College of Arts & Sciences Meeting

Friday, November 11

3:30-5:00 pm

Alumni House

Agenda

!. Approval of Minutes

II. Election of additional Planning Committee member

III. Election of sabbatical replacement for CAS chair, SPR 2012 ONLY

IV. Election of Divisional Merit Review Committees, at-large members

V. Proposal for Change to CAS Governance Document re: A&S Student Awards Committees (Appendix Two)

VI. Announcements (Steve Bayne report on MLS)

VII. Brief remarks by the Dean

VIII. Q&A

APPENDIX 1: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

APPENDIX 2: PROPOSED CHANGE TO CAS GOV DOCUMENT

SAVE THE DATE: CAS FACULTY MEETINGS

Friday, February 10, 3:30-5:00, Alumni House

Friday, March 23, 3:30-5:00, Alumni House

Wednesday, April 25, 4:30-6:30, Alumni House (Annual Celebration)

APPENDIX ONE

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (CAS PLANNING COMMITTEE, MERIT REVIEW COMMITTEE)

*COMMITTEE MEMBER, COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES PLANNING COMMITTEE

POSITION Committee Member, College of Arts & Sciences Planning Committee (two-year term)

ELIGIBLITY Humanities or Natural Sciences & Mathematics Faculty

DATE Election will be held during November 11 CAS Faculty Meeting (3:30 p.m., Alumni House)

Nominations can be forwarded to either Sally O’Driscoll (sodriscoll@fairfield.edu) or Scott Lacy (slacy@fairfield.edu); nominations will also be taken from the floor.

At the November 11 Faculty Meeting, the CAS Planning Committee will request nominations for one Planning Committee member from the Humanities and the Natural Sciences & Mathematics. Immediately following the nominations, CAS faculty will elect the new committee member.

*SABBATICAL REPLACEMENT: CHAIR, COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES PLANNING COMMITTEE

POSITION Sabbatical replacement: Chair, College of Arts & Sciences Planning Committee (Spr 2012)

ELIGIBLITY Humanities -or- Natural Sciences & Mathematics -or- Social & Behavioral Sciences Faculty

DATE Election will be held during November 11 CAS Faculty Meeting (3:30 p.m., Alumni House)

The replacement Chair will serve during Spring 2012 only. Nominations can be forwarded to either Sally O’Driscoll (sodriscoll@fairfield.edu) or Scott Lacy (slacy@fairfield.edu); nominations will also be taken from the floor.

AT-LARGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CAS DIVISIONAL MERIT REVIEW COMMITTEES

POSITION At-large Committee members, CAS Divisional Merit Review Committees

3 positions open, for 2-year terms (starting 2011-12)

ELIGIBILITY Humanities, Natural Sciences & Math, Social Sciences

DATE Election will be held during November 11 CAS faculty meeting (3:30 p.m., Alumni House)

Nominations can be forwarded to either Sally O’Driscoll (sodriscoll@fairfield.edu) or Scott Lacy (slacy@fairfield.edu); nominations will also be taken from the floor.

APPENDIX TWO

AMMENDMENT TO THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT

Motion:

That the existing language in the CAS governance document: 3.5.1.3 Arts and Sciences Awards Committee

The Arts and Sciences Awards Committee consists of four professors from the Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts, four from the Natural Sciences and Mathematics and four from the Social and Behavioral Sciences, appointed annually by the Dean.

The purpose of this committee is to solicit and review submissions of their work by students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Awards are made annually in the areas of Humanities, Arts, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Be replaced by:

The purpose of the Arts and Sciences Awards Committee is to solicit and review submissions of work completed by students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Awards are made annually in the areas of: humanities; visual and performing arts; natural sciences and mathematics; and social and behavioral sciences.

The committee of twelve faculty members is comprised of four subcommittees, one for each award. Each subcommittee consists of three faculty members with the majority from the relevant division or discipline, appointed by the Dean to staggered three-year terms.

Rationale:

Currently one committee decides two awards. A subcommittee for each of the four awards is appropriate. Three instead of four members on each subcommittee is sufficient. The majority membership of each subcommittee from the relevant division or discipline allows for outside representation on each subcommittee.