.  Membership in the Faculty Conference is extended to every person who holds rank as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor at Winthrop University, with the following exceptions: lecturers, adjunct faculty, and visiting faculty are not members of Faculty Conference. The eligibility of an individual who does not hold membership in the Faculty Conference shall be determined by the Faculty Assembly.