Thursday, April 1, 1999
SS115, 2:00 p.m.

PRESENT Karen Dewey, Dave Eisler, Judy Elsley, Bruce Handley, Thom Kuehls, Judith Mitchell, Monica Mize, Diane Pugmire, Candadai Seshachari - Chair, Alden Talbot, President Thompson, Kay Brown - Secretary

MINUTES

Monica Mize: Moved to accept the minutes of the March 11, 1999 meeting.
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

NCAA CERTIFICATION

Helen James, Chair of the NCAA Certification Steering Committee, reported. The NCAA established a certification process for Division I institutions. This certification is meant to ensure integrity in intercollegiate athletics. During the first five years of the program, each institution will be evaluated and recommendations for improvements will be made. Subsequently, there will be a five-year interim report and a certification study every ten years.

Weber State University began the certification process in February 1998. Last year a self-study was completed. This involved collecting and analyzing data about the athletic program at WSU. A subcommittee was established to prepare draft reports in the four major areas of study:

Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance, John Knight, Chair
Academic Integrity, Craig Oberg, Chair
Fiscal Integrity, Ellen Harris, Chair
Commitment to Equity, Richard Ulibarri, Chair

Peer reviewers will review the report in May. A final report will be prepared for the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification. A final determination of our certification status will be one of three options: certified, certified with conditions, or not certified.

MOTION

Judy Elsley: Moved to forward the NCAA information to the Faculty Senate for the April 15, 1999 meeting.
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

APAFT

PPM 3-1 Frank Guliuzza, Chair of the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom, and Tenure Committee reported. There exists an inconsistency in the WSU catalog and PPM 3-1. The proposed change states:

It is the policy of the University to follow a concept of non-discrimination in the hiring and promotion of employees without regard to their race, religion, sexual orientation or preference, gender, age, color, national origin or veteran or handicapped status.

The University will not discriminate in the compensation of its personnel because of race, color, religion, sexual orientation or preference, gender, national origin or veteran or handicapped status.

The committee discussed the wording in the statement, and possibly changing the wording. Frank Guliuzza will check with Richard Hill and Barry Gomberg about the language.

MOTION

Bruce Handley: Moved to forward the discrimination statement in the catalog and PPM 3-1 to the Faculty Senate for the April 15, 1999 meeting.
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

APAFT COAST TENURE POLICY

There is a proposed change to the College of Applied Science and Technology tenure policy. They are proposing that the rank of instructor specialist be a non-tenure rank. This is the definition they are applying to their college not to the university.

MOTION Alden Talbot: Moved to accept the proposed changes by the College of Applied Science and Technology for their college tenure policy.
Second: Monica Mize
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

APAFT
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE

The APAFT Committee is proposing to reestablishing the AUniversity Committee@ for the promotion and tenure review process. The University Committee would be patterned after the Faculty Board of Review to examine the substantive issues appropriate to promotion and tenure. This committee would meet only when requested by the faculty member to review the evidence related to rank and tenure decisions. This committee would provide a review outside the college of the person filing for promotion or tenure. The committee would present their findings to the Provost and make recommendations. A candidate for promotion and tenure could still appeal to the Board of Review, but only upon those grounds identified in the PPM (due process issues).

MOTION

Bruce Handley: Moved to forward the proposed concept to reestablish the University Committee for the promotion and tenure review process to the Faculty Senate for the April 15, 1999 meeting.
Second: Alden Talbot
Outcome: The motion passed with 6 in favor and 2 opposed.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

President Thompson presented information on the proposed capital campaign. The Development Office will conduct the capital campaign. The campaign will include a Case Statement. This statement communicates to donors what the needs of the university are, what changes will come in the next 10 years, and what resources will we need. A Funding Statement will also be prepared to outline the cost of the campaign. The university will need additional staff to prepare materials for the campaign. The university endowment in the last few years has grown at a rate of 12% to 24% a year. The university has been drawing 5% a year from this endowment to be used to fund the needs of the university for which this endowment was established. The administration is proposing that 1% of this endowment be used to fund the capital campaign along with some unrestricted funds that have been donated to the university. The combined funds will amount to approximately $240,000 a year. These funds will be used to fund the extra costs incurred by the university to fund the capital campaign.

RETIREMENT AGE

President=s Council has completed a review of the proposal by the Faculty Senate to revise PPM 3-4a, Early Retirement Programs for Faculty. President=s Council has decided that it is not in the best interest of the university to revise the policy. There are three reasons for this decisions:

UTAH ELECTRONIC COURSE SYSTEM

Dave Eisler presented information on the Utah Electronic Course System. They now have 32 students enrolled with a common tuition for students of $60.00 per credit for junior colleges. Tuition for Weber State courses would be $90.00 per credit hour. They do not charge out of state tuition on their Internet courses. This organization provides a single interface to all junior colleges in the state. We have been invited to join this group as they expand. The legislature gave $500,000 to the Utah Electronic Course System for program development. If we become a member of this organization, we will have access to apply for funds for course development. The Executive Committee would like this information to go to the WSU On-Line Committee for discussion. If the On-Line Committee is in favor of this association, it will go to the Faculty Senate as an informational item.

UAAP ENDOWMENT

The charge to the Executive Committee from the UAAP organization on our campus was to give $900 to a faculty member for their outstanding contributions to faculty governance. The Executive Committee discussed various faculty members. The committee decided to present the 1999 Faculty Senate Award to Bob Higginson. Judith Mitchell will write the citation and Kay Brown will order the plaque. The check, citation, and plaque will be presented at the April 15 Faculty Senate meeting.

PARKING

Replacement cost of a lost or stolen parking sticker was discussed. The Provost will discuss this with Craige Hall. Faculty members serving on Executive Committee and the Salary Committee are currently paying to park in the Social Science A-1 parking area. Parking tags need to be made available to these faculty members that allow them to park in the area where their meeting are scheduled. There is also some concern regarding the student resolution to have staff employees of WSU park at the Dee Events Center until noon.