PHE 345: Sports Communication Course for Sports Management Track in Physical Education: faculty in the Journalism and Athletics programs have been discussing this course, and they agree that PHE 345 is a fundamentally different course than JOU205: Introduction to Sports Communication.
Moffett stated that Faculty Senate should still have time to discuss these issues at the next full Senate meeting.
Five minutes were added to the discussion.
Moffett explained that PHE 345 was not approved at the last full Senate meeting due to a question about overlap/replication with JOU 205. Curriculum Committee accepted that there is a difference between the courses. Since this recognition was not reflected in its minutes, however, the Parliamentarian suggested that the issue be addressed formally in committee minutes before the full senate votes on the course. Then Senate can vote on PHE 345 and the whole Sports Management track at the next full Senate meeting.
Whittinghill replied that Curriculum Committee would put the course back on their agenda for their next meeting.
We moved to accept the summer schedule.
The revised syllabus template will be brought to the full Senate for a vote.
The alignment of faculty and staff calendars was approved, but the committee has not updated them.
Moffett noted that it would be good for the committee to update the calendar to reflect this alignment. Like with the Summer term calendar, the Provost preferred APC to make such revisions. Moffett asked Keeler to update the calendar.
9. Budget and Academic Support Committee: Chair Phillip Clay was absent, so Vice Chair Ken Semmens gave the report:
We invited Mr. Douglas Allen II, Vice President for Finance and Administration, to our committee meeting; he did not show up, nor has he responded to the questions our committee sent to him last semester.
We discussed the SACS requirement that faculty have 18 hours of coursework in a field of specialization to teach a course in that field. We determined that we're confused.
Faculty in the College of Agriculture, Communities and the Environment received a notice that all items must be ordered by April for the entire rest of the fiscal year. The problem with this request is how can investigators know three months ahead of time what is needed, especially those working with live animals.
Moffett responded that he believed the order for that deadline came from President Brown.
A Guest noted that his department had the same issue, but Dr. Kazi Javed went to the Purchasing Office and talked to the staff. Apparently, the deadline is only related to the academic budget, not grants.
Semmens replied that this distinction is not what was communicated to us.
A Senator said, I learned that the closing date is April 15th.
Semmens responded that Agriculture faculty need more lead time; this deadline is earlier than last year's. This is two and a half months before the end of the fiscal year.
A Guest noted that in the past, whenever members of his department tried to purchase things after mid-April, getting Purchasing to process the request is almost impossible, even with federal funds. Being a person who has to deal with animal feed, he added, I cannot store two and a half months of feed.