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Collin College Faculty Council CHEC 139 January 22, 2016 1. Lunch 12:30 p.m. 2. Guest Presentations: 1:02 p.m. A. Dean Terrence Brennan and Dr. John Glass presented on the Dean of Students’ Office and SOBI processes, respectively, and fielded questions from the audience. B. Dr. Norma Allen, VP of Human Resources shared the draft Caspio form she created for faculty applicant screening based on feedback from the Faculty Hiring Process Committee. The portions dealing with the interview phases of the hiring process are not yet built because the committee has not yet deliberated on this aspect of the hiring. Committee is scheduled to meet next week. The intent is to have this online form completed and in place for the hiring round this spring. Overall, those in attendance were pleased with the process and form being produced. 3. Call to Order 2:15 p.m. 4. Roll Call Executive Council President: Regina Hughes Vice President: Amina ElAshmawy Treasurer: Kay Mizell Secretary: Peggy Brown (absent) Central Park Cindy Briggs (1517) Tiffany Cartwright (1416) Gina Perkins (1517) Kelly Reynolds (1517) Preston Ridge George Jackson (1517) Nick Morgan (1416) Kim Nyman (1416) Lupita Tinnen (1517) Kat Balch (1517) Spring Creek Betsy Brody (1416)

Transcript of Collin College Faculty Council CHEC 139iws.collin.edu/facultycouncil/minutes/2015-16/2016_01_22...

CollinCollegeFacultyCouncilCHEC139

January22,2016

1. Lunch12:30p.m.2. GuestPresentations:1:02p.m.

A. DeanTerrenceBrennanandDr.JohnGlasspresentedontheDeanofStudents’OfficeandSOBIprocesses,respectively,andfieldedquestionsfromtheaudience.

B. Dr.NormaAllen,VPofHumanResourcessharedthedraftCaspioformshecreatedforfacultyapplicantscreeningbasedonfeedbackfromtheFacultyHiringProcessCommittee.Theportionsdealingwiththeinterviewphasesofthehiringprocessarenotyetbuiltbecausethecommitteehasnotyetdeliberatedonthisaspectofthehiring.Committeeisscheduledtomeetnextweek.Theintentistohavethisonlineformcompletedandinplaceforthehiringroundthisspring.Overall,thoseinattendancewerepleasedwiththeprocessandformbeingproduced.

3. CalltoOrder2:15p.m.4. RollCall ExecutiveCouncil President:ReginaHughes VicePresident:AminaEl­Ashmawy Treasurer:KayMizell Secretary:PeggyBrown(absent) CentralPark CindyBriggs(15­17) TiffanyCartwright(14­16) GinaPerkins (15­17) KellyReynolds(15­17) PrestonRidge GeorgeJackson(15­17) NickMorgan(14­16) KimNyman(14­16) LupitaTinnen(15­17) KatBalch(15­17) SpringCreek BetsyBrody(14­16)

PeggyBrown(14­16)(absent) MikeCohick(14­16) ChrisGrooms(15­17) TonyHoward(15­17) JoanJenkins(15­17) BarbaraLuskStern(15­17) PaulaMiller(14­16) KayMizell(14­16)

AssociateFaculty

AshokKumar(14­16)(absent)5. ApprovalofNovember20,2015,Minutes

Cartwrightmovedtoapprove,Jacksonseconded.Unanimousapproval:Minutesapproved.

6. Treasurer’sReport: Sunshinefund:$112.05 Scholarshipfundfor2016:$10,150.767. VicePresident’sReport:

A. Lunch:Tryingsomethingnew,orderedfor50—first­come­first­served.Workedwell

B. WehaveworkedwiththecommitteechairsandwithEdBock,theFacultyCouncilWebmaster,toupdatecommitteeinformationonthewebsite.PleasetakealookatitandsendEl­Ashmawyanyedits.

C. AsHughesmentionedinthecampusmeetingslastweek,theCommitteeontheCollinCommunityhasbeenreconstitutedtotheCommitteefortheCommonGood.i. ToniMcMillenandKatBalchareco­chairing.ii. Theyarelookingformemberstohelpgetthiscommitteerolling.A

signupsheetwaspassedaround.iii. WithKatBalchheadingthePlanoBalloonFestivalrunnextyear,we

seethiscommitteeprovidingsupporttoKat.Thereareotheractivitiesandinitiativesthecommitteewillbetakingon.

