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Academic Council
Meeting Notes
May 2, 2000
Agenda Items:
Spanish staffing. The Foreign Languages department has
asked permission to have an adjunct instructor teach 4
courses next fall rather than the normal full-time adjunct
load of 3 courses. This would be an exception to the
Overload Policy. The request was approved with the
stipulation that future requests would need to be approved
by the Council on a case-by-case basis. There is precedent
for approving this request. The council approved a similar
request earlier in the year from another Spanish language
instructor who taught a 4-3 overload. It was further
stipulated that during the semester when the two faculty
members in question were teaching 4 courses, they would not
teach at any other institution. There are currently two
tenure-line positions in Spanish, with a proposal under
consideration for a third.
Business Econ major and John Wish proposal. How do we
want to support credit-bearing internships? Do we want to
lean more heavily on the Center for Service and Work to
initiate internships as non credit-bearing experiences? John
Wish has submitted a proposal recommending internships be
managed by faculty as part of their teaching load. If there
are large numbers of students interns, it would be an
efficient way to manage them. Dean Johnson will speak to
Harry Schleef about the department’s opinion.
Music Chair Update. Dean Dodds reported that Gil Seeley
and Stephanie Arnold are expected to come forward with a
proposal for a .5 FTE position for a facilities manager to
support the efforts of the Music Department. It could
possibly be combined with the existing Theatre
Department’s Shop Foreman position to create a
full-time position. The person would maintain facilities and
equipment such as musical instruments and oversee the
theatre during the summer.
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