FACULTY MEETING
March 3, 2006
Gannett Auditorium
MINUTES
President Philip Glotzbach called the meeting to order at 3:35pm. President Glotzbach
asked if there were any
objections to the approval of the February 3, 2006 Faculty Meeting minutes and hearing
no objections, the
minutes were approved.
PRESIDENT鈥橲 REPORT
President Glotzbach stated that we have experienced a profound loss with the passing
of Professor Juan Carlos
Lertora. Professor Lertora and Professor Paty Rubio were married in Barcelona, Spain
in 1974 and he was a
valued member of the 三亿体育官网 faculty since 1980. His life was devoted to reading
and teaching with a passion
for fiction and poetry and is described by colleagues as having an encyclopedic knowledge
of Spanish literature.
He had a deep personal interest in history and politics, particularly Latin American
politics. He will be
remembered for his quiet and kind nature. We have suffered a great loss and we will
mourn his passing. There
will be a memorial service scheduled for next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. President Glotzbach
commented how
everyone has reached out to Professor Rubio and how important that is to her.
President Glotzbach briefly discussed the windstorm that recently occurred on campus
and the power loss as a
result. It was a serious event and we lost approximately 100 trees which forced closing
our roads on campus.
Scribner Village was damaged and many students were displaced in the residence halls.
He expressed thanks to
everyone, particularly the efforts by Facilities Services, Residence Life, Dining
Services and those overseen by
VP Michael West and Dean Pat Oles as we were able to maintain heat and light for our
students. By rotating
generators, we were able to keep most buildings open and took care of the laboratory
animals and other
temperature sensitive things.
President Glotzbach announced that Martin Zankel, brother of Arthur Zankel, and his
son Jimmy Zankel 鈥�92,
were on campus today to discuss their gift to the music building, which will be named
after Arthur Zankel.
More information is forthcoming on this.
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS REPORT
Vice President Charles M. Joseph reported that the Board of Trustees were here last
week and the
recommendations from CAPT and the President concerning tenure were discussed. The
four candidates
confirmed for tenure and/or promotion this year are: Susan Belden, Associate Professor
of Management and
Business; Ngina Chiteji, Assistant Professor of Economics, promoted to Associate Professor;
Jordana Dym,
Assistant Professor of History, promoted to Associate Professor; and Deborah Hall,
Assistant Professor of Art,
promoted to Associate Professor. Vice President Joseph thanked the hard working folks
on CAPT and Professor
Lary Opitz for his leadership on this group.
Chuck announced that he will be resigning at the end of the semester from the Vice
Presidency position and will
be going on sabbatical then returning to the faculty. He has been in discussions for
awhile with the President
regarding this decision. He thanked the President and everyone for their support and
working with him over
these past few years in this position. He continued to state that there is a lot of
stability at this College and that
the Trustees are very pleased that the College is doing a good job. The campaign is
well under way and parts of
the Strategic Plan have already been implemented. The relationship between Academic
Affairs and Financial
Affairs is a very important one and he thanked VP Michael West for all his support.
VP Joseph briefly spoke
about the compensation issue at the College as he understands this concern by faculty.
In his past 6 years in the
dean and vice president鈥檚 office, he has come to understand how concerned the administration
is about this. The
President, VP West and VP Joseph have had many discussions regarding how serious this
is and they are
working on this issue so hopefully there will be some resolution on this. VP Joseph
is looking forward to
joining the faculty again and he encourages faculty to continue to speak forthrightly
about difficult issues and
promote dialogues. He believes in the 三亿体育官网 Honor Code which includes the phrase
that 鈥渨e need to be
considerate of the rights others鈥� and he hopes that everyone will keep this in mind
in their conversations with
others in emails, committee reports and in all interactions. We have to remain passionate
and to be engaged in
the kind of dialogue which leads change. He hopes that civility is something to be
prized. He thanked everyone
for the privilege of being able to represent them for the past few years and he looks
forward to rejoining them as
a faculty member soon.
President Glotzbach said that there will be a celebration in May to honor VP Joseph
properly and praised his
work saying that he has served this College very well. VP Joseph is a teacher/scholar
and has earned the respect
of others here over his 20 + years of service. VP Joseph has seen this College through
difficult times and has
served as a leader of the senior staff during the difficult presidential transition.
He assured President Glotzbach
when he started that things would be in place and his transition ran smoothly as a
result of his leadership. He
has accomplished a number of important things 鈥� leading the process that gave us the
academic vision
statement; he collaborated actively with a partner in developing the Academic Strategic
Plan and working with
CEPP back then; worked on a new structure in Academic Affairs; led the searches; co-chaired
these with faculty
members that brought us two new deans and working actively with them. On a personal