The Citadel Faculty Council
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 28, 2004

1. Professor Bill Woolsey called the meeting to order at 11:02 in Bond Hall 295.
   
   
2. Members attending: Professors Trautman, Hoyle, Woolsey, Moody, Lally, Calloway, Hewett, Murray, Knapp, Grenier, Mays, Politano, McKinney, Davakos, Carter, Niksch, Harbaugh, Skow-Obenaus (for Andrade), Davis, Hurren, and Gustafson. Absent were Professors Crawford and Hammond.
   
   
3. The minutes of the September 23 meeting were approved as written.
   
   
4. Reports
   
   • Ethics Statement. Prof. Woolsey reported that Prof. Calloway wrote an introduction to the ethics statement which is now in the college website under Faculty Council and Constitution. It was agreed that it should be located more prominently.
   • Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) Committee. As of the last FC meeting the recommendations were before the Provost. The Provost was to reconcile the differences between the FC and Academic Board positions. Professors Lally, Feurtado, Woolsey and Dean Metts met with the Provost. Profs. Lally and Woolsey gave the FC position, and Prof. Feurtado and Dean Metts presented the opposing position of Academic Board. The Provost agreed with FC and approved the formation of a separate committee for SEI. The group then discussed implementation of the committee. The Provost and Dean Metts concurred that FC has the authority to form standing committees and does not need to go through Academic Board. The Provost reiterated his position that the voice of the faculty is the most important voice on campus. The remaining business is to write a charter and mission statement for the SEI committee by November and then send it to the Committee on Committees.
   • UMSC rank on website. FC voted to allow each faculty member the option to use or not use their UMSC rank on the college website. The Provost is sympathetic to FC’s position and is hopeful for the change.
   
   
5. Old Business
   
   • Faculty uniforms. The motion for the proposed change to the faculty manual was on the floor from the May meeting. Prof. Woolsey asked each FC member to report the vote of her/his department and to make any additional comments they wished. A "yes" vote is in favor of the motion and a "no" vote is against the motion. [See the attached document for exact wording.]
     
     

   Department	Yes (for motion)	No (against motion)	Abstaining or no vote
   MLTY (no position)
   HESS	2	1	1
   CIVL	0	8
   ELEC	0	6
   MACS	5	3	4
   HIST	7	5
   BIOL	2	6
   MLNG	8	1	1
   NAVL (no position)
   EDUC	5	7	3
   PHYS	0	6
   PSCI	1	8
   ENGL	4	10	3
   PSYC	11	1
   BADM	7	9	1
   LIBR	2	4	1
   Totals	54	75	17

   Prof. Moody moved, and Prof. Hewett seconded, to amend the motion on the floor as follows:

   Change the language of Section III –F – 5 to "faculty will be in uniform while teaching or advising cadets". The motion failed with 2 in favor and 19 against.

   Prof. Politano moved, and Prof. Lally seconded, to survey the faculty and students, including clarifying wording and alternatives and using open-ended questions. The motion carried with 12 in favor, 5 against and 2 abstaining.

   Prof. Woolsey said he would like the BOV and uniformed staff to be surveyed as well and commented that personal beliefs are irrelevant. The issue is whether or not it is good for the academic and military mission of the school.

   Old business, continued.
   

   • Faculty manual on Dean Searches. Prof Moody moved, and Prof. Niksch seconded, to accept the proposed alternative wording, amending the last sentence to read "charge" instead of "change". [see attached] The motion carried with 16 in favor and 2 opposed.
     
     
   • Compression adjustments. Prof. Grenier moved, and Prof. Skow-Obenaus seconded, that salary scale information shall remain available to all faculty on the website. The motion carried unanimously.
     
     
   • Resolution to commend the effort to substantially correct salary compression. Prof. Moody moved, and Prof. Murray seconded, to accept the resolution [see attached].
     

     Prof. Woolsey said the problems with some of the compression pay are to be resolved in November.

   The meeting adjourned before voting, at 12:34 PM.