Thursday November 17

Thursday
November 17, 2011
MA 211K
2:00 p.m.

AGENDA SETTING

1. Approval of the minutes from the November 3, 2011 meeting.

2. Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization – Tim Herzog, Chair
PPM 1-13 - Faculty Senate Chair

3. Faculty/Staff Email Task Force Recommendation – Brian Rague

4. Curriculum – Erika Daines, Chair

Social Science Gen Ed Renewal

Economics - Principles of Microeconomics - ECON 2010
Geography - Places and Peoples of the World - GEOG SS/DV 1300
Anthropology - Principles of Archaeology - ANTH SS2030
Criminal Justice - Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ SS1010
Child & Family Studies - Human Development - CHF SS1500

Curriculum

Dance - Alignment and Conditioning/Pilates - DANC 4250

Child & Family Studies - Latino Child and Family Development - CHF 4300

Athletic Training - Program changes for Bachelor of Science in Athletic Therapy, and      Athletic Training Undergraduate Degree (B.S.).
        Course proposal for Clinical Application of Athletic Training - Supplement - AT 3550

English Language & Literature - Program change

Art - Travel-Study Studio - ART 3800,      Travel - Study Art History - ARTH 3850

Mathematics - Course proposals for Calculus Concepts and Applications - MATH 1100

5. Other Items

MINUTES

PRESENT
Julie Buck, Patti Cost, Shelly Costley, Ed Hahn, Stephen Hill, Colin Inglefield, Ann Millner, Michelle More, Brian Rague, Kay Brown, Secretary

GUESTS
Erika Daines, Diana Green, Kathy Herndon, Tim Herzog

EXCUSED
Colleen Garside, Ann Milner, Mike Vaughan

MINUTES
Ed Hahn: Moved to approve the minutes from the November 3, 2011 meeting.
Second: Stephen Hill
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

PPM 1-13 PPM 1-13 Faculty Senate Chair (First Reading)

C-II Section 4. Officers

The chair and vice chair of the Faculty Senate shall be elected by the voting members of the Senate from among the faculty members of the Executive Committee. A faculty senate executive committee member serving as a chair of an academic department shall be excluded from serving as faculty senate chair. The term of office shall be for one year. A secretary will be designated by the Senate.

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the proposed changes to PPM 1-13, C II Section 4 Officers stated above.
Second: Patti Cost
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

FACULTY/STAFF EMAIL
Results from a preliminary task force survey made available from Sept. 19 to Sept. 29 indicated that a majority of WSU staff and faculty were open to considering an investigation into possible alternatives to the current campus email messaging system.

Guided by (1) personal communications between task force members and faculty/staff from the campus community, and (2) a secondary "email features" survey made available from Oct. 10 to Nov. 3, the task force recommends that system features should be given the following priority (from highest to lowest) when identifying the next generation messaging system for WSU:

1. Integration of email, contacts and Calendar with mobile devices; cross platform support.
2. Ability to create personalized contact lists and groups.
3. Ability to attach all file types to email.
4. Ability to use Internet browser to access email, calendar and contacts.
5. Ability to perform free/busy search.
6. Ability to control email mailbox archive.
7. Ability to customize folders in email client.
8. Upper size limit of Email attachments.
9. Ability of sender to delete, modify, retract, or resend appointments.
10. Ability to create multi-user calendar view/scheduling.
11. Integration with a desktop email client.
12. Integration with student email address book.
13. Integration with the new Canvas LMS.
14. Shared documents with others without attachments.
15. Integration with Voicemail, IM, and Video Chat.

Discussion

Concern about archive. New system will handle the archive feature better than the current system.
#8 - What does upper size limit mean. It will accommodate large sized attachments.

MOTION
Julie Buck: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate as an information item Faculty/Staff Email System.
Second: Michelle More
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM
The Curriculum Committee chair asked if the university had purchased the software for the ecatalog. No one was aware of whether it had or had not been purchased.

SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED RENEWAL

Economics - Principles of Microeconomics - ECON 2010
Geography - Places and Peoples of the World - GEOG SS/DV 1300
Anthropology - Principles of Archaeology - ANTH SS2030
Criminal Justice - Introduction to Criminal Justice - CJ SS1010
Child & Family Studies - Human Development - CHF SS1500

MOTION
Ed Hahn: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above Social Science Gen Ed renewal proposals.
Second: Stephen Hill
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

CURRICULUM
Dance - Alignment and Conditioning/Pilates - DANC 4250

Child & Family Studies - Latino Child and Family Development - CHF 4300

Athletic Training - Program changes for Bachelor of Science in Athletic Therapy, and Athletic Training Undergraduate Degree (B.S.). Course proposal for Clinical Application of Athletic Training - Supplement - AT 3550

English Language & Literature - Program change

Art - Travel-Study Studio - ART 3800, Travel - Study Art History - ARTH 3850

MOTION
Shelly Costley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above curriculum.
Second: Colin Inglefield
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy 2200 - Deductive Logic was not renewed as a Gen Ed QL course. Under the current policy, this course is now on probation, which means it will have the QL designation for the next catalog year (2012-13). After that period of time, if the course is not resubmitted, the QL will not longer appear on the course number. The department has the option of bringing this course back for reconsideration of the QL designation.

Discussion

Catalog policy gives six years for completion of Gen Ed PPM 4-2. This conflict will need to be addressed by the Faculty Senate. The intent of the Gen Ed renewal policy is that the Gen Ed designation expire after the one-year probation time period.
What happens if a student fails the class and wishes to retake the class after the probationary period?
This course was never accepted by the Board of Regents as a QL course.
No USHE institution will accept the course.The six-year catalog rule could state that it does not apply to Gen Ed courses.
This is a policy decision.
What was the motivation for the probationary period?
The catalog policy could be separated from the probationary period. The probationary period policy language should come from the Gen Ed Committee as they were the committee that established the policy. The catalog policy change could be proposed by the Executive Committee.
If the policy change creates a problem for students, the problems could be addressed on an individual basis.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Teaching Learning and Assessment - Adam Johnston, Chair of Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee will not be reapplying for the chair position. A position announcement will be sent out to faculty the first week in December.

PPM 1-13 Article B-V, 4.11 Committees of the Faculty Senate

4.11 Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment

This committee shall have one faculty representative from each organizational unit. The Chair of the Committee shall be selected from a pool of applicants by a selection committee appointed by the Executive Committee and comprised of members of the Executive Committee and the Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment. The Committee shall be recommended to the Senate by the Executive Committee. The Chair will serve for a three-year term and will be evaluated annually by members of the Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment. The Chair of the Committee shall be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Forum on Teaching and Learning.

The position is a ten month, half-time reassigned faculty position. The term of the Chair/ Coordinator is three years with the possibility of one additional consecutive term. The Chair/Coordinator will supervise one three-quarters time secretary and administer a budget. The appointment will begin July 1, 2012.

Executive Committee members on the TLA search committee: Julie Buck, Patti Cost, Colleen Garside, Brian Rague. A group from the TLA Committee will also be asked to serve on the search committee.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.