FACULTY SENATE AGENDA  .pdf file

Smith Lecture Hall, WB206-207, 3 pm
Thursday, 15 September 2017
Click on the links below for the items to be discussed.

1.   ROLL CALL

2.  Approval of the minutes from 14 April 2017 meeting.

Information Items

3.   Update on Weber State Activities – Brad Mortensen, Vice President for University Advancement

4.   Wider Persist - Marek Matyjasik, Vice Chair, Faculty Senate

Action Items

 5.    Faculty Senate Committee Charges 2017-17 – Doris Geide-Stevenson, Chair, Faculty Senate
        Click on the Committee for the 16-17 Charges documents

       Academic Resources and Computing, ARCC

Admissions, Standards and Student Affairs, ASSA

Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure, APAFT

Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization, CRAO

University Curriculum Committee, UCC

Environmental Issues Committee, EIC

General Education, Improvement and Assessment, GEIAC

Honorary Degree, HD

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth, RSPG

Salary, Benefits, Budget, and Fiscal Planning, SBBFP

Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, TLA

6.   6.    Committee Changes/Replacements – Doris Geide-Stevenson, Chair, Faculty Senate

              APAFT – Pamela Anderson, HP, replaces Ryan Rowe, HP, Three-year Term

              CRAO – Kristin Rabosky, S, replaces Bonnie Hofland, ED, two-year Term

              RSPG – Hailey Gillen-Hoke, A&H – on Leave Fall 16, Robin Haislett, A&H will fill Fall 16

        University Curr Committee – Grace (Lixuan) Zhang, B&E two-year term

         Sally Cantwell, Ex Officio (Curriculum Support Role)

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7.    Approval of the Chair on Faculty Board of Review – Nomination to be announced.

 Faculty Senate Constitution PPM 1-13, ARTICLE B-VI. REVIEW FUNCTIONS OF THE FACULTY

         Section 2. The Faculty Board of Review

        The review function of the faculty shall be exercised by the Faculty Board of Review. The Faculty Board of Review shall be composed of seven regular members and two alternate members; each member must be a tenured member of the teaching faculty. When issues dictate, up to two student members may be added to the Board. The Faculty Senate shall elect at least three regular members and two alternate members each year from a slate of nominees presented by the Executive Committee as the Faculty Board of Review. The Executive Committee shall recommend to the Faculty Senate the chair for the Faculty Board of Review Committee and require Faculty Senate approval of that appointment via motion. Regular members shall hold office after the last day of spring semester for a term of two years; alternate members shall hold office following the last day of spring semester for a term of one year. A member shall complete the review of any case in which consideration began prior to the expiration of the member's term of office. At least one year shall elapse between terms of office. No more than one member of the Faculty Board of Review shall serve at any one time from a single department of the University, or where departments do not exist, from any single program.

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8.     Other Items     
        University Curriculum Canvas Course
        Training Tutorials on Curriculog, Curriculum Policy and Procedures and Board of Regents Information and Templates.

Next Meeting:    Faculty Senate, 13 OCTOBER 2017 at 3:00 pm WB206-207