D. Committeereports—i. In order to streamline Faculty Council meetings and keep record

of committee discussions and work, we have implemented written committee reports.

ii. I created a committee report template to standardize and help committee chairs with their reports.

iii. The reports are due Wednesday (usually) of the week before a Council meeting.

iv. For the remainder of this academic year, reports are due: Feb. 10, March 4, April 6, and April 27.

E. Wehaveexperienceddifficultyaccessingdocumentsandinformationfrompreviousyears.TopreserveFacultyCouncilworkandinstitutionalmemory,El­AshmawywillbeworkingtohousethesedocumentsandcommitteereportsonSharePoint.

F. CommitteeoftheWhole:ApollwastakenregardingthefrequencyofchangingOutlookpasswords,currentlysettobechangedevery90days.Therewasunanimousagreementtonotchangepasswordsoften,ifatall.

8. President’sReport

A. InnovationChallenge:AprocessisnowinplaceforreviewingsubmissionsofInnovationChallengeproposals.TheprocessispostedattheInnovationChallengewebpage,accessibleviaMyWorkplaceontheIntranet.

B. DistanceLearningCommittee:i. ThevideorecordingsoftheLearningManagementSystems

presentationsareavailableforviewing.FacultywerehighlyencouragedtoviewthemandprovidefeedbackviathesurveythatwassentoutbyJoeButler.

ii. Decisionisnotyetmadeonwhichsystemwewillchoose.iii. Whenadecisionismade,atimelineforimplementationwillbein

placethattakesintoaccounttherelatedlearningcurveaswellasthebesttimingforassociatefaculty.

iv. Commentsweremaderegardingthequalityofthevideos:mainly,thefocuswasonthepresenters,whichleftoffthepresenter’sscreenandtheinterfaceofeachLMS.Thismakesitdifficultforthosewhoviewthevideostoprovidemoreinformedfeedback.

v. Anothercommentmade:the“package”wepurchaseshouldnotbetheWalmartversion,butonethatismorerobustinfunctionality.HughesreassuredthefacultythattheLMSwillbehousedonthevendor’sserversandnotin­house.Thischangewillrelieveusofmanyproblemswe’vefacedintherecentpast.

C. CampusMeetings:i. Thesummaryreportfromthecampusmeetingswassharedwith

ExecutiveVicePresidentKihl,theVPPsanddeans.ii. HughesvoicedherappreciationforDr.Matkin’sresponsivenesstothe

issuesbroughtupbyfacultyatthesemeetingsviatheletterhesentoutearlierthisweek.Dr.Matkinwillbeaddressingthechair/deanstructureaswellassummerpayattheFebruaryFacultyCouncilmeeting.

D. MLKBreakfast:TrusteeRodriguezhostedapaneldiscussionwiththeFrisco,McKinney,andPlanoChiefsofPolice.TheirdiscussiononVerbalJudoforsituationde­escalationcouldberelevanttoourcampussafetyandConcealCarrydiscussions.

E. CaryA.IsraelHealthSciencesBuilding:Theribbon­cuttingceremonywasverynice.Hughesexpressedherfeelingsofprideasshewalkedthroughthisstate­of­the­artfacility.Dr.JonHardesty,CPCVPP,wouldbehappyto

arrangefacultytoursifanyoneisinterested.Hughesencouragedalltotakethetourofthisawesomebuilding.

F. CommitteeoftheWhole:Dr.ScottParke,VPofPolicyandPlanning,isworkingonavisionstatementforthecollege.Facultyareinvitedtosubmittheirsuggestions.Hugheswillsendoutdetailsandencouragedfacultytoparticipateinthisprocess.DeadlineisFebruary8.

G. BoardofTrustees:i. MeetingisTuesday,January26,at7:00p.m.atSCC.ii. Priortothemeeting,therewillbearededicationoftheJohnAnthony

Theaterat5:00p.m.iii. OntheagendaisthesecondreadingofDEC(Local),theleavewithout

paypolicy.9. CommitteeReports:SeeAppendicesforcommitteereports.

