1. The meeting was called to order by A&S Moderator Meg Dillon
2. Mark Stevens presented information about appropriately coding Distance Learning courses in order to help SPSU increase resources
   His overhead transparency provided the following information:
   95% or more online content - sections 900-909
   DL fees apply only to sections that contain 95% or more online content
   
   • Undergraduate $167 per credit hour (vs. $102)
   • Graduate $200 per credit hour (vs. $122)
   No student activity or athletic fees
   No extra charge for out-of-state students

   The extra money is used for:

   • DL course development
   • Salary of the Instructional Designer
   • DL program advertising
   • $1000 to instructors for student assistants, software, relevant travel

3. Bernice Nuhfer-Halten reported on the A&S P&T committee:

   Faculty Evaluation AY2004-2005

   • N-H has proposed a workshop about the preparation of packets - approved by Faculty Moderator - now under the rubric of Rich Halstead-Nussloch's grant project. It is suggested that the Deans should be involved, as well as members of each of this yearÕs School committees.
   • N-H has requested that deans help in the transition between this year's committee and next year's... during the start-up

4. ACTION - election of A&S Faculty Moderator, Meg Dillon and Secretary, Bernice Nuhfer-Halten

5. Dean's comments:
   • Proposed - monthly (at least at first) Friday afternoon Attitude Adjustment Hours to be held in a place off campus starting Fall Semester, 2005
   • From Expanded Cabinet meeting:
     • New money is expected (+/-400,000.00) for SPSU
     • top priorities - faculty positions, equity issues, advancement office, retention and graduation rates, upkeep of technical infrastructure - the plan to spend the money will be sent to the BoR on May 16
     • There is a new concern for the low number of PhDs teaching (in other schools) both on undergraduate and graduate level. This may bump the priority for new hires to satisfy those deficits.
     • $1 million more may be available at the end of year
     • Bldg.J HVAC system will be upgraded this summer and there will be a meeting about it on Tuesday, at noon, May 3; room TBA?
     • e-mail servers will be upgraded
     • network equipment in J Bldg will also be upgraded, and the old equipment is going to other buildings for their upgrade
     • Gruszka proposed upgrading old computers with a priority for those that are running at 1 gHz
     • Budget cut-off this year is May 15; last year it was cut off in April
     • Floyd College, now Georgia Highlands College, will begin holding classes this summer on June 6, and fall semester on August 20, principally in D Bldg.
   • Dean Gabrielli announced that from now on, all packets for promotion, tenure, and pre-tenure review (not post-tenure review), must include documented peer observation in order to make a case for being considered noteworthy in teaching, or he will not sign the packet.

     The URL for the "A&S guidelines for faculty peer observations" documentation is: http://www.spsu.edu/arts/facultyeval.html

   • Dean Gabrielli thanked the retirees and other faculty who will not be returning for their service to SPSU.

6. ACTION - Motion "To re-activate the A&S Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching Effectiveness" FAILED

7. ACTION - Assignments to P&T Committees of other schools. All A&S faculty currently on other committees volunteered to stay on those committees next AY:
   • Carol Barnum - ACC
   • Russ Patrick - ETM
   • Steve Edwards - CSE
   
   
8. Adjournment

Respectfully submitted,
Bernice Nuhfer-Halten