Present:
Dean Duggar
Dr. Bill Roe
Carleen Marburger
Dr. Jeff Pittman
Dr. Steve Replogle
Dr. John Seydel
Dr. Jim Washam
Alan Decker in place of Mark Young

Others:
Chris Collins

Absent:
Dr. Sandra Bevill
Dr. David Boyd
Dr. Charles Ford
Dr. Len Frey
Tina Quinn
Mark Young

Meeting was called to order at 3:35 p.m. by Dean Duggar.

COB VIEWBOOK
Carleen discussed the COB View book which will be used as a marketing tool to send to prospective students. We want it to be a slick looking brochure of what the COB is and what we offer. Carleen asked the committee to review it and provide feedback. Carleen stated that she is looking for testimonials from students for the view book. Dean Duggar asked Dr. Washam if he had Matt Allen’s new address and he did not have that information. Dean Duggar asked who will do the layout. Carleen stated that it would be Mark or Keith. Dean Duggar stated that he wants it student friendly and would like to
have 4-6 student testimonials. Picture taken of >>>>>>>>? Dean Duggar asked how quickly everyone could get together on finalizing this, he asked for Wednesday of this week. Dean Duggar will try to get Dwayne Powell’s testimonial, Dr. Washam will try to
get Matt Allen’s. Jeff Pittman suggested Charles Ford’s daughter-in-law – Lucinda Ford. Meeting on the view book will be Wednesday, June 30th at 10:00 A.M. Documentation
on fully accredited – college.

SURPLUS PROPERTY
Dean Duggar discussed this with the committee – stated to list and get rid of things we don’t need. Dr. Seydel commented on Room 106 – there is a broken table in the back
of room and junk in front of the room.

Classrooms – Dean Duggar will get with Shawn (our student worker) and check all the classrooms.

PLANNING RETREAT
Chris asked everyone to review the menu that she inserted into their folders today and mark what they would like to eat and return to her. Also, Chris asked that everyone let her know who will be riding in the van and who will be driving on their own so she can complete the details for the retreat. Departure will be at 7:30 a.m. and everyone is
invited to meet at Larry & Teresa Alford’s home (cottage in Hardy) after the meeting. Larry is
the CFO of St. Bernards.

FACULTY/STAFF PICNIC
Check with Louella Moore – plays bass and husband plays fiddle. Chris asked the committee if they agree with having Damian Sanchez as the entertainment for this
year’s picnic (he played at the COB Honors Banquet). He would charge $300. Someone suggested Philip Jackson and then it was mentioned that Louella Moore plays bass and
her husband plays fiddle. Dean asked that we check with Louella Moore about playing
for the picnic.

Also, Chris asked about whether we should have a balloon maker at the picnic and Dean Duggar said he would think about this.

FACULTY/STAFF FALL MEETING
Faculty Research Code of Conduct will be presented to faculty at this meeting
New Merit Document- finish in the fall and have it effective in 2005 – Have draft ready
for fall meeting and have people serve on draft committee. Planning Committee to
come up with draft – do at Planning Retreat. Provide Planning Committee with revised draft. Dr. Roe said all we’ve done is talk about things – no definite direction – dept
chairs need to give Dr. Roe specifics for the draft. Is the publication the all
encompassing research document, if person gets partial credit, how much partial
credit do they get? Rolling average or carry forward? Need to narrow down the
Teaching – Some measure for grading the teaching for merit. Look at office hours, etc. Dean Duggar needs to have expectations for Department Heads. What are our expectations for Economic Education, Dept. Head, Delta Center, etc? Student
Evaluations are only ¼ of what we measure for merit evaluation stated by Dr. Seydel.

SPRING SEMESTER GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS – REQUEST THESE FOR THE DEAN

Chris state that the COB Activities Calendar has been posted on the web site for the secretaries to be able to view and add anything to it if necessary.

Chris stated that she is still working on the Calendar of Deadlines.

Global e-mail for students – Dean Duggar talked to Greg and this should be ready for
the fall semester so professors can send e-mail blast to class.

Students want to be treated with respect by our faculty and some faculty do not treat students with respect. Dean Duggar commented that some students commented on the fact that faculty members knew his/her name.

Dr. Seydel commented that discipline is not pleasant. A lot of students aren’t going to
be happy if held to task (held responsible). Dean Duggar commented that if a faculty member’s classroom door is locked and there’s a hostile environment, then a student won’t ask for help. Dean Duggar doesn’t accept this. Dr. Washam commented that changing the evaluation of teaching would be good. Dr. Roe commented that we need
to achieve a balance in research, teaching and service. Teaching Excellence – brown
bag discussion, meetings, etc. that would work on this issue. Jeff Pittman suggested
having this once a year. Dean Duggar commented that we could have someone from Kansas State come in and do a presentation. Dr. Roe stated that the Chair needs to
hold the faculty accountable. The Chair should know if the faculty is keeping their
office hours etc. – this should be the chairs’ role, not the dean.

Dean Duggar – teaching technology we should be experimenting with – multi-media technology – photo shop, acrobat, and micro-media studio – can do some authoring
with these.
Dr. Roe – site to go to for good portfolios that he got from his conference in Philadelphia.
Dean suggested looking at the syllabi and exams.

Post-tenure review – document sent in – department head will initiate when merit is not satisfactory. Dean Duggar asked “What is that?” Is a “C” unsatisfactory? Dr. Washam stated “no”, he didn’t think so because some of his faculty has an A then slip down to
a C. Are two or three “C’s” an indication for pre-tenure review? A “C” performance triggers a dialogue with the chair for improvement.

Business Schools – Business School Code of Conduct – more specific than the general University one. Should we look at one for the COB? Dr. Seydel asked if there is one for the University and yes there is, but the students don’t look at it. The ones that Dean Duggar has seen have a preamble – faculty/staff agree to this, mutual respect etc.
They have to sign off on it. Dr. Pittman asked if expectations of faculty are included
and yes they are. Dean Duggar asked if this is something we want to do for the COB?
We can get a sample off the internet to use as a basis to start with. The committee likes the idea.

Establishing and Adopting Goals for Assessment – Dean Duggar asked Dr. Pittman to
get these circulated and adopted. This was to be done in 2003-2004. Have to have goals set for each degree program per Dr. Roe. Dr. Pittman – Teaching/Research – hardly anything in service or do Teaching/Service and hardly anything in research. Dean
Duggar is talking about release time for doing this. Dr. Pittman stated that release time doesn’t help him. Dr. Nonis, Dr. Dan Marburger and Dr. Gary Latanich – spent a lot of
time on assessment. So if he takes on the Assessment Committee, he can only be guaranteed a “C” on merit. Dean Duggar disagrees. Dr. Pittman asked Dr. Seydel and
Dr. Washam their opinion.

There was some discussion of the use of the Differential Tuition monies – didn’t see a provision in it for hiring new faculty at more competitive salaries – Dean Duggar stated that it’s another component. Mei Cao is not close to what she wanted – said we would
try to get more through differential tuition. This money is to enhance the quality of our program, attract new faculty etc. Money to use for short-term purposes will be left over.
For on-going people they want us to pay 20% and new people 30%.

Dean – not provided feedback to faculty members directly – for outstanding good work and for the other side as well. Needs to do that.

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.

Next meeting scheduled for July 12, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. in the COB Conference Room BU105.

Submitted by:

Chris Collins