A. CommitteeonTechnology–AndreaSzlachtowski,RajaKhoury,MervatKarout,Co­Chairs:Noreport

B. CommitteeonPolicy–NickMorgan,Chair.i. Morganreviewedthepointshepresentedatthecampusmeetings:

signage,panicbuttonsinrooms,syllabusstatement,andcampussafetysurvey.

ii. Morgansharedthedraftsyllabusstatement.Hewillsenditouttofacultyforfeedback.Healsointroducedthecommittee’sdraftsurveyforsafetyandConcealCarry.

iii. HughesreportedthatChiefTaylorwelcomedtheFacultyCouncilsurveyandindicateditmightbeusefulwithotherconstituenciesatthecollege.

iv. MorganturnedthefloorovertoRachelBzostek,whowentoverthecampussafetyandConcealCarrysurveyquestions.

v. Bzostekwillsendoutthesurveytofacultytoallowformorethoughtfulfeedbackonsurveyitems.

vi. Asyllabusstatementwillbeconsidered.C. CommitteeonFacultyCouncilProceduresandNominations–Dan

Lipscomb,Chairi. Committeeistakingupdiscussiononhowtophaseintheincreasein

membershipto25members.Percampus:CPC–6representatives,PRC–7representatives,andSCC–12representatives,

ii. Withtheadditionofnewmembers,howtomaintainbalanceinthestaggeredtermshastobeconsidered.

iii. Twopossibilities:1)institutetheincreaseovertwoyears,goingfrom18to22membersin2016­17and22to25membersin2017­18,and2)implementtheincreasefrom18to25membersintheupcomingelectionanddrawingstrawstodeterminewhoserves1­yeartermandwhoserves2­yearterm.

iv. Asuggestionwasmadetodrawstrawsfor2­yearand3­yearterms.Thecommitteewilltakethisunderconsideration.

D. CommitteeonTeachingandLearning–MartiRosenfield,Chair­noreport

E. CommitteeonAcademicFreedom–JoanJenkins,Chair–noreportF. CommitteeonAssociateFaculty–AshokKumar,Chair–noreportG. StudentHandbookCommittee–CathyDonald­WhitneyandKatBalch,Co­

Chairs–noreport

10. DistrictCommitteesA. AllCollegeCouncil–TBD–Needaliaison.Noreport.B. CouncilonExcellence–MindiBailey,Chair–noreportC. COAT–MikeMcConachie,Co­Chair–noreportD. SOBI–GianAryani–noreport

11. NewBusiness:

A. Cohickbroughtupassociatefacultypay.Thoseteachinginfallandspringdon’tgetpaidinJanuary.RequestedthatthecollegeconsiderpayingassociatefacultyteachinginspringstartinginJanuary.

B. Cartwrightannouncedthisyear’sFoundationfundraisingevent,StetsonandStilettos,onFebruary20.Cocktailsareat6p.m.,dinnerat6:30p.m.,andTexashistorytriviagameat7:00p.m.Thestudentatthewinningtablegetsascholarship.FacultyCouncilhasatableofeight.Hughes,El­Ashmawy,andCartwrightwillbeattending.OtherswhoareinterestedtoattendshouldcontactCartwright.

12. MotiontoAdjourn:HowardmovedandWilliamsseconded.Adjournedat3:35p.m.Respectfullysubmitted,AminaK.El­AshmawyApproved by Regina M. Hughes, 1/26/2016

Collin College Faculty Council January 2016 Report

Committee: Technology Committee Submitted by: Andrea Szlachtowski Last Meeting Date: (list date of last physical meeting or the dates of e-discussions) Zoom meeting 9/11/2016, e-discussions through -11/10/2015 Active Members: (in order of last name, list all members who attended meeting and/or contributed to work listed in this report)

Summary of Discussions/Activities: (list the current items your committee is addressing, status update on those items, action items completed, any subcommittee work, person(s) responsible for each action item, etc.) TechnologyReportforSeptember25,2015FacultyCouncilMeetingTechnologyCommitteemetonSeptember11,2015ItemsthatTechnologyCommitteewouldlikeapprovalofthefollowingitemstobebroughttotheInstructionalTechnologyMeetingbyAndreaSzlachtowski.ImetwithDavidHoyton10­5­15at1:30pmtogothroughitems.SeeinREDforresults.

