Sample FIDC ereport

October Electronic Report to the Faculty

The Faculty and Institutional Development Committee (FIDC) is responsible for reviewing and recommending policies and procedures relative to the use and development of human and financial resources of the College.

The committee does the following (see statutes, Section IV, Article 8: https://ou.monmouthcollege.edu/_resources/pdf/academics/affairs/faculty-statutes.pdf)

1) engages in conversation with administration about financial issues.

2) reviews proposals for faculty replacements, new faculty positions, and/ or faculty reductions and makes recommendations to the administration.

3) reviews and approves funding of faculty professional development proposals through the Faculty Development Fund.

4) reviews and approves funding of student travel proposals through the Student Travel Fund.

5) reviews and approves funding of non-science equipment proposals through the Non-Science Equipment Fund.

6) reviews faculty sabbaticals requests and makes recommendations to the administration.

7) reviews and approves funding of hosted public events (previously the task of Public Affairs Committee (PAC))

8) reviews policies regarding all of the above.

Calls coming soon: - Call for new faculty/staff positions (due early Nov)

As of October 2nd:

a) The following faculty replacements/have been reviewed:

1) List here (ex. Computer Science, retirement, FIDC recommended tenure-track replacement.)

b) We have met with Richard Marshall, VP for business and finance/CFO.

c) Sent out “call” for Faculty Development Fund proposals. Have reviewed multiple faculty development proposals (total 17-18 funding, $20k, currently allocated, $11K). Proposals funded through the Faculty Development Fund, as of 2 October 2017 include:

1) List here (ex. Ken Cramer, Presented paper at 2017 American Arachno. Soc. Meeting). NOTE that we do not list the requested/funded $ amounts.

d) Sent our “call” for Student Travel Fund proposals. Have reviewed multiple student travel proposals (total 17-18 funding, $20k, currently allocated, $10K). Trips funded through the Student Travel Fund, as of 2 October 2017 include:

1) List here (ex. Doug Rankin – funds to go to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Indianapolis where several students will present work.)

e) Have not received any proposals for the non-science equipment fund (total 17-18 funding, $2.2k, currently allocated, $0).

For FIDC, Mersch, Connell, Schaefer, Damian, Sturgeon, Timmerman-ex officio.