MARIETTA COLLEGE FACULTY MEETING
September 15, 2003
MINUTES (Approved 10/13/03)

A meeting of the Marietta College faculty convened at 5:00 p.m. September 15, 2003, in the Selby Science Center, room 143, Professor Edward H. Osborne, Chair of the Faculty, presided.

1. Announcements
   
   
   1. Website. The Chair reminded faculty of the Faculty Council address: marietta.edu/~mcfac. Dr. John Michel has agreed to continue the maintenance of the website.
   
   
   
   2. Parliamentarian and Secretary. Dr. Suzanne Walker and Prof. Fraser MacHaffie have agreed to continue as Parliamentarian and Secretary, respectively.
   
   
   
   3. Marcolian. Prof. Osborne welcomed the representative from the Marcolian.
   
   
   
   4. Thanks. The chair also expressed his appreciation for the willingness of Ms. Paula Lewis and Ms. Judith Dunn to continuing arranging for snacks at meetings and for Ms. Jan Vaughan-Graham for arranging for child care.
   
   
   
   5. Honors and Investigative Studies Committee. Prof. Peter Thayer asked faculty to encourage students to participate in the College’s Honors Programs.


2. Minutes
   
   The minutes of the meetings of April 14 and 21, 2003 were approved as submitted.



3. President’s Report.
   
   After welcoming faculty to another academic year, Dr. Scott commented on the salaries. The decision as to 2003-04 salaries had not yet been made but she expected there to be increases of about 3%. She was still awaiting information on financial aid results, but reported that the target of 450 new students had been exceeded by between eight and thirteen. The budget had called for 1,140 full time students and this had been exceeded. The headcount of full-time students was 1,199. Dr. Scott added that financial results for the 2002-03 had not been finalized, but she expected the budget to be balanced ± $25,000. In response to a question, Dr. Scott said she could not confirm that the salaries of Marietta faculty were now in the lowest quartile, but emphasized that salaries were still a cause for concern. Any long-term improvement was dependent on an increase in the endowment.



4. Provost’s Report.
   
   Dr. Dewine reported that she had met with approximately one half of the academic departments where she had discussed assessment plans. She also said that the Early Alert Program had got off to a promising start with 39 students identified. She welcomed new faculty.



5. Accreditation: Self-Study Committee.
   
   Prof. Osborne invited Prof. David Freeman, Accreditation Offer, to address the faculty. Prof. Freeman spoke of the importance of re-accreditation and the crucial role that assessment played within the re-accreditation process, especially in light of the criticism directed at the College in that area at the time of previous re-accreditation. His comments were summarized in a set of overheads attached to these minutes as Exhibit A (pink).
   
   He introduced the chairs of the five sub-committees who explained their charge with the re-accreditation process. Again overheads were used and identified below.
   
   Dr. Mark A. Miller, “#1, Mission and Integrity,” Exhibit B (blue)
   Dr. Robert G. Walker, “#2, Preparing for the Future,” Exhibit C (ivory)
   Dr. Robert W. Chase, “#3, Student Learning and Effective Teaching,” Exhibit D (yellow)
   Dr. Suzanne H. Walker, “#4, Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge,” Exhibit E (green)
   Dr. Gama Perruci, “#5, Engagement and Service.”
   
   Each chair introduced the members of their sub-committees. Prof. Freeman closed the discussion by asking for the willingness of faculty to help ease the burden by participating in focus groups or in other ways that the sub-committees request.



6. Adjournment
   
   The meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

Fraser G. MacHaffie
Secretary of the Faculty


Exhibit A (pink)
Exhibit B (blue):
Exhibit C (ivory):
Exhibit D (yellow):
Exhibit E (green):


Circulation:
Dr. Jean A. Scott
Dr. Sue DeWine
Prof. Edward H. Osborne
Dawes Memorial Library