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  Minutes of the Feb. 19, 2004 Meeting:


The meeting was called to order by Moderator Rich Bennett.
 
 
1. Rich Bennett called the meeting to order and announced that we would consider the university calendar first. It was moved and seconded to authorize Rich to write a letter to Steve Hamrick to the effect that the Arts and Sciences Faculty would like to see a comprehensive university wide calendar, to include meetings, at the beginning of each term. The Faculty has a particular interest in a master schedule with school meetings, department meetings, standing committee meetings, etc. An amendment was approved to send the letter to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, as well as to the Faculty Moderator. Another amendment was approved to use the letter to voice vigorous objection to a change in the exam schedule that resulted in abbreviated exam times, a change that came not only without faculty approval, but without faculty consultation of any kind. The motion, with amendments, was approved unanimously.
 
2. Dawn Ramsey reported on activities of the Distance Learning Task Force. She noted that Arts and Sciences has two representatives on that committee, Mark Stevens and Ken Rainey, and invited participation from all concerned in any and all aspects of Task Force related matters. She answered questions from the group, mainly about Vista, the latest version of WebCT.
 
3. Al Churella reported on the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching Evaluation, which continues to toil over a document meant to provide guidelines for faculty as they attempt to document teaching effectiveness. Questions and comments centered mostly on peer evaluation: how much will there be and what will it be used for. Committee members will reconvene and take comments and suggestions under consideration as they develop a later draft of recommendations.
 
Submitted by Meg Dillon
Approved by Rich Bennett
 


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