1. ApproachAdministrationaboutGoogleAppsforSchoolsandmoretrainingonGoogle.GoogleDocshavesomelimitations­therearenotoptionsthatareMLA/APAfriendly(suchastheabilitytodohangingindent).CanCollinCollegepursueOffice365accountsforstudents?Ifthefacultyisrequestingthisthentheywillmakeithappen.IwillfollowupagainattheNovembermeeting.

2. LockdownofOfficecomputersandsoftwareinstallation.e.g.a. UpdateJava(neededfortextbookstoworkproperly)Classroomand

officeb. InstallingShockwavec. InstallingQuickTimed. Camtasia

Thecomputerlockdownisimpactingfacultymember’sabilitytoteachcourses.IspokewithGlenGrimesandhewashavingissuesandI’mnotcertainifheeverspokewithanyoneaboutit.I’mnotsurehowournetworksareconfiguredbutiftheyarenotabletofigureouthowtogiveusmorepermissionforourofficecomputerssowecanusethemforteaching,woulditbepossibletoremovethecomputerfromthecollegenetworkbutretaincabledInternetaccess?Iwouldbewillingtogiveupmyaccesstothecollegenetwork.MyHdrivejustholdsstudentgradesandIcanpullanythingIhaveonIdriveandusecloudstorageorlocalstorage.JustaslongasIhavehigh­speedInternettouploadanddownloadmyscreencapturesanddovideoconferencingwithmystudentsIwouldbeabletoworkfrommyofficeratherthanhavingtodomyinstructiondemonstrationsfrommyhomecomputersnextsemester.Davidmetwiththepresidentandthiswillbetakencareof.Facultywillgetrightback.TheywillbeusingmydesktopandPRCH137CADLabtoseeiftheycandothisremotely.LookforanemailfromDavidwithmoreinstructionsinthenearfuture.

3. WouldwebeabletoaccessadownloadofProfessionalOffice?Itwouldbealoteasierthancheckingoutdisks.Yes

4. Whodeterminesthetimeframeofimplementingnewtechnology?Why

duringregistrationandfinalsweek,howabouttimesoflowactivity.InreferencetoOutlookchangeover.Theleadershipteamcontrolsthat.MaintenanceBlackboardupdateschedulesaresentoutwithenoughtimetoscheduleclassduedatesandtestingaroundthosedates.Itisdoneduringthetimethecollegeisclosed.SaturdaynighttoSundaymorning.

5. WhyisFacultyCouncilTechnologyCommitteenotconsultedandgiventhe

opportunitytoprovideinputintoALLchangesinsoftwarethatdirectlyimpactfaculty’sacademicactivities,e.g.Blackboard,emailetc.Blackboard(distancelearninghasacommitteemadeoffaculty.Thisisnew)Presidentwantedthechangetooutlook……..

6. HowdoesFacultygetFridayevening/weekendsTechnologySupport/mediaservices?Howdotheinstructorswhoteachexclusivelygetthesupport?InformationwillbesentoutandpostedinthelabsfortheinformationtocontactTSandMSduringthosetimes.

IfafacultyneedssoftwaretheyneedtogototheDeanfirst.Usuallyitisnotaproblemtogetwithinreason.

