PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Shannon Butler, Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Kami Hanson, Bruce Handley, Wade Kotter, Ann Millner, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions – Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Shannon Butler, Mike Vaughan

GUESTS
John Armstrong, Erika Daines, Rick Ford

MINUTES
Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve the minutes from the November 20, 2008 meeting.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Erika Daines, Chair of the Curriculum Committee brought to the attention of the Executive Committee the need for some guideline as they review master degree program. The program come in various varieties. The idea of setting up a sub-committed for graduated programs to set some standards. The Executive Committee decided to postpone the discussion until the following week so that the Provost will be in attendance.

GENERAL EDUCATION
General Education Improvement and & Assessment Committee – Rick Ford, Chair, rorting.

• Communicate Mission Statements and Learning Outcomes - Create a web sites that is useful for students and for faculty teaching gen ed. They like the web site model of the University of Cincinnati. They will be making presentations in conjunction with the Teaching and Learning Forum and the adjunct faculty workshop and faculty retreats to communicate the mission statements and learning outcomes. Currently there is no central ownership or point of contact for gen ed. Many universities have a director of gen ed that is responsible for the web site and the learning outcomes. They are going to explore what a job description would look like for a director of the gen ed program at Weber State.

• Rubrics - Look at rubrics for assessing gen ed courses. This is a focus for spring semester.

• Enrollment Data - What courses are students taking to meet their gen ed requirements. They want to look at the various college majors and what courses those students are taking to fulfill their gen ed requirements and have that data broken down by college.

• Diversity - They have been discussing their requirement with the students and have formed a sub-committee to look at this issue. The students brought forward the initiative initially that brought about the diversity requirement.

ARCC Academic Resources & Computing Committee – John Armstrong, Chair, reporting

John would like to report to the Faculty Senate in January to announce the Dee Family Technology Awards and in February to make a report on the action of the committee . He would like to see a significant increase in the number of proposals that are submitted for the Dee Family Technology Awards.

Ownership of the ARCC budget was discussed. Currently the budget is with Brett Ellis in IT. It was suggested that Mike Vaughan and Brett Ellis meet and discuss the ARCC budget.

The process for projects receiving funding from ARCC was reviewed. Once the funds are distributed ARCC steps out of the picture. Deans and Chairs need to work with Norm Tarbox and Facilities Management to see that the projects are scheduled and completed.

LIAISON REPORTS
Executive Committee members reported on the work completed by their committee fall semester and what they will be working on and completing spring semester.

SENATE  MEMBERSHIP
An overview of continuing Senate members and those going off the Senate was reviewed. Concern about so many junior faculty running for a seat on the Senate was expressed. Executive Committee members discussed ways to encourage senior faculty to run for a position on the Senate.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.