MINUTES OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING

Date: 9/5/2014 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Leestown Campus, M-122 Present: Val Zeps, James Kolasa, Tanya White, Marilyn Akins, Vicki Partin, Robert Hinkle, Kathy Swango, Joshua Hoekstra, Irene Camargo, Lynn Madison, Cindy Tucker, Karen Gauthier, Susan Hayes, Greg Rickert, Robert Chirwa, Leon Lane, Jenny Jones, Gerry Adair, Norm Strobel, Becky Haley, Mary Jones, Gil Wheeler, Sarah Galvin, Deb Davis, Deanna Pelfrey, Shawn Gannon Ex-Officio: Augusta Julian, Greg Feeney. Palisa Rushin, Bonnie Nicholson, Erin Tipton, Rhonda Wheeler Guests: Richard King, Melanie Williamson, Martha Birchfield

Submitted by: Tanya White, Secretary of the Faculty Agenda/Issues Discussion Action Additions to the Agenda IT issues, SAP appeals Approval of Agenda The Agenda was approved. The Motion to approve the agenda – Camargo; second Secretary of the Faculty will post Motion carried unanimously the approved agenda on the Faculty Council webpage. Approval of 8-15-14 Faculty Council Motion to approve the minutes from the 8/15/2014 Faculty Council The Secretary of the Faculty will Meeting Minutes meeting – Rickert; second post the approved minutes on the Minutes were amended Faculty Council webpage. Motion carried unanimously CEO/CAO Reports Dr. Julian thanked the volunteers who attended the September 4 Newtown campus dedication. This was good publicity for the college.

She will arrange a meeting with UK officials to discuss student services, housing, activities and parking concerns. She will request that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) be updated.

She announced that a Community Day will be held on September 20 at Newtown. This will be a good venue to showcase all the programs BCTC has to offer. The event will be family friendly, including activities for children. Volunteers are still needed. She asked that everyone share information with family and friends about the event. Next week, she will distribute the list of faculty committees and teams. She suggested implementing a 3 year term of service for the committees. This would allow a broad range of opportunities for faculty members to serve in different capacities.

Val addressed concerns about parking which include: students are missing class, danger due to construction, non-sufficient lighting at night, run-off from rain. Josh added that there is danger to pedestrians because construction activities are blocking driver views. Dr. Julian said she would invite the Director of Parking to come to our campus and discuss these issues. Leon thanked Dr. Julian for seriously considering the parking issues.

Rules Committee Report Leon announced that next Wednesday, voting will begin to elect faculty [Leon Lane] representatives to BCTC Board of Directors, Appeals Board and an alternate. Josh will attend the Board Of Directors meeting on September 10 as our representative.

Leon reviewed the proposal to add the Board of Directors Faculty Representative to the Faculty Council. Rationale: the previous representative did a good job of connecting with people and discussing issues but a concern is that the Faculty Council did not receive a report The Secretary of the Faculty will from the Board of Directors meetings. distribute the decision to faculty, Motion to make the BCTC Board of Directors representative a subject to the ten day objection member of Faculty Council – Lane; second period. Motion carried unanimously Summer 2015 Calendar – Leon presented an overview of the traditional calendar vs. calendar choices A & B. Motion to accept Calendar B – Davis; second Leon asked why we should adopt calendar B if we can only use it one out The Secretary of the Faculty will of five years. Vicki Partin stated that our only concern at present is to distribute the decision to faculty, consider Summer 2015. subject to the ten day objection Motion passed with 4 opposed and 1 abstain period. Greg Rickert announced that the KCTCS Rules Committee will meet September 22. Curriculum Review Committee Motion to adopt LIN 175 – Information Literacy – Pelfrey; second Report Motion carried unanimously [Kathy Swango & Deanna Pelfrey] Motion to adopt ACH 198 –Practicum in Architecture Technology & ACH 280 – Revit./Building Information Modeling – Pelfrey; second Norm noted some concerns about intern experience without pay. On the national level, there have been reports about abuse. Kevin Murphy indicated that abuse has not been a concern at our college because our The Secretary of the Faculty will students are not allowed to participate in activities; they can only observe. distribute the decision to faculty, Dr. Julian indicated there had been some national concern about abuse, but subject to the ten day objection not at the community college level. She believes it is a good experience for period. students. Motion passed unanimously.

Kathy reported the KCTCS Curriculum Review Committee will meet Monday, September 22. Anyone who has curriculum being reviewed at this meeting should plan to attend in person, by phone, or by Lync. Academic Standards & Admissions The ASA committee met August 22 to introduce new division members Committee Report and provide orientation. At their next meeting, they will consider the [Robert Chirwa] following recommendations: 1. From CHLSS – limit online classes for developmental students 2. Speed up the process of readmission KCTCS Senate Council Report The next KCTCS Senate Council meeting is on October 17 [Jenny Jones] Concerns about BCTC cafeteria Josh expressed concerns about the food quality, selection and expensive cost. Since privatization of food service with Aramark it appears services and quality has decreased. Dr. Julian has not heard of any changes but will discuss the issue with UK. Additions IT issues – Gerry explained his concerns which include overhead projectors not working properly and no access because computers are locked. The problem could be that new IT systems have been implemented coupled with a reduction in IT staff. Dr. Julian said two people have resigned and one is on leave. Cindy Tucker reminded Faculty Council that this is exactly the type of issues the FAHCIT committee looks at. Val discussed the value of this Ad-Hoc committee. Motion to renew Ad-Hoc committee for IT issues – Strobel; second Cindy Tucker informed council members that FC formed this committee and it was already populated back in May. She and Robin Davis are on the committee and the first meeting will be September 26. After discussion, Norm withdrew his motion.

SAP Appeals – discussion concerning need for an Ad-Hoc committee. Val asked Palisa about concerns. She reported there had been no complaints so The Secretary of the Faculty will far this semester. Sarah said the faculty is the best source to disseminate distribute the decision to faculty, information about financial aid to students. The more knowledgeable we subject to the ten day objection are, the more we can assist students. period. Motion to form a SAP Appeals Committee – Galvin; second Motion passed unanimously

Faculty Performance Review Action Team – Val said we should take ownership of this committee because student evaluations are a large part of our evaluations. He asked for persons interested in chairing or being members of this committee to contact him. Vicki announced that we should have a quick response in forming this committee because issues are pending and recommendations are needed for the evaluation instrument. Announcements The next meeting will be Friday, October 3 on the Newtown Campus. Please have items to be considered sent to Valdis Zeps by Monday, Meeting adjourned at 3:20pm September 19.