DRAFT 4-15-09

DRAFT 4-15-09

Thursday
April 9, 2009
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K

AGENDA SETTING

PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Shannon Butler, Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, Wade Kotter, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions, Mike Vaughan – Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Kami Hanson, Ann Millner

GUESTS
Erika Daines, Rick Ford, Afshin Ghoreishi

MINUTES
Wade Kotter: Moved to approve the minutes from the March 5, 2009 meeting.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

COMMITTEES

ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND COMPUTING COMMITTEE 2009-10
Three Year Term Kami Hanson, HP JoEllen Jonsson, COAST Mukhbir, Singh, A&H Leah Murray, S&BS	Two Year Term John Armstrong, S Jim Jacobs, A&H Vicki Napper, Ed Rob Hilton, COAST	One Year Term Chris Hauser, Lib Marek Matyjasic, S Eric Swedin, B&E Jenny Turley, Ed
Chair: John Armstrong Liaison: Ed Hahn

ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS, AND STUDENT AFFAIRS 2009-10
Three Year Term Don Davies, S Kathy Herndon, A&H Teri Jurkiewicz, HP Barbara Trask, S	Two Year Term Ruby Licona, Lib Kathryn MacKay, S&BS Becky Jo McShane, A&H Louise Moulding, Ed	One Year Term Aaron Ashley, S&BS Tamara Chase, HP Bruce Christensen, B&E Chris Soelberg, COAST
Chair: Louise Moulding Liaison: Peggy Saunders

APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AND TENURE 2009-10
Three Year Term Sally Cantwell, HP Gary Dohrer, A&H Yuhong Fan, B&E Chris Hoagstrom, S	Two Year Term Wade Kotter, Lib Afshin Ghoreishi, S Penee Stewart, Ed Cori Tadehara, S&BS	One Year Term Paul Eberle, HP Diana Green, COAST Joe Horvat, S&BS Yu-Jane Yang, A&H
Chair: Afshin Ghoreishi Liaison: Sue Harley

CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT, AND ORGANIZATION 2009-10
Three Year Term Larry Dooley, A&H Kerry Kennedy, S&BS Allison Saunders, COAST Mohammad Sondossi, S	Two Year Term Tim Herzog, S\| Michelle Heward, S&BS Justin Jackson, COAST John Sillito, Lib	One Year Term Dick Dahlkemper, HP Claudia Eliason, Ed Jim Turner, B&E Karen Maloney, A&H
Chair: Michelle Heward Liaison: Doris Geide-Stevenson

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 2009-10
Three Year Term Fran Butler, Ed Matt Domek, S Seokwoo Song, B&E Pat Shaw, HP	Two Year Term Erika Daines, A&H Megan Davis, Lib Bob Fudge, S&BS Steve Francis, S&BS	One Year Term Jeff Grunow, HP Kristin Hadley, Ed Susan McKay, A&H Brian Rague, COAST
Chair: Erika Daines Liaison: Laine Berghout

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COMMITTEE 2009-10
Three Year Term Hal Crimmel, A&H Shaun Jackson, Lib Therese Grijalva, B&E John Mull, S	Two Year Term Larry Clarkson, A&H Brian Dorsey, S&BS (F 09) Kara Hansen-Suchy, HP Valerie Herzog, Ed Alice Mulder, S&BS (Sp 10)	One Year Term Dan Bedford, S&BS Laura MacLeod, COAST Jack Mayhew, Ed Sam Zeveloff, S
Chair: Hal Crimmel Liaison: David Ferro

FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW 2009-10
Two Year Term	One Year Term Tony Allred, B&E Gene Bozniak, S Craig Oberg, S Al Talbot, COAST	Alternates
Chair: Craig Oberg

Senate members voted for three from the following list, Jim Bird (Educ), Judy Elsley (A&H), Marie Kotter (HP), Gene Sessions (S&BS), and Sally Shigley (A&H). The three elected will serve two year terms; the other two will serve as alternates.

Judy Elsley, Marie Kotter and Sally Shigley were elected to serve two year terms. Jim Bird and Gene Sessions will serve as alternates.

GENERAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT & ASSESSMENT 2009-10
Three Year Term Todd Baird, S&BS Shannon Butler, A&H Patricia Cost, Ed Mary Wrenn, B&E	Two Year Term Rick Ford, S Judy Mitchell, Ed Michelle More, S Drew Weidman, COAST	One Year Term Art Carpenter, Lib Travis Price, HP Scott Rogers, A&H Barbara Wachocki, S
Chair: Rick Ford Liaison: Laine Berghout

HONORARY DEGREE 2009-10

One Year Term
Ann Ellis, Ed
Mikel Vause, A&H
Ed Walker, S

Chair: Ann Ellis Liaison: Kathy Sitzman

RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 2009-10
Three Year Term Kirk Hagen,COAST Kathy Payne, Lib Wei Qiu, Ed Mike Wills, S	Two Year Term Isabel Asensio, A&H Valerie Gooder, HP Mike Hernandez, S Marjukka Ollilainen, S&BS	One Year Term Nazneen Ahmad, B&E Rod Hansen, Ed Gary Johnson, S&BS Jeff Stokes, A&H
Chair: Marjukka Ollilainen Liaison: Azenett Garza

SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET, AND FISCAL PLANNING 2009-10
Three Year Term Lloyd Burton, HP Sara Dant, S&BS Steve Hill, B&E	Two Year Term Shelly Costley, HP Bill Lorowitz, S Carol Hansen, Lib	One Year Term Dave Berry, Ed Cheryl Hansen, A&H Jeff Ward, COAST
Chair: Lloyd Burton Liaison: Dave Ferro

TEACHING, LEARNING, AND ASSESSMENT 2009-10
Three Year Term Adam Johnston, S Ann Bialowas, A&H Geri Conlin, Ed Susan Thornock, HP	Two Year Term Kyle Ashby, S Craig Bergeson, A&H JaNae Kinikin, Lib Leigh Shaw, S&BS	One Year Term Rich Fry, COAST Brent Horn, S&BS Salvador Martinez, B&E Michele Zwolinski, S
Chair: Adam Johnston Liaison: Colleen Garside

Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the proposed Faculty Senate Standing Committee members and chairs for 1009-10 for approval.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GEN ED
General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee – Rick Ford and Erika Daines

The General Education Committee and the Curriculum Committee were given a joint charge to develop a review process for existing gen ed classes including some process for sun setting or retiring classes that no longer meet the intended learning outcomes.

"Courses will be granted General Education status in a specific core, breadth, or SI/DV area for a period of 5 years, or until major modifications of the Weber State University General Education requirements warrant an earlier review. Any course seeking General Education status, whether new or renewing, must undergo review to ensure that it appropriately addresses the current learning outcomes for the intended core, breadth, or SI/DV area."

"Existing Gen Ed courses will be reviewed for possible renewal of their Gen Ed status during the Fall Semester of their final or fifth year of approval. A similar procedure and the same curriculum forms will be used to generate, review, and approve course proposals for renewing courses."

"Should a course fail to retain its Gen Ed status during a Fall Semester review it will still be designated as a Gen Ed class for the following Spring Semester and will be considered to be on probation for the following academic year, still retaining its Gen Ed designation."

The complete document, and flow chart are available in the Faculty Senate Office.

Why five years? Five years is the minimum cycle the Gen Ed Committee and the Curriculum Committee felt was manageable to review the courses that now have general education status. It was proposed that EN, AI, QL, CIL and Life Science breadth (LS) courses be grouped for review during one academic year (approximately 42 courses); Physical Science breadth (PS) and Social Science breadth (SS) be reviewed during another academic year (approximately 47 courses); Humanities (HU) and Creative Arts (CA) breadth (approximately 48 courses)be reviewed during an academic year; Scientific Inquiry courses (SI) be approved during an other academic year (approximately 97 courses); Diversity (DV) courses be reviewed during one academic year (approximately 79 courses).

The schedule could be set up as a seven or ten year cycle. Ryan Thomas, Associate Provost, mentioned that Northwest needed to know that we are reviewing and assessing general education courses. Northwest prefers program reviews to have a seven year or less cycle.

MOTION Gene Sessions: Moved to forward this document to the Faculty Senate.
Second: Shannon Butler
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

APAFT
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee – Afshin Ghoreishi, Chair

PPM 8-1 ~~Academic Rank~~ Titles and Terms

II. POLICY

Faculty appointments will be of two types, tenure track/tenured or contract. Tenure track appointments allow the faculty member to eventually achieve tenure as defined in PPM 8-21. Contract appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal for one or two more years and do not lead to tenure.

At the time of initial appointment and as part of the recommendation for faculty employment or when their terms of appointment are modified, the department chair and the dean of the college will review whether all appropriate degree requirements are met by the candidate.

Degree requirements shall be interpreted as requiring a degree from an institution accredited by an institutional accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the foreign equivalent of such a degree. Equivalence of foreign degrees shall be evaluated by the regular faculty of the academic department and will be reviewed and approved by the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee.

This definition shall be used for any purpose for which degree requirements need to be considered. Degrees from unaccredited institutions (those not meeting the definition above) shall not be used in any way that suggests recognition, endorsement or approval by the University.

A. Rank

Academic ranks shall be ~~held~~ assigned only by to those faculty in tenure~~-bearing and~~ track or tenured positions within teaching departments ~~within~~ in the seven academic colleges and the Stewart Library. The academic ranks recognized by the University are: ~~(1) instructor, (2) instructor specialist,~~ ~~(3)~~ assistant professor, ~~(4)~~ associate professor, and ~~(5)~~ professor.

At the time of their initial appointment:

1. The department in which the faculty member has been given the rank shall be specified in the letter of appointment.

~~The department in which academic rank is held by faculty members shall be designated in their contracts at the time of appointment.~~ The University also recognizes and awards the following visiting and emeritus ranks: (1) instructor specialist, (2) assistant professor, (3) associate professor and (4) professor.

2. Individuals hired into the rank of assistant professor must be reviewed and approved by the department chair and the dean.

3. Individuals desiring to be hired into the rank of either associate professor or professor must be reviewed and approved by the regular faculty of the academic department in which rank is to be granted and by the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee along with the department chair and dean.

4. At the discretion of the department and the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee, up to two years in full-time, contract positions at Weber State University may be applied toward the probationary period for tenure or increment in rank should the person shift from a contract appointment to a tenure track appointment.

B. Titles

Faculty on contract appointments will be assigned one of the following titles: Instructor, Adjunct, Clinical, Affiliate, Concurrent, Research, or Visiting.

Instructor - an individual having academic, professional or specialized training, employed on a half-time or more basis and who either cannot be hired as a tenure track faculty or does not wish to be in a tenure track position. An instructor is hired on a one-year contract with the possibility of renewal for one or two more years, and may be rehired at the sole discretion of the university. See PPM 8-7.

Adjunct, Clinical, Affiliate, Concurrent, and Research faculty are defined in PPM 3-2.

Visiting Faculty - an individual whose recent or primary affiliation is with another institution. The university may employ an individual under this title for a limited amount of time. A visiting faculty may be given a title containing an academic rank (assistant, associate, full) provided the additional title of "visiting" precedes the designation of rank. Such establishment of rank has no significance for the achieving or holding of rank if the person should apply for a tenure track position.

Current faculty not meeting the above rank and title definitions at the time of the adoption of this policy will be allowed to retain their ranks and or titles but any faculty hired after this policy is enacted will need to meet the requirements as specified in this policy.

The complete document can be reviewed in the Faculty Senate Office.

MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate changes to PPM 8-1 as stated above as well as the complete document with commendation for the work of the APAFT Committee.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair

New program proposal form and program change form. The Library does not feel that it is necessary for them to approve changes to current programs. The Library signature line will be removed from the form.

Curriculum proposals:

Visual Art - Program Name Change

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology - Program proposal for

Construction Management Technology - Facilities Management Emphasis; Course proposals for Building Mechanical and Electrical Systems - CMT 3510, Facilities Management Administration - CMT 3540, Environmental Issues in FM - CMT 3630, Energy Management - CMT 3660, FM Operations - CMT 3680, Facility Planning and Layout - CMT 4210, Computer Aided FM - CMT 4270, Long-Term Facility Planning - CMT 4310, FM Senior Project - CMT 4650

AUSV, CEET, CS, CMT, DGET, IDT, MET, MFET, SST, and TBE - Course deletion for

Associate Degree Assessment 2899

Clinical Laboratory Sciences - Program proposal for Clinical Laboratory Sciences AAS Degree, and BS degree; Course proposals for Research Projects in Clinical Laboratory Sciences II - CLS 4802, Clinical Immunohematology - CLS 5105; Course changes for Advanced Clinical Microbiology - CLS 3316, Research Projects in Clinical Laboratory Sciences I - CLS 4801

Telecommunications & Business Education - Program proposals for Telecommunications AAS Degree, Business/Multimedia Technologies BS or BA Degree, Technical Sales BS or BA Degree; Course Change - Advanced Electronic Presentations - TBE 3090

Health Administrative Services - Course deletions for Information Technology in Healthcare Management - HIM 3010, Health Information Structures - HIM 3050

Master of Health Administration - Course Proposal for Directed Study - 6830

Performing Arts - Course proposal for Intermediate/Advanced Tap Dance - Danc 3580

Health Professions, Science and Social & Behavioral Sciences - Program proposal for Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Minor; Course proposal for Introduction to Neuroscience - Neur 2050

Psychology - Course proposal for Psychology of Adjustment and Growth - Psy 1540

MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to approve the new program proposal form and program change form, and send them to the Faculty Senate as an information item, and moved to forward the above curriculum proposals to the Faculty Senate for approval.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

RADT Radiologic Sciences - Master of Science in Radiologic Sciences; Course proposals for Research Methods - Radt 6100, Research Statistics - Radt 6120, Functional Hemodynamics - Radt 6130, Clinical Laboratory Correlations - Radt 6140, Masters Capstone: Clinical Fellowship and Portfolio - Radt 5865 changing to Radt 6900, Problem Patient Management - Radt 5463 changing to 6463, Clinical Pathways - Radt 5443 changing to 6443, Vascular-Invasive Imaging Procedures - Radt 6863, Vascular Imaging Procedures - Radt 5473 changing to Non Vascular Imaging Procedures - Radt 6473, Masters Thesis in Radiologic Sciences - Radt 6999

The Curriculum Committee Chair was asked why three members of the Curriculum Committee voted against approving the Master of Science in Radiologic Science program proposal and accompanying courses.

The concern of Curriculum Committee members that voted against the proposal was the effects the master’s program would have on the undergraduate program and the small number of faculty in the department to work with the graduate students and supervise theses.

MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the curriculum proposals from Radiologic Sciences for Master of Science in Radiologic Sciences and the above stated courses.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs Committee – Peggy Saunders, Liaison

PPM 4-2a

I. POLICY

Weber State University reserves the right to modify, add, or remove courses and programs as part of its curriculum. Once the request has met final approval, these changes will be listed in the university catalog.

Consistent with the Student Code (PPM 6-22) program changes must be well planned, widely communicated, and must incorporate an orderly transition from the old to the new.

II. PROCEDURE

A. Weber State University has one official catalog regardless of distribution format (print, online, PDF, etc). The content within the catalog will be identical in each format with differences only found due to formatting requirements.

B. Program and course changes will be submitted and reviewed in accordance with the process defined in the Curriculum Policy and Procedure Manual.

C Program changes which pass the Curriculum Committee by the December meeting and then pass the Faculty Senate by the January meeting will become effective the next academic year. Weber State University’s academic year begins Summer Semester.

A program change is defined as any modification to a program which alters the program’s requirements for graduation. A program includes majors, minors, emphases, and/or concentrations, which are offered as a certificate or degree. Examples of program changes include:

1. New courses required for a major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

2. Modified courses required for a major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

3. Credit hour changes required for a major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

4. Credit hour changes for a course which is required for a major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

5. Attribute changes for any course.

D. New programs become effective immediately upon final approval.

E. Approved course changes which do not alter a program will become effective the following semester. This includes elective courses or those with non-substantive changes.

Note: If a course has been approved in fall semester but needs to be taught spring semester of that same academic year, it is recommended the course be taught as an experimental course spring semester with it becoming effective as noted above.

F. Exceptions to this policy may be requested through the University Registrar. If approved, it is the responsibility of the academic department to communicate personally the change to each student affected by the change.

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate PPM 4-2a as stated above.
Second: Shannon Butler
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs Committee

Charge #3 - Review data on concurrent enrollment courses and make recommendations.

Report to Date - The concurrent enrollment program is based on high school students who take university courses in their high schools after completing a "non-degree seeking" college application. Typically the courses are taught by high school teachers, who are deemed eligible by the departments that offer the course. Some university faculty may teach courses at the high school, but rarely. The concurrent enrollment program is described as "self-supporting."

WSU and the departments that offer the courses receive no budget-related SCHs nor FTEs for the concurrent students because students do not pay any tuition. SCH’s are counted, but they are non budget related so there is no additional money given. Departments who teach courses through technology do receive SCH money from the state. Students are funded through public education so the SCHs stay in the high schools. High Schools receive money based on WPU (Weighted Pupil Unit) not SCH. However, concurrent student numbers are included in WSU total enrollments ("headcount").

The state pays approximately $50 per student hour, so a concurrent student would generate $150 for a 3-credit class. The model base from the state legislature is a 60/40% split between the high school and WSU. Thus, the high school receives approximately $90 per student; WSU, approximately $60 per student.

Departments supporting WSU concurrent enrollment receive a formulated amount based on the number of CRN’s created for each teacher. The departments also receive monies on the number of SCH’s generated for department courses. If department in-services were held in which the high school adjunct instructors were present then more money is given to the department. Finally, if the department visits the adjunct instructors in the classroom, additional money is given to the department. These collective funds are called Fee for Service, and the money is transferred to the department or college account designated by the Dean of the College.

The complete report is available in the Faculty Senate Office.

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the full report on concurrent enrollment.
Second: Shannon Butler
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.