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Committees, 2000/2001

Academic and Governance Committee

  1. Recommend guidelines for a performance evaluation system that is based upon "an expanded view of scholarship, unit-level needs, and maximal engagement" (as described in USM’s Strategic Plan, "A National University for the Gulf South," Spring 1999).
  2. Study and report to the Senate on governance and decision making issues relative to the Gulf Coast/Hattiesburg campus relationship.
  • Mary Lux, Chair
  • Janie Butts
  • Dean Dunn
  • Julia S. Lytle
  • Lida McDowell
  • Pat Smith
  • Gary Stringer

Administration and Faculty Evaluations

  1. Review the process for administrative evaluations and recommend effective measures to ensure that evaluations are done in a timely manner.
  2. Consider making the evaluations deadline part of the academic calendar.
  3. Administer evaluations of Chairs, Directors, and Deans.
  4. Review and recommend procedures to assure confidentiality of faculty evaluations.
  5. Seek the endorsement of the Provost and Deans for the administrative evaluations process.
  6. Recommend actions to encourage the use of evaluation results.
  7. Consider implementing annual faculty evaluations of the Vice Presidents, the Provost, and the President.

Archives

  1. Examine Senate records and forward appropriate documents to the USM Archives.

Athletic Liaison

  1. Represent the Faculty Senate at designated athletic functions.
  2. Work with the Staff Council and the Credit Union to coordinate efforts at the hospitality tent before home football games.
  3. Monitor actions taken to implement recommendations made in the Report of the Task Force for the enhancement of Athletics ("Building Community and Tradition Through Athletic Achievement," May 1999).
  4. Investigate the feasibility of providing discounted tickets to athletic events to Gulf Coast campus students.

Awards

  1. Select HEADWAE recipient
  2. Select Excellence in Teaching and Service recipients
  3. Select Excellence in Librarianship Award
  4. Select recipients for Faculty Memorial Fund Scholarship

Benefits and Work Environment

  1. Review health insurance benefits
  2. Make recommendations for additional benefits
  3. Study and make recommendations concerning faculty compensation and workload issues pertaining to distance education (Internet courses, interactive video and correspondence courses)
  4. Recommend and implement a method of gathering data from exiting faculty members to ascertain why they are leaving the University.
  5. Consider gathering information from faculty search committee chairs to document difficulties in recruitment of qualified faculty for USM positions.
  6. Continue to monitor issues surrounding faculty pay schedules.
  7. Continue to monitor trends in faculty salaries.
  • John Rachal, Chair
  • Karen Austin
  • Maria Cobb
  • Deanna Douglas
  • David Goff
  • Mary Frances Nettles
  • Shellie Nielsen
  • Joe Olmi
  • Bill Scarborough

Constitution and Bylaws

  1. Review documents for consistency
  2. Recommend amendments if necessary
  3. Review and clarify procedures for voting in the June organizational meeting of the Senate.
  4. Review and clarify procedures for electing Faculty Senate officers.
  5. Consider a bylaws change requiring committee chairs to maintain records of committee activities.
  6. Consider a bylaws change requiring committees to present a summary annual report for the Senate archives.

Elections

  1. Reapportion Senate membership in the fall.
  2. Conduct Senate elections in the spring.
  3. Document procedures for conducting Senate elections.
  • Douglas McCain, Chair
  • Sheila Alber
  • Susan Hubble
  • Alexandra Jaffe
  • Grayson Rayborn

Environment

  1. Monitor environmental resolution passed by the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate and report to the Senate on the progress of this resolution.
  2. Make recommendations that will preserve and enhance the University’s grounds and gardens.
  3. Confer with relevant administrators and managers to offer timely advice on environmental issues.
  4. Inform the campus community and University constituencies of issues related to prudent and informed environmental policies and actions.
  5. Respond to University actions and policies that affect the protection of the natural environment.
  6. Review and respond to the Campus Master Plan to be presented in the fall of 2000.
  • Dick Conville, Chair
  • David Beckett
  • Chuck Bolton
  • Kimberley Davis
  • Trellis Green
  • Glenn Matlack
  • Janet Nelson

Faculty Development

  1. Recommend faculty development opportunities.
  2. Collaborate with the Provost on faculty development issues.
  3. Survey and publicize existing faculty development opportunities within the University.
  4. Work with the diversity officer on providing information to faculty search committees on permissible interview questions.
  • Bob Coates, Chair
  • Sheila Alber
  • Sybil Harrison
  • Edward Lundin

Government Relations

  1. Keep informed about legislation pertinent to USM, the IHL system or to state employees, and report to the Senate.
  2. Recommend Senate action on political issues.
  3. Work with the Assistant to the President for Government Relations and with other University administrators to develop a faculty role in the political process.
  4. Maintain contact with local state legislators.
  • Jesse Palmer, Chair
  • Don Cabana
  • David Duhon
  • Art Kaul
  • Mary Frances Nettles
  • John Rachal
  • Pat Smith

Technology

  1. Work with the Office of Technology Resources and other entities to enhance faculty access to technology.
  2. Represent the Faculty Senate on the Web Presence Council.
  3. Monitor technology related issues, such as privacy, and report to the Faculty Senate.
  4. Gather information on campus technology infrastructure enhancements and report to the Senate as needed.
  • Dean Dunn, Chair
  • David Goff
  • Toby Graham
  • Scott Magruder

Transportation Committee Liaison

  1. Represent the Faculty Senate on the Transportation Committee.
  • Bill Scarborough

AAUP Liaison

  1. Represent the Faculty Senate as a member of AAUP.
  2. Monitor faculty issues through the AAUP and report on national and regional issues and trends related to faculty governance and other matters.
  3. Recommend AAUP related actions and policies that will enhance faculty governance at USM.
  • Michael Dearmey

Faculty Handbook Task Force (ad hoc)

  1. Bring forward remaining revisions from 1999/2000.
  • David Goff, Chair
  • Darlys Alford
  • DeAnna Douglas
  • Michael Forster
  • Mary Dayne Gregg
  • Mary Huch
  • Nancy Kaul
  • Ernie King
  • Steven Lohrenz
  • Mark Miller
  • Jesse Palmer
   

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