Summary of Action Items: (list action items current under way) A. Google Apps for Education

Next Meeting Planned: September11,2015­zoomOctober9,2015­e­discussionNovember6,2015­cancelledJanuary8,2016­cancelledFebruary5,2016­zoom12:00­12:30pmMarch4,2016­zoom12:00­12:30pmMarch25,2016­zoom12:00­12:30pmApril22,2016­zoom12:00­12:30pm

Collin College Faculty Council

January 2016 Report Committee: CollegePolicy Submitted by:NickMorgan Last Meeting Date: November 20, 2015 Active Members: These members attended the last meeting or gave committee update to FC. Other members may be active in the sub-groups but not attend the meeting. Aduengo, Joshua Aryani, Giant Baker, Michael Balch, Kat Bzostek, Rachel Heaslip, Audra] Glass, John Megarity, Nancy Owen, Mary

Phillips, Michael Rogers, Patricia Rosenfield, Marti Schull, Diane Smith, Jerry Sullivan, Jerry Swann, Alaya Szlachtowski, Andrea West, Aaron

Summary of Discussions/Activities: A. Concealed Handgun Policy for Faculty: Lead: Aaron West. Will consolidate

information from other sub-groups and make recommendations to the FC. Still gathering information and waiting for results of faculty survey.

B. Syllabus statement: Lead: Alaya Swann: A draft statement has been created and will be presented at the 1/22 FC meeting for approval.

C. Faculty Coordination with First Responders: Lead: Nancy Megarity: Will coordinate with Campus Law enforcement and submit recommendations.

D. Legislative Intent: Lead: Giant Aryani: extensive report on legislative intent at last meeting. Results will be included in committee recommendation.

E. Proposed Restricted/Gun Free Zones: Lead: Michael Phillips. Is gathering information from other colleges and universities. Will also use the results of the Faculty survey to make recommendations.

F. Faculty Survey: Lead: Rachel Bozstek: Will present a proposed survey to FC on 1/22 for approval. Once approval is given, will then generate a survey and deploy to Full and Part time faculty members.

G. Safety: Building Information & Room Number in Classroom: Lead Kat Balch: Waiting to coordinate with new Campus Chief.

H. Safety: Classroom Door Locks Lead: Meredith Richards Martin: No current action.

I. Safety: Panic button in Classroom Lead: Karen Hanvey: Waiting for results of survey.

Summary of Action Items: B. Survey: Ready for approval at 1/22 FC meeting

C. Syllabus Statement: Ready for approval at 1/22 FC meeting

D. Research with other institutions: Underway.

Next Meeting Planned: After February FC meeting.

Collin College Faculty Council Fall 2015 Report

Committee: Procedures and Nominations Submitted by:DanLipscomb Last Meeting Date: (list date of last physical meeting or the dates of e-discussions) � No physical meetings occurred this semester. � e-discussions occurred throughout the semester, most heavily in early October and mid-

November 2015. � On September 18, I met with representatives of Institutional Research to discuss moving the

Faculty Council election ballot to an electronic format. Active Members: (in order of last name, list all members who attended meeting and/or contributed to work listed in this report) � Peggy Breedlove � Amina El-Ashmawy � Dan Lipscomb � Sammer Tekarli While not a member of the committee, President Regina Hughes participated in several of the email discussions. Summary of Discussions/Activities: (list the current items your committee is addressing, status update on those items, action items completed, any subcommittee work, person(s) responsible for each action item, etc.) J. Electronic balloting for FC election. This item was presented to the Council at

the October 2015 meeting. Following discussion and vote, the Council supports moving forward with the shift from email to electronic balloting that will take place using an application set up by Institutional Research and overseen by the FC Election Judge.

K. Proportionality of Campus Representatives by Campus. The annual assessment of proportionality of representatives by campus was completed in early October 2015 and presented to the Council at the October 2015 meeting. The assessment found that the current number of representatives by campus is appropriate, and in fact, more balanced than the previous year. Additionally, at the May 2015 meeting, a council representative requested a presentation regarding scenarios in which the number of campus representatives might be increased beyond 18. At the October 2015 meeting, scenarios regarding proportional representation for a council of 20, 22, 24

and 25 members were presented. At the November 2015 meeting, a motion was made to expand the number of campus representatives from 18 to 25 for the 2016-17 academic year. The Council discussed, voted and approved the motion to expand the number of campus representatives to 25.

