Two meetings are held each academic year. Meeting Schedule for 2023-2024:
- Spring Meeting Agenda
- Spring meeting, February 23-24 at the Embassy Suites San Antonio Brooks Hotel & Spa.
We are looking forward to seeing you in San Antonio in February. Please use the following reservation link to make your reservations under our block. Please make your reservations before February 2nd. Our block rate of $159/night is guaranteed up until February 2nd. Be sure to forward this message to any officers who may be attending.
You will see the rate at $160.00 when selecting the room. Once it’s broken down, you will see in the details that the rate is $159.00. The Embassy Suites has been working with IT to get this fixed. Rest assured; it will not change your final price.
Our Attendee Reservation URL (long version) is immediately below. Please use this link specifically when copying it from one browser to another.
Booking Link: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=SATBBES&groupCode=CES902&arrivaldate=2024-02-22&departuredate=2024-02-24&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT
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********************************************************************************************************* - Fall Minutes
- Fall Newsletter to Members – November 2023
- Fall Meeting Program, held September 29-30 in at the Embassy Suites San Antonio Brooks Hotel & Spa.
Please click on the link below to access the registration form for the spring meeting. Remember to include an email address on the form for each attendee.
Spring 2024 Registration Form
Please visit the “Fees” tab for information on the pre-registration fee and annual dues. The Program for the spring meeting will be available in early February.
ROUNDUP REPORTS
The purpose of the roundup report is for the members of TCFS to share the news from their university/college. These reports may serve as a basis for discussions during meeting and/or catalysts for change at members’ home institutions. TCFS members have repeatedly expressed their appreciation of this segment of the meeting – roundup reports are a time-honored and cherished tradition of TCFS meetings.
The Roundup Report theme will be announced as we get closer to the meeting date.
Here are guidelines for submitting your reports, which should be emailed to tcfs_meeting@yahoo.com by the Friday, February 22nd. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to the Board or to Debbie Roberts.
Guidelines for Submission of Written Roundup Reports
We look forward to receiving updates on the events at, and about, your university. We ask that you develop a brief report (see guidelines below) and email your roundup report to Keri Sourdot by the Tuesday before the meeting. Keri’s email address is tcfs_meeting@yahoo.com
In your written report, please include the following information:
- A general description of your university
- profile and enrollment
- new programs and degrees
- major construction and renovation
- A description of your faculty assembly/council/senate
- its composition
- highlights of recent and current business
- A description of 1 to 2 major issues on your campus
Guidelines for Oral Presentation of Roundup Reports
- You have 2-3 minutes to give your report (the time limit will be established at the meeting and will be based on the number of reports to be given),
- At the beginning of your presentation, please introduce yourself, your role/title/involvement in faculty governance, and the university you represent.
- Instead of summarizing all the elements of the report you submit, only report on the most important issues involving the faculty, faculty governance, shared governance, etc.
- ++SPECIAL TOPIC++ In your report, please address one or two topics about which you’d like us to address in future meetings.
We look forward to your attendance and participation in the spring meeting.