Faculty Senate

AGENDA
October 16, 2008

1. Roll Call

2. Approve the minutes from the September 18, 2008 meeting

3. University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee

The Executive Committee recommends Gene Bozniak to Chair the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for 2008-09

PPM 8-16A ". . . The chair of the University Committee shall be recommended from that committee's members by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate shall then approve or reject the recommendation. If rejected, the Faculty Senate may either select a different chair from among the University Committee's members or have the Executive Committee make a new recommendation."

4. Curriculum – Erika Daines, Chair

Emergency Care & Rescue

Course Proposals - Tactical Emergency Medicine - PAR 3120, Topics of EMS Operations - PAR 4110, and EMS Teaching Topics - PAR 4120

5. Other Items

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MINUTES
October 16, 2008

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Mark Baugh
Laine Berghout
Shannon Butler
Matt Choberka
Hal Crimmel
Ken Cuddeback
Dick Dahlkemper
Larry Dooley
Eric Ewert
Dave Ferro
Lewis Gale
Janelle Gardner - Excused
Colleen Garside
Azenett, Garza
Doris Geide-Stevenson
Afshin Ghoreishi
Richard Greene
Jeff Grunow
Bruce Handley
Rod Hansen
Kami Hanson
Laird Hartman - Greg Richens representing
Michael Hernandez
Valerie Herzog
Warren Hill - Admin.
Joan Hubbard - Excused
Michelle Johnson - Student
John Kelly - Excused
Wade Kotter
Tyler Latham - Student

Becky Jo McShane - Cheryl Hansen representing
President Millner - Admin.
Madonne Miner
Dale Ostlie - Admin. - Excused
Ryan Pace
Thom Priest
Jack Rasmussen - Admin.
Rob Reynolds - Marjukka Ollilainen representing
Richard Sadler - Admin. - Excused
Peggy Saunders
Paul Schvaneveldt
Dan Schwab -Student
Cori Segovia-Tadehara
Gene Sessions
Yas Simonian
Kathleen Sitzman
Rick Sline
John Sohl
Ryan Thomas - Excused
Victoria Thompson - Student
Michael Vaughan - Admin. - Excused
Barbara Wachocki - Sue Harley
Jeff Ward
Jim Wilson
Jan Winniford - Excused
Bill Zundell

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Kay Brown, Secretary

1. ROLL

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the September 18, 2008 meeting.
Made: Lewis Gale
Second: Yas Simonian
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3. UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee recommends Gene Bozniak to Chair the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for 2008-09

Motion by the Executive Committee to approve Gene Bozniak as Chair of the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee for 2008-09.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

4. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Erika Daines, Chair

Emergency Care & Rescue - Course proposals for Tactical Emergency Medicine - PAR 3120, Topics of EMS Operations - PAR 4110, and EMS Teaching Topics - PAR 4120

A question was raised about the title of the course for PAR 4110 - Topics of EMS Operations and whether these are topics or methods. There is a national canned curriculum for teaching EMS service instructors. The curriculum is designed as topical.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the course proposals from Emergency Care & Rescue for Tactical Emergency Medicine - PAR 3120, Topics of EMS Operations - PAR 4110, and EMS Teaching Topics - PAR 4120.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

5. ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Elements of the calendar

Changes in the calendar will be effective Summer Semester 2009. Summer classes for May 2009 will begin on May 11.
Classes will begin at 7:30 a.m.
Three semesters during the year with two blocks embedded within each semester.
Fall semester is 71 days, Spring semester is 69. Both are 15 calendar weeks. Spring semester includes spring break. Summer semester is 14 calendar weeks.
50 minute class periods with 10 minutes between classes will remain in place.
Semester breaks - One week between Spring and Summer, two weeks between Summer and Fall, and three weeks between Fall and Spring. During this transitional year we will only have one week between Spring and Summer.

Information about the new academic calendar will be linked on the Registrars’ page on or before November 1 http://departments.weber.edu/registrar

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