L. Updates and edits to the FC Procedures Manual. The committee participated in lengthy email discussions regarding needed updates and edits to the manual. A list of proposed edits was compiled. The proposed edits were presented to the Council at the October 2015 meeting. All but one of the proposed edits was approved. The proposed update regarding the role of the immediate past president was tabled and sent back to the committee. Prior to the November 2015 meeting, committee members discussed several options for updating the procedures manual statement regarding the role of the immediate past president. Several options were presented to the Council at the November 2015 meeting. Following a lengthy discussion, the Council voted to approve one of the proposed versions of the statement. In early January 2016, the approved updates were forwarded to the FC webmaster. The webmaster quickly incorporated the approved edits and the newly updated manual was posted to the FC website.

Summary of Action Items: (list action items currently under way) E. Continuing contact with Institutional Research to set up the electronic ballot

for the upcoming election.

F. The committee and Council will next need to discuss how the additional 7 campus representative seats will be phased in for the upcoming 2016 election.

Next Meeting Planned: No physical meetings have been planned yet for the spring 2016 semester.

Collin College Faculty Council

January2016]ReportCommittee:TeachingandLearningSubmittedby:MartiMiles-RosenfieldThe Teaching and Learning Committee now serves as an umbrella for various subcommittees, and as such, has not met as ONE unified Teaching and Learning group. Below are updates for the various subcommittees of Teaching and Learning. MISSION:AddressandmakerecommendationsontopicsrelatedtoteachingandlearningSubcommittees:

❖CreatingaMindfulandHealthyWorkplace­reportbelow❖CurrentTrendsandLegislationinHigherEducation­noreport❖FacultyOnlineCommons­reportbelow❖LabandSupportStaff­neverreceivedemailssentinfall2015.Workingtoorganizegroupandbeginwork.❖LunchandLearn­neverreceivedemailIsentinfall2015.Workingtoorganizegroupandbeginwork.❖Retirement/Emeritus­nolongeraworkingcommittee❖SummerInstitute­reportbelow.Membersnotreceiving emails._____________________________________________________

CreatingaMindfulandHealthyWorkplaceSubcommittee­MartiRosenfield,chair

Last Meeting Date: informal meeting on January 8, 2016. Since that time, we have communicated via email in effort to finalize the Vision Statement for the group. Active Members: (in order of last name, list all members who attended meeting and/or contributed to work listed in this report)

DianaHarmon,MartaMoore,KarriNewby,JenniferO’LoughlinBrooks,WhitneyPasani,RyanRynbrandt,JennyWarren.Severalotherpeopleserveonthiscommittee,andthegroupwillbecomemuchmoreactiveaswemoveforward.

Summary of Discussions/Activities: (list the current items your committee is addressing, status update on those items, action items completed, any subcommittee work, person(s) responsible for each action item, etc.) M. We now have a Lib Guide which supports our purpose and have secured a dedicated

space for meetings and presentations/practices. http://collin.libguides.com/mindfulness More exciting news to follow

Next Meeting Planned: TBD

CurrentTrendsandLegislationinHigherEducationSubcommittee­CindyBriggs,chairRachelBzostek,AnnCervantez,ScottCheney,JosephDasso,JoeJaynes,LynetteKenyon,ChristianMadu,MichaelMcConachie,CaminMelton,AlenaMiadzedskaya,MarySueOwen,CharlesRing,MartiRosenfield,DianaSage,AlayaSwannTomyknowledge,thisgrouphasnotbeencontacted.____________________________________________________FacultyOnlineCommonsSubcommittee–SmritiAnand,Chair

Faculty Online Commons (FOC) Subcommittee Meeting

1/15/2016, Room U143, PRC, 10:30 AM

In Attendance

Smriti Anand, Wendy Commons, Dulce De Castro, Lisa Forrester, Sharon Hirschy, Melissa Johnson

Meeting Minutes

1. Chair: Smriti Anand will be the chair of this sub-committee. 2. Mission Statement

The sub-committee decided on the following verbiage for the Mission statement.

“The mission of the Faculty Online Commons is to provide an evolving site for faculty to share their classroom and professional experiences, and publicize currently existing college initiatives and other resources to help foster and publicize professional development activities.

3. Check of current content

The members decided to look at the existing tabs/links on the website and see if there is anything that can be deleted or added.

The members have divided the work as follows.

Dulce – Conferences, Multi Media Resources

Sharon- Twitter and News Feeds, Professional Development

Lisa- Travel, Teaching and Learning

Smriti – CHE, Faculty Award Winners, Final Exam Schedule

Wendy – Why I teach, Academic Programs

Melissa – Class Prep, Faculty Handbook

4. Future meeting date - Feb 5th at 1:30, PRC

Librarian John Leonard was invited and is available to join this meeting.

_______________________________________________________

SummerInstituteSubcommittee–KellyMartinservesaschairofthissubcommittee.ThisgroupmetviaZOOMon12/4/15.Sincethattime,Kellyhasreachedouttomembersbutreceivednoresponse.Onememberstatedthatshehasnotreceivedtheemails.Kellyfeelsliketheemailssheissendingaregoingtothejunkfolder.

Last Meeting Date: (12/4/15) No report from the meeting.

ActiveMembers:MichaelBaker,AudraHeaslip,SharonHirschy,SudhaMadhugiri,SusanMahon,KellyMartin,CaminMelton,KarrieNewby,SukyanyaSubramanian,CaroleTwichell,JuliaWickett

______________________________________________________________________ Peoplefromthetwogroupsbelowtellmetheyneverreceivedtheemails.Currently,Iamworkingtohelpthesegroupsbecomeorganizedandactive.LabandSupportStaffSubcommittee­SmritiAnand,TanyaSanchez,VijayaVelamakanni;RachelBzostek,LuzMarinaEscobar,KathleenKeys­Wandover,AmiraShaham­Albalancy;PeterCalvin,BridgetteKirkpatrick,Chaka

Gezahegn,KarenHanvey,FredJury,ElizabethMellot,CaroleTwichell,ByrdWilliamsLunchandLearnSubcommittee­StephenWhitley,chairLeeDeBoer,JoeJaynes,JacquelineMcCorkle,AlanSauter,RachelBzostek,SuzanneJones,KarenLaPanna,MeredithMartin,T.J.Pickens;DavidCullen,DulceDeCastro

Collin College Faculty Council January Report

Committee: Academic Freedom Submitted by:JoanJenkins,Co­chair Last Meeting Date: (list date of last physical meeting or the dates of e-discussions) Committee convenes as necessary when issues are referred to it. Last email communication was at the beginning of Fall ’15 semester in response to Regina’s request for current committee membership rosters. I contacted previous members to confirm their desire to continue on the committee, as well as others who had expressed their interest in serving. Active Members: (in order of last name, list all members who attended meeting and/or contributed to work listed in this report) Bryant, Levi Rich, Nelson Howard, Tony Sherman, Greg Jenkins, Joan – co-chair Sullivan, Jerry Jury, Fred Tullock, Sam Mellott, Elizabeth Ward, Roger Nysan, Kim – co-chair Williams, Byrd Phillips, Michael Summary of Discussions/Activities: (list the current items your committee is addressing, status update on those items, action items completed, any subcommittee work, person(s) responsible for each action item, etc.) N. At this time, the committee has had no cases regarding academic freedom

referred to it.

Summary of Action Items: (list action items current under way) G. (see above)

Next Meeting Planned: As need arises

Collin College Faculty Council January 2016 Report

Committee: Student Handbook Ad Hoc Committee Submitted by:Cathy A. Donald-Whitney Last Meeting Date: 12-11-15 Active Members: Kat Balch, Tiffany Cartwright, Cathy Donald-Whitney, Alaya Swann, Mary Weis Summary of Discussions/Activities: O. Completed action item-our committee has completed the student code of

conduct report, section 7-2.2 . We consulted with FC representatives at the November 2015 FC meeting and made edits to the draft report to create the final report.

P. The final report has been submitted to Cheri Jack, Dean of Students and Regina Hughes, Faculty Council President (submitted via e-mail on 12-9-15)

Q. The committee recommended that the FC invite a representative from the Dean of Students office to discuss processes and procedures. As a result, Terrence Brennen has been invited to attend the Jan 2016 FC meeting.

Next Meeting Planned: N.A [Note: Committee work complete pending any comments from the Dean of Students at the Jan 22 Faculty Council Meeting. AKE]