MINUTES FOR CAC MEETING
January 24, 2007
The College Administrative
council (CAC) met in the Nursing Conference room for 3:00 to 5:00. Dr. Corder called the meeting to order.
In Attendance: Dr. Jan Corder, Juliet Burgess, Dr. Jessica
Dolecheck, Emmy Doughty, Dr.
1. Welcome.
Dr.
Corder welcomed all and then called the meeting to order.
2. Minutes.
The December
6, 2006 minutes were e-mailed and will be approved later.
3. Pulse.
a. CLS – Debbie Wisenor reminded all of how
wonderful it was to have their new faculty
member
(Melanie Chapman). She also reported
that on February 6th a Bone Marrow drive, using the cheek swab
technique, will be held at the ULM Student Union building. All data will be entered into a national bank
for possible donor matches.
b. RADT – Jay Hicks reported that their
department was presently doing a curriculum audit. All
else is going well.
c. OTA – Peggy Meredith reported that all was
going well in OTA. She announced that
she was
retiring May 18, 2007.
d. HLST – Dr. Jessica Dolecheck reported that Dr.
Matt Matusiak was onboard and working
with her to improve the new program. The department office moved to Sugar 156 and
painting
is ongoing. Sign up sheets for students
have been printed and are being distributed. There was a very professional and
informative article in the News-Star about the new BS in Health Studies.
e. NURS – Dr. Florencetta Gibson reported that
she and Emmy Doughty attended the
State Board of Nursing Education Committee. The purpose of
the meeting was the review of
the SON’s 2006 Annual
Report. The report was accepted by the
Board and
continue
with full accreditation status. Nursing
plans to admit 60 students into their program this fall.
f. CODI – Dr.
well and that Johanna plans to defend her doctoral
dissertation in April of 2007. Clinic
and
classes are ongoing.
g. DHYG – Beverly Jarrell reported that two of
her faculty have been admitted into the Dental
Hygiene Master’s
degree program at the University of Tennessee/Memphis Dental School.
13A. Other.
Dr.
Corder changed the agenda. It was
determined that January 31st from 12:00 –
4:30
and February 7th from 2:00 – 5:00 were good times for working CAC
meetings.
4. Promotion & Tenure.
Those coming up need to have docs ready. There are
deadlines posted. Nursing
as at
least one candidate this time. All
departments should develop criteria for
Asst.
Prof., Assoc. Prof., and Professor ranks. Review any previous criteria and
note
revision date. Also look at tenure
criteria.
5. The Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) grant.
Equipment
lists are to be revised by departments and should be ready for discussion at
the next
CAC meeting. All COHS departments are eligible for consideration.
6. Admission Assistance from Dean’s Office.
ASAP
each department is to give to Dr. Corder what kinds of admissions assistance
they need
from the
dean’s office.
Note:
Student workers will be housed in the dean’s office and sent to departments
to do
specific jobs.
7. Dates for faculty to have lunch with the
President were distributed.
See
attachments. Faculty should make
appointments and enjoy this opportunity.
Plan for a 2 hour luncheon.
8. Faculty survey to be done again.
Please
encourage all faculty to participate. Sometimes the “happy” do not take
time to
participate. Encourage all.
9. Student Health Services.
SHS
is no longer in our college but is under Dr. Brumfield.
10. Biology.
Dr.
Corder assigned Dr. Oliver to take the lead in working with COHS
departments
in determining expected COHS outcomes for Biology courses in
COHS curricula.
11. Dr. Oliver reported that all COHS departments
should have “glossy” brochures.
Please
review brochures and notify Dr. Oliver of your intensions to update or use-
up what
you have. More later
at the next CAC meeting.
12. Dr. Oliver asked all departments to use a distributed
sample format and begin writing
a
synopsis of how assessment tools and procedures are used to close the
loop. He
presented
the Nursing model as an excellent example of a closed loop system. More
later.
13B.
Other/Other.
Dr.
Oliver asked all department heads to go-through Sandra Barton to report or
request
facility needs. Sandra is the COHS
facilities manager. It was announced
that
Betty Smith of the Grambling Nursing program is having a retirement party
on
February 1st. A possible
Health Fair date is April 28th.
More later.
There
needs to
be a master
Submitted by Dr. Paxton Oliver