MINUTES FOR CAC MEETING
April 18, 2007
The College Administrative
Council (CAC) met in the Nursing Conference room from 1:30 – 2:30
p.m. Dr. Oliver called the meeting
to order.
In Attendance: Dr. Paxton Oliver, Juliet Burgess, Dr.
Jessica Dolecheck, Emily Doughty, Dr.
Dr. Florencetta Gibson, Jay Hicks, Beverly Jarrell, Peggy
Meredith, and Belinda Morgan.
Absent: Dr. Jan Corder – excused
Debbie
Wisenor - excused
1. Advancement & External Affairs
Office of Development.
Cindy
Leath, ULM Development Associate, will be working with department heads to
assure the appropriate and timely distribution of departmental
scholarships. The Foundation website
will be updated to have a listing of available scholarships and each area will
be notified in advance of timelines for students to apply.
2. PULSE.
Dean’s Office
- Dr. Oliver
requested all COHS Faculty to be open minded, move forward, and support the
incoming
dean.
- Minutes from
March 21, 28 and April 4 will be sent electronically and all are asked to
review with comments to Dr.
Oliver. He will
electronically post when they are due.
- Vicki Creighton
is working on forms that she is utilizing in advising. These forms will be distributed soon.
NURS
- Dr. Gibson
announced that several staff (Rayne, Lowder, Glaze
and Shows) had received a partial grant for $40,000 to construct an Intensive
Care Unit Simulation. Dr. Oliver
asked what amount it would take for full implementation. Dr.
Gibson stated that $78,000 would be needed for full implementation.
- Emmy Doughty
reminded faculty of the Community Heath Fair scheduled for April 28th. OTA and Health Studies department heads questioned their
activity involvement. It was stated
that this was a time to possibly do recruitment as this is being done on a
minority grant and there will be a variety of age groups visiting the health
fair. The use of departmental
display boards and handouts for this occasion is useful. Emmy Doughty will email all with time
and directions.
OCTA
- Mrs. Meredith
reported that the OTA Department is working with two local elementary schools,
Lincoln Elementary and Minnie Ruffin, on the Stop the Bullying Program. She asked those present to consider this
a project for potential grants. She
did have a visual of what the students had done and a t-shirt they are using
for the program.
3. Criminal Background Check Committee.
CLSC and RADT have submitted
names for this committee. Dr.
Oliver asked that each department head submit a staff name (and a student name
if you wish) by noon tomorrow (4-19-07).
4. Faculty Orientation Form.
An updated form will be
forwarded. Please make suggestions
and corrections as needed.
5. Biology Outcomes.
A corrected copy was
distributed. It is requested that
all review for accurateness. A future meeting will be set up between Dr.
Pritchett, Biology head, and all COHS administrators. Discussion will center on biology
outcome needs in COHS department curricula.
6. Budget Committee.
Dr. Dolecheck
reported that the committee met this past Monday and primarily reviewed the
Faculty Evaluation Matrix used in 2006.
There were revisions to wording.
Some suggestions were to have job descriptions for department
heads/faculty and to be more specific about ranking classifications such as
“meets and exceeds expectations”. Discussions are ongoing.
Faculty
raises for next year are projected to be about 5%.
7. OTHER.
Department
Inventory: Dr. Oliver read a
request by Sandra Barton, Business/Facilities Manager, that CODI, DHYG, NURS
sign and return the “Take Home Inventory” form for any COHS
equipment used off campus and to sign the “Inventory Certification”
form. Concern was voiced that items
were found in respective departments and forms were sent with a request for
departments head to verify existence of found/scanned items. Dr. Oliver will have Sandra Barton sign
a letter of verification for items found in departments. Department heads are
to review her signed document prior to their signature.
Submitted by Debra Bridges