Academic Council Minutes, May 30, 2007

 

I.                   Review of minutes – April 18, 2007

 

--Approved as circulated

 

II.        General

·        Data Collection

1.      Mrs. Trudy Wortham announced that the current summer enrollment headcount is 1,705 and the Semester Credit Hour (SCH) count is 9,747.  Compared to Summer 2006, headcount is up by 65 and SCH by 598.  The budgeted headcount for the entire summer is 2121 while SCH for the entire summer is 11,052.   Student Academic Services is contacting the zapped students encouraging the students to re-register.  These figures are not final; however, since late registration will continue through Monday, June 4th.  Summer session II typically only has a few hundred students register. 

 

2.      Mrs. Wortham asked for feedback concerning her interpretation of extended programs for the new Coordinating Board report CBM00X.  It was agreed by the Council that those programs are out of state cohorts such as programs in Mexico, China, Spain, etc.

 

·        Fort Bend Issues and Updates

1.      Dr. Suzanne LaBrecque provided an update on the status of UHV taking the lead on UHD Education, Arts & Sciences, and Business programs in Sugar Land.  Dr. LaBrecque, Dr. John Stansell, Dr. Jeffrey Di Leo, and Mrs. Jane Mims attended a meeting at UH Downtown to ensure that the change in administration of UHD classes could take place as seamlessly as possible. 

 

UHV will expand the number of programs offered at Sugar Land by UHV in the Fall semester.  The School of Business is trying to balance with UHD will increase UHV offerings in the Fall as well as in the Spring.

 

A reporter, who was also a UHD student enrolled in Victoria’s Voice Program, attended the meeting and was concerned with UHD pulling out of Sugar Land.  It was explained that UHD was not merely pulling out but was changing directions to focus on the North and Northwest corridors of Houston.  It is unsure whether or not UHD is planning to continue courses at UHS Cinco Ranch.

 

Chari Norgard asked if schools should send their list of textbooks to UHD in the Fall.  It was uncertain, so Chari stated that she would contact Gail Evans at UHD.

 

2.      Dr. Dahlstrom asked about the status of the Fort Bend Library.  Dr. LaBrecque had not received an update from Mr. Wayne Beran.  Dr. Dahlstrom stated he would check with Mr. Beran on the status of the construction project. 

 

3.      Dr. LaBrecque announced that the Annual Scholarship Dinner will be held on August 14th in Sugar Land.  She believes that it is important to have a large attendance of UHV personnel to demonstrate that UHV is committed to Sugar Land.

 

·        Other

1.      Ms. Chari Norgard provided Academic Council with the progress of UHV’s Distance Education Report to the Coordinating Board response. The Coordinating Board provided a one-month extension of the report due date which means the report is due July 1st. 

 

Ms. Norgard has completed as much of the report as she can, but now she needs assistance from the Provost and deans on certain areas such as faculty evaluations, information technology grant awards and other areas.  Ms. Norgard will send an e-mail to the deans and provost requesting information.  Dr. LaBrecque asked Ms. Norgard to include a required response date. 

 

Dr. Hartshorn asked about the Information Technology grants.  She believes that this may be something that the deans may want to discuss at a Deans meeting to see if there is anyway this can be combined with the Title V Grant.

 

·        Instructional Technology/Online Issues and Updates

1.      Mr. Joe Ferguson announced that Mr. Chris Burford has been hired as the Academic Systems Coordinator.  Ms. Jody Gillit previously held the position but took another position at UHS.  Mr. Burford is working with Jody to become acclimated with UHV.

 

2.      Mr. Ferguson stated that he spoke with Mrs. Marci Wallace regarding purchasing survey software to assist with developing surveys.  Information Technology is currently receiving requests from faculty, staff and students to assist in surveys; however, Information Technology does not have the manpower or ability to provide information on how to use the data that has been collected.  Mrs. Mims and Mrs. Norgard suggested that the individuals use Survey Monkey to develop the software. Other questions were asked that prompted Joe Ferguson to table the discussion until the next meeting when he can have Mrs. Wallace available to answer questions.

 

·        Other

1.      Ms. Norgard gave an update on the Title V Grant.  Ten faculty members were selected to participate this summer.  Those faculty who applied but were not selected may be given the opportunity to participate in another session.  The Summer Academy will be held from July 26-28th at the Riverwalk in San Antonio.  An orientation session may be given to the attending faculty so that they will know what to expect.  Much of the equipment required for the Academy has been ordered and staff are finalizing the curriculum.  An agenda will be developed and provided to the participating faculty and deans.

 

2.      Related to the Title V, Ms. Norgard gave an update on the UHV mentoring program.  UHV has completed the first semester with UHV mentoring CBC students.  The mentoring has been well received by the UHV mentors. The mentors have expressed that they would like to mentor again in the Fall.  Ms. Norgard stated that they are tracking the success of the students and would like to receive additional grant funds to increase mentoring.  In addition, these mentors are helping incoming students become acclimated with UHV.

 

 

III.       Specific

 

·        Student Appeal

1.      Appeal is being held until Dean Bullock’s return.

 

·        Faculty Development Grant Requests

 

1.      Accepted a grant funded research report from Dr. Richard Gunasekera.

 

2.      Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Stephanie Solansky.

 

3.      Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Marie Plemons.

 

4.      Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Joseph Ben-Ur.

 

5.      Accepted a grant funded research report from Dr. Li Chao.

 

6.      Accepted a grant funded research report from Dr. Chien-Ping Chen.

 

7.      Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Barba Patton.

 

8.      Accepted a grant funded research report from Dr. Siva Somasundaram.

 

9.      Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Kay Kohlhaas.

 

10.  Accepted a grant funded conference travel report from Dr. Jifu Wang.

 

11.  Dr. Peggy Cloninger was awarded $600 for a publication grant for “Standardization, Customization, and Revenue from Foreign Markets.”

 

12.  Dr. Peggy Cloninger was awarded $700 for the Society for Business Ethics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 2-5, 2007 and the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 3-8, 2007.

 

13.  Dr. Yong Lee was awarded $1300 for the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on August 5-8, 2007.

 

14.  Dr. Jifu Wang was awarded $1300 for research to study the global strategies of multinational corporations, the strategic evolution, and the categories of their subsidiaries in China based on 150 MNCs subsidiaries in China.

 

As recorded by,

Karen Boldt

5/30/07