Minutes of Meeting s19

Faculty Senate/Association Meeting Minutes Nicholls State University October 4, 2017

Roll Call Arts and Business Administration Nursing and Allied Health Sciences X Scott Banville X Luke Cashen Bill Thibodaux X Michele Theriot X Lori Soule – Committee on Committees Shelly Matherne X Stephen Michot X Shari Lawrence – Parliamentarian Shane Robichaux X Gaither Pope X Kevin Breaux Claire Bourgeois Toni Roussel X Andy Simoncelli Education Ellender Library X David Whitney – A Dennis Guillot Michael Arseneau President X James Stewart A Gary Rosenthal Helen Thomas – Corresponding Secretary A Ray Giguette X Kimi Reynolds X Shane Anderson X Milton Saidu – Vice President A = absent x = present

AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION RECOMMENDATION/ACTION

1. Call to Order/Roll Call Meeting called to order at 3:05 PM. Roll taken. Quorum present. (Sign in sheet attached) 2. Approval of meeting minutes: Discussion regarding minutes approval. It was motioned and seconded to a. May 2017 minutes approve both May and September b. September 2017 minutes minutes. Unanimous vote to approve.

3. Administration Remarks a. Dr. Murphy  Cafeteria is offering $5.00 lunch for International Educator Recognition Day  ULL System will be providing a strategic framework soon.  Pay Raise – Budget review committee will review and make recommendations  NCAA – Academic based money needs to be distributed. If someone has ideas about distribution, let Dr. Murphy know.

4.Officer’s Reports a. President – David Whitney  Pay Raise – Trying to push through the 2% raise so that it takes effect on January 1, 2018.  Taking any input from faculty for the presidential search. 5. Committee Reports a.i.1.a. GEAC  2 meetings were held regarding a proposal to open up Humanities elective for General Education to be more flexible. At the second meeting it was decided to take a step back and look deeper to define what General Education is at Nicholls. GEAC will ask the different colleges for feedback.  New courses for fine arts and natural sciences were approved 6. Old Business a. Faculty Rewards Program  Committee is needed to discuss the Faculty James Stewart, Stephen Michot and Rewards Program and make recommendations. Sheri Lawrence volunteered to help with the Faculty Rewards Program.

b. Non-standard class meeting times  Information discussed at last meeting was and final exams presented to the Deans.  Provost will look and see what the policy is.  It was discussed that a written policy should include that final exams are given at the discretion of the faculty if offered at non-standard class times.

c. Unpaid overloads and service  PPM needs to clarify full time load for A resolution needs to be drafted to points professors. change the language in the manual  Discussion regarding the need for faculty to be to state 24 hours a year with a 4/4 semester load. compensated fairly for overload and for Independent Studies. 7. New Business a. Presidential Search  Committee includes 9 voting and 8 non-voting members  Timeline - position was open for about 3 ½ weeks.  The UL System will serve as the search firm  Qualified applicants will be listed on the UL website  Discussion that voting members should listen to non-voting members associated with Nicholls to make a determination about the next president.

8. Other Business

Meeting adjourned at 4:01