FACULTY SENATE AGENDA
Thursday, March 20, 2014
3 pm  WB206-207

1.    ROLL CALL

2.     Approval of the minutes from the 20 February 2014 meeting.

3.     Chat with Chuck - Chuck Wight, President

4.     Elect Faculty Senate Chair and Vice Chair for 2014-15.
        (Ballots will be attached to your Name Plate)

5.    Curriculum Committee - Fran Butler, Chair

EDUCATION

Child & Family Studies - Paul Schvaneveldt

Program Change Proposal - Family Studies (BS)

CHF4450 Children & Families in the Medical Setting - New Course Proposal   Syllabus

Supporting Documents - Letter of Support - 1    Letter of Support - 2 

Diversity Mission Statement and Learning Outcomes 

Diversity Mission Statement  

General Education at Weber State University supports the development of cultural competencies through designated Diversity (DV) courses which prepare students to recognize a plurality of perspectives, including their own, to function successfully in a global society. 

Diversity Learning Outcomes 

A student who successfully completes a General Education Diversity Course will:  

            1.  describe his/her own perspective as one among many,  

            2.  identify values and biases that inform the perspectives of oneself and others,

            3.  recognize and articulate the rights, perspectives, and experiences of others.

6.  Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee  - Becky Marchant, Chair
        PPM6-22 Student Code, VIII. Jurisdiction, E.  Specific Issues, 4.  Student Grievances Against Faculty  

7.   Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - Stephen Francis, Chair
      PPM4-34a - Animal Subject Research (no changes except separated policy from Human Subjects)
      PPM4-43b - Institutional Review Board and Human Subjects - James Taylor, Director of Sponsored Projects and Technology Commercialization

8.   Constitutional Review, Apportionment and Organization Committee - Tim Herzog, Chair
       PPM1-13   Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws       Ammendments

9.    Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee - David Malone, Chair
        Recommendations on Salary for 2014-15   Recommendation

10.   PPM4.2a - Modifying Programs and Course in the Catalog - Patti Cost, Chair     Document
        To be in compliance with the Curriculum Policy and Procedure Manual, this policy also needs to change to reflect the Curriculum deadline date (January and February)         changes that were made per Faculty Senate approval on 17 October 2013.

11.  Other Items: 

Next Meeting:    Faculty Senate, April 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm WB206-207

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1.      Roll Call.

2.      Approval of the minutes from February 20, 2014 meeting.

3.      Chat with Chuck – President Wight was out of town.  Mike Vaughan filled in.

         President Wight met with faculty and staff on Monday to give the outcome of the Legislative Session. The salary portion of this information will be discussed later on today’s agenda.

         A question was asked on the status of the Library Remodel.  Not any new information.

         There are plans to move ahead, on a small scale, with some of the remodel of the library with funding set  aside from other sources.

         On the corner of Country Hills and Harrison there are two buildings that are for sale and  Weber has   been approached to see if we would like these buildings.  They would be given to Weber as a gift.

         they are relatively new, nice, big, and have good parking.

         Weber is interested in them and considering the needs of the campus community.

         They would have to be remodeled to be useable as instructional class rooms or academic offices.  This would take several millions of dollars.

          It would open prime space on campus if support offices were moved to these building.

         It takes several years to get a new building on the schedule.  The Social Sciences Building is in the que for the next one, however this could take several more years to be funded.

         Being close to the entrance of IHC facility is also a plus factor.

4.      Elect Faculty Senate Chair and Vice Chair for 2014 – 15.

         (Ballots will be attached to your Name Plate)

         Chair of Faculty Senate for next year will be Craig Oberg.

         Vice Chair of Faculty Senate for next year will be Eric Amsel.

         Thanks to Jim Turner and Matt Ondrus for counting the ballots.

5.      Curriculum Committee – Fran Butler, Chair

EDUCATION

Child & Family Studies - Paul Schvaneveldt

Program Change Proposal - Family Studies (BS)

CHF4450 Children & Families in the Medical Setting - New Course Proposal

MOTION:  Motion to approve the course and Program Proposals by Tom Mathews.

SECOND:   Drew Weidman

OUTCOME:  Unanimous

DISCUSSION:   No Discussion

Diversity Mission Statement and Learning Outcomes

Diversity Mission Statement

General Education at Weber State University supports the development of cultural competencies through designated Diversity (DV) courses which prepare students to recognize a plurality of perspectives, including their own, to function successfully in a global society.

Diversity Learning Outcomes

A student who successfully completes a General Education Diversity Course will:

         1.  describe his/her own perspective as one among many,  

         2.  identify values and biases that inform the perspectives of oneself and others,

         3.  recognize and articulate the rights, perspectives, and experiences of others.

MOTION:   Motion to approve the Diversity Mission and Learning Outcomes by Eric Amsel.

SECOND   Kathy Herndon

OUTCOME  Unanimous.

DISCUSSION

Gen Ed committee put this together and did an excellent job in compiling this.

6.      Admissions, Standards and Student Affairs Committee – Becky Marchant, Chair

         PPM 6-22 Student Code, VIII. Jurisdiction, E. Specific Issues, 4 Student Grievances Against Faculty

MOTION:  Motion to approve PPM 6-22 Student Code, VIII. Jurisdiction, E. Specific Issues, 4 Student Grievances Against Faculty by Carol Naylor.

SECOND  Eric Amsel

OUTCOME  Unanimous

DISCUSSION

Establishing timelines for other grievances.

7.      Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee – Stephen Francis, Chair

         PPM4-34a – Animal Subject Research (no changes except separating the policy from Human Subjects)(See Faculty Senate Web  http://www.weber.edu/facultysenate/default.html  click on the   March 20 meeting for the policy in its entirety.)

         PPM4-34b – Institutional Review Board and Human Subjects  - James Taylor, Director of Sponsored Projects and Technology Commercialization.  (See Faculty Senate Web     http://www.weber.edu/facultysenate/default.html  click on the March 20 meeting for the policy in its entirety.)

OUTCOME   Unanimous

DISCUSSION   No discussion

8.      Constitution Review, Apportionment and Organization - Tim Herzog, Chair

         PPM 1-13  Faculty Senate Constitution and By Laws 

         (See Faculty Senate Web   http://www.weber.edu/facultysenate/default.html  click on the March 20 meeting for the policy in its entirety.)

DISCUSSION

No vote on this policy at this time.  This reading is to announce the changes and then at the next meeting the policy amendments will be voted on.

WSU is the only institution in the state that hasn’t created a new organizational unit for a long period of time.

There are several departments that could be separated from their existing college.  New ones could come into being in the near future.

PPM only governs the representation of that unit after it is created.

Our intent is that LEAP would fall under the unaffiliated faculty.

They would not automatically get representation from the senate.

New organizational units the senate needs to be able to get them represented as soon as possible.

A new unit would impact the Faculty Senate on a number of things.

The goal with these amendments are that every faculty at Weber State be represented in Faculty Senate.

Reading today, next meeting (4/17), it would need a 3/5 majority vote and then be sent out to the complete WSU faculty body for a vote.

Suggestion to remove the parentheses on the word “unit(s)” to “units”.

Contact Tim Herzog with any concerns on these amendments before 17 April Faculty Senate Meeting.

9.      Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee -  David Malone, Chair

         Recommendations on Salary for 2014-15. 

Recommendation for Distributions of Salary Increases

There are two levels of the salary increase, one certain, the other virtually certain and probably the minimum we should expect.

            I.                Certain:  The legislature has approved a 1.25% COLA adjustment.  This will be applied to all salaries.  There is no flexibility to base any of this on merit, with the exception that Deans, with appropriate documentation, may exclude individuals from this pool whose performance is unsatisfactory.  The SBBPF committee endorses this exception.

            II.            Virtually certain:  1.25% (this should be considered a minimum with the possibility that it will be greater than 1.25%)

The Committee recommends:

The full amount should be pushed out to the Deans of the Colleges to distribute according to their needs in four dimensions:

a.      Merit     a.  merit

b                  b.   Compression/Inversion

c.       Equ        c. Equity

                    d.      Retention

The Deans should adhere to the following principles:

                    a.      Each of the four dimensions should generally be given weight.

      Compression/Inversion should be:

          i.  Guided by data provided by the Provost with respect to salary relative to CUPA; and,

        ii. Evaluated with attention given to recent promotions at lower promotion adjustments.

        b.      The distribution should NOT be a de facto COLA.  I.e., the distribution should be informed substantially by the four dimensions listed above.

         III.         With separate money, we recommend raising the minimum Instructional Wage Rate from $900 to $920 per semester credit hour.

DISCUSSION

What percentage of classes are paid that wage?  Numerous classes are

This amount would be for supplemental wage as well?  Yes. 

Not changing the maximum they could make.

Could this be revisited annually?  It would be nice if it could increase on an annual basis.

Not a lot of money to come up to campus three times a week.

10.    PPM4.2a Modifying Programs and Courses in the Catalog – Patti Cost, Faculty Senate Chair

To be in compliance with the Curriculum Policy and Procedure Manual this policy also need to change to reflect the deadline date (January and February) changes  that were made per Faculty Senate approval on 17 October 2013.

MOTION:        Motion to approve the policy PPM4-2a by Mary Beth Willard.

SECOND:        Eric Amsel

OUTCOME:   Unanimous

DISCUSSION   No discussion

11.    Other Items:

Motion to adjourn: 

Alicia Giralt

Meeting adjourned at 4:10 pm

Next Meeting:    Faculty Senate, April 17, 2014 at 3:00 pm WB206-207