August 19 UFC Draft Agenda Outline - AY 2022/2023 Lunch (45 minutes) Election of Secretary (5 minutes) Provost Update (5-10 minutes) Admissions, Marketing, and Enrollment Updates Other Approve DBLC April 25 Meeting Minutes (2 minutes) SACSCOC Accreditation and QEP - Kimberly Young (30 minutes) Curriculum Workflow, Processes, and Deadlines (10 minutes) Faculty Workload and Morale (30 minutes) Discuss faculty governance structure/restructuring to remove redundancy; unravel complexities of shared faculty governance system  Strategic Direction and New/Upcoming Challenges (30 minutes) How to shift resources in the direction of changing program needs?  What else can we do? Early retirement? Interdisciplinary programs/Collaborations? Further integrate academics with CCE? Additional old business (Remaining Time) Finalize Midterm eval/grades discussion Revisit pre-COVID discussion on DFW courses – how … [Read more...]

August 16, 2022 (3:30-5pm, HCC Digital Auditorium) This is a special UFC planning meeting. As always, the UFC meeting is open to all. University and standing committee officers are especially encouraged to attend, as we will discuss faculty governance for the coming year. Meeting Agenda I. Call to Order, 3:00 p.m. (Rachel Graefe-Anderson) II. Welcome to new UFC members and University committee leadership (3 minutes) III. Approval of minutes, April 13, 2021  (2 minutes) IV. Election of Vice Chair (2 minutes) V. Election of Secretary (5 minutes) VI. UFC representative to UCC (5 minutes) VII. On-line course approvals, from Distance & Blended Learning Committee (10 minutes) VIII. Discuss meeting modalities and timing (15 minutes) IX. Discuss agenda for Friday August 19 retreat (5 minutes) X. Additional points of discussion/questions? (remaining time) XI. Adjournment 5pm … [